This can only mean one thing. It's photo time again. While its not the band's favorite thing in the world, everyone managed to make it out alive. We may even have secured some half decent pics.

The time has come for the next step in the production of TCS' sophmore offering. Nat has finally rocked the mic! 

'Falling' the track in question is an interesting choice for the band due to it's slow burner almost smokey vibe. The guys feel it sums up the direction of the new album nicely but also lends itself beautifully to a future music video due to it's soundtrack style.

Check out the video above to watch Corey finishing one of the last guitar parts for the new album.

Photos of the session will be up tomorrow night.

An acoustic guitar being re-strung. An innocuous event under most circumstances. However in this case it heralds another stage in the production of The Cursing Stone's sophomore offering.

One more good session and all of the electric guitar parts will be complete. Next up is the inimitable clean & acoustic bits to add some lush textures.

After that comes all of the orchestral and piano arrangements, adding beautiful dynamics and harmony.
All of this before any of the vocals are even tracked.

With the end of year deadline closing fast, the band needs to ramp up their efforts to secure a release before Christmas. Good thing they work well under pressure.

"It's a process, many things need to be considered when writing the guitar parts. We went in to the recording process with basic arrangements, and we've been slowly adding complexity during ther recording process. Some of the decisisions you have to make when you come up with a cool new part is, does it conflict with the vocal melody, is there something better I can do with orchestral parts or synths, etc. You end up spending all this time writing, only to dump it in favour of something better. It's a very involved process."

Next in line is all of the clean / acoustic guitar parts. Then filling out the tracks with synths and orchestral / piano bits. Then it's back to Puzzle Factory to record all of the vocal parts.

There is still no projected date for completion, however having a master by the end of December is still on the cards.

Further to our recent reveal regarding Corey assisting with a top secret track featuring Blaze Bayley, we can now reveal a second track that Corey worked on will have another renowned guest vocalist performing on it.

Alessandro Del Vecchio from Italy's 'Edge of Forever' who has worked with such names as Glenn Hughes, Jeff Scott Soto, Dreamtheater's James LaBrie among MANY others, will  be appearing on a few of DRAGONSCLAW's tracks. One of which has lyrics worked on by Corey.