tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79269542383231199502024-03-15T05:57:40.172+02:00Putting the Fun back into Fungi!World of Trollhorn- all things concerning Finntroll, Moonsorrow, game music composing and whatnot.Trollhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572844654101553925noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-17903996997765834952021-10-01T19:43:00.000+03:002021-10-01T19:43:51.936+03:00"Mrs Gore was looking for sadomasochism and bondage and she found it."Good afternoon. My name is Henri Sorvali (that's S-O-R-V-A-L-I) and I have been asked to come here to present my views on "the subject of the content of certain sound recordings and suggestions that recording artists (should) be labeled to provide a warning to prospective purchasers of being associated to morally explicit or other potentially offensive content".Before I get into that I'd like to Trollhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572844654101553925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-51107948842730067302020-10-19T11:21:00.398+03:002020-10-21T10:45:30.008+03:00"Purge and disable", a.k.a "How I work, the 2020 edition". As mentioned in my earlier blog text, my previous workflow consisted of different phases where I demoed in one project, arranged in one, mixed in another and mastered yet in another one. With this new system, I wanted to combine all those parts under one project as much as it could be humanly possible. So it's not only about playable templates but more about a complete change of my workflowTrollhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572844654101553925noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-54786482168220375622020-09-10T11:35:00.727+03:002020-09-14T16:14:09.271+03:00Templates, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Workflow. I've always wanted to be a bit better than I actually am. That being said, it's not necessarily a bad thing, as it has constantly forced me to learn new things and advance in my craft. What, however is rather bad, is that I've never accustomed to do things like the others. If I see everyone and their friends using method X or sample library Y for fast and efficient results, you can bet yourTrollhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572844654101553925noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-26468684230112277742020-03-31T21:41:00.000+03:002020-03-31T21:41:54.962+03:00Murray's IntroductionAs all bad things come to an end, so does this studio report- and on saturday, 28th or March 2020, we finally performed the last bits of the recordings for our new album. Despite of the ongoing virus pandemic, we managed to track everything down during this month of worldwide chaos and no-one of us got knowingly infected by the virus during the studio. These two last entries tell a bit about whatTrollhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572844654101553925noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-33718835231888426712020-03-29T15:19:00.000+03:002020-03-29T15:26:34.617+03:00Firing the Cannon
The Townsend Sphere L22
After the synths were recorded, it was finally time for Vreth to step up and deliver! I was really excited to hear what sort of sound he will produce out of his mouth this time.
We had agreed for a couple of things with him: First of all- we wanted
to have some variation on the vocals in general. So if a songs needs a
bit more high-pitched approach, he goes aTrollhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572844654101553925noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-32325918821833515062020-03-25T17:30:00.000+02:002020-03-26T22:02:32.884+02:00Wally Crying
"Trollhorn demanding more Korgs, 1998"
I decided earlier to continue the stupid tradition of giving the studio blog titles names from my favourite video game soundtracks, even they tend to confuse also me a lot when I need to find something from the previous texts. I mean, surely a blog post called as "Bowling For Tentacles / Mail This To Siberia" is a clear indicator that it was about Trollhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572844654101553925noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-88181648946039429512020-03-16T21:53:00.000+02:002020-03-16T22:07:51.128+02:00Bloodnose the PirateTHURSDAY 12.3.
[A
note to the reader: The first part was written before "shit hit the fan", on
thursday morning when there still were things called as "pandemic zones" and the coronavirus
wasn't spread to Finland almost at all.]
I've never actually realized how much of a big influence Dead Kennedys has been for my guitar work in Finntroll until I listened to them this morning after some time.Trollhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572844654101553925noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-32670902948489461022020-03-04T13:29:00.000+02:002020-03-04T15:33:30.498+02:00LeChuck's HoldSTUDIO, DAYS 3-4: THE DRUMS.
Ok, this is going to be a short and a boring one, sorry. I didn't take any pictures either. But Mörkö took some video he put to his Instagram, so let's see if you can find something from there!
