Metal

These are my personal music projects. I got inspired by Ola Englund for making gear demo videos and I thought I'd need some test songs. Songs that would feature rather heavy riffing. It all started as a couple of songs for sound testing purposes for my custom guitar gear, and to practise my mixing skills for metal music. So after a while I noticed I had an album full of songs and I quickly assembled them together: sung vocals, played keyboard parts etc.
Somewhere in the process, after my mixing skills got a little bit better, I forgot to keep track of which equipment I was using. This happened somewhere around the Delusions Of Reality Part IV: Perfect People album. I guess it is a good sign of concentrating to something else for example music production, mixing and composing the actual songs. Anyway I'm happier to current state of how my music sounds than I were at the beginning of Delusions Of Reality project. Let's see where this path leads to...
  1. Not A Game We Should Play (Single)
  2. Delusions Of Reality (Album)
  3. Polar Illusions (Album)
  4. Polar Illusions (Instrumental)
  5. Polar Illusions Part II: Seasons Of Storms (Album)
  6. Polar Illusions Part II: Seasons Of Storms (Instrumental)
  7. Polar Illusions Part II: Seasons Of Storms (Orchestral Edition)/a>
  8. Delusions Of Reality Part II: Cult Of Humanity (Album)
  9. Delusions Of Reality Part III: The Lies That Define Us (Album)
  10. Delusions Of Reality Part IV: Perfect People (Album)
  11. The Cursed One (Single) [Delusions Of Reality Part V]
  12. Arthur Rex (Album)
  13. Arthur Rex (Instrumental Edition) (Album)
  14. Arthur Rex (Orchestral Edition) (Album)
  15. The Plague (Single) [Delusions Of Reality Part V]
  16. Blood Bonds (Single) [Delusions Of Reality Part V]
  17. Wishing Well (Single) [Delusions Of Reality Part V]
  18. Wasted Years (Single) [Delusions Of Reality Part V]
  19. The War Within (Album) [Delusions Of Reality Part V]

Not A Game We Should Play

Not A Game We Should Play - CD
2018
##NameLength
01Delusions Of Reality05:28
02Not A Game We Should Play04:54
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2018
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2018
Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards, Bass: Olli Kivelä
Drums programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2018
Cover artwork by Olli Kivelä 2018

Copyright © Olli Kivelä 2018. All rights reserved.
Technical details:
Guitars are hard panned to left and right. Left guitar is BC Rich Kerry King Signature Special with my custom wound humbuckers. Right guitar is Ibanez Iceman. Guitars are recorded with my Mark style amp through my custom cabinet with Celestion Seventy speaker miced with SM57. Guitars have only little postprocessing such as HPF at 70Hz and mastering compression and a tiny bit of master mixbus reverb. Bass is recorded with my Lemmy bass amp and DI speaker signal is going though my Eminence Beta speaker impulse response. Drums are programmed with Toontrack Superior Drummer 2 because I don't have real drummer available and my drum skills are not that good :D. I don't use any drum midi libraries. All the drum fills etc are programmed by me.
This is also an important project for me because I don't have any sheet music written for this as I have almost every other music projects I have done. Arranging the songs were done in quite oldschool way with sequencer and a guitar. All rerecordings and arrangements are done by ear. In that aspect I'm very satisfied with this project and I feel that it has improved my guitar skills especially on rythm guitars.

