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Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Mar 17 2009, 10:38 PM

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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4DBJxX8-vAat youtube.

Thanks for watching!

Posted by: DeepRoots Mar 17 2009, 10:41 PM

That's some chunky riffing Great job

Posted by: Pavlov Mar 17 2009, 10:44 PM

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

That was great, thanks.

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Mar 17 2009, 10:46 PM

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!

Posted by: audiopaal Mar 17 2009, 11:00 PM

Hehehe, cool vid mate

Posted by: Emir Hot Mar 17 2009, 11:01 PM

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

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Mar 17 2009, 11:02 PM

Another great video with lots of humor

Posted by: ZakkWylde Mar 17 2009, 11:04 PM

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

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Mar 17 2009, 11:07 PM

Hehe thanks guys!

I just gehaden to!

Posted by: coffeeman Mar 17 2009, 11:14 PM

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.

Posted by: Fran Mar 17 2009, 11:23 PM

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

Posted by: Alen Mar 17 2009, 11:23 PM

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.

Posted by: P.H Mar 17 2009, 11:31 PM

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!

Posted by: sigma7 Mar 17 2009, 11:41 PM

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

were u ever in a metal band?

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Mar 18 2009, 12:18 AM

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.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Mar 18 2009, 12:56 AM

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

Posted by: Rated Htr Mar 18 2009, 01:20 AM

Amazing video

Posted by: Ramiro Delforte Mar 18 2009, 02:24 AM

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

Posted by: Crazy_Diamond Mar 18 2009, 03:46 AM

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

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Mar 18 2009, 09:17 AM

hehe thanks guys!

Posted by: Sergio Dorado Mar 18 2009, 09:39 AM

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

Posted by: Sensible Jones Mar 18 2009, 01:55 PM

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

Posted by: steve25 Mar 18 2009, 02:04 PM

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?

Posted by: Kuba Szafran Mar 18 2009, 02:04 PM

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

Posted by: opeth.db Mar 18 2009, 02:12 PM

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

Posted by: David Wallimann Mar 18 2009, 02:39 PM

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!

Posted by: Disturbed21 Mar 18 2009, 04:00 PM

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

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Mar 18 2009, 05:52 PM

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!

Posted by: David Wallimann Mar 18 2009, 06:02 PM

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!

Posted by: Skalde Mar 18 2009, 07:23 PM

This was pure awesomeness

Posted by: Bondy Mar 18 2009, 10:23 PM

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

Posted by: Tono Fyr Mar 19 2009, 03:10 AM

I laughed. Really, really hard.

Posted by: Roadside Mar 19 2009, 07:47 AM

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 "

Posted by: blindwillie Mar 19 2009, 08:03 AM

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

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Mar 19 2009, 12:08 PM

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

Posted by: kaznie_NL Mar 19 2009, 03:21 PM

It's funny, but actualy a cool song

Posted by: Mr T Mar 19 2009, 04:41 PM

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

Posted by: Canis Mar 19 2009, 06:36 PM

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!

Posted by: Jesse Mar 19 2009, 06:47 PM

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

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Mar 19 2009, 11:59 PM

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?

Posted by: Canis Mar 20 2009, 01:03 AM

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

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Mar 20 2009, 08:25 PM

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...!

Posted by: Lian Gerbino Mar 20 2009, 08:40 PM

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!!!

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Mar 20 2009, 08:47 PM

Wow thanks Lian - I think the same of you!

Posted by: AlexLion Mar 21 2009, 09:51 AM

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

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Mar 21 2009, 04:43 PM

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

Posted by: Skalde Mar 21 2009, 04:51 PM

Did you use emulation software or a real amp?

Posted by: Rapitap Mar 21 2009, 04:56 PM

Hahaha, enjoyed that.

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Mar 21 2009, 08:09 PM

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!).

Posted by: Skalde Mar 22 2009, 09:24 PM

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

Posted by: Christophe Nov 30 2009, 06:34 PM

Haha loved it Kris
That was a pretty german and guitar performance :'D