Of course we all layered our own parts of the top of each, and we fleshed out the riffs in between those three main ones all together in the room. The drone section and clean riff in the odd time signature was penned by Nick. The opening black metal riff (which comes back later) is one that Tom had had kicking around for years before he joined Ba’al. The writing of this song was a real collaboration between Tom, Nick and Richard’s riffs.
We finalised it when Joe first joined the band, and we’ve been playing it live at almost every show since he started performing with us in the middle of that year. This is the oldest song on the album we actually started writing it with a very different lineup back in 2018, after the release of ‘Thy Sorrow’.
In Ba’al, each band member has full creative control over their own instrumental or vocal parts and we all have input into the writing of every song, but here we outline the genesis of some of the riff ideas and some of the challenges we faced in writing them. Now that it is out in the world and available to your ears, we thought we’d take a more detailed look at each track and share some insights into the writing process. You can pick it up from, or get it on any of your usual streaming/purchasing services. Thank you all for listening and buying it – we really appreciate your support. Ellipsism has now been out for a week and the response has been phenomenal.