It does not happen very often, but every now and then a song doesn't make it onto an album. Recording and Elvira Madigan album does not mean putting a bunch of songs on tape and picking the best for the actual CD. All the songs I record mostly make out an important part of the entire release and is therefor included. Besides, if something doesn't work I'll never record it anyway. This is all due to the conceptual nature of the EM albums. But every rule has its' exception. There was actually a couple of tracks excluded from the "Witches..." release. And while recording songs for "Angelis Deamonae" - the coversalbum - some tracks we're never finished either because I couldn't make interesting enough interpretations or they just didn't work on the album. So I thought it might be a good idea to share my thoughts regarding "unreleased tracks" and have included some details below. NAVIGATOR: 1st of 3 The Havoc (of Bloodstained Sheets) The Fiend that p(r)ays for God Angelis Deamonae - The songs that didn't make it 1st of 3 An excluded track destined for "Witches - Salem (1692 vs 2001)". It was left out because it felt unnecessary. It is a nice and symphonic instrumental song hailing from another melody on the CD but didn't really feel vital to the album. I do feel there is little point in cramming as many tracks on a CD as possible. It is the combination of the tracks and the order in which they appear that is more important. The song is not poor or bad in any way but I felt there just wasn't space for it anywhere. Excluding it sort of made everything fall perfectly into place. Since three instrumental songs on the CD "Witches..." has the common ground of titles referring to when the first ever inquisition was formed. This song was thought of as a fourth addition to that trilogy. "1st of 3" means the first of the three inquisitions formed by pope Gregory IX. The Havoc (of Bloodstained Sheets) When recording the CD "Wicthes..." there were four tracks that was to be connected as an Aria with a collective story. The songs were (in the order of which they were supposed to appear): "ecclesia non novit sanguinem?", "crestfallen", this one, and finally another track that is now torn apart and re-used. The fourth track was quickly excluded and suddenly I no longer felt that the three remaining tracks needed to be kept together. It didn't fit well with the order in which the songs were to appear on the CD and the remaining storyline were now a little bit thin. Eventually this track was excluded completely because of its' extremely different apparation and basic identity. It is a heavy drumless symphonic track with screaming & whispering vocals. It is rather nice but in wrapping up the CD just before mixing it, it didn't fit anywhere and I suddenly didn't find myself that very fond of it in general. Perhaps it might appear in a future release completely rearranged. If one reads the lyrics for "Crestfallen" and keeps the story of that track in mind, one can easily see the connection to this songs storyline. The Havoc (of Bloodstained Sheets) - Original in English Pale! Oh see how shadows lure How winter turns limbs white as snow Below there is no greater shame for her If she returns She harbours no lesser pride If back to neatherworlds she'll ride For here above thus high as evil burns The flesh burns deep to satisfy Only death seems far away Apart from scarlet thorns in her side From where she lay Apart from that little piece A splinter born of pride A bastard daughter hidden behind a pair Of blackened eyes And left beneath the dried out land From underneath her feet Her past is neatly stuffed away Hidden in bloodstained sheets The Fiend that p(r)ays for God I was supposed to include details about this song on the previous site but didn't. That is rather unfortunate for I can't remember now when it was written and recorded. I know it was either during the recordingsessions for "Witches..." or shortly after. It really doesn't matter though, for it was not intented for the album in the first place. In fact, I don't think it was intended for Elvira Madigan at all in the beginning but it turned out rather intruiging so I hope to - if not release - then perhaps re-record this track sometime. It was rather unorthodoxly spawned out of a programmed keyboardline on piano. Fact is, that everything You hear on Elvira Madigan albums is played - without exception - by hand (OK... the drums are programmed, sorry for the inconsistency). I take great pride in the fact that I always play synthezisers without pre-programming anything. I don't see a point in recording and releasing albums that I myself don't really play on. This song was concieved as I tried to learn how to program my Korg M1 for a song not relevant to Elvira Madigan. I just fooled around and had a laugh as I put the basics down on tape. Eventually I put some additional stuff on the song and suddenly I started getting something that sounded rather good. So the song came out of a not so serious situation but evolved into a rather nice track. The lyrics became more serious and the basic idea was now completely reinterpreted. At this point I have no use what so ever of the programmed keyboards and should I choose to re-records this song I can do so playing manually on the synth. Unfortuanly, the lyrics are only working lyrics and should I choose to re-record the song I will have to re-write almost all the words. So there's no point including them here Angelis Deamonae - The songs that didn't make it As I dug myself through the many tracks I thought of as possible candidates for making it in re-interpreted version on the "Angelis..." album, I sometimes started recording a few or just tried others out. There was a huge array of songs that never even made it onto tape. I stronly considered tracks like: A-ha: "Here I stand and face the rain", "The sun always shines on TV", Marillion: "Forgotten Sons", Chris deBurgh: "The Girl with April in her eyes" and Candlemass: "Samarithan". For the latter I even had a guest appearance booked for the guitar solo that I myself wouldn't pull off (a certain mr Niskanen). These songs did not have a single note put down on tape. Some other songs got partly put on track. Those (two) were Kingdom Come: "Stargazer" and Roger Pontare: "When Spirits are calling my name". The latter of those two were one of my stronger contenders for the album from the beginning and was surprisingly excluded at the last minute (even though I promoted it on live radio interviews while recording the album!). Most of the song was finished recorded, but it was excluded because it really didn't fit. The "Angelis..." album features clear vocals of larger quantity towards the end - and since this song only featured clear vocals as well - including it would balance the scale too much in favour of the sung vocals. It wouldn't feel lika an Elvira Madigan album. Besides, the version I recorded sounds almost too much in the same vein as bands like "Manowar". Well anyway, I did have a good time trying it out. The song "Stargazer" (Kingdom Come) was not as extensivelly put on tape as the other excluded track. It only got drums and a few keyboardlines recorded but was discontinued because I felt I had what I needed for the album. If I had included the song (after finishing it) the experience the album offers would actually not suffer in anyway. Fact is; I felt like I wanted to wrap things up and start rebuilding the studio in order to begin recording the upcoming original album. And as I say in the "Album Details" I did record the CD partly as therapy. And the way I saw it - the therapy was over, and I had gotten a great album out of it. Perhaps I might consider doing something about this unrecorded song one day (for it sound rather heavy with the drums...) but not at this time.