NEWS

October 2002

Okay, here it is, I've finally gotten my faeces together, and I'm working on new material, which should be collectively completed around xmas. This time, I'll have 6 tracks rather than 3. I have ditched the entire slow/gothic/keybordy sound that might have been heard in the track "Poison", and instead gone for a harsher sound... It sounds kind of like a mix between Ice Palace and WAM, only with more prominent bass guitar.

This time around, I've decided to go for a more poetic approach lyrically, instead of the philosophical stuff that was on my last MCD. I'm still including a Lycanthropic Warrior rerecording, and actually, I've already completed that (added a solo and everything). It is a suited inclusion, because it symbolises the combining of IP and WAM styles.

I'll have a sample up as soon as I add vocals to one of the tracks, which might take a few weeks, I'm not sure...

In future I'll probably create a new project if I feel the need to experiment to the extent that I did with the "Poison" track...

Oh, and it also occurred to me to explain that I have no more copies of WAM left (Necrogoat might have some, I'm not sure) and 14 copies of Ice Palace left.

-Adrian

September 2002

I've decided to drop the title "Xeraxis" and just go with my actual name.

There has been almost no progress as far as recording material goes. I'm unsure about the future of the project, so I probably won't have anything completed soon.

If I end up releasing an MCD, it will contain a rerecording of Lycanthropic Warrior and a couple of other tracks, I'm not sure how many.

- Adrian

July 2002

Today I woke with indecision. To kill myself, or to record a Stormweaver track, that was the question posed to me by the voices in my head - and I'm still here, so I must have recorded something...

The track, entitled "Poison" turned out quite well, so I have added a sample of it to the discography section. As I mentioned in April's news, this stuff is somewhat more melodic, and I even used keyboards! Shock fucking horror! Also, there is no distortion on the vocals this time around, mostly because I was able to discover a solution to my troubles with recording them. Enjoy! (Oh sorry, I mean "suffer!").

Also, the latest update to the Kry saga, involves a turnaround of sorts, so that now one of the tracks WILL in fact appear on a compilation tape, which is excellent, because the three of us who were involved in the project are really quite attached to what we created, and it will be great to get some of it out into the big wide world.

- Xeraxis

April 2002

I have started working on a new Stormweaver release. This one will contain more tracks than the last one, and is so far sounding a little bit more melodic.

I have also decided not to go ahead with the Kry MCD after all. The few tracks I have are not really worth enough on their own - There had been some chance of getting one of the tracks onto a compilation tape, but that doesn't look like it is going to happen now, either.

- Xeraxis

February 2002

"War Against Morals" has been released! It is being printed by Necro Goat Productions, and is selling for $7.00 per disk.

If you would like to purchase a copy, email NGP to reserve one first. Your email will be replied quickly.

No progress has been made on the Kry MCD.

-Xeraxis

January 2002

Two changes in the track listing have occurred - The removal of the two tracks entitled "Terror Quest" and "Observing a Great Eternal Nothing". These two songs were originally going to be included on the CD, as they were written by myself during the writing of the Soulblighter demo 'Ice Palace'.

I have, though, decided that they do not live up to the writing standard of the other three tracks, which have already been completed, and so, they are no more. Due to this, what was at one time going to be a longer CD, is now an MCD, which contains only 3 tracks, similarly to the Soulblighter demo, although the length of this new release is much longer, due to the individual length of each track.

Now that I have finished recording, I need only to complete the cover design, before I can begin selling it, so there should not be much more waiting involved. Also, because I have cut the 'title track' from the recording, I can no longer use it for the CD's title, so the new title will be "War Against Morals".

On another note, I am considering 'releasing' an MCD entitled "Kry", which will contain three tracks of raw black metal from during 2001, where I accompanied Dave Thomas and Dom Zugai for a few short months in an attempt to start a three piece black metal band, which left behind this small legacy before failing. I might print a short number of copies on demand, and perhaps also send some along with the Stormweaver disk, when it has been accomplished.

- Xeraxis

November 2001

I have finished recording the first of five tracks for my upcoming demo, and I'm fairly pleased with the result. A sample of the track, which is called 'Plague Bearer', can be downloaded here, and in the discography section.

The music is darker, and faster than the stuff I did on Ice Palace, and the tracks are longer. The disk will be entitled "Observing a Great Eternal Nothing", and the track listing is now complete (although last minute changes are always lurking), so here it is:

Stormweaver - Observing a Great Eternal Nothing

1. Plague Bearer

2. The Moral Epidemic

3. Madness and the Beholder

4. Terror Quest

5. Observing a Great Eternal Nothing

I was considering including an intro, or some other kind of instrumental track, but I will do that last, if I do it at all.

- Xeraxis

October 2001

I am feeling comfortable with the name change, and I am working on new material.

I think in my previous effort, there was a lot of treading (obviously) in places where others have already tread. Burzum and Abyssic Hate are the most prominent examples, but I think this time my influences are more varied.

I am not having to create a sound now, only change it and allow it to evolve, which is a lot more enjoyable, and it is allowing me to write more comfortably.

As for lyrics, I have done very little. I think that more care should be taken this time, though...

'Ice Palace' is still selling, slowly, and there are now 26 copies left.

- Xeraxis

September 2001

It has been only a little over a month since the release of the first demo for Soulblighter, but now, things have evolved. Aside from the obvious redesigning of the official website, the band name has been changed, from Soulblighter to Stormweaver.

The Soulblighter demo 'Ice Palace' can still be purchased, and the three songs on that demo are still part of my slowly growing retinue of compositions. I was, however, becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the title of 'Soulblighter', for various reasons, and the new title is far more fitting for my purpose and direction.

That purpose and direction will not be immediately apparent, and I will not discuss it here. However, soon, perhaps in December 2001 or January 2002, I will release the second demo for my one-man band. It will be the first disk to bear the name 'Stormweaver', and it will contain approximately 5 tracks of hateful, Chaotic Black Metal!

- Xeraxis

August 2001

Soulblighter's first demo has been released!

If you would like to purchase a copy of 'Ice Palace', please send $5 in cash, to:

Xeraxis

PO Box 198

Chatswood, NSW 2057