Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Current Happenings and Brendon's Departure

Hello all!
It's been a while since I've been on here, so I figured I'd let you in on what's going on.

The first thing that should be known is that Damnum Animus will be putting out another new album within the year. It is entitled "My Last Nightmare", and it is a concept album centered around the theme of spiritualism. It will consist of 4 songs, three shorter tracks (<7 minutes) and one long epic (>18 minutes). Said epic will consist of 5 parts. My good friend Sarahjean will be playing piano and keyboards, I will be providing cellos, guitars, drums, and vocals, and my other friend Nick will be on bass guitar. There will be more black metal influence in this work than the last one, but it will be more eerie style black metal/ambient (Burzum) as opposed to standard black metal.

I regret to announce that Brendon Blackwelder has departed, albeit on good terms, from Invoking The Divine. Josh, Neil, and I will continue on without him, and we will be using Steven Slate Drum software in his place for our demo EP, "Invoking The Damned". My best of luck goes out to Brendon, wherever he may be.

Stay metal,
Chad

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Damnum Animus - "Sanity: The Lies of the Father"

HELLO ALL!

If you couldn't tell, I am very excited.
I am pleased to announce my first release for the new year!
It is entitled "Sanity: The Lies of the Father", and it is ambient/depressive symphonic.
The EP is three tracks long.
The lyrics encompass religious struggles, heartache, and living without purpose.
It is a completely FREE release, and you will be able to download it from my Myspace on March 25th.
Please support this endeavor of mine!

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/damnumanimus

Thanks y'all,
Chad "Chaosweaver" Nottingham

Saturday, January 1, 2011

The Maelstrom of My Bands

Hello! It's me, Chad. I apologize for not putting up a blog recently, but I have been so busy that I could not do anything about it. Right now, I have several things in store for my multiple projects, and I am here to tell you about them.

First off is Decaying My Youth. If you recall, I was supposed to put a 5 track EP out about 4 months ago. Needless to say, that fell through. I will, however, be releasing said EP within the next few months, with a sixth track added. My good friend Sarah Jean is doing the album art for me, and I have to say, it looks bloody amazing. The production will be more spacey than I am used to, but it will be something that, hopefully, will keep my detractors satisfied.

Secondly, I am (or soon will be) in another untitled band with my good friends Josh Horne and Brendon Blackwelder. I am handling the vocals, while Josh takes care of the guitars (and I must say, there are some incredible riffs flying around) and Brendon is on drums (again, I must say that there are some impressive skills going on here as well). Nothing is set in stone yet, but with any amount of luck, a good EP will develop from the mayhem.

Finally, I come to The Fall of the Heretic. Previously, I had said I was going to go straight to a full length. This is NOT the case, as I will be doing one more EP before the earth shatteringly massive task of the LP. This EP is entitled "Daybreak of Dementia", and it will feature such songs as "My Dominion" (written by Carl Savage), "Before The Dawn Awakes" (written for Stephanie Venezia) and "Broken Wings" (written for Rachel Wells). I will be utilizing all new production techniques for this album, including double micing and a new drum software. I will also be using dual vocal styles (harsh vocals and clean vocals). With any amount of luck, this will be the best release from TFOTH yet.

Stay metal,
Chad