Delusions Of Reality

Delusions Of Reality - CD
2018
##NameLength
01Weight Of The World05:05
02Fear04:50
03Competition Of Misery05:57
04Ruler Of Self Made Hell05:19
05Unforgiven05:47
06The Evil That Men Do04:07
07Delusions Of Reality05:26
08The Last Day Of My Life So Far05:42
09Not A Game We Should Play04:58
10Dancing On Black Roses03:59
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2018
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2018
Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards, Bass: Olli Kivelä
Drums programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2018
Cover artwork by Olli Kivelä 2018

Copyright © Olli Kivelä 2018. All rights reserved.
Technical details:
Guitars are hard panned to left and right. Left guitar is BC Rich Kerry King Signature Special with my custom wound humbuckers. Right guitar is my OKCUSTOMAV with my custom wound humbuckers. Guitars are recorded with my Mark style amp through my custom cabinet with Celestion Seventy speaker miced with SM57. Guitars have only little postprocessing such as HPF at 70Hz and mastering compression and a tiny bit of master mixbus reverb. Bass is recorded with my Lemmy bass amp and DI speaker signal is going though my Eminence Beta speaker impulse response. Drums are programmed with Toontrack Superior Drummer 2 because I don't have real drummer available and my drum skills are not that good :D. I don't use any drum midi libraries. All the drum fills etc are programmed by me.
This is also an important project for me because I don't have any sheet music written for this as I have almost every other music projects I have done. Arranging the songs were done in quite oldschool way with sequencer and a guitar. All rerecordings and arrangements are done by ear. In that aspect I'm very satisfied with this project and I feel that it has improved my guitar skills especially on rythm guitars.

Polar Illusions

Polar Illusions - CD
2018
##NameLength
01The Night Without A Day19:45
02The Day Without A Night16:42
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2018
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2018
Guitars, Vocals, and Bass: Olli Kivelä
Drums and keyboards programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2018
Cover artwork by Hanna Kivelä 2018

Copyright © Olli Kivelä 2018. All rights reserved.
Technical details:
Guitars are hard panned to left and right. Left guitar on 1st track is Jackson Kelly with EMG-HZ humbucker in the bridge position and Seymour Duncan Jazz in the neck position. Right guitar on 1st track is Ibanez Iceman. Left guitar on 2nd track is Jackson Kelly with EMG-HZ humbucker in the bridge position and Seymour Duncan Jazz in the neck position. Right guitar on 2nd track is Jackson RR (I don't remember the model :s) with EMG-81 (bridge) and EMG-85 (neck). 2nd track has also Peavey Vortex guitar in the middle in the beginning of the song. 1st track rythm guitars are recorded with my Mark style amp and lead guitars are recorded with my SLO-100 style amp, both through my custom cabinet with Celestion Seventy speaker miced with SM57. 2nd track guitars are recorded with my Steam Machine MK I amp through my custom cabinet with Celestion Seventy speaker miced with SM57. Guitars have only little postprocessing such as HPF at 70Hz and mastering compression. Bass is recorded with my Lemmy bass amp and DI speaker signal is going though my Eminence Beta speaker impulse response. Drums are programmed with Toontrack Superior Drummer 2 because I don't have real drummer available and my drum skills are not that good :D. I don't use any drum midi libraries. All the drum fills etc are programmed by me, maybe you can hear it.
This project was actually produced before the death metal stuff above. I wrote and arranged all instruments as sheet music before I started recording. Most of the material were recorded in the midwinter (2017-2018). I'm still practising to make balanced mixes with lots of synth and guitar layering. Of course this is still amateur work but I'm somewhat satisfied with this mix and I think little by little I'm getting there...

Polar Illusions (Instrumental)

Polar Illusions (Instrumental) - CD
2018
##NameLength
01The Night Without A Day19:45
02The Day Without A Night16:42
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2018
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2018
Guitars, Vocals, and Bass: Olli Kivelä
Drums and keyboards programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2018
Cover artwork by Hanna Kivelä 2018

Copyright © Olli Kivelä 2018. All rights reserved.
This is otherwise same album as above but without vocals.

