In a quest for our vision/sound, we turned to Agent Steel, Mercyful Fate, pre-Rick-Rubin-Slayer, Venom, Bathory, Celtic Frost, Morbid Angel & many others, that made us listen to metal in the first place. And apart from the bone-crushing brutality and breakneck speed these bands had, they also had atmosphere; an evil & brooding myst created by that organic, analog sound. But ours was not a quest to sound like they sounded; it's one to sound like they would have wanted to sound!

 

 

We are able to record an analog metal record the way WE want to, where the vibe and sheer aggression of a take are more important than playing every note exactly the same. Where we use Marshall tube amplifiers, a tape echo, a plethora of 70's effect pedals and a mid-eighties BC Rich Stealth to record guitar parts, working with the natural distortion all these parts generate. Where reverb can reclaim its rightful place on the throne of the metal production realm, a throne it hasn't been on in decades. Where even the synthesizers are analog. And overall, where we can open a doorway to the temple where Satan's corpse lay on the altar as a burnt off ring to the godz of speed!