Monday, the second of March, a.k.a "the third day of merciless pounding" started without me at 10:00 as I needed unfortunately to work until noon. However, I already got a Trollhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572844654101553925noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-4088644507919634592020-03-01T22:14:00.000+02:002020-03-02T11:46:22.010+02:00Chapter I - The Demise of the Zombie Pirate LeChuck
A chamberful of Longbottom Leaf, please.
STUDIO, DAYS 1-2: THE DRUMS.
This thing on the left could be something captain Nemo would probably use. Or possibly a gnomish copper pipe. (+3 engineering).
But in reality, it's actually one of the microphones we rigged up to capture the drums yesterday, 29th of February. I was told that it's some sort of a weird hand-made supermicrophone which Trollhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572844654101553925noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-2220675500807323852020-02-28T19:47:00.000+02:002020-02-28T20:16:16.896+02:00When in doubt, Isengard!
No matter how many albums you've done and how well you've prepared, there's always "that feeling" right before the studio starts.
Is the material good enough? Should that one song still be a bit faster? What if the album has too much metal and too little weird and fucked up parts? Can we manage to capture the raw energy on the takes? Why does my stomach hurt? It might be something Trollhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572844654101553925noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-91277931893984616652020-02-15T14:07:00.001+02:002020-02-28T19:56:36.494+02:00 The Art of War Pt. IIThis is a second part of a longer entry named "The Art of War", where I go through the whole preparation process of the new, yet untitled Finntroll album, namely to be out 14.8.2020 by Century Media Records. You can read the first part here. Now, where was I again? Yes, it's....
The Art of War, pt.II
a.k.a "a little less conversation, a little more action".
STEP
FIVE – TheTrollhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572844654101553925noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-88001833185580405192020-02-09T14:19:00.001+02:002020-02-09T18:53:40.403+02:00The Art of War Pt. I
“Let
your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall
like a thunderbolt.”
― Sun
Tzu, The Art of War
After a long discussion with Vreth in August 2019, we came to a conclusion that if we're not going to book the studio soon we might as well just call it quits. We did Blodsvept three years after Nifelvind and back then I was worried about us "slowly sliding Trollhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572844654101553925noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-73426108498477202422019-12-12T22:11:00.000+02:002019-12-12T22:13:43.442+02:00Coming Soon To A Church Near You!
If you're reading this, you've also might seen this certain bad photoshop of the Finntroll logo in a Sonic Pump Studio computer monitor which I posted on Twitter earlier.
The intention was that you added one plus one and realized that it's a hint that Finntroll would be recording a new album in the same studio we've recorded our previous three albums. Retrospectively, I think I could hadTrollhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572844654101553925noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-71431332678322502902018-04-09T14:02:00.001+03:002018-04-09T14:02:02.639+03:00Many Whelps! Handle it!
The good thing about video game bosses is that you can usually kill them again and again.
Just take a little break, log off and suddenly everything is back like it was never smashed down in the first place. The bad thing about your possible blog readers is that they probably thought this video game boss here was long gone, didn't respawn, and was probably bugged anyway. At the end they Trollhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17572844654101553925noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-64411590198765422352016-03-08T12:51:00.002+02:002016-08-07T20:19:04.894+03:00Frankenstein´s Mixing Facilities speaking, how may I help you?
EDIT:I AM ONLINE WITH THE MIXING SERVICE!
I´ve always loved mixing. To shape the sound into more suitable for my vision of the whole package, to practice
making something too good first in order to destroy it later and to help the music finally coming alive in the best possible way. For any composer and producer, knowing how to mix is a great addition to your toolbox- and as a producer it´s Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-74558008514161383382015-10-02T11:44:00.002+03:002015-10-02T11:44:25.777+03:00Exercises in Futility, a.k.a. "What I´ve been listening lately".
While I´m still trying to find some time to write that little studio diary, here´s something I wrote before that. Music recommendations straight outta Trollhorn´s playlist, summer/ autumn 2015, var så goda!
