Wilson/Akerfeldt project first album to be named "Storm Corrosion"

woops, working title, but whatever.

From the official Porcupine Tree twitter page:

http://twitter.com/ptofficial

This...sounds good. Opeth's lighter side and SW's lighter side would work well.

where is portnoy !

playing with avenged sevenfold

busy not fucking up what could potentially be a good project

that doesn't sound like him at all

laughed WAY too much

He came with an offer to sing the lead vocals for the project, but they had to turn him down, unfortunately.

Portnoy best stay the fuck away from this.

Portnoy best

Portnoy, the best

Storm Corrosion

http://www.metalinjection.net/final...t-mike-portnoy-steven-wilson-finally-launched



"Infusing all shades of rock into a “twisted” and “experimental” musical incarnation is a long-anticipated and newly embarked project – to feature Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson, Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt, as well as Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy. In a recent interview with Chordstruck Magazine, Wilson explained how the project is still “in [its] very early days,” as he is currently getting the concepts out and onto the paper, drafting the first few tunes with Akerfeldt. Thus far, both European progressive metal masterminds have churned out “15 minutes of music” in Wilson’s London studio.

Now, Akerfeldt, Wilson, and Portnoy – are dudes that keep themselves busy, dabbling in dissection with all types of music – exemplified by and ranging from the traditional death metal calls of Bloodbath’s Resurrection Through Carnage, through to the progressive, experimental tunes of records like Dream Theater’s When Dream and Day Unite, and Opeth’s My Arms, Your Hearse. Nonetheless, zooming in on the present and collaborative effort at hand, Portnoy added that, in spite of their more traceably progressive metal backgrounds, “people are going to be very surprised by the direction” – especially those who may spin the record with expectations of the “death-metal-progressive rock” feel. He assured readers of this, so too that “if you put the two of [both Wilson and Akerfeldt] together,” the “last thing [they’d] do is something similar to what people already known from our most high-profile project.” In short, they itch to innovate, forever avoiding that easier but all-too common path of writing music that is predictable, familiar, and perhaps more welcomed by their established fanbases.

Despite the fact that the duo (and soon to be, trio) intends to venture into the more “mellower” and less “prog” sonic realms, they have promised that their direction is “arty…ambitious,” and inevitably, “epic” – undoubtedly “dark” – a sure-fire way to hook listeners on the deliberate melodies and the introspective lyrics that gave both musicians a solid status in the musical world. They have walked into the studio’s with the intent of doing “something really, really special and really different” – a desire that they have kept in mind for years. Added Portnoy in a 2009 interview with Pyromusic.net, “the three of us each mentioned wanting to work with each other years ago, and since then it’s kind of been this rumor that won’t go away.” Rumor-turned reality? Not quite, as he also explained how the exponential “hype and anticipation” has ironically made them “hesitant” to go forward with the project. Perfectionists as they are, it’s due to the overwhelming reception from a record that has barely been drafted, to-date, that they feel the hype has “surpassed anything [they can] realistically deliver.”

As opposed to a more silent and understated entry of new music into the libraries and flowing from the headphones of music listeners, Portnoy attributed the excitement to the Internet, on which news and music getting “leaked” is an increasingly common phenomenon: often a source of bliss for beloved yet impatient fans, and a royal nuisance for bands (and their loving labels). He vehemently critiqued such “leaks” and the internet for too often “[opening] up [a] can of worms of discussion,” after which “people starting discussing and discussing and discussing and dissecting and anticipating…[building] up such a level of hype and expectation in their head that it’s impossible to ever satisfy.”

As far as expectations are concerned, Portnoy and Wilson wish to keep the project’s growth “under the lid,” but have promised that they “would love to work together” and get it all together, synthesizing a record that’s “different” as anything they’ve ever made but essentially, and perhaps most crucially, straight rockin.’
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lol

I'll bet Akerfeldt and Wilson really regret ever allowing MP's name to be mentioned in conjunction with this project. Now it won't go away.

LOL

ho hum

boo hoo

waaaa i'm a filthy jew


can't wait for this btw

Not surprised. Considering how he felt about the direction OSI took, I couldn't see him getting much out of this.

Oh, nice! Steven Wilson doing something experimental!



I'm sure it'll sound exactly like everything he had done before.

Since Akerfeldt is involved, he may actually branch out by not taking complete control of the project.

Plus, I hardly think Bass Communion sounds like Porcupine Tree.

I think Ghosts On Magnetic Tape is SW's best recording, and the Andrew Liles version is even better. You can't beat that stuff for 3am listening.

If Wilson sings it'll sound like Porcupine Tree no matter what.

like pendulum's the fountain

I fucking hope he doesn't.

this, if you have the awesome voice of Akerfelt, use it.

I got pretty tired of Wilson/Porcupine Tree

^ his vocal harmonies on BWP were fucking sublime though, Harvest springs to mind.

Personally, I'd love to see them just release a hardstyle album. Fuck that shit would be amazing.

yes, they do make great vocal harmonies together, specially on Masters Aprentices snd windowpane

I think it'd be cool if they alternated a lot. Who knows, maybe it'll be so experimental that there are no vocals.

I doubt it.

^Agreed--I think it would be really cool if they both did vocals and traded off, rather than having a single, dedicated, main vocalist.

Sorry, i am an Akerfeldt fanboy and think he should sing lead vocals with Wilson doing backing vocals and ocasional leads.or as said before there could be no vocals (but i want akerfeldt's voice)

but that's just for me.

and storm corrosion sounds like it could be ironic since they say not to expect metal from it, kinda sounds like a metal album title, i guess they'll probably change it

Portnoy will not be a part of this.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=145629

NO ROOM FOR DRUMS!!!! LMAO what the fuck does that even mean?

What? Portnoy wouldn't be a part of it? That's some fucking news. How come? That's outrageous!

Best quote in the comments:

"Wilson is a genius, but these quotes are disturbing. Don't expect any metal? No room for drums? Thanks, anyway, Steve -- I'm fine with my "Whale Noises" cd."

It's not music if it has no drums or Portnoy.

Can't wait for this. No portnoy is a plus.

'No room for drums' has me very fucking excited. Could actually be really different from what both of them have done. Or maybe electronic drums are more suitable?

Kind of this.

I'm not really expecting anything like it, but a part of me is really hoping it'll be some complete unexpected departure for both of them, the 'no room for drums' comment only supports this

this only makes me wonder if it could be something like ulver's perdition city

I'm really not sure how to interpret what they have both said about this project so far... It will be hard for both of them to manage expectations of their respective fan bases. The longer they go with just making broad statements, the more people will probably get their hopes set ridiculously high.

Hopefully they're able to release this in the first half of 2011.

I'm very excited now that Portnoy isn't going to ruin it. We'll see how this pans out.

by the turnstile beckons a drummer fair
the face of portnoy above purple beard
no joy would flicker in his eyes
brooding sadness came to a rise

hm. Even though i'm not a huge portnoy/dream theater fan, I actually think that him playing drums in a wilson/akerfeldt colab could be pretty cool. I mean come on, he is a talented drummer.
Him having say on the creative direction could be scary though.
butttt hes no longer in it so whatever.

Excited about this, i'm sure whatever direction it turns out going in will be pretty sweet.