Polar Illusions Part II: Seasons Of Storms

Polar Illusions Part II: Seasons Of Storms - CD
2018
##NameLength
01Into The Darkness22:45
02Into The Light23:52
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2018
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2018
Guitars, Vocals, Keys, and Bass: Olli Kivelä
Drums programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2018
Cover artwork by Olli Kivelä 2018

Copyright © Olli Kivelä 2018. All rights reserved.
Technical details:
Guitars are hard panned to left and right. Guitars are reamped using my Steam Machine MK II amp through my custom cabinet with Celestion Classic Lead speaker miced with Bumblebee Pro RM-6 ribbon microphone. Guitars have only little postprocessing such as HPF at 70Hz and mastering compression. Bass is recorded with my Lemmy bass amp and DI speaker signal is going though my Eminence Beta speaker impulse response. Drums are programmed with Toontrack Superior Drummer 2 because I don't have real drummer available and my drum skills are not that good :D. I don't use any drum midi libraries. All the drum fills etc are programmed by me, maybe you can hear it.
I'm still practising to make balanced mixes with lots of synth and guitar layering. Of course this is still amateur work but I'm somewhat satisfied with this mix and I think little by little I'm getting there... altough maybe little too much high middle in this one :D.

Polar Illusions Part II: Seasons Of Storms (Instrumental)

Polar Illusions Part II: Seasons Of Storms (Instrumental) - CD
2018
##NameLength
01Into The Darkness22:45
02Into The Light23:52
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2018
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2018
Guitars, Vocals, Keys, and Bass: Olli Kivelä
Drums programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2018
Cover artwork by Olli Kivelä 2018

Copyright © Olli Kivelä 2018. All rights reserved.
This is otherwise same album as above but without vocals.

Polar Illusions Part II: Seasons Of Storms (Orchestral Edition)

Polar Illusions Part II: Seasons Of Storms (Orchestral Edition) - CD
2018
##NameLength
01Into The Darkness22:45
02Into The Light23:52
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2018
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2018
Guitars, Vocals, Keys, and Bass: Olli Kivelä
Drums programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2018
Cover artwork by Olli Kivelä 2018

Copyright © Olli Kivelä 2018. All rights reserved.
This is otherwise same album as above but with only bass and synths.

Delusions Of Reality Part II: Cult Of Humanity

Delusions Of Reality Part II: Cult Of Humanity - CD
2018
##NameLength
01Last Candle03:49
02Forsaken03:28
03Misery Loves Company04:04
04Self Doubt Club04:14
05Unbreakable04:20
06Selfish Or Not04:48
07Art Of Solitude05:26
08Epicaricacy04:49
09Cult Of Humanity03:59
10Hypocrite03:08
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2018
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2018
Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards, Bass: Olli Kivelä
Drums programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2018
Cover artwork by Olli Kivelä 2018

Copyright © Olli Kivelä 2018. All rights reserved.
Technical details:
Guitars are hard panned to left and right. Guitars are recorded with my Steam Machine MK II amp through my custom cabinet with Celestion Classic Lead speaker miced with Bumblebee Pro RM-6 ribbon microphone. Guitars have only little postprocessing such as HPF at 70Hz and mastering compression. Bass is recorded with my Lemmy bass amp and DI speaker signal is going though my Eminence Beta speaker impulse response. Drums are programmed with Toontrack Superior Drummer 2 because I don't have real drummer available and my drum skills are not that good :D. I don't use any drum midi libraries. All the drum fills etc are programmed by me.
This is also an important project for me because I don't have any sheet music written for this as I have almost every other music projects I have done. Arranging the songs were done in quite oldschool way with sequencer and a guitar. All rerecordings and arrangements are done by ear. In that aspect I'm very satisfied with this project and I think that this is better mix than the previous Delusions Of Reality album.

