Christian Älvestam

Regarding Solution .45:

Here below you can watch the official video for "Lethean Tears", recorded and directed by our good friend Marcus Rytilahti / Ekman & Winroth:



Here below you can watch the official video for "Gravitational Lensing", recorded and directed by our good friend Marcus Rytilahti of E & S Filmproduktion:



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Regarding Torchbearer:

Here below you can now watch an official trailer for "Death Meditations", set for release April 25th 2011, via Vic Records.



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Regarding Miseration:

Here below you can watch a visual documentation of the "The Mirroring Shadow" recording-sessions, taking place at the Panic-Room studios, in the summer of 2009:





Here below you can watch a live recording of the song "The Mirroring Shadow" (vocally, a pre-productional version, featuring improvised random lyrics, the John Tardy/Obituary way;)), performed at "Fear Dark Fest", Amersfoort, The Netherlands, on the "Death At Its Finest tour", 2009:



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Regarding Unmoored:

Here below you can watch a visual documentation of the "Indefinite Soul-Extension" recording-sessions, taking place at the Abyss studios, back in August 2002:



Plec:

It's been seven years now since we occupied Studio Abyss together with producer Tommy Tägtgren to record Indefinite Soul- Extension. I brought my old video camera with me in hope of capturing some of the action at the studio. The old tapes have been laying around collecting dust since then, but before committing them to the fire (pun very much intented) we decided to digitize them and edit the material together for you guys. It's funny how time flies and it's a very strange realization that YouTube were three full years away from becoming a reality back then, so it's a very cool feeling being able to show you a behind the scenes of the recording at Studio Abyss and also to put up the very first studio session I ever had the pleasure of documenting.

Christian Älvestam:

Jesus fucking Christ...was I a big fat blob back in 2002, or what....hell yeah! I look like a goat-bearded version of the marshmallow man from the movie Ghostbusters...hehe! Luckily my ravenous appetite seems to have fallen off a bit since then, not being quite the same big balded bloke these days. Flabbiness aside, I remember these recording sessions being a couple of very hectic ones, but also very inspiring and fun at the same time. A session of beer galore in convivial company, but many times also consisting of exhausting 16-hours working days. It was indeed a very demanding album to put together, in every aspect, so it's with joy, mingled with terror, I look upon this footage, cause it sure takes me back! I am however still very proud and satisfied with the outcome and what we all achieved and accomplished back then. This album is one of those rare ones that will always have a special place in my arteriosclerotic heart!

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Regarding guest performances:

Here below you can listen to the "Original Club Mix"-version of the Henrik B track "Now And Forever", for which I have provided lyrics and vocals. There is also a "Radio Edit"-version and a "Norman Doray Cazzo Remix"-version available and you can now find all three of them on iTunes. "Now And Forever" was released through the Swedish house label "Nero Records", in February 2010:





I have been given permission to post video footage (a visual teaser) of my time at the Panic-Room studios, together with my good friend and producer Tomas "Plec" Johansson, during the guest vocal sessions for the upcoming Universum album (to be released in early 2010):



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Regarding The Few Against Many:

Here below you can watch a visual documentation of the "Sot" recording-sessions, taking place at the two studios "Panic-Room" and "Chaosflat", back in December/January 2008/2009: