Richard Sjunnesson

Hey!

I’m awfully glad you enjoyed what we created in the first episode of The Unguided TV! I know it’s a bit dragged out and stuff but it was only to make more of an impact of finally reveling Roland (which I guess was pretty obvious even with the mask, and seeing the Affliction t-shirt kind of gave it all away, hehe). We now are planning to release an Xmas episode on December 24th if everything goes as planned.

Leah Eropkin, who is a very talented artist and good friend to us, has been busy working day and night to bring you a little something. I’ve personally worked very close to Leah for some year’s time now, and she always blows my mind to pieces with her unique art. I also handpicked her to be involved in this project as well. We give to you The Unguided symbol:


The Unguided Crest


To celebrate this we want to host a competition! The first one to send in a picture of your tattooed skin with this very symbol will receive a parcel of three shirts and some extra goddies as an award. The shirts you will receive in this package will be the three shirts Roland, Roger, and I were wearing in whatever Sonic Syndicate video you select. If you are the first one, you can select from Denied, Jack of Diamonds, and Powershift. The second can choose from whatever is left, and same goes for the third. In addition to this, you will also receive your very own unique “@the-unguided.com” forward mail. The three first ones will also get the Fallen Angels – Extinction demo. After the first three ones are awarded, everyone else that still sent in pictures of their new tattoos will get a “@the-unguided.com” mail forward, nevertheless. Send your pictures to [email protected]

You can download The Unguided logo and symbol here in vector graphics, use and abuse!:
Logosymbol.zip (264kb)

We have been keeping ourselves busy writing more songs than ever before. Currently, we already have about ten songs in the pipeline for the album and everything sounds really awesome! I will assure you it sounds nothing like the “new” Sonic, and the people who liked the classic Syndicate will be familiar with the take on these songs for sure. I don’t think we ever wrote this many songs in such a short period of time. And I believe it’s the fruit of having creative freedom and loving what we do—it certainly has upped the pace. We are all very excited to share two songs with you guys in January! And I already have the final artwork for the release in my hands. I literary just can’t wait to unleash to you guys!

A YouTube clip containing an interview from Sonic Syndicate was brought to my attention, and I think it’s both entertaining and disturbing at the same time:
Sonic Shocks Interview With Nathan Biggs

First off, new kid, Superman called and he said your coat turning in this interview made him jealous! “Kids will be kids?” To be fair, little kids weren’t exactly our fan base in a pre WRTN world, so what you are calling “kids” is quite inaccurate. Kids weren’t exactly the solid fan base we accumulated over the years. And regrettably, this was the very same fan base that got exposed to the, “I don’t care if we lose every single fan. We will gain many more new ones with this direction. And we probably already lost all of them after releasing LAOD anyways,” mentality. I’ve actually had these words slapped in my face. Of course a business supports a goal, which will theoretically generate more money, even at the expense of one’s soul. I saw what WRTN had done to our fan base first hand on the Scandinavian gigs. And from where I was standing, it didn’t exactly look like it attracted the most loyal generation out there. Then I received mails stating that the bad attendance was an understatement, which proves it even more. I find this entertaining! Also, this is my theory and view of the matter. I’m not even sure if it has anything to do with the reality. And frankly, I don’t even care because it’s every human’s right to speculate. What I DO care about, and find disturbing, though, is this: “I’m not going to trash talk, I consider a lot of it lies.” So first you say, you are not going to throw any dirt, but then you claim what I said was all lies? Being called a liar, in my book, is the worst accusation you can violate a person with—period! So, how is that sentence not to trash talking? I’ve heard that a lot, “He’s lying.” But it never was clearly specified as to what I was actually lying about, which I find very odd. It is more likely that what I’m really doing is telling the truth, and you don’t have the guts to defend your hide about what you did? Giving you double standards in morality without specifying what exactly I’m lying about just gives me one option in response: SHUT YOUR FACE NEW KID!

This battle started long before you entered the band. And you have nothing but evaporated during your time in it. So please don’t get in my crosshair of this infection because the fact is, your split second as a guest in my life doesn’t even matter. I’ve wasted enough valuable time on you.