Nils Ivar Martila, his cousins Emil and Niklas Martila and Bjarne Olsen are back in studio recording the new song for a January release. The new song is titled FROM THE LOST AND FAILED. This is the same lineup as the previous release, DEAD BIRDS FLYING.
We are psyched about the progress and how the song is turning out. We have made a couple of studioreports you can watch. The first one is drums, bass and guitars. The second is vocal recording. We hope you enjoy!
Groove Factory:Unknown is Alf Wold’s (KRAKEN/ASHOWA) studio project. In early 2024 he joined forces with vocalist Nils Ivar Martila (CLAYMORDS/MARTILA) for this single release. The first song out with this cooperation is ‘Trace The Demon’.
All music is composed, recorded all instruments, mixed and mastered by Wold in his studio in Bergen, Norway. Lyrics and vocals are by Nils Ivar Martila.
Wold and Martila has shared stages in Bergen since 2007 with their different bands, but it’s the first time they do a production together, and more songs are in the making.
Song: TRACE THE DEMON Date: Aug.23rd, 2024 Where: All streaming services
Alf Wold has been in rocking the Bergen music scene for a substantial amount of time. He started out with establishing Kraken in 2004 to 2014. In between there he also brought to life Ashowa from 2006 to present date.
After years of playing gigs in and out of Norway, Wold decided to make his studio project his main focus. In 2014 he started up the project called RIPTIDE, that later in 2017 changed name to GROOVE FACTORY : UNKNOWN(GF:U). With GF:U he has invited different vocals from different styles, with the main focus on metal. Wold is self-sufficient in the recording process, he composes, plays all instruments, programming and do the mixing and the mastering himself.
Nils Ivar Martila with his 31 years in CLAYMORDS and 7 years in MARTILA has set a footprint with hundreds of gigs internationally. Martila has been co CEO on the WACKEN METAL BATTLE Norway, and judge on the international battle at Wacken Open Air, Germany(2014-2022). He has been the festival organizer of MARTILA METAL FEST TOUR in different cities as well as organizing the GIGSWAP ROCKFEST.
After a few silent years CLAYMORDS are about to release new material. Vocalist Nils Ivar Martila (from MARTILA) says it was the most mentally challenging to record. The song is the first for CLAYMORDS in Swedish and Norwegian.
“We were to record this song with legendary actor/singer Thorsten Flinck, but this failed due to sickness. Fortunately our producer Ulf Wahlberg did Flinck’s lines in the last minute. Wahlberg debuts as a metal artist I the age 67. Single will be out early 2019.”
Furthermore CLAYMORDS reveal that their new full-length album is to be recorded next year!
Watch CLAYMORDS’ studio report for “Kongen Av Helvete”, here:
Fun fact: Ulf Wahlberg has through his pop band Secret Service sold 30million copies. In Sweden they were one of the biggest behind ABBA.
Nils Ivar Martila and Steinar Albrigtsen – photo by Photgrapher Joakim Rostom
Former CLAYMORDS vocalist/founder’s solo project MARTILA will release new 11:30 minutes song “The Pale And The Storm” on April 27th, featuring Norway’s biggest country music legend Steinar Albrigtsen.
This collaboration is Steinar Albrigtsen‘s absolute first time within the metal genre. The song is made by Nils Ivar Martila and Bjarne Olsen who joined forces with producer/composer Henning Ramseth (Ram-Zet/Return). Ramseth recorded guitar and bass in his SPACE VALLEY STUDIO. The drums were recorded by Erik Röjås CLAYMORDS/Sterbhaus) in Stockholm at death metal veteran and Grave’s mastermind Ola Lindgren at SOULLES STUDIO. Mixed and mastered at SOULLES as well.
The original thought behind the song was to make a song not meant for playing live, which will happen May 6th against all odds.
Here’s Nils Ivar Martila about the process: “I wanted to do something I have never done before, make a very long song. However, to have the courage to make people listen to ONE song for that extend of time, it had to be intriguing all the way. This, of course was not a new way for me to make music since variation is my signature in all I’ve written. The difference this time is that THE PALE AND THE STORM is three songs in one, a challenge I hope we succeeded. Fortunately, I got two of the best musicians I know to make this happen, Henning Ramseth and Erik Röjås! It was mind-blowing to watch Henning record all from preproduction to finished product, and together with “blastermind” Röjås on drums. It is important for Erik and me that people notice that these are REAL ORGANIC DRUMS, no plastic-fantastic. Cause it is a very unfortunate trend today in the metalrecordings that the drums are not real, they are often moved (in times when drummers can’t play) and trigged. It just loosens the dynamic I feel. I hope others appreciate this too! To add another unusual touch, I asked Karl Henning Lundby to do an accordion solo in the middle of the song. He actually made it to number #8 in accordion world championship. THE PALE AND THE STORM is my life story and is a result that I have never been afraid to try to do stuff others would not, like to play a gig in Donetsk while the war was ongoing around us!”
The steaming release is April 27th on all digital platforms! Spotify, ITunes, Amazon, Tidal etc. Release party is May 6th in at John Dee, Oslo, Norway with Steinar Albrigtsen, Karl Henning Lundby. Facebook Event page here.
MARTILA in CLAYMORDS- video recorded at Moscow Black Metal Convention:
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