Nearly done with the record

A few things need to be done before our album hits the press...


It will be named: BLOOD COMBINES

Can't wait to be done and share all our music with everyone who cares!!!

Here's one of the lyrics I and Storgaard wrote for one of the tracks:
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With Swelled Fists And Broken Neck

Take this heart

I need You now more than ever Lord, please come take my hand

I need You now more than ever, don’t wanna separate our ways
I need You now more than ever, don’t wanna separate our ways and die, die

With swelled fists and broken neck don’t leave me here please take me back
Back to Your garden of… rest! Of rest

Cause I know I’m not the fighter, I know I’m not a hero
I know I’m just like dust, but in Your arms I’m gold
(in Your arms I’m precious gold)

Take this heart make it Yours
Call us back to love
Make us one again

Better is one day with You than a 100 days alone
Better is one day with You than a 100 lonely days
Better is one day with You than a 100 days alone
Rather one day with You than a 100 lonely...

Give me Your eyes
Give me a heart of flesh
I need You now more than ever, don’t wanna separate our ways
With swelled fists and broken neck don’t leave me here please take me back

Blood runs through my veins -
Your love does not run dry -
How beautiful you guys are -
We were born with so much love -
That’s one thing we have in common -

Grace

Faith
Love
Integrity
For eternity

Grace

My nephews birthday!!

Jonas Samuel Larsen is 1 year old today and Uncle Andreas is very proud of him!


This is a picture from Christmas morning. I thought that now that I'm the one in this family who's studying kids and their welfare (and homeless people with addicts) I should be the one to give Jonas the most none-correct present for a 10 month old kid :0)

...He liked this gun better than the beer I gave him. He said that Daddy could have the beer :)

Christian Metal in Denmark

The 13th of February 2007 Report:


Things are happening over here. Slowly, but I believe that we’ll soon see a small explosion of Christian Metalheads who want to spread some positive energy and the light of Christ in the often dark sub scenes and -cultures of Denmark.

Barricades just recorded a full length album which will be out in March. I’m sure this will be a landmark for Christian metal culture in Denmark!

Pastor Bob Beeman will come visit my family and I in Denmark this April. I know that the Christian metal heads in this country has so much to learn from Pastor Bob, so this visit of his has also turned out to be a 3 days festival as well. (Sorry, I just couldn’t help it, Pastor Bob:0) )

The very first Christian Metal Festival in Denmark:

The Green Light District Fest will be from 13th to 15th of April and will contain great teaching from Pastor Bob, fellowship, metal cafe, great metal concerts incl. 3 debut concerts from the new hope of Denmark + much more!!

There are a couple of things that need to be in place before we start the big promotion. This will be the start of something very big!

I’m putting up this Festival together with a Danish Christian Metal Community who started less than one year ago. ( www.assaultingvanity.dk ) They do a very good job!

“God Gave Rock n’ Roll To You” – I just want to give some back :0)

-Andreas Larsen

Done in studio

Wow!
Just done with our time in the studio. 9 days recording, and now 4 days mix and then 1 day mastering. The result has untill now been awesome!! Hard work!! - But fun!


Three of us in the band has written lyrics. Here's one of the lyrics I did:

With swelled fists and broken neck

Take this heart

I need You now more than ever Lord, please come take my hand

I need You now more than ever, don’t wanna separate our ways
I need You now more than ever, don’t wanna separate our ways and die, die

With swelled fists and broken neck don’t leave me here please take me back
Back to Your garden of… rest! Of rest

Cause I know I’m not the fighter, I know I’m not a hero
I know I’m just like dust, but in Your arms I’m gold
(in Your arms I’m precious gold)

Take this heart make it Yours
Call us back to love
Make us one again

Better is one day with You than a 100 days alone
Better is one day with You than a 100 lonely days
Better is one day with You than a 100 days alone
Rather one day with You than a 100 lonely...

Give me Your eyes
Give me a heart of flesh
I need You now more than ever, don’t wanna separate our ways
With swelled fists and broken neck don’t leave me here please take me back

Blood runs through my veins -
Your love does not run dry -
How beautiful you guys are -
We were born with so much love -
That’s one thing we have in common -
Grace

Faith
Love
Integrity
For eternity

Grace

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Can't wait for the album to be done!!!

6th day in studio

Things are going well here!!
All drums, bass lines and guitars (except solos) are done!

The next couple of days we'll do vocals, acoustic guitars, cello, ukulele, mandolin and other weird stuff. Three of our friends are going to visit us in the next days:

- Jonas from the band Attrap will do cello
- Karin from the band Münich will do some vocals
- Daniel from the band RatSack will do guest vocal aswell. He is a former growler of Barricades and it'll be good to work with him on this CD too

It's awesome to finally do our full length debut record and I'm looking SO much forward to here the result!!

It's gonna be brutal and b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l !

Barricades in the studio

Two years ago my band and I recorded a 5 track EP, so I guess it's about time we do the full length record!

We will hit the studio on Friday and wake up 12 days later with at least 11 tracks recorded ,lml

The CD will be out in March and I'm SO excited for it - rock on!!

This will be the very first Christian metal album from Denmark (and about time :)

A new year!

The first day of 2007 I sat down and prayed for what God wanted for me in this new year:

FOR TO ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST AND TO DIE IS GAIN! (Phil.1, 21)

2006
A year full of amazement and enthusiasm because of Gods ways, which are way past my understanding!


2007

My desires are to constantly grow in:
- The faith in Gods guidance for every area in my life. He wants to be my traveling partner and my protector everywhere I am! I want to invite Him to be a part of everything in my everyday life. I am in great expectation to what God wants to teach me.
- A confidence in myself my qualities and that God wants to do big things thru me. He has giving me so many gifts and I believe He wants to bless me with as much as I can handle. Who am I without You? Because of the Holy Spirit I can do anything. I want to feel an everyday rest in that confidence! The Spirit lives in me and is working from my inside and out – that perspective convinces me that there’s tons of possibilities to serve God and people. Suddenly anything is possible! I’ve experienced and believe that life doesn’t get any more excited than to spent it in the guidance of God!
- Giving God the glory. I want to honor leaders and people in general. I want to serve those “who doesn’t deserve it” in the eyes of society and other people. I want to serve them because of what they are in the eyes of God. They are His highly beloved creation too.
- A love that “may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that I may be able to discern what is best (and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ), filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.” (Phil.1, 9-11)

I want to overcome:
- Laziness
- Thoughts that make me believe that my work is worth nothing
- God as a second priority
- Self control without Gods guidance

My expectations:
- Gods guidance
- His greatness in both big and small things
- Times of struggling both in my flesh and in my spirit

My work

I have now worked four months full time at a hostle for homeless alcoholics and drug-addicted people. It's just such a huge previllige to help these beautiful people, spend a lot of time with them and hear their life-stories!! 18 guys are living there right now. Tomorrow evening I'll make a movie-night at the hostle.


We are going to watch the Danish movie "Bænken" (The Bench) about an alcoholic guy and his miserable situation. It's an amazing movie and not romantic at all. It's gonna be exciting to talk with the guys at the hostle afterwards - they really know something about the quality of life which modern culture often forget!

Hey thats me - in old school colours :)

Hey thought I might post a picture of myself, so here you go!

Andreas Larsen

Welcome to my blog and my very first post!

It feels nice to be here; BecomingTheArchetype is in my ears and the sky was full of stars last night!

How great life is..!