The Moonscape Update #24 is out on YouTube

Hello everyone, and welcome back to a new, rather important video update! So it is official, a new album is coming soon, and today I am going through the details and I also wanted to talk about the guest performers that are appearing throughout the album. Hope you enjoy!

(Also available on the "THE MOONSCAPE UPDATE" page on this site)

New album announcement!

MOONSCAPE is proud to announce the release of Entity, Chapter III: A Sudden Glimpse of Clarity on November 21st 2025. It will be available on all major streaming services and on a strictly limited CD edition (200 copies).

Available for preorder now, either from Bandcamp, or place your order via the contact form.

(Click the image to go to album page on Bandcamp)

TRACKLIST:

1. A SUDDEN GLIMPSE OF CLARITY (42:04)
I) Prologue

II) Relapse
III) The Shattered Walls of Illusion
IV) A Guiding Light

V) A Place to Call Home
VI) On the Threshold
VII) Crossing Over
VIII) The Light of Day

IX) One Last Temptation
X) Revival
XI) The Diminishing Shadows
XII) The Visitation Dream

XIII) Home

XIV) The Light of Day (Reprise)

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PERFORMANCES

HÅVARD LUNDE - bass, rhythm guitars, clean guitars, 6 and 12 string acoustic guitars, keyboards, orchestrations, programming, whispers and choir

GUEST PERFORMANCES (In order of appearance)

KEN MILLS – narration

MATTHEW BROWN - lead and backing vocals

DAVID ÅKESSON - lead vocals

NINA POHLEVEN - lead and backing vocals, choir

GRETA HAJDUKOVÁ - backing vocals and choir

JIM BRUNAUD – choir

PHIL STILES – choir

BIRK TVEDT – choir

ELIN WOLLERT - choir

GUEST INSTRUMENTALISTS (In order of appearance)

CEZAR POPESCU - lead guitars

DAVID RUSSELL - piano and organ

ANDREAS JONSSON - lead guitars

LEVIATHAN - lead guitars

DIEGO PALMA – keyboards

Written, composed, arranged, recorded, mixed and produced by HÅVARD LUNDE at HLP Sound Studio, Norway.

Mastered by SHAUN RAYMENT at SDR Audio Production, England.

Additional vocal production by LEVIATHAN at Leviathan’s Den, Sweden.

A Place to Call Home - The new single is out now!

The brand new single A Place to Call Home is now available on Moonscape's Bandcamp page, as well as every major streaming platform.

Written, composed, arranged, recorded, mixed and produced by Håvard Lunde.
Mastered by Shaun Rayment at SDR Audio Production, England.
Additional vocal production by Leviathan at Leviathan's Den, Sweden

Line up:

Håvard Lunde - bass, rhythm guitars, keyboards, orchestrations and programming

GUEST PERFORMANCES:

Andreas Jonsson - lead guitars (intro section)

Leviathan - lead guitars (outro section)

David Russell - piano

Nina Pohleven - lead vocals

Matthew Brown - lead vocals

Greta Hajduková - backing vocals

(Click on the image to go to Bandcamp)

New single "A Place to Call Home" announced!

 Hello everyone!

As you probably already guessed, a new digital single will be released on Bandcamp and every major streaming platform on Friday October 3rd. 

The song is entitled "A Place to Call Home", and is taken from the new album that will be released a bit further down the line. More details will be announced soon.

Line up:

HÅVARD LUNDE - bass, rhythm guitars, keyboards, orchestrations and programming

ANDREAS JONSSON - lead guitars

LEVIATHAN - lead guitars

DAVID RUSSELL - piano

NINA POHLEVEN - lead vocals

MATTHEW BROWN - lead vocals
GRETA HAJDUKOVÁ - backing vocals

Written, arranged, recorded and mixed by Håvard Lunde at HLP Sound Studio, Norway.
Mastered by Shaun Rayment at SDR Audio Production, England.
Additional vocal production by Leviathan at Leviathan's Den, Sweden.

The cover artwork is a combination of a background image taken from Freepik, created by KJPARGETER, and a circular mandala symbol created by Entruvia.

Edited and compiled by Håvard Lunde.

The new album is finally done!

Hello everyone!

