Author Topic: So what the hell's happened to Wintersun? (Read 8508 times)

Boeijen · « **on:** May 21, 2010, 06:28:14 PM »

Well it's about 6 six years since their debut and still no word. I've read all the excuses on blabbermouth but there hasn't been a whine from Jari in like over a year.

Anyone know what's going on?

Teeman · « **Reply #1 on:** May 21, 2010, 06:43:04 PM »

There's a Perth band called Wintersun?

I've got no idea mate. Last I heard he couldn't get the recording time booked at the studio he wanted to work at.

Boeijen · « **Reply #2 on:** May 21, 2010, 06:46:25 PM »

oops haha sorry wrong forum.

yeah then i heard he had computers crashing and nuclearblast loaned him oney to buy more powerful macs but......

Manny · « **Reply #3 on:** May 21, 2010, 06:50:38 PM »

Quote from: Boeijen on May 21, 2010, 06:46:25 PM

...nuclearblast loaned him oney to buy more powerful macs but......

Nothing beats getting loadned oney.

nihilist · « **Reply #4 on:** May 22, 2010, 10:06:18 AM »

Caring about this band is pretty much admitting you're a useless cunt with nothing worthwhile in your life.

hatefueled · « **Reply #5 on:** May 22, 2010, 02:57:21 PM »

nah you're confusing it with trolling.

nihilist · « **Reply #6 on:** May 22, 2010, 04:12:18 PM »

Trolling? I'm deadly serious. I'm trying to change the world, one message board at a time.

hatefueled · « **Reply #7 on:** May 22, 2010, 06:07:33 PM »

Quote from: nihilist on May 22, 2010, 04:12:18 PM

Trolling? I'm deadly serious. I'm trying to change the world, one message board at a time.

that your only life goal or you gonna leave flaming dog poo on every door step too? one poo at a time!

nihilist · « **Reply #8 on:** May 22, 2010, 09:07:14 PM »

My other life goals include masturbating on every continent (I'm already training for Antarctica by wanking in ice baths), killing Lars Ulrich and Mike Patton and finding a cure for AIDS then witholding it.

schist · « **Reply #9 on:** May 22, 2010, 09:59:58 PM »

Quote from: nihilist on May 22, 2010, 09:07:14 PM

My other life goals include masturbating on every continent (I'm already training for Antarctica by wanking in ice baths), killing Lars Ulrich and Mike Patton and finding a cure for AIDS then witholding it.

Sig'd.

RawBrutalJamo · « **Reply #10 on:** May 24, 2010, 03:13:30 AM »

Still going on about this band? I gave up on them years ago. Killer album but postponed their second album enough for me not to care anymore.

IFRC · « **Reply #11 on:** May 25, 2010, 01:44:14 AM »

i heard 'Time' was nearly completed back in the middle of 2008, the album cover was leaked around then too. i know Jari was stressing about the keyboard and synth parts not sounding correct, but surely it wouldn't take 2 years from then to fix the problem? I guess we'll just have to wait.... until then, work on killing Lars!

WarNick · « **Reply #12 on:** May 25, 2010, 06:12:26 AM »

Latest update was: Yari is currently working at McDonalds Jolimont to to pay off the debt he's in with Nuclear Blast Europe. The rest of his band is off playing in other successful bands.

Honestly, I have no idea. But i'd also be very interested to know. I still listen to this album every week, including this arvo in the car.

HARD · « **Reply #13 on:** May 26, 2010, 10:34:21 PM »

News in from Finnish paper:

Quote

...During a search near Espoo railway station, Finland, the investigators found guitars and drums and they had showed these to be of Finnish band Wintersun, the last group to see Jari alive, while he was writing the second album. Max Power from Nuclear Blast, an investigative reporter, said that the investigators in the case thought these instruments belonged to Jari. They do not however.

Jari's family have been told that they need to decide how they want to proceed with Jar's second album; if they want to have a funeral for him without a CD or if they want to wait....

