Anssi Kippo (born 1976) is a Finnish producer that founded Astia Studios in Finland. He has produced and engineered numerous acts including Behexen, Children of Bodom, Horna, Impaled Nazarene, Kalmah, Insomnium, Atomica, Norther and Twilightning. Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Behexen is a Satanic Black Metal band. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Horna (abyss) is a Finnish black metal band, formed in 1993. ... Impaled Nazarene is a Finnish black metal band that incorporates elements from thrash metal, hardcore punk and grindcore. ... Kalmah is a melodic death metal band from Finland. ... Insomnium is a melodic death metal band from Finland, influenced by doom metal, playing songs about sorrow, death, and loss. ... Norther is a melodic death metal band from Helsinki, Finland whose style incorporates elements of heavy metal, black metal and power metal. ... Twilightning are a melodic power metal band from Finland. ...
Under their request, no overdubs were used on the release version of the concert.
For their next release, Children of Bodom decided to make use of Peter TÃĪgtgren's Abyss studio in Sweden, instead of the Finnish Astia studio from AnssiKippo, in which they had recorded all of their previous releases, including the demos from IneartheD.
The band wrote eight new songs for this album, and while on the studio decided to include an extra track, which was hastily composed and whose lyrics were improvised by Alexi; that track would eventually receive the name of "Kissing the Shadows".