Delusions Of Reality Part III: The Lies That Define Us

Delusions Of Reality Part III: The Lies That Define Us - CD
2019
##NameLength
01The Lies That Define Us03:17
02My Hell03:41
03My Turn03:36
04People Person04:29
05One For All03:19
06The Last Time I'll Bleed04:45
07Accustomed To03:30
08Not The Ones We Used To Like03:07
09You Will Never Understand Me03:06
10Your Choice, My Fault?03:02
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2019
Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Keys: Olli Kivelä
Drums programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded December 2018 - February 2019 by Olli Kivelä
Mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2019
Cover artwork by Olli Kivelä 2019

Copyright © Olli Kivelä 2019. All rights reserved.
Technical details:
Guitars are hard panned to left and right. Guitars are recorded with my SLO 100 inspired amp through my custom cabinet with Celestion Classic Lead speaker miced with Bumblebee Pro RM-6 ribbon microphone. Guitars have only little postprocessing such as HPF at 160Hz and mastering compression. Bass is recorded with my Lemmy bass amp, SLO, and DI speaker signal is going though my Eminence Beta speaker impulse response. Drums are programmed with Toontrack Superior Drummer 3 because I don't have real drummer available and my drum skills are not that good :D. I don't use any drum midi libraries. All the drum fills etc are programmed by me.
This is also an important project for me because I don't have any sheet music written for this as I have almost every other music projects I have done. Arranging the songs were done in quite oldschool way with sequencer and a guitar. All rerecordings and arrangements are done by ear.

Delusions Of Reality Part IV: Perfect People

Delusions Of Reality Part IV: Perfect People - CD
2019
##NameLength
01For The World03:37
02Out Of My Hands03:55
03Prisoners Of The Past05:36
04This Is Not About Me04:39
05Hope Is Not Gone06:01
06Sleepwalking Awake04:19
07Left Behind04:18
08Perfect People04:19
09Road To Hell04:11
10Real World Heroes03:46
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2019
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2019
Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Keys: Olli Kivelä
Drums programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded April - July 2019 by Olli Kivelä
Mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2019
Cover artwork by Olli Kivelä 2019

Copyright (c) Olli Kivelä 2019
Technical details:
Guitars are hard panned to left and right. Drums are programmed with Toontrack Superior Drummer 3. I don't use any drum midi libraries. All the drum fills etc are programmed by me.
In this album I finally learned how to do proper fry screams (after taking lots of lessons). So these vocals at least to me sound the best that I have ever screamed so far.

The Cursed One

The Cursed One - CD
2020
##NameLength
01The Cursed One04:46
02Unforgiven05:43
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2018-2020
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2018-2020
Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Keys: Olli Kivelä
Drums programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded November - December 2019 by Olli Kivelä
Mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2020
Cover artwork by Olli Kivelä 2020

Copyright (c) Olli Kivelä 2020
Technical details:
Guitars are hard panned to left and right. Drums are programmed with Toontrack Superior Drummer 3. I don't use any drum midi libraries. All the drum fills etc are programmed by me.
I think on this one the mix and vocal technique are little bit better again than in the previous one.

Arthur Rex

Arthur Rex - CD
2020
##NameLength
01Side A20:34
02Side B17:08
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2019-2020 All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2020 Guitars, Vocals, Bass: Olli Kivelä Drums and orchestrations programmed by Olli Kivelä Recorded November 2019 - April 2020 by Olli Kivelä Mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2020 Cover artwork by Hanna Kivelä 2020
Technical details:
Guitars are hard panned to left and right. Guitars are recorded with my SLO 100 inspired amp through my custom cabinet with Celestion Vintage 30 speaker miced with SM57 and Bumblebee Pro RM-6 ribbon microphones. Bass is recorded with my Lemmy bass amp and 15" Celestion bass speaker. Drums are programmed with Toontrack Superior Drummer 3. I don't use any drum midi libraries. All the drum fills etc are programmed by me.
I think on this one the mix and vocal technique are little bit better again than in the previous one.

Arthur Rex (Instrumental Edition)

Arthur Rex (Instrumental Edition) - CD
2020
##NameLength
01Side A20:34
02Side B17:08
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2019-2020
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2020
Guitars, Vocals, Bass: Olli Kivelä
Drums and orchestrations programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded November 2019 - April 2020 by Olli Kivelä
Mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2020
Cover artwork by Hanna Kivelä 2020
This is otherwise same album as above but without vocals.

