In anticipation of the sophomore album by Charred Walls of the Damned titled "Cold Winds on Timeless Days" (to be released on October 11, 2011 via Metal Blade Records), Richard Christy has partnered up with Modern Drummer Magazine to premiere his studio performance video for the song 'Admire The Heroes'.
Richard filmed his drum takes while recording "Cold Winds On Timeless Days" at the Hit Factory Criteria in Miami, FL earlier this year. Those takes from two different cameras were edited into the video you can see below. Christy's approach to this record was that he wanted a more organic and spontaneous sounding album. Amazingly, drums were recorded in a mere two days and the video is evidence to his ability to record the songs in an entire, contiguous take. Here is what Richard had to say about this innovative drumming concept.
"The drum sound on the second Charred Walls of the Damned album "Cold Winds On Timeless Days" turned out better than I ever could have imagined thanks to engineer Mark Lewis, the amazing drum room at Hit Factory/Criteria in Miami, and all of the great equipment that I endorse like Ddrum, Sabian, Vater, Axis and Aquarian! Rehearsing the full album every day for two months straight definitely helped too. Fortunately I set up a couple of video cameras at the studio and filmed a lot of my drum tracking for our second album. We did three or four takes straight through on the drums for each song so what you'll see on these videos isn't necessarily what we used on the album (some of the drum fills don't match up exactly) but they'll give you a great idea of how amazing the drum room at Hit Factory is and how we were able to get a very natural drum sound on the new Charred Walls of the Damned album!"
On "Cold Winds On Timeless Days" Richard Christy, Tim "Ripper" Owens, Jason Suecof and Steve DiGiorgio once again join forces to bring to life to another musical joyride. The writing process for the new album actually began while the band was mixing their 2010 debut. Richard Christy used his experience on the first album to write songs that catered not only to each member's playing style, but to Jason Suecof's production style. The result: demos that turned out nearly identical to what ended up on the album.
Cold Winds On Timeless Days track listing:
1. Timeless Days
2. Ashes Falling Upon Us
3. Zerospan (Listen below)
4. Cold Winds
5. Lead the Way
6. Forever Marching On
7. Guiding Me
8. The Beast Outside My Window
9. On Unclean Ground
10. Bloodworm
11. Admire the Heroes
12. Avoid the Light
Fans that want to read more about the album can read an article about Richard Christy and Charred Walls of the Damned in the December issue of Modern Drummer, which hits shelves in October.
Related links:
Modern Drummer Magazine
Preview the Album on iTunes
Charred Walls of the Damned on Metal Blade Records
Charred Walls of the Damned on Facebook
Charred Walls of the Damned on Twitter
Richard Christy's Official Site
