Heretic, helvetic

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Yesterday I wasn't sure if I can trust my eyes, as the click nrs simply EXPLODED. I'm still not sure why exactly (could imagine that it has to do with instagram - or my recent newsletter).

And errrm, because of that and bcs my diamond membership will soon expire (and then I'm limited to 3 songs here) I deleted 2 Songs. And just to remind you, these songs are available to buy. ;-) I'm too tired to post links- I think theyre written somewhere in older posts (and probably no one will buy, bcs stupid me had to make 2 versions of that songs and don't want to take all of them down).

Anyway cheers and thank you if you're going to BUY some of my music. It's no must, but it would be nice of course. But hey, if all of you would buy the EP that I (hopefully) am going to make with that other swiss musician (probably in autumn), then that would be fine too. :-P

Hey folks,
I got some very good news for you. Alright, Inidicators therefore have been around for a while, but now it's on the way of getting official/serious & I just can't keep it for myself: I am pregnant! ????With a baby of DOOOOOOOM! ???????? In approximately 1 1/2 months (or maybe earlier) I'm gonna start making music with another swiss musician!

He plays drums for 35 years, has tons of texts ready to be grunted or sang; he can sing around 3 1/2 octaves, can death-grunt but also black metal scream, plays some keys aaaaand he learned sound engineer. ????Until yesterday (where we had a phone talk) I thought, that hecan play bass too, but it turned out, he can't. &I'm kinda glad about that. Means more work (yuk, work... but music-work - yay!), but I find it cooler to play bass too and not only all the guitars (and maybe grunt or sing here and there).

Which also means, that I soon shall practice more &already try to come up with some killer tunes. Maybe need some new equipment as well, as I'm not really happy with what I have now. Oh and (in theory) our first release is gonna sound like a mix between old cathedral, bethlehem (dark metal album-style) & my dying bride.

But what does this mean to you? It means, that the project heretic, helvetic will probably soon at least be set on ice. There's a small chance, that I'm going to upload shorter songs/song-fragments. But will see. And I probably won't renew the "diamond membership" (costs more than it brings anyway), which will lead to that I can only have 3 songs up here and also, the ppl I can follow will get smaller.

But if everything will go as it should, then you're going to have a new project run by not only 1 swiss musician, but by 2! And one of them knows how to actually record songs and has tons of texts already written at home. So, imagine, how awesome this could gonna get. For me, it would be like a dream come true. But we will see what the future brings - if it's only Doom again - or for a change, something a bit nicer.

Thank you all for your support, have a nice weekend and take care! Oh, and don't forget to DOOOOOM OOOOON!!!!

Hi there,

Wanted to spread some news - a bit wider. And I even let you chose how much you want to read (though that's actually anytime one's personal choice). ;-)

Very short version: I uploaded 3 Songs or Song-fragments. Yay!

Medium version: After a long time where I had trouble with inspiration, still my equipment and also motivation and energy, I finally started to make music again lately. And I even made some progress with getting along better with some programs I was avoiding for some time, so in theory I perhaps could be able to record some "complete" songs again. But it looks like I will need some time for that, because I still have some problems with software and letting my ideas come to life (like I would want them to).

The track "Everything fades away" is my latest project and the closest to a real/complete song and will probably be the intro/or a part of what most likely will become my next and the first complete song after years. Let's hope it is going to work out more or less like I would like it...

And that you don't have to wait so long (because I can't tell how long it is gonna take or even if I will be able to do it) for a complete song without something else to listen to, I wanted to share that "Intro" and 2 other short (guitars only) songs I made. I hope, you can enjoy some of it, though it's not exactly what I would call perfect...


Long version/additions to medium version:

I actually would rather not upload anymore of those short "guitars only" songs/song-fragments and I actually decided at some point that I want to avoid uploading stuff like this (if possible) and rather try to make some "real songs". At least, songs that I worked on a bit more (and from a technical view, I'd be more pleased with the result) - but that's not THAT easy. As said, I had some troubles and also since almost one year, I mostly found it frustrating almost every time, when I tried to make some new music. I just hardly was ever pleased with how it sounded and often I had the feeling I'm just playing the same melodies again and again. So I decided to (mostly) let it be and picked it up again. But still, it could be better. Right now, I feel, that there were times where it has been easier for me to create new music - that I'm more or less satisfied with. So, will have to wait how it will go on.