The new album is finally done, and I have just uploaded a new update video in which I am talking a little bit about where things are at at the moment.

Please leave a thumbs up, a comment and if you haven't already subscribed to the channel you are hereby invited to do so!

Hope you enjoy!

(Also available on the "THE MOONSCAPE UPDATE" page on this site)

The Moonscape Update #21 is finally up!

Hello everyone, and welcome back to a new video update! It has been four months since the last one, and after someone told me they were waiting for a new one I realized it was probably about time.

Hope you enjoy!

(Also available on the "THE MOONSCAPE UPDATE" page on this site)

The lyrics are done. What's next?

Hello everyone! I figured I'd make a new post to give you a brief update on what's happening.

As you probably read from the headline already, the lyrics are completed, and I'm really pleased with the end result! At the time of the previous post I only had one more track to write lyrics for, and I believe I managed to finish it the next day. I really enjoyed the process of writing lyrics this time, so I was actually a bit bummed that they were done already, but that just meant I was able move on with the next step in the process.

RECORDING GUIDE VOCALS
In order to be able to show the guest singers how I am imagining the vocals, I need to record the vocal lines myself. I started recording these so called "guide vocals" pretty much immediately after completing the lyrics, and I even finished those within a couple days.

 
My X1 microphone (sE Electronics) was used for both guide vocals, and all the

acoustic guitars on the new album. Headphones are BeyerDynamic DT 770 PRO.

WHAT'S NEXT?
In early February I sent the guide vocal files out to their respective guest singers, and some of them are even working on their parts already!

Things are definitely happening, and the thought of a 2025 release of the new album doesn't seem unlikely at all.
Stay tuned!

 

Album recording update

Hello everyone! I decided to make a small post about the current status on the album recording progress, and I guess it was about time with a written one.

LYRICS
Since the previous video update was posted less than two weeks ago I have been hard at work, writing a ton of lyrics. By then I had reached about ten minutes into the album lyric wise, and at this point I have actually passed the 31 minute mark.

I am hoping to soon be able to finish writing, because then I will be able to record my guide vocal tracks for the singers. I am really happy with the stuff I have written down, and I can't wait to hear them being sung by the guest singers that I have in mind.

I really think you'll like what you'll hear.

RECORDING

As you can see underneath, all the instrumental tracking and recording is done, which means that all that is left now are the vocals, before resuming the mixing, and the last, but very important step; mastering.

(Read more below the image)

I am very happy with the mix at this point, but since the vocals are not part of it yet, I am expecting to have some fine tuning to do before it is all done. 

I do have an idea of what the album title will be, but I'll save that for a video update at a later date. 

So, if you made it this far, I want to say THANK YOU for reading, and I hope you're looking forward to the new album as much as I am!

THANK YOU so much for your support, and don't forget; if you want to reach out, just use the contact form on the right side of the blog, and I'll look forward to receiving your e-mail!

Sincerely,

Håvard Lunde
MOONSCAPE

First update of 2025 is up!

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the first update video in 2025! We have reached episode #20, in which I am mainly talking about my lyric writing process, but also a couple other interesting news about the new album.

(Also available on the "THE MOONSCAPE UPDATE" page on this site)

The Moonscape Update #19 just uploaded to YouTube!

 Hello everyone, and welcome back to a new video update! As the title clearly indicates, this one focuses on the year we are about to leave behind, a few thoughts about the holidays, and towards the end there is a message that I hope reaches all of Moonscape's faithful supporters.

(Also available on the "THE MOONSCAPE UPDATE" page on this site)

The Moonscape Update #18 is available on YouTube!

Hello everyone, and welcome to yet another episode, this one being the 18th in the series. I decided to make this a short one, just to let you in on the progress in the making of what I for now am just calling "Moonscape #4". A proper title will be announced later, of course.

As always, thank you so much for watching, and feel free to share, leave a thumbs up, and click on the "Subscribe" button.

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The Moonscape Update #17 out now!

Hello everyone! Welcome back to a new update! In this episode I am talking about the finished T-shirt campaign, plans for a physical release that I had to shelve (for now), and a blog that will serve as the new home page for Moonscape.

As always, thank you so much for watching, and feel free to share, leave a thumbs up, and click on the "Subscribe" button.

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