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12 Gauge
Studio album by Kalmah
Released February 24, 2010
(see release history)
Recorded May–August 2009
Tico-Tico Studios, Finland
Genre Melodic death metal
Label Ranka
Kalmah chronology
For the Revolution
(2008)		 12 Gauge
(2010)

12 Gauge is the sixth studio album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Kalmah.

The album was released in Japan on February 24, 2010, Canada on March 2, Europe on March 3, and will be released in North America on April 6.

Contents

Production

Recording and mixing took place from May to August, 2009, at Tico-Tico Studios. By May 12, Janne Kusmin's drum tracks had been laid down.[1] In the online studio diary, Kusmin writes, "I had to change some foot parts because I could not play them as good I wanted to. Reason for this is too little practicing."[1] Timo Lehtinen completed the bass tracks around May 19. Pekka Kokko and Antti Kokko had their rhythm and lead guitar parts finished by May 28. By the middle of June, Pekka had recorded vocals for five tracks and Antti finished all his solo work. After a summer break, the band returned in August to record Marco Sneck's keyboards and complete both Pekka's and the pig unit's group vocals. Mastering for the disc took place at the Cutting Room in Sweden.[2]

The band's promo photo session was lensed by Vesa Ranta at a gloomy swamp, documented by Antti Kokko in a two-part video called "The Call of the Wild." These, and five other short videos, were uploaded to YouTube by Antti Kokko to document the making of 12 Gauge.[3]

The track Bullets Are Blind was released in December 2009 on a 2-CD collection included with the 35th anniversary issue of Soundi magazine.[4]

"12 Gauge" music video

Concept

The video takes place in a winter forest, with the band members dressed warmly in heavy clothing.[5]

Production

The music video was shot on February 20, 2010 in Pudasjärvi, Finland, in freezing temperatures. The band explained, "The thermometer was pretty low, −37 °C (−34.6 °F) as we started. By the end of the day, it was −27 °C (−16.6 °F). It was freezing, but anyways we managed to pull it [off]." The intro to the song was not used in the video.[6]

The video was uploaded to the official Spinefarm YouTube channel on March 1.[5]

Track listing

# Title Length
1. "Rust Never Sleeps"   5:16
2. "One of Fail"   4:10
3. "Bullets Are Blind"   4:27
4. "Swampwar"   4:19
5. "Better Not to Tell"   3:58
6. "Hook the Monster"   4:04
7. "Godeye"   4:25
8. "12 Gauge"   5:50
9. "Sacramentum"   6:28
42:57[7]
Japanese edition bonus track
# Title Length
10. "Cold Sweat" (Thin Lizzy cover) 3:10

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Finland[8] 15

Release history

Region Date Label Format
Canada March 2, 2010 CD
Europe March 3, 2010 CD, vinyl[9]
Japan February 24, 2010 King[10] CD
North America April 6, 2010 Fontana Universal[11] CD

References

  1. ^ a b "Kalmah – Web Gauge (studio diary)". Kalmah.com. http://www.kalmah.com/fans_diary12.html. Retrieved 16 February 2010. 
  2. ^ Recorded and Mastered
  3. ^ Antti Kokko channel at YouTube
  4. ^ Soundi Magazine 2-CD tracklist
  5. ^ a b "Kalmah: Photos From '12 Gauge' Video Shoot Posted Online". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. 24 February 2010. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=135695. Retrieved February 25, 2010. 
  6. ^ "Kalmah to Shoot New Music Video for "12 Gauge"". Metal Underground.com. 17 February 2010. http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=53140. Retrieved 25 February 2010. 
  7. ^ "Kalmah – 12 Gauge" (in Japanese). Rakuten. http://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/12ゲージ-カルマ-4988003384302/item/6286011/. Retrieved 24 February 2010. 
  8. ^ "Kalmah – 12 Gauge (album)". FinnishCharts.com. http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Kalmah&titel=12+Gauge&cat=a. Retrieved 13 March 2010. 
  9. ^ "Kalmah News". Kalmah.com. http://www.kalmah.com/. Retrieved 16 February 2010. 
  10. ^ "Kalmah – 12 Gauge". HMV Online. http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3732876. Retrieved 24 February 2010. 
  11. ^ "12 Gauge – Kalmah". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/12-Gauge-Kalmah/dp/B0039OC0Q6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1268418539&sr=1-1. Retrieved 12 March 2010. 

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