Well, to come back to those song-fragments... Because I couldn't really handle the necessary programs to make more complex songs (and also didn't have the energy) I kind of was limited to do such songs. Also, sometimes it's good to have kind of a "quick success" and that goes much quicker with something like that than making a complex song with everything.

Hey guys & girls!

As the title already says, I just got an E-Mail from n1m, that I'm on place 1 in the charts for Instrumental in Switzerland! Actually, 4 of my songs are on place 1 to 4 there. ;-) And also I've been at nr. 1 for Metal since some time, right now there are songs on place 1 and 2.

Wow! Amazing, and that wouldn't have been possible without you, my dear listeners. So thank you very much! And I just wanted to let you know. If now someone would already buy one of my songs (even if they're only "appetizers"), then it would be even better. ;-)

Two songs are already available on Bandcamp, and at least one should follow on lots of other sites in some time, probably like in 1 - 3 weeks. But I hope to be able to make my first EP somewhen in autumn. And (if it's going to be somewhat good that means) it would be more important that you'll buy THAT, because there should be some "real songs" and not only appetizers on it... Well, at least I hope, that I will get this far with one of my recording programs then, to really record complex songs with everything it takes. But now, as some of you may know, I'm in Finland and will stay here for 2 weeks. So, I can't work on my music, but it's also important - in other ways...

Take care and (try to) stay safe! And thank you again very much for making this possible. :-)

Because it seems to be veeeeery popular (already has the same or even more clicks than The bitter joy version 2 - though it's around 1 week "younger", I guess), I just decided to also upload it and make it available for you to buy. So, have fun with it. ;-)

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Hey guys & girls,

Like the title already implies, it's been some work, but finally my first track is available for you to buy. It's The bitter joy (of life) - version 2. Just uploaded it to bandcamp, but it will also be available in lots of stores in about 2 - 4 weeks.
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And if the link shouldn't display correctly (as n1m hates links), just search for "heretichelveti" on bandcamp.

Actually I wanted to charge 0.40 sfr (because it's not a real song, more of an appetizer), but it wouldn't let me - the minimum is 0.50 sfr... And (if you should be rich or don't care) you should also be able to pay more, if you want.

So, does that make me a professional musician? I don't know, maybe when I will finally make an EP (which I would like to do somewhen in autumn). And I also had the idea that it would be cool to release an EP of my oldest 3 songs on here too. But let's wait and see how it goes.

I wonder, if anyone is going to buy it soon... And I couldn't even say that this would be the first time, that I earned money with my music. or with music in general, better said. Because some years ago, I already earned 1 or 2 EURO in Finland, when I played Hotel California (their wish) for a couple of finnish "drunks" on the acoustic guitar. ;-)

Hi folks!

Because a lot of you obviously seem to have liked my little esoteric space jam, I just decided to upload another jam. It's basically just a loop (one of the 1st times I tried to simulate bass), some keyboard-intro (though I hate, that I had a much better version, but couldn't remember how I played that!) and a never-ending solo.

I have to say, the solo (especially the beginning) reminds me strongly of Tony Iommi. Probably I have been listening to a lot of Black Sabbath before... Also it's a pretty old track (8 years at least, I would guess), so that means, now I could play even better. ;-)

And I just felt like uploading it, so you have something "new". Because tbh I'm STILL suffering from a veeeeerrry nasty influenca (everybody is talking about how bad covid is, but hey, don't forget the damn influenca!) and I REALLY hope that it will end soon, because I actually should fly to Finland this Friday (the 13th. :-S).

