Wintersun - Waltz Of The Vampires (Legendary Early Demos) - Introduction (Patreon)

Do you like waltz? How about some vampire waltz? :)

"This is one of my very early demos (around 1995-96) when I started writing lyrics and recording vocals for my songs. "Waltz Of The Vampires" might be the first song where I recorded my vocals. I started with growling because my clean singing was pretty horrible in the beginning, but it got better over the years with a lot of practice.

"Waltz Of The Vampires" also features these cool, arpeggiated dark, mystic, yet also melodic synth patterns. I was experimenting with darker chords and some chromatic notes.

I remember getting these synth patterns recorded as a painful process. My family had this old synth, an "electric organ" with just a few sounds. I loved one of the preset sounds on it. It was this kind of "harpsichord pluck" made from a saw wave. I found the sound haunting.

To capture this particular sound, I had to play the pattern at a very slow pace and save it in the synth's memory. Then, I connected cables from the synth to my 8-track tape machine and recorded the sound. The tricky part was that I had to speed up and match the tempo to the song. This was not an easy task as there were only short analog levers for the tempo adjustment; I had to adjust the tempo on the go while recording it. 

Also, my guitar shredding skills took a huge leap around this time, so there's some cool soloing here as well. With this song, I felt I was on to something... And I still enjoy this song quite a lot. Hope you like this sample of it too!" - Jari

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