Mnemic Issues New Studio Recording Update

Mnemic has issued the following recording update:

"After a week of recording drums at the Antfarm studios, we moved back into our own studio.

"This week we are starting recording the guitars. For this process we have tried out some heads and some different cabs. Apparently it was all in the cabs. We are using 3 different cabs, and actually one of them is the first Marshall cabinet that i bought when i was 17 years old. We even tried Line 6 cabs, but they have this canned sound (yes, they sound like shit), compared to the Marshall, they didn't stand a chance. Randall cabinets sounded pretty good too, but in the end we ended up using one Randall cabinet and 2 different Marshall cabs. Its weird considering that the same units are to be found in both cabs (or maybe all? i dunno).

"I have never been a sucker for gear, well at least not when we started the band, i always found it boring, but that's how it is when you are young, naive and like to party and have tits and ass on your mind 24/7. My point is that i learned the hard way about gear over the years, bad sounding shows forced me to look more and more into my gear. I always loved Machine Heads sound, and after playing with them a couple of times, i got into their gear as well. Both guitarists used old 5150s and i never understood how they got this massive sound, until i asked Rob about it, who solved the mystery by telling me its all in the Tube Screamer… i guess everybody knew that, except for moi – as i said, i never gave a shit about gear, i always fiddled around to whatever sounded good to my ears.

"During last year i had the opportunity to buy a 5150, a Tube Screamer and i have never been more happy about an amp or sound – guess what? We are also recording with it. For most of the times we have used Mesa/Boogie, which everybody is using, not that they are sounding bad or anything, but why not try to record with something that you actually can replicate live? As far as recording the amount of guitars, we are trying different combinations, all in all to make it sound more dynamic. This means, instead of recording with the same amp for an entire song at the time, we are combining 3 different heads for different parts in each song. The majority of the rhythm guitars are recorded by Rune, who is doing a great job. First day nailed 3 songs, and now its my turn to try and fuck things up. We’ll keep you updated – in the meantime, check out some photos."