So I was kind of busy with THAT and also with my Twitter-account and with preparing it that at least one song (The bitter joy of life version 2) will be available for you to BUY soon. But it looks like that will need time. And I really couldn't try much to see if I can become so familiar with one of my music programs to create drum tracks and being able to record like I would like to. Just didn't have the energy and was too busy with other stuff as said. And I rather doubt that a new song will "arrive" in the next time. Prepare yourself rather for autumn (cause I'm going to stay in FIN for 3 weeks and there I can't work on my music). I actually would love to make an EP (and to release an EP with my 3 oldest tracks on here), but I can't tell if and when this is going to happen.

As I often say: we will see. ;-) I hope you will enjoy that little jam, though I know/suppose the loop-thing is kind of boring and the solo isn't perfect, but has some nice parts... Take care and stay safe - and beware of both, Covid and fu**ing influenca!

First: YouTube
Then: YouTube

And as last: YouTube

I once had the hono(u)r to see the latter 2 live @Zürich probably 2013, 2014? Together with 2 swiss sludge bands. Was veeeerrrryyy bloody nice! Just bad that I had to go too early to see the whole ...Esoteric-show. Needed to catch my train (as I don't live near that city - thank Satan). But I'm glad I was there. I also met one of my best (female) friends ever again after a longer time we didn't talk at that concert. ;-)


And just had to realise again, the Swedes have a thing for traditional Doom
@candlemass @Isole for example & more, the Brits can do all the styles (does that make them the Masters of Doom???) and the Finns had/have some very impressive and heavy funeral doom! Whilst more or less the only thing the swiss have is (besides me and some other exceptions;-)) probably some nice Sludge (good to party to). ;-) Oh, and Norway once had some brilliant Death/Doom (Beauty & the Beast-Style) plus @ Funeral plus @ The 3rd & the mortal.
Or what would you say?

Oh and, I think that (at least some years ago it was like that) Norway has the best female singers , Sweden some of the best guitarists and the Finns had/have lots of good grunters. Just my opinion. ;-)

Errm, first time that I try to put a song into a post (I hope it will be displayed normally after, but will see). So, yesterday (here in Switzerland it's already - well, you actually don't want to know) I tried to create an effect in amplitude that sounds somewhat familiar to one that the band Esoteric often uses. Once when I created a song part of actually the most likely next real song I'm going to make, I already heard it in my head, that this one part has to sound something like that damn Esoteric-effect.

So as said, I tried to kind of recreate that. Oh, and btw. I should say here, that I do have new equipment, but unfortunately I also do have some problems with it. ;-) So until now I can't record songs much more complex than this, I'm afraid. But I hope that I will be able to change that soon! You will see it, when it's done...

Then, after a night at my friends appartment, after listening to some Jimi Hendrix and then to Planet Caravan and Riders on the storm while I was jamming to the latter 2 on the acoustic guitar of my friend, later I came home and tried to find maybe the last nuances for the effect to feel like it should. I tried and I guess, I can't make it any better. So I decided to jam a bit with that (on 2 guitars and the 3rd one [on the right] using a bit a different effect) and out came: this. The esoteric space jammm... ;-) And it's really only a jam and I wanted to share it with you. Because I thought that it sounds kind of cool and I probably won't be playing something like this again in a real song (but will use at least one part of that - probably just without the 2 lead guitars, that's what I actually meant, but we will see).

I'm not sure if it's really worth to upload it (there might be a chance that I'm going to delete it, but I can't predict the future...), but yeah... And probably I should warn you, that it might be bad for your ears and I rather would not recommend to listen to it while you're heavily on psychedelic substances (not that I would have extremely much experience with that, but just saying, that I could IMAGINE...). I believe, your brain might explode otherwise and you probably would prefer it not to, I guess? So, yeah, I warned you... And now have fun with it. ;-)

The title already says it. So, follow me there if you feel like and/or if you want to be informed about what's going on with my project and me. I also already said something concerning this in my profile/bio here at the bottom.

So, go and look on my twitter-account for more...;-)
Take care and stay safe (btw I'm STILL suffering a bit from an influenca, no covid)...