Arthur Rex (Orchestral Edition)

Arthur Rex (Orchestral Edition) - CD
2020
##NameLength
01Side A20:34
02Side B17:08
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2019-2020
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2020
Guitars, Vocals, Bass: Olli Kivelä
Drums and orchestrations programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded November 2019 - April 2020 by Olli Kivelä
Mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2020
Cover artwork by Hanna Kivelä 2020
This album consists of the orchestrations of the main album.

The Plague

The Plague - CD
2020
##NameLength
01The Plague06:08
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2020
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2020
Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Keys: Olli Kivelä
Drums programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded July - September 2020 by Olli Kivelä
Mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2020
Cover artwork by Olli Kivelä 2020

Copyright © 2020 Olli Kivelä
℗ 2020 Olli Kivelä
Technical details:
Guitars are hard panned to left and right. Drums are programmed with Toontrack Superior Drummer 3. I don't use any drum midi libraries. All the drum fills etc are programmed by me.

Blood Bonds

Blood Bonds - CD
2020
##NameLength
01Blood Bonds04:13
02Your Choice, My Fault?03:03
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2018-2020
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2018-2020
Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Keys: Olli Kivelä
Drums programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded October - November 2020 by Olli Kivelä
Mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2020
Cover artwork by Olli Kivelä 2020

Copyright © 2020 Olli Kivelä
℗ 2020 Olli Kivelä
Technical details:
Guitars are hard panned to left and right. Drums are programmed with Toontrack Superior Drummer 3. I don't use any drum midi libraries. All the drum fills etc are programmed by me.
Starting from this single release the Delusions Of Reality saga will continue under its own artist name Delusions Of Reality Follow on Spotify Follow on Bandcamp.

Wishing Well

Wishing Well - CD
2021
##NameLength
01Wishing Well06:18
02Delusions Of Reality05:23
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2018-2021
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2018-2021
Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Keys: Olli Kivelä
Drums programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded January - April 2021 by Olli Kivelä
Mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2021
Cover artwork by Olli Kivelä 2021

Copyright © 2021 Olli Kivelä
℗ 2021 Olli Kivelä
Technical details:
Guitars are hard panned to left and right. Drums are programmed with Toontrack Superior Drummer 3. I don't use any drum midi libraries. All the drum fills etc are programmed by me.

Wasted Years

Wasted Years - CD
2021
##NameLength
01Wasted Years06:04
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2020-2021
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2020-2021
Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Keys: Olli Kivelä
Drums programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded September 2020 - July 2021 by Olli Kivelä
Mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2021
Cover artwork by Olli Kivelä 2021

Copyright © 2021 Olli Kivelä
℗ 2021 Olli Kivelä
Technical details:
Guitars are hard panned to left and right. Drums are programmed with Toontrack Superior Drummer 3. I don't use any drum midi libraries. All the drum fills etc are programmed by me.

The War Within

The War Within - CD
2021
##NameLength
01Agony Is The Price Of Progress05:11
02Wasted Years06:04
03Ones With The Gift04:30
04Mr. Solidarity03:37
05Blood Bonds04:13
06Wishing Well06:19
07The War Within06:01
08The Cursed One04:45
09The Wrath That Is Eating My Soul06:41
10The Plague06:03
Composed and arranged by Olli Kivelä 2020-2021
All lyrics written by Olli Kivelä 2020-2021
Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Keys: Olli Kivelä
Drums programmed by Olli Kivelä
Recorded June 2020 - July 2021 by Olli Kivelä
Mixed and mastered by Olli Kivelä 2021
Cover artwork by Olli Kivelä 2021

Copyright © 2021 Olli Kivelä
℗ 2021 Olli Kivelä
Technical details:
Guitars are hard panned to left and right. Drums are programmed with Toontrack Superior Drummer 3. I don't use any drum midi libraries. All the drum fills etc are programmed by me.
Copyright © Olli Kivelä 2021. All rights reserved.