RAGE Guitarist On New CD: 'This Album Is The Greatest One I've Ever Produced!'

German metal veterans RAGE entered Twilight Hall Studios (where the band's "Unity" CD was previously tracked) in Grefrath, Germany on August 20 to begin recording thier new album for a tentative February 2010 release via Nuclear Blast Records. Charlie Bauerfeind (HAMMERFALL, HELLOWEEN) once again produced the CD, which "contains progressive [elements] and an orchestrated song," according to a press release.

Commented RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski: "After months of work in studio for the upcoming RAGE album, 'Strings To A Web', I slowly begin to enjoy our new work as finished product! It is such a great feeling to see how few small ideas develop and become something really big.

"After so many albums, for me it is still some sort of miracle seeing short melodies inside my mind becoming a realistic great song. I have the feeling that we discovered again something new that brought a lot of fun to us in studio.

"On the highway, there has never been a RAGE album that brought so much fun by listening — either you want to go at full throttle or you start dreaming away. The mix of catchy riffs, sometimes down tunings on the guitars and very interesting harmonies, which connect with the voice melody to something that you immediately want to sing along causes that you want to listen right from the beginning as soon as the record is finished playing.

"On these 14 tracks I have done the most interesting and incredible with different tricks and sounds within my whole career I think and this made me be able to express all my emotions. Thanks to the further development of ENGL amps, like, for example, the new Fireball model, which I used additional to my invader in studio, I tried to bring my guitar sound to another level.

"'Strings To A Web' is definitely a CD, which I think, will last in my CD player for some years longer. From bombastic orchestral parts with fat choir backings on 'Empty Hollow' to progressive parts during 'Strings To A Web' up to heavy moving riffs on 'Saviour Of The Dead', this RAGE album leaves no further requests up to the listeners! The only thing is that you have to be patient until the release in 2010.

"This album is the greatest one I've ever produced!"

Photos from the recording studio can be viewed below.

RAGE's "Gib Dich Nie Auf" EP was released on January 16 as part of a box set including the band's latest album, "Carved In Stone". The EP is also available separately via Nuclear Blast mailorder.

"Carved in Stone" entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 24 back in March 2008.