Ravage Vocalist Talks About New Album

RAVAGE vocalist Al Ravage has posted this message on the band's MySpace page:

"Hello all,

So, I've been a bit lazy with the journal... mostly due to my not having a computer at this point, so this entry will include the goings since the last entry... which has included multiple sessions.

At this point we have all the drum issues squared away and the drums are sounding quite awesome. Definitely the best quality drums of any RAVAGE recording at any point... by far. The drums are even better sounding than the 'Curse Of Heaven' drums... which were a drum machine... so that takes care of a big headache for the band... our never being able to get a decent drum sound.

The vokills: So far the main vocals are done for 'Shattered Dreams', 'The Nightmare's Hold', 'Captive Of Sin', 'Rite Of The Night' and the cover of 'Be Quick or Be Dead' (IRON MAIDEN). There have been vocal harmonies galore and layer upon layer of vocals. I don't know how much will show up on the final mix, but this is by far the most singing I've ever done on a recording, so I've been busy. This album will probably have a very 'studio' sound and be somewhat polished, but I think the songs are high energy enough to ensure it won't be sterile sounding... it is us, after all... it will never sound too polished.

Some interesting crap from the studio... I had 'original Coors' for the first time the last time I was over there. Pete had a mini-fridge full of the stuff… and surprisingly it wasn't too bad. It goes down smooth like a rocky mountain stream... or a slightly thicker, grittier stream than that from which Coors light flows. It also comes in a hilarious yellow can which advertises it's 'extremely wide mouth' all over it, and tries to suggest that the beverage inside becomes more flavorful when imbued through this enlarged hole. Hilarious stuff.

As I was taking a little break in the middle of recording some harmonies in 'Captive', Brian Fair from SHADOWS FALL walked in to shoot a little shit with Pete. He apparently was packing up his stuff to go out on the Sounds Of The Underground tour and just had to tell everyone about this great bong hit he just had. Funny stuff.

So far the best sounding songs are 'Captive' and the cover of 'Be Quick Or Be Dead' (the later of which probably won't make the album). But we haven't finished up some parts and we haven't tackled 'the big hits' yet... like 'Damn Nation', 'Freedom Fighter' and 'Shackles'... the next couple of weeks should be fun.

In other news... we have some more shows booked... details TBA... and... my Pet Demon and Tony the Metal Duke are moving into our practice space... let the madness... begin!

Happy birthday to drunken Jace Alfonso"

Source: Blabbermouth