Inquisition Recording New Album At London Bridge Studios

Black metal powerhouse Inquisition has begun recording a new album to be released in 2016 that follows 2013's "Obscure Verses for the Multiverse." The band is recording at the London Bridge Studios in Seattle with long time engineer Arthur Rizk. Regarding the session, Inquisition guitarist/vocalist Dagon comments:

"We are currently in London Bridge Studios here in Seattle recording our upcoming full length. We chose this studio for its rare, vintage console and the world renowned drum room they have. When talking about the console, we are talking about the rare opportunity to track on the infamous Neve 8048. This Neve in particular was made in 1972, and is a vintage board with pre-amps that translate sound into something unmatched; you can use all the plugins you want and still never fully replicate it through emulation. Maybe emulation these days comes close, but can't match a real class vintage board like this. There will be an enormous difference the listeners will be able to appreciate after the album has settled.

"Inquisition took advantage of this opportunity and is applying it so our fans and supporters can hear the experience of something truly organic by some of the highest standards when it comes to natural environments. Inquisition is a live band, we are remembered for our live sound and we want an album that brings that essence and those dynamics into the album; from the songs to the production in every aspect. Also, we never forget we are a black metal band, to us this means keeping things realistic and this means to never over produce and artificially over polish anything. This is where 'vintage' keeps those things in check."

Dagon continues, "This time we want to raise the bar on this production so the songs are truly projected as they were intended to, without giving the listener an artificial experience. Organic and vintage on one end, powerful and hot on the other. We are using the room and rare board as a solid foundation to boost this into some much deeper sonic territories compared to past albums so we can preserve the density on the album that Inquisition projects live.

"We have had some incredible support by this studio, one example - was getting us the Soldano SLO from Mike Soldano directly so we could use it on this album; it's his personal shop amp he sent over. They also went ahead and bought a Soldano Hot Rod 50 so we could use it on our album by request. I ended up blending both Soldanos for some sick mid and mid high tones along with my personal amp, a Krank 'nineteen80,' which is essentially a Jose modded JCM800 for some very heavy - hot lows and low mids. The highs are gritty and very aggressive so we can get some extreme live tones from the mod amp. We used three different speaker cabinets, Hiwatt, Marshall and a Soldano 2x12 and assigned each amp to what we thought was the best match per head versus using one cabinet for every head per take. The drums are exactly what we wanted; we went with a Bubinga wood Tama Starclassic for deeper heavier tones and a very full spectrum that a two piece band benefits from when part of your bass comes from the drums. There is a brick wall behind the kit that makes for the best spot in the room which the studio has used for decades."