Eight Armed Blog

Business Casualty

eightarmedstudio — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:30:53 +0000

One of the most talented musicians, audio engineers, and a good friend of mine Brett Boland asked me to do photos for his studio, Brett Boland Recording.
Knowing Brett from the band Hetfield&Hetfield you can tell by the way he thrashes the drums he’s no ordinary drummer and wait till you hear what his new project Astronoid is becoming. I don’t think you’re ready for this.

Brett was previously an intern a Zing Recording Studio (yea THAT Zing) before finding his own studio space in Newburyport,MA. Since then he has recorded Vattnet Viskar (Century Media Records), Super Stoker, Mt. Meridian, and Happy Time Harry just to name a few. I have yet to hear a bad band that Brett has recorded.

So Back to the photos. This is what we came up with

Brett Boland Recording

And of course we had fun shooting

Brett Boland Recording Outtakes

Brett Boland Recording

Brett Boland Recording Outtakes

Keep and eye on Brett’s work:
Brett Boland Recording Facebook
Astronoid
Website coming soon!

rock and roll and #haileightarmed

Riot Rhythm

eightarmedstudio — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:41:40 +0000

Harvey Uncouth has released his solo record titled “I Believe In Harvey Uncouth”
Nine solid hip-hop tracks that are musically diverse but still cohesive
Every record i’ve heard from Harvey has been progressively more mature. Always a step in the right direction

Since I have had the privilege of designing the album artwork for the last three singles and as constructed a logo for the villainous MC, he had me design the artwork for “I Believe In Harvey Uncouth”

Me and Harvey had some ideas from the beginning starting with a photo shoot.
Just a plain black background that we could knock out in Photoshop

Harvey Uncouth

Experimented with lighting

Harvey Uncouth

Decided on the photo for the cover

Harvey Uncouth

Then drawing inspiration from Harvey Dent’s campaign from the Dark Knight, some dark and grungy textures, a photo of NYC I took 5 years ago, we came up with:

I Believe In Harvey Uncouth

thanks to the vector skills of Chou Design for designing the “Harvey Uncouth” name

Wondering what this album sounds like? Here’s my favorite track Bonfires In December

You can pick up this album for FREE on
HarveyUncouth.net
SoundCloud
DatPiff.com

#haileightarmed

Goon Squad

eightarmedstudio — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:26:59 +0000

We’ve got a lot of media packed into this one today! We’ve been working with Harvey Uncouth on album art, live video, and a logo. I’ve known Harvey for years. If you’ve ever seen the destructive force known as Rebels of Art then you know Harvey throws down some serious rhymes. Since the split of Rebels of Art Harvey Uncouth and Elvis McFly have gone on to work on their own projects. The lyrical material seems to have matured over the years, but don’t think that the occasional reference comic books and sic-fi movies are gone. Harvey’s got some new singles up on SoundCloud that we have produced artwork for, and they’re some of his best songs yet!:

Definitely one of my favorite tracks. Listen up:

Harvey was looking for a logo and we sketched out some ideas on some post-its. Since we both know he is an agent of chaos, this seemed fitting:

Beneath the Sheets had got Harvey Uncouth on the bill for their show at the Middle East in Cambridge, which ended up selling out quickly. The show was Harvey’s first show back on the scene and Beneath the Sheets were celebrating the release of their new single “She’s Bad and She Knows It” so the venue was packed. If you don’t believe me, here’s some video evidence:

there’s plenty more video from the show, so keep watching the skies…and YouTube for new tracks. #haileightarmed

Harvey Uncouth
Music: http://www.soundcloud.com/harveyuncouth
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/harveyuncouthanarchynation
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/harveyuncouth

the Good, the Bad, and the Undead

eightarmedstudio — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:22:13 +0000

This week we started working on a new music video for Sub7 and the Undead. This will be a cut off their NEW album “Symphony in Blood”. Symphony in Blood is a sequel (part 2) in a series of concept albums. This song will follow Alistair Darkwater and his revenge on the gypsy family that cursed him. There’s blood, vampires, angels, and a group of girls that will tear your heart out and eat it for breakfast.
I have been working closely with Alistair on his vision and what part of the story we will be telling with this next video. I’ve heard the song and this video is going to ROCK. Since it is a concept album and it is meant to tell a story, the video is basically a short horror film. There’s nothing I enjoy more than rock n’ roll, blood, and film.
We got some great shots and it was a perfect weekend to shoot in the backwoods and backyards of Dunstable, MA despite the cold nights haha. Dawn and Scott were great hosts, they let us use their land and in return the girls got to show their gratification by sinking their teeth into their necks! Everyone wins!
Excited for the new album, this one is gonna be heavy!! Expect more updates on the progress from our Twitter and Facebook pages. Here’s some behind the scenes shots to peak your interest:

Alistair Darkwater

Alistair and the Coven

Alistair and Jackie

Blurry gathering

Cold night for a shoot

Scott post-death

Jeff showing off his neck wound

the Aftermath

Lots of blood, good times, and good friends. Hope you’re all thirsty for more!!
#haileightarmed

Set to Destroy

eightarmedstudio — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:36:13 +0000

Caricature

We took a drive up to Universal Noise Storage in Newburyport, MA last month to visit our friend Brett. I’ve worked with Brett for years and have seen him thrash the skin off drums when he plays in Hetfield & Hetfield. He’s currently recording Caricature at the studio and playing drums for them as well. Caricature is a progressive/metal band from New Jersey and they recently released their EP Birth By Sleep and it’s pretty amazing.If you haven’t listened to them, I’ll give you a few mins…
Good, right!? Anyway, We found a couple good spots to shoot promotional photos for the band and here is a taste:

Caricature

We took some individual shots as well

Joseph

Kyle

Dave

Brett

most of the night was spent taking ridiculous photos

Caricature – Gardening gloves are metal

Caricature – Dave creepin

Caricature

check out more photos from the shoot at http://www.eightarmed.co

Check out Caricature:
Facebook
Twitter
Bandcamp

and as always #haileightarmed

Behind the Days

eightarmedstudio — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:43:18 +0000

We’ve got some photos of Austin Bryant for his new website. He is the current drummer for Beneath the Sheets and 7 Mile Drive. We took a drive up to Newburyport,MA to find an interesting location on one of the last hot days of the summer. Found a good spot in the marsh, set up the drums, and rocked out. Jumped into the marsh to get some of the lower shots, which are probably my favorite pictures.
Out of the 30 photos I edited, here are a selected few:

Austin Bryant

Check out Austin and the Beneath the Sheets crew in action in the video for December off the album Go Easy, It’s My First

If you enjoy what you hear “like” Beneath the Sheets on Facebook or pick up the album Go Easy, It’s My First on iTunes!

the North

eightarmedstudio — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 01:31:08 +0000

My cousin’s wedding was this week and for the rehearsal we headed up to Portsmouth, NH. I’ve been to Portsmouth before and I knew that I was going to need my camera. Most people took a tour of the lighthouse, I toured the area around the lighthouse (Fort Constitution). I haven’t used my wide-angle lens too much so I decided to experiment with that.
I really like how this one is framed

Portsmouth I

View of the sea

Portsmouth II

Just liked the colors in this one

Portsmouth III

View through the fort wall

Portsmouth IV

Outpost

Portsmouth V

There were a few tunnels leading to different parts of the fort

Portsmouth VI

outpost

Portsmouth VII

and a couple abstract photos for textures with the micro lens

Portsmouth VIII

Portsmouth IX

always good to find new places to explore
#haileightarmed

Wasting the Dawn

eightarmedstudio — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:38:24 +0000

It has taken a few months, but we finally found time to finish Martin the Mummy. This one eyed wonder was made with sharpie, waterproof first aid tape, and acrylic paint.

Martin the Mummy

He’s our third monster along side Zurich the Zombie and Walter the Werewolf. It’s seems like we may be lookin at a vampire or frankenstein for our next monster, unless we decide to veer off the classic monster path. No reason for consistency right!? haha

Martin the Mummy

Drawing, painting, and being more hands on with my work has always been more exciting for me because i’m creating something that exists the the real world. The digital realm has become full of the same ‘ol fabricated artwork. It feels better to make something literally by your own means and without the credit of various hardware and software companies. Granted the shell was made by KidRobot, but you get what i’m talking about.

Zurich and Martin

thanks for reading, and as always
#haileightarmed

Maybe I’ll Catch Fire

eightarmedstudio — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:18:10 +0000

Whoa! Haven’t posted on this in a few weeks. Been busy, so it’s time to get you all caught up!
Our good friend Harvey Uncouth has been droppin’ singles from his new album that is currently in production. I’ve heard the progress in the studio and from a career standpoint it is exactly that, progress. He’s come a long way. As soon as he’s done with a song and he’s ready to share it with the world, Harvey send over an E-mail so I can take a listen and find some inspiration for cover art. This is the first track:

Harvey Uncouth – Pardon Me Brotha

working on the artwork for second one as I type this.

We accompanied the Beneath the Sheets crew and shot some behind the scenes video during the 2nd Annual Boston Harbor Booze Cruise. Nothing like a conglomerate of metal, rock, and hip-hop fans partying and sailing the seas. Lots of good video and photos, always good hang in with those guys. Especially my long lost twin Mykael, apparently if you both have glasses hand long-ish hair that means you’re related haha.

Beneath the Sheets – Boston Harbor Booze Cruise

We used just about all eight of our arms this past weekend. On top of all of that, we shot video and photos for our metal brothers in ThunderHawk. Photos came out great, they’ll be up soon! But we’ll talk more about that next time. Here’s a preview:

Thunderhawk

and as always #haileightarmed

King of the Gutters, Prince of the Dogs

eightarmedstudio — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:24:52 +0000

Murder By Death

On July 14th we had the privilege of shooting video for the indie, folk-rock, heavy hitters: Murder by Death. The first time I heard them was in March this year when they played with our friends in Anchors and the unpredictable Foxy Shazam. I took photos for Murder by Death that night and I was extremely surprised with the performance! The talent that this band encompasses is amazing. Adam (the singer/guitarist) e-mailed me because he saw the photos I put up on the web and wanted a couple of the photos to put up on the band’s website. Of course I said “yes”.
A few weeks later they announced a new tour and I saw they were coming to Boston. I sent the band an e-mail asking If it was alright to shoot video for their show at the Paradise Rock Club. They said “sure!”. So on the 14th, after a long day at the beach we geared up and headed into the depths of Boston. We found a good spot for the cameras and the mic up on the balcony by the sound booth and the end product is what you see here:

The part that I am most proud of is the color correction, or lack thereof. Did not have to touch the color because It looked completely fine straight from the lenses. Also, I could not have done this without the help of my extra sets of arms. I am very grateful to have talented friends who are supportive of my cause.
If you enjoyed “Feugo!” and “I’m Afraid of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe” , we will be releasing the live video for “Straight at the Sun” the same night the new record Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon is released! [midnight on September 24th] I know that’s a long ways away but it will be worth the wait, believe me. It’s my favorite song off the new album. Check out all the cool prizes for supporting the new album on the Murder By Death KICKSTARTER page!