In Greater Helsinki a person has to be missing for seven years before they will be declared dead and given a death certificate. However, a record label can ask for a death certificate before the seven years are up if they go in front of a judge.

The police have said that they have 'persons of interest' (i.e. Ensiferum) in the case, but they are still not saying who.

Gringo · « **Reply #14 on:** May 27, 2010, 09:25:46 PM »

Lol Max Power

dparker · « **Reply #15 on:** May 27, 2010, 10:37:33 PM »

Quote from: schist on May 22, 2010, 09:59:58 PM

Quote from: nihilist on May 22, 2010, 09:07:14 PM
My other life goals include masturbating on every continent (I'm already training for Antarctica by wanking in ice baths), killing Lars Ulrich and Mike Patton and finding a cure for AIDS then witholding it.

Sig'd.

IFRC · « **Reply #16 on:** August 20, 2010, 09:19:39 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GikgicSeEA4

Nothing new regarding the album, but this made me laugh!

schist · « **Reply #17 on:** August 21, 2010, 02:07:36 AM »

Quote from: IFRC on August 20, 2010, 09:19:39 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GikgicSeEA4

Nothing new regarding the album, but this made me laugh!

WarNick · « **Reply #18 on:** August 28, 2010, 12:10:56 AM »

I feel Hitlers pain.

"where did I put my ipod.... so I can listen to Starchild."

For the record, Equilibrium has been tiding me over for 2 year now, even they've released 2 fucking albums since, but i'm fucking sick of waiting.

whammy · « **Reply #19 on:** September 03, 2010, 01:15:50 AM »

interest isn't caring noobs...let's sit and wait for the new album or ep or whatever

fuckin talented though

TAPOUT · « **Reply #20 on:** September 03, 2010, 03:53:46 AM »

Needs more breakdowns and footage of the members bro-handshaking and shaving their heads in the music videos

whammy · « **Reply #21 on:** September 03, 2010, 08:36:40 PM »

jarheads up

WarNick · « **Reply #22 on:** November 27, 2010, 08:33:17 PM »

News Update

Hi everyone! It's been a while.

I've been working very hard with the synths&orchestrations and I can finally say that I'm feeling very positive about finishing this long and gruesome task by christmas. So hopefully around the end of December I can finally start mixing the album. I still have a few vocal parts unfinished, but I will be singing them meanwhile I'm mixing.

The only problem about the mixing is that my current computer gear simply cannot handle these insanely huge projects. And the other problem is that I have no money for new gear. So we have discussed about this problem with our label&management and they have agreed to help us with an advance to buy new and more powerful computer gear, but only if we agree to play a few shows and show people that Wintersun is still alive. So after carefully weighting all the different possibilies, we think we need to play these shows to help the completion of the album.

The shows will be for now:

Metalfest (3 shows)
Metalcamp (1 show)

There's lot of work and preparation to do for these shows, 'cause we have to update our live gear as well, sort out technical difficulties and of course rehearse the songs. This will most likely affect negatively with the mixing schedule, so I can't give any predictions with that yet. I also need to try out the new computer gear first and see how it handles these projects. The software is still not 64-bit, so the "infamous 4GB RAM limit" might also be a problem with the mixing, since these projects already eat about 3GB without any plugins. But I will do my best to overcome this challenge the fastest way I can.

See you at the gigs! Who knows, we might even play one new riff? I mean Song!

Jari, Kai, Teemu & Jukkis

* http://www.myspace.com/wintersun

macgyver · « **Reply #23 on:** November 28, 2010, 07:45:10 PM »

Quote from: WarNick on November 27, 2010, 08:33:17 PM

News Update

Hi everyone! It's been a while.

I've been working very hard with the synths&orchestration...

i just poo'd a little bit.

Stormrider · « **Reply #24 on:** November 29, 2010, 06:11:32 AM »

Overated swill... I hope it will never see the light of day