ARCH ENEMY: More 'Khaos Legions' Studio Footage Posted Online
January 31, 2011More behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions for "Khaos Legions", the forthcoming album from Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY, can be viewed below. The CD was tracked at Sweet Spot Studio in the south of Sweden with engineer Rickard Bengtsson (who produced 2005's "Doomsday Machine") and is scheduled for a May release via Century Media Records.
Commented bassist Sharlee D'Angelo: "Ladies and gentlemen, the low end is firmly in place!
"After a long day of ploughing through an absolutely massive array of bass guitars, different amps and cabs, and various other electronic gadgets the choice finally fell on my white custom shop Ibanez Iceman run through an MXR Bass D.I.+ and an Aguilar Tonehammer into an Aguilar DB751 head and a DB810 cab, complemented by a Marshall VBC 412 cab, hidden behind a veritable forest of expensive microphones on serious looking mic stands. And the result? Fucking awesome, people!
"Our engineer Rickard Bengtsson is an audio nerd with a rock'n'roll backbone who does not give up until he finds what he's looking for — and thank fuck for that. 'Cause the songs on this album really need to be presented in the best way possible.
"Having laid down all the bass tracks now, I just can't wait for everybody to hear the album, and to play all these songs live for you all! But we're not quite there yet; next up are blistering leads from the depths of hell..."
ARCH ENEMY drummer Daniel Erlandsson previously stated about the new CD, "We had a very inspiring and creative time writing this album. I think this is definitely evident when listening to the new songs. There's tons of variation in the material, ranging all the way from very melodic to extremely heavy.
"As you can expect there's no shortage of killer riffs and intricate guitar work; the Amott brothers [Michael and Chris] have come up with some very cool yet demanding ideas!
"This album has some of the fastest songs I've ever recorded, along with a bunch of heavy pounding mid-tempo songs.
"As always, it's difficult to describe music in words, but rest assured — this album will be one heavy fucker!"
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