Tag: Gothic Metal
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It is Done

In March, I gave myself a hard deadline of May 1st to get the new album complete. Today, I am happy to report that by implementing a hard deadline for the album it helped me to finally cross the finish line. I started writing this in October 2022 shortly after the release of Lacrimorta’s self-titled…
Nikoletta Winters
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Pain
One of the most painful parts of creating a new album is post-production. The creativity shifts to another mode which can be fun, but also feels extremely tedious in practice. My ears become my worst enemy in so many ways as the physical fatigue of listening over and over again begins to take hold. This…
Nikoletta Winters
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Immanence, an Update on the New Album

2024 was one of the most challenging years for me physically, geographically, and creatively. Moving to the other side of the planet is, in so many words, NOT something I want to do again soon. It takes a tremendous amount of emotional energy to completely upend every aspect of your life and move so very…
Nikoletta Winters
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State of the Album

みなさん こんにちわ! I’ve been listening to the new songs over the last week or so. As a whole, the new album has a full skeleton. I hope to begin working on lyrics/vocals this week. In terms of how it sounds–as mentioned before, it will be a step up sonically. I think that there are aspects…
Nikoletta Winters
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6

Another song in the bag. This one is much more metal. I figured I needed another metal sounding song to fill the otherwise electronic vibe of the album out. That makes three straight up metal songs, a dancey instrumental and three dancey vocal based tracks done. I endeavor to do one more. I am thinking…
Nikoletta Winters
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5

I have been trying all week to get a song going that I can feel in my veins. I even went so far as to fully commit to a false start (about 8 hours of work) before I decided to move on. The vibe that’s working for me this time is straight up metal. Heavier…
Nikoletta Winters
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Studio Report 4

I got another track in the bag today. I have seven tracks completed for the next LP. The music can be best described as uplifting, energetic, electronic, and different than my previous output. There are two metal tracks on the album but they may get dancified. We’ll see. From a sonic point of view this…
Nikoletta Winters
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Studio Journal 3
Worked on a sixteen bar groove today and yesterday. Very spacey. My main focus for the next Lacrimorta album is to have it sound, well, on the level. I was thinking about doing singles for this round, but hey maybe not, who knows. I read about one hundred and fifty pages in Dust of Dreams…
Nikoletta Winters
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Studio Journal I
Today’s work included getting song x2x for the next studio album to the bridge. Starting tomorrow, I will get that out of the way. I will also get the intro settled. In my mind this sound is undoubtedly Gothic Visual Kei. Overall, the sound is less metal. Yesterday I started working on my live set…
Nikoletta Winters
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On Weeping
For me, crying is a physical response to mundane frustration, momentary sadness, and temporary pain. Weeping is different than crying. Weeping is the physical response my body expresses after a prolonged, stressful experience, as a way to let out feelings of intense grief, and also as catharsis in times when things just aren’t optimal. This…
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