Hey everyone.

Here's a few bits of (hopefully!) interesting news. I've uploaded a demo version of a new song from the (currently untitled) upcoming Mithras album to Myspace, Facebook, Last FM and YouTube (coming soon). The track in question is called 'Time Never Lasts', and is a demo recording of one of the tracks which makes up the new record; meaning almost everything on the track will be re-recorded for the album proper. This track isn't necessarily one of the most ambitious on the record, but is very "Mithras-esque", who'd have thought it! Writing for the next record is still well underway, but since it's been so long since 'Behind The Shadows Lie Madness' came out I wanted to give a tangible update regarding my progress. Thanks to Lee du-Caine for helping me get such a good mix on the track too, which shows a little bit of where we're going to go sonically with this one when we hit the studio.

As anyone who's heard the track might have noticed, and some people are already aware; in addition to playing guitar and drums, I'm also doing vocals and bass on this track. So here comes the next announcement: the next Mithras record is going to be me flying solo, playing all the instruments and doing vocals. This was in some ways a very hard decision to make, but in other ways an astoundingly easy one, which I think is going to work out for the best for me personally, and isn't really a reflection on anyone else. I was fortunate enough to have many viable options on this record as to who could perform on it (from live and ex-members) but after very careful consideration regarding practicalities and all the hard work which goes into a new record, not to mention much soul searching, I decided the best possible outcome for the record was for me to work alone.

Expounding on previous news announcements, Mithras live shows and any other musical projects are firmly off my agenda for the near future, so I can concentrate totally on the new record. Once the new record is in the can I'd like to play some shows and hopefully I can hook up with some of my comrades to do so.

Cheers,

Leon Macey

I haven't quite got my head around the song yet, but it sounds quite cool - the brutal opening especially.
The vocals are not what I expected... they're really great, quite similar to Rayner in a way.

Awesome job Leon! Love the new track.
The vocals are amazingly close to Rayner's! True Mithras song.

Great song, and I know it's just the start of something special from number 4!

Perhaps it is not my place to say, but maybe the beginning of the song could use a little bit of fine-tuning? It's hard to describe, but structurally the beginning seems a bit off. But, that's just my opinion, and I probably just need to get used to the song and the sound. The rest of it is perfect, though. No doubt about it. It's definitely a brutal Mithras track either way.

never mind, hopefully you'll prefer some of the other bits on the record

i'm not surprised you prefer your vocal hehe . This demo track is the first thing i've ever recorded in this style of vocal. While I'm sure it'll be similar to Rayner's voice in some ways (considering that I planned the vocal patterns for the lions share of our songs in the past there's bound to be some similarities) but there's some differences in pronunciation and diction as i want something a bit sharper and punchier while still sounding deep and horrible. Right now i'm just doing what comes naturally and its working out pretty well.

I haven't been here in quite a spell. Gonna check the track now, interesting to hear your flying solo on this one leon. Can't wait for the new record! Any news on how many tracks are finished?

To be brutally honest; I've not done much work on the new record recently; I've got a lot of mixing and recording on the go and have been having a break from anything Mithras related, i'll get back into it soon enough I guess.

I've already had some interest from some decent labels who'd like to release album 4 so that's cool