Use that!

Phase 1 of recording the next record is complete. We had the distinct pleasure of spending 14 - 18 hour days at Avast! hammering out the best drum and bass tracks we could muster. One curious thing about the experience was this: as the day would pass into night and the Hellgaters were getting tired, our engineer, Mark Mercer, perked up and pushed us into the wee hours of the morning, encouraging us to focus and pull the best takes out of us. All and all, it was a lot of fun, there were no melt-downs or fights, and the tracks sound kick ass so we're happy.

Next weekend we'll be laying down the guitar and vocal tracks. Before you know it we'll have a shiny new Hellgate album for you.

Be sure to join us Saturday, January 26th at the Skylark in West Seattle for Ben Baier Appreciation Night. We'll be celebrating all things Ben with We Wrote the Book on Connectors (Ben's other band) and The Dead Americans from Eugene. Bring your best "Hooray!".