Things to share...

Until then.

-Jade

The tracks we recorded, Beware of Zombies!, The Asylum and Dreamland are very strong and epic songs. Lots of melodies, heavy guitar riffs and both beautiful and screaming vocals by Mad Matt and Jade Shady.

Keep checking out www.circusoflamia.com for the latest updates on the physical and digital release.

Also we captured the process of recording with a camera and hopefully we will start cutting with a scissor and make a great in the studio video for all yah folks.

All for now!
Alex

We would like to thank Rebecka from Beyond Visions for her fantastic back up singing on "Welcome Madness". We are very grateful!

Tonight you will see all of the very, very serious pictures of me and Matt doing really serious stuff like.... well... laughing, eating and playing with our food.
Yes. You are welcome.

And here they are:

Notes from our banded session no. 3 ends here.

- Jade

Jade: Did someone just fart? I smell roses...

We are currently at Helter Skelter studio (or rather, outside in the chilly wind) in central Stockholm recording our demo "Welcome Madness". Today we have been setting up drums, got ourselves lost at the super market (It was ginormous! Let's do that again tomorrow! It had two floors and an escalator connecting them! I was overwhelmed!), had a healthy lunch consitning of um... pizza, and at last begun to record the drums.
It sounds like Samuel has gotten "Beware of Zombies!" down by now.

Keep focusing on this text, do not let your eyes wander.

I actually loathe doing presentations in this manner; not because I have any trouble expressing myself in text, but rather because it always calls for the question "is the person writing this text really presenting their self or are they simply presenting an image?", which is even more relevant when the person writing is part of a musical group with a very... Extravagant niche.

Now, with the lampshading of the inherent issues over, here I am. I am the drummer of this wonderful little group of merry men; a dedicated reader and horror fan from an early age I read Lovecraft and Poe before I knew their names, and I had read most well-known classical ghost- and horror stories by the age of ten. Why I have always had such a fascination with the macabre I do not know, but it has always been there in the back of my head, however, this does not give much help to those who want to get an image of me and my personality out of this text, so let us change subject a little. I talk, and think, and then talk some more. If the other members would be asked to describe me they would probably say something like that; my brain is often in overdrive, always spinning away on some issue(s), which makes some of my comments seem detached from the general conversation as I've (notice the shift to spelling with apostrophes, it's (hah, again) becoming a less formal text from now on) already said the relevant point, heard the answer and is now tackling the following comment before actually uttering a word. If Jade rambles, I monologue, digging away at whatever subject at sometimes ridiculous speeds.
This does not mean that I never shut up however, only that I'm difficult to stop once I get going; I'm actually very keen on listening when something serious is being discussed, often choosing to wait until the very end, approaching the problem from all directions before saying something, as talk is great, but running in circles around a subject is more annoying than having to walk two kilometres to a bus stop because the one you've been standing at for thirty minutes somehow gets ignored by the traffic. Or listening to people talk about their babies for longer than ten minutes at a time (tops, and only if they are friends).

Well, whaddaya know, we're back a zero again, because that's only a tiny part of what I am as a person, and I assume that you're far more interesting in learning about me as a musician, so here goes: I like playing around with my instrument. There, I said it. Drummers can be divided into two rough categories: the orderly and the chaotic, and I mostly belong to the latter type. The difference is to some extent grounded in the genre in question, but you can often spot the chaotic one when they approach their music in a more, well, chaotic manner; they rarely sit with the same beat for long, and if they do, the beat is no only-supportive story either, but is instead punctuated with fills, crashes and general playfulness, while the orderly are stable as mountains, but rarely deviate from their given route. That's the short comment on my thoughts of my performance from a musical standpoint, which in itself is probably something that the band's 'musical mood' can benefit from, as that in itself is grounded in horror stories and insanity (and what can go wrong with a little bedlam?).
Well, I've said far too little with far too many words, but this'll do for now, take care out there and promise me, don't look behind you, it crawled up while you were reading.

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This is the creepshow!

Let me introduce; Matt! It's not much of a name, but meh, couldn't be bothered to actually come up with a really good

one, so matt's going to stay until I find THE name for me :)

My insperations comes from scitzophrenia :P But to be honest I see myself as a person with split personality; one that

lives on the outside as a shell and one for the madness locked away deep inside. Many of the thoughts and questions I

have regarding life and reality as we know it, is questions that have been risen by horror movies, reading horror

books and comics.

When not dealing with a psychotic mind, I like to play games, rather favor RPG's or horrors there again, and learning

guitar also.

I like to wear kilts, skirts and so one, I don't really know why, but I'm really comfortable in them so.

I've been growling since about 16, but I have been singing normally since about 2 (according to my mom), I have not

been taking classes for it, but I have a teacher lined up, gonna start with guitar and singing lessons after the

studio. I have a large interest in music and see myself as a musician since I sing and write lyrics, also poetry;

aiming to learn guitar so I can explain my twisted melody's.

That's my rambling, hope anything makes sense to someone :P

This is the creepshow!

Let me introduce; Matt! It's not much of a name, but meh, couldn't be bothered to actually come up with a really good one, so Matt's going to stay until I find THE name for me :)

My insperations comes from schitzophrenia :P But to be honest I see myself as a person with a split personality; one that lives on the outside as a shell and one for the madness locked away deep inside. Many of the thoughts and questions I have regarding life and reality as we know it, is questions that have been risen by horror movies, reading horror books and comics.

When not dealing with a psychotic mind, I like to play games, rather favor RPG's or horrors there again, and learning guitar also.

I like to wear kilts, skirts and so one, I don't really know why, but I'm really comfortable in them.

I've been growling since about 16, but I have been singing normally since about 2 (according to my mom), I have not been taking classes, but I have a teacher lined up, gonna start with guitar and singing lessons after our recording. I have a large interest in music and see myself as a musician since I sing and write lyrics, also poetry; aiming to learn guitar so I can explain my twisted melody's.

That's my rambling, hope anything makes sense to someone :P

That's it for this time, remember kids; eat your vegetables and don't forget to look under the bed before going to sleep..

Band quote about me: