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NEWS 2002
++ 25.12. 2002
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Studio update: the recording of lead
vocals are now completed. Altaria is now having a small
studio break because of the Christmas and the New Year
celebrations. The recording of backing and harmony vocals
will start at January 6th. After these final recordings
are done, the album will be mixed at Sonic Pump Studios
by Nino Laurenne. The mastering will be handled at Finnvox
Studios by Mika Jussila at the end of January.
The recorded songs for the debute album Invitation
are:
Ravenwing
Innocent
Wrath Of A Warchild
House Of My Soul
Unicorn
History Of Times To Come
Fire & Ice
Immordal Disorder
Kingdom Of The Night
Here I Am
Emerald Eye
Altaria's current line-up: Jani (guitars), Jouni
(vocals), Marko (bass), Tony (drums & percussion)
and Emppu (guitars).
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++ 18.11. 2002
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Studio update: rhythm guitars and some keyboards
have been recorded. The lead and solo guitars, rest
of the keyboards, lead vocals and background + harmony
vocals will be recorded during the end of the year
and the album will be mixed and mastered in January.
Invitation will be released in March, 2003.
Also, the gig at Salo (November 23rd) had to be cancelled
due to logistic problems. Altaria apologies, but there
wasn't anything the band could do about it. The last
live shows of the autumn will be at Seinäjoki, November
29th and at Pietarsaari, November 30th. Be there.
Live photos from Turku, October 26th, have been online
some time already; go
and check them out! Additionally, live photos
from Tampere, Vaasa and Nokia will be online "soon".
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++ 29.10.2002
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Altaria started studio session for the
debute album Invitation about one month ago.
All recordings are scheduled to be finished during or
at the beginning of December. Drums and bass guitars
have already been recorded. In progress: guitars and
keyboard parts.
Also, first live show from the Finnish tour is now
behind; some photos will be coming (hopefully) soon
online. The audience was very active and really seemed
to enjoy their experience - thanks to everyone who
were there!
Live
shows are updated: a gig in Heinola was forced
to be cancelled, Altaria apologies about that one.
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++ 20.09. 2002
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Altaria will have second guitar player during some
of their forthcoming live shows. Emppu from Nightwish plays guitars with
Altaria. Some keyboards will also be involved on live
shows.
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++ 20.09. 2002
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Altaria have been asked to record a song
to the Jason Becker Tribute II album. Altaria will record
a song called "Stranger" from the album "Go Off!" by
Cacophony. The Tribute album will be released in Japan
in December. Other musicians appearing on the album
are Steve Vai, Marty Friedman, Ronni LeTekro, Randy
Coven, Tracy G, Mats Olauson and Michael van Knorring
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++ 28.08. 2002
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Altaria have signed a two album contract
with the German label Metal Heaven (a sublabel of AOR Heaven). The debut album
will be released around february-march 2003. The
band will start the recordings of their first album
at Sonic Pump Studios in
Helsinki in September. The debut album entitled Invitation
will include 11 songs. Altaria is also touring Finland
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++ 22.08. 2002
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Three more live shows added: Kuopio /
Henry's Pub, Tampere / Sputnik and Heinola / Casino.
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++ 19.08. 2002
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Altaria takes the third place at Imperiumi.net's
Eliminaattori
demo contest. Thanks to all who voted for Altaria!
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++ 16.08. 2002
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Live shows updated - five confirmed gigs. More live
dates will be available soon, after the gigs have
been confirmed. Stay tuned!
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++ 15.08. 2002
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New layout / cleaner navigation bar graphics, minor
updates and additions in few places.
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++ 06.08. 2002
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Altaria is one of the five participiants at Imperiumi.net's
demo contest. Go to www.imperiumi.net/eliminaattori.html
and give your 50 points to Altaria's "Feed The Fire"
song. The contest in in Finnish, but short instructions
in English: You've got 50 points, download the
MP3 songs by clicking the cover images. Then you can
give 50 points to the bands, for example 10 points
for each band or 50 points for your favorite band.
After you've given all of the points, click the button
at the bottom of the page. Two of the bands who get
the most points will continue in the demo contest.
So, go and download the songs - and do vote for
Altaria! Also, you might want to spread the word
and tell your friends to vote Altaria, too :)
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++ 28.06. 2002
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Altariamusic.com has been online 1 year, and we have
so far got over 9000 visitors! Great! Also, the statistics
show that Altaria's mp3 files have been downloaded
very, very often. About 800 downloaded 256kbit/s MP3
files and about 900 downloaded from www.mp3.com/Altaria/
- during THIS month only! 1700 downloaded Altaria
songs in only four weeks - wow! Thanks for everyone
for the first year, and please come back later to
Altariamusic.com! :)
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++ 12.06. 2002
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Altaria's only live show during the summer will be
at Pietarsaari, Koulupuiston lava. The date is July
3rd. No more gigs until Autumn.
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++ 03.06. 2002
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Altaria has signed a contract with GerMusica Promotion & Management
(from Germany). From now on GerMusica handles the
managering duties and European show bookings.
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++ 15.05. 2002
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GREAT NEWS! Feed The Fire demo/promo 2002 is now
ready! Download it NOW from the discography section
(256kbit/s full-length MP3 files)! Also lower bitrate
(128kbit/s) versions will be available at www.mp3.com/Altaria/
in a few days. Listen to the new songs and remember
to write to the guestbook
and tell your opinion!
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++ 20.04. 2002
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Altaria Newsletter is now officially opened. Altaria
crew will announce all news & updates via the
newsletter / mailing list. The list is for news only,
it's not meant for discussion. To join Altaria Newsletter,
simply send an (empty) email to altarianews-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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++ 22.02. 2002
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Altaria in studio! The drums and bass guitars have
already been recorded, vocals and guitars will be
recorded later - the recording of vocals is scheduled
to next week. Recorded tracks: Unicorn, History Of
Times To Come, Immortal Disorder, Emerald Eye, House
Of My Soul, Discovery, Here I Am, Enemy. Yes, you
read it right - eight hit songs on their way! If everything
goes as is suspected, the demo will be ready in the
very beginning of April. Studio report is also on
its way...
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++ 30.01. 2002
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The spring will be very busy time for Altaria. Sleeping
Visions got great response, so Altaria's heading to
the studio again around February-March 2002 - with
the new singer of course. Brand new killer songs will
be recorded! After the studio session, Altaria's doing
some touring here in Finland (April-May 2002).
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++ 27.01. 2002
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Line-up change! Jouni Nikula, who temporarily replaced
Johan Mattjus during live shows (due to Johan's scheduling
problems then) is now permanent and full-time member
of the band. The band welcomes Jouni on board and
also wishes good luck to Johan and all good with his
life. The line-up change is also seen in the band section.
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++ 20.01. 2002
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Updates
to the live section, the gig at Kruunupyy cancelled
& probably moved to the 2nd leg of Altaria's tour
which starts at the latter half of April. The dates
will be added as soon as they are confirmed.
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