I have been a little extra busy lately, trying to take my drivers license (pensioners and old people in Stockholm beware!)

However this weekend I finally managed to put a video together - it features my most recent metal song plus some provoking lies about the German language!



I also show the riffs of the song at the end of the video! Check it out here at youtube.

Thanks for watching!

That's some chunky riffing Great job

That is pretty much the most hilarious thing I've seen all month, apart from "I like turtles zombie kid".

That was great, thanks.

hehe I'll take that as a great compliment - thank you!



Thanks - I always find my riffing very "untight" as soon as I sit down and try to record something...so these songs really help me shape my rhythm guitar skills...I need to practice for days to get it as tight as I want to!

Hehehe, cool vid mate

Very cool song and the video. I heard the song before. The sound and mix are great.

Another great video with lots of humor

I can't believe you have gedonen this! ^^

Hehe thanks guys!



I just gehaden to!

I wish my german teacher taught me this song at school , I'm pretty sure I would had learned something, or at least to remember Mittwoch.

Awesome Kris, couldn't stop laughing at the dancing, the faces & the hat , verses remind me of Friday I'm in Love (The cure), pretty funny & killer riffs.

I don't speak a word of german appart from "Zutaten" (It's written all over my biscuits), so if you hadn't subtitled that I'd have thought the song was about a nuclear armaggedon or something, german sounds so aggressive

Pretty cool

Hej Kris,

you're German is really schlecht ... regarding the fact that you've learned it for almost 6 years.

Just kidding. It has some minor mistakes, but I think it fits perfectly.
Knowing Rammstein, somebody could think, you did it deliberately.

But hey, I think Rammstein itemized or listed almost everything in their songs, but for sure forgot weekdays.
Now you probably stole some future ideas.

For me as an austrian (we also speak german), it's very funny to see you hop around while making one grammar mistake after another Chris . But you really sound similar to Till Lindemann in my ears.

By the way:

Ist Deutsch in Schweden eine Pflichtsprache oder sowas wie ein Wahlpflichtfach? Netter Text übrigens!

wow, id buy that, it was awesome, the lyrics were actually pretty dark, and i am serious

were u ever in a metal band?

Yes I have been a while back - but nothing too serious! (and back then I didn't sing)



hehe that was the plan..thanks!



I didn't understand the end - but @ the beginning: Wahlpflichtfach! You had to choose at least one other language except for English, but not necessarily German!


I know..and I am proud of it!!


Good observation - they really have lots of different themes covered!



Yes I really can't think of another language which would allow for these aggressive sounding phrases!



Yes this is a very good point - I have learned 10x more German by listening to Rammstein than during my 6 years at school, that's just...wrong!

We should learn from this when designing lessons for GMC as well.

Great! Amazing video Kris! This song is a Metal Hit, can't stop singing the chorus hedbanging...

Amazing video

Hahaha cool song, there are some nice chopps there!
And the sound is really tight too
Nice to see a new video from you Kris

I love it Kris, your videos always make me laught.

hehe thanks guys!

Great sense of humor, and the rythmics are killer, love the chromatic ideas!

Ich had geforgottenden all about the tagliatelle!!!!!!

Great track Kris, and really good sound as well . How about a lesson on how you recorded/mixed it? .

I'm guessing Rammstein are one of your favourite bands?

Great song Kristofer . Good luck with your driving licence, I'm going to start doing the driving course in 2 months:D.

You're a whack job Kris. I love it.

Kris, this was brilliant.
I've been a fan for a longtime, but this is really top notch!!!
I know this goes against your GMC moto, but you DO have talent!
Awesome work man!

Awesome video Kris
Oh and nice dancing you got going on there

Thanks! Ok so I have a lead - let's see who gets it first!


Hehe great to hear you say this David - thanks!

Oh and talent in the sense "skilled" is is completley ok to me - it's the "natural" talent thing which I don't like!
When someone tells me I have got "natural" talent I feel that it's an insult to my hard work - since I work all the time!

