CONTRIVE Mixing New Album With DEVIN TOWNSEND
August 12, 2009Australia's CONTRIVE is putting the finishing touches on its as-yet-untitled second album. The follow-up to 2006's "The Meaning Unseen" was recorded at Toyland Studios in Melbourne with producer Adam Calaitzis and is currently being mixed by Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR) at Studio D in downtown Vancouver, Canada with the band's drummer Andrew Haug.
Commented Haug: "OK, what does one say when working with such a great friend, a true professional and all-around genius? Um? Good job for a start! Seriously, it's sounding amazing, which, yes, is clichéd to all when making a record, but it's true. He's brought even more life to these already meaningful songs than we could have imagined. Mega-stoked, eh!"
Added Devin: "I've known the Haug brothers for some time, and I have to say that this record is leagues ahead of their previous material, which was already great. They've got a cool message and a sense of dynamics on this album which I think will give people the cause to take notice. Organic and honest."
Currently unsigned, CONTRIVE will use the finished album to procure a new record deal.
"The Meaning Unseen" was mixed at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden by Fredrik Nordström (OPETH, ARCH ENEMY).
Andrew Haug has been hosting Triple J's weekly national metal program "The Racket" (formerly "Full Metal Racket") since 2001. He is a longtime metalhead who has conducted interviews with such greats as METALLICA, TOOL, PANTERA, SLAYER, OZZY OSBOURNE and more.
For more information, visit www.myspace.com/contriveaustralia.
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