Skogen: I Döden
(Nordvis Productions, 2014)
Take one portion of Drudkh. Add a bit of Burzum and Agalloch, and boil for eight minutes. Then start slowly pouring that pinch of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-28321148518433825042015-08-11T19:22:00.000+03:002015-08-11T19:22:50.541+03:00Digital Chocolate: This was my life
In summer 2004 I
remember talking to a graphics artist at Spinefarm Records. He
mentioned me that he knows a friend in a Finnish mobile game company
who might be looking for an "audio guy". I was nervous and
inexperienced with formal jobs, so for my own surprise I was invited
for an interview after sending an application with some music. Being
mostly thinking I´d never get the job anyway, we Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-80914899517821202432015-08-10T16:47:00.000+03:002015-08-10T16:47:11.587+03:00Where´s Wald....uhm, Henri?
Prologue
Many times I´ve been asked
about why I don´t tour with my own bands I´m otherwise very active
with. Having a steady job and kids are also very good reasons behind
it, but as I had made my decision before I got either, it´s not the
sole scapegoat. The real issue behind not seeing me on tours is
because I have suffered from depression since the late 90´s and
cannot contribute to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-37568464198614232052015-07-28T20:05:00.000+03:002015-07-28T20:07:05.079+03:00Time is money, friend!
I´d love to write this blog more. In fact, I find writing very therapeutical in a way that at least my head is not occupied with music when I write. As you can see, it´s been goddamn quiet on that front lately- and the reason is not surprisingly mostly Moonsorrow.
The last 2 weeks especially have been constant work as I´ve done approximately 14- hour days since I returned from my short summer Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-1575781898283588852015-01-20T10:25:00.000+02:002015-01-20T10:26:28.822+02:00This week, I´ave mostly been eating...TARAMASALATA!
I have a couple of unfinished posts coming up, but meanwhile here´s something which might interest you while waiting. Did you know that we used to make a fanzine back in the 90´s with Ville and some other dudes? We used to publish our personal playlists there (while mocking each other for their bad taste of music), and I later continued it online in my personal homepage and in a couple of webUnknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-7627503419235485012014-12-15T13:18:00.001+02:002014-12-15T13:18:44.296+02:00"You call your metal black? Its just plastic, lame and weak"
I
started writing this post in February 2014, but due to lack of time I
never finished it. Nevertheless- my opinions and annoyement haven´t
changed at all lately, rather on the contrary. While there´s some
seriously good music in the world, some things are just so plastique
and embarrassant that it
makes even Nargaroth looking like the real deal in comparison. While
"The Day Alcest Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-34469490576555974462014-09-27T15:33:00.001+03:002014-09-27T15:33:45.660+03:00Unholy Congregation
Moonsorrow Industries Board Member Meeting
09/27/2014, 17:30 – 03:30 EET, Vantaa, Finland.
Participants in arriving
order:
Henri Sorvali
Marko Tarvonen
Markus Eurén
Ville Sorvali
Mitja Harvilahti
Topic list
1. Discussing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-77710793180474503282014-08-01T14:06:00.000+03:002014-08-01T14:06:57.404+03:00Crowdsourcing for inspiration.
How coincidental. Yesterday I got an angry email from a certain person working with a certain band I´m involved in, stating basically that "what the fuck is taking so long with your new album, you´re ruining all the future plans here". I tried to reason him with the very fact that we thought the music we had done earlier for the new album didn´t match the standards we have set on this band, andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-46819593698098777492014-06-13T12:01:00.000+03:002016-12-05T12:28:31.817+02:00The Zen (of Social Media)
I have to confess something. Though I´m one of those people who have deliberately tried his best to chain technology to work for me instead of holding me on it´s grips, I have a bad habit of using my tablet for reading news and books after I´ve gone to bed. As I´m fully aware that too much of that light is quite inevitably fucking up your hormone system -and your sleep in the process- I´m using Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926954238323119950.post-57649711836657198832014-05-29T18:55:00.000+03:002014-05-29T18:55:56.021+03:00MetalSucks - The Director´s Cut
This text was published at www.metalsucks.net as a part of their "Idol Listening"- section. As it was only concerning the albums found from the upcoming Moonsorrow vinyl box set, the last chapter- concerning Varjoina...- album and the future, was left out. So, for those who are interested, here is the whole story in it´s whole bori...uhm, epicness. If you´ve already read it, skip to the last Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2