Two songs from the new album is now online at www. myspace. com/gaiaepicus
The songs are "Cyborgs from hell" and "You are a liar!".

SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL
Last year we almost made it to Sweden Rock by getting many votes from all our
dear friends. Hopefuly you will give us your vote again so that we might be able
to play Sweden Rock next year. Thanx for your support :)

Vote for GAIA EPICUS to play at Sweden Rock Festival 2009
go to: www. myspace. com/swedenrockfestival

ps: YOU MUST HAVE A MYSPACE PAGE TO VOTE.
AND YOU CAN VOTE 1 TIME EVERYDAY UNTIL THE VOTING ENDS.

The cover for the next Gaia Epicus album has been released

Go check it out: http://www.gaia-epicus.com/cd-cover/damnationcover.jpg

My solo album is still delayed until we have a solution regarding
the bad work from Studio Underground. Since last time I posted
any news they have made a master tape number 5, and was it
without any errors? NO! and do they agree to give me back
my money and pay for the damage and lost income? NO!!!

Studio Underground and Pelle Saether has acted highly
unprofessional in this situation and said "No" to all my ideas
for a best possible solution. Is Studio Underground simple
thief's? in my opinion YES!!!

It's now 4 months since the official release date of my album
and I have paid alot of money on the mixing and printing of an
album that I simply can not release.

6 months of problems, 1000 destroyed cd's,
received 5 bad master tapes, paying a lot of money,
missed 4 release dates, done magazine add's wich now was
totally pointless since we still have no album ready for sale.
4 months of lost income for sales.

SOME OF THE PROBLEMS:
- It seems to me that they never listen through and check their
mixes/masters before sending it to their clients, since every time
I listen to a new mix I can easily hear things that they can't.

- Mastertape1 – here we have a volume fade down & fade up in
the middle of a song. Is this possible? sad but true, yes!

- Mastertape2 – shipped to the factory with massive digital distortion
on every tracks resulting in 1000 printed cd's which had to be destroyed.
( Studio Underground blamed it on Software error on the burning prog. )

- Mastertape3 – lots of noises everywhere in the songs.
- Mastertape4 – sound picture changed and sounds very muddy.
- Mastertape5 - sound picture back to normal but with distortion & also
with sound errors. (things just change sound for 1-3 seconds in songs)

Does this sound like someone who check their work? NO!

- Things being changed on new mixes that I haven't asked to be changed.
- Guitar solos and vocals disappearing.
- Drums appearing places where there has never been drums before.
- Songs starting before the previous song has finished. ( on a Master tape )
- Drum sound changes in the middle of a few beats.
- And more…..

I have one of the best and most known metal mastering studios on my side,
since they have checked out master tape number2. They told me that the
mastering was just totally crap! Also the cd print factory agrees with me.
I have had lawyers check out my problem and they all agree that i have the
law and all rights on my side. Studio Underground is breaking the law!

If you should choose to use Studio Underground after reading
this, make sure that you make a contract with them first and
put as much details in it as possible. DO NOT pay them anything
until you have a finished master cd that works, cause if you do
and something happens the money you have paid will not return
to you. Be smart, find another studio!

I have a small hope that Pelle & Studio Underground will
follow the laws and don't become a simple criminal because he
can't handle the job, but I guess it's to much to ask for.

Now the final voting has started !!!
If you would like to see Gaia Epicus play at Sweden Rock then please vote now!
(Gaia Epicus is 1 out of 5 bands from Norway in the final, but only one band gets to play)

http://creative.myspace.com/se/swedenrock/b/b.html

You must have a myspace account and be logged in.
The voting will be up for one week only, and you can vote 1 time
everyday from each myspacepage that you may have.

Today we got the message that Gaia Epicus is 1 of 20 bands that is
going to the final voting rounds next week. Hurray!!!

I want to thank everyone that has voted for us, and I hope that
you can vote for us one more time next week. More info on how to
vote again will come soon...

If we end up playing at Sweden Rock we will kick major ass!!!

Best Metal Regards and Thanx
Thomas

Regarding my solo album "Like a shadow".

I am unhappy to report that the album will be delayed until 30th of January 2008.
After a very long time of problems during the mixing and mastering of the album,
Studio Underground has not been able to deliver a finished product that we can release.

In the beginning during the mixing process everything was okay except that it took very long time and that things where changed even though we hadn't asked for it to be changed. This led to more unnecessary work for the studio and more delays for us.

After 3-4 months of problems, 1000 destroyed cd's, 4 mastertapes and paying a lot of money we are now mixing the album again in a different studio. We have missed 3 release dates and paid a lot of money witch Studio Underground is refusing to give back. We have given the studio many chances to fix all problems but they have not been able to do so and they have also refused some of our offers.

We are now going to take legal actions against them to get back our money!

SOME OF THE PROBLEMS:
- It seems to us that they never listen through and check their
mixes/masters before sending it to their clients, since every time
we listen to a new mix we can easily hear things that they can't.

- Mastertape1 – here we have a volume fade down & fade up in
the middle of a song.

- Mastertape2 – shipped to the factory with massive digital distortion
on every tracks resulting in 1000 printed cd's which had to be destroyed.

- Mastertape3 – lots of noises everywhere in the songs.
- Mastertape4 – sound picture changed and sounds very muddy.
- Things being changed on new mixes that we haven't asked to be changed.
- Guitar solos and vocals disappearing.
- Drums appearing places where there has never been drums before.
- Songs starting before the previous song has finished. ( on a Mastertape )
- Drum sound changes in the middle of a few beats.
- And more…..

It seems that I have the excellent quality of doing business with all the
wrong people in the music industry, Hurray! hehe
Thomas Chr Hansen & Epicus Records

I went to see Gamma Ray & Helloween (6 december) and man what a great night that was. Great shows

I got to meet Kai and Daniel from Gamma Ray
See pictures at my "pics" page.

Hello people!

Due to sound error on the mastertape and printed cd's the cd release will be delayed for about 2 weeks time.