Yeah, I understand what you mean.
Of course this goes hand in hand with had work, no doubt that you are a hard worker!
We all know that, and if anyone is in doubt, they should just look at GMC!
Great job my friend!

This was pure awesomeness

Kris you crack me up!! loved the Vid nice riffing

I laughed. Really, really hard.

Kris, this was hilarious the first time I like to be german in this forum, I understood what you sang, at least i think so

I´d say : You nailed it - you gelaiden it or " Da hasse einen rausgehauen "

HAHA! Best evvah! (xcept for zombie kid )
Sounds like a kid-song a la Rammstein

Ok that's it - I need to check out the zombie kid!! Thanks!

It's funny, but actualy a cool song

Very nice Kris. When you say mittwoch you definitely sound like Till.

I love it! It sounds so Badass McAwesome!

Would it be possible request a tutorial about how you record your songs?
The sound of this song is so tight it sounds like it's been produced by professionals who've been in the business for an eternity!

Kris, your nuts.. This video is so incredibly awesome:D Mitwoch habe ich vergesst, I lol'd:D

Wow Canis that's a great comment - I have worked very hard to improve my recordings. I realised that my recording chops were very week compared to others here. I'd love to share what I learned during the last year recording-wise (al though I still have A LOT to learn). Is there anything special you are wondering about, regarding the sound?

Hehe, you do indeed deserve the "Skill Talent" mark

Well, I have pretty much no skill whatsoever when it comes to proper recording. I just plug from my guitar to my amp, and from my amp to my line in, which results in a pretty boring, tame and dry tone. I guess part of it is my guitar which isn't exactly up to industry standard, but I was wondering how your studio "wiring*" goes?


*Don't know the actual industry-word for it, but I mean the "guitar -> amp -> line in" talk

You can get great result even with cheap guitars! My chain looks like this

guitar > amp > "red box" through speaker out on the amp > into computer sound card
however this setup would give just as good results:
guitar > pod > into computer sound card

Some additional things to help you fatten the sound:

* record at least two identical takes of a riff - and "hard pan" them left and right
* I also overdub with a synthesizer ("square lead", a pretty common synthesizer sound), you can do the same with strings or whatever synth sound you have. Mix the synthesizer so low that people don't really understand that it's a synthesizer that makes it so fat.

Other small tweaks which are important but don't really make it sound super-fat - it just makes it work better in the mix etc

* apply "low cut" on the guitars below 100-200 khz
* "scoop out" some middle frequencies, experiment and see what works with your sound
* add slight compression
* make the same eq adjustments to your synth over-dubs and your guitars.
* apply slight chorus effect
* multiband compressor - compress the lower frequencies of the guitar sound

The most important thing is probably to tweak your guitar sound correctly before you record it. I would advise you try to get a cool riffing sound - which sounds good on it's own. Then roll off the bass and drive (having too much of these will make it sound bad when you add multiple over-dubs). Also make sure there is a little mid range (some people choose to completely scoop the mid range away which make the sound hard to work with).

That's all I can think of for now...!

hahaha.... man, you are my idol!!!
you are awesome kris! the video is just amazing! your faces man... your are really really crazy, in a good way offcourse! you´r more than a musician, you´r an artist!
very well done!!!

Wow thanks Lian - I think the same of you!

Kris .. .. that is sick!
And as mentioned Lian, your are a truly artist, and your skills is growing very fast! Especcialy theatre artistry
You should sell that hat at Ebay when you become very popular!!
Edit: Just realized those riffs are very fun to play and headbang

hehe yes I know - that's why I did it!!

Did you use emulation software or a real amp?

Hahaha, enjoyed that.

Real amp! A peavey triple X amp through a Hughes & Ketner "Red Box" (it's a speaker simulator so that you easily can plug your amp to the computer without using a mic - it sounds awesome!).

didn't know about this device, can you load .wav impulses for different sounds?