Studio Report: Posthumanism
Written on 16 Apr 2009
The composing of songs for the next Vortech record started in late June 2008, when three songs were completed in quick succession with working titles (in order of composition): Transcendence, Xenomorphosis and Posthumanism. During the next months, a total of 15 songs were done. The final narrowing down resulted in 11 songs being chosen for the album, and the post-preproduction (?!) could start in early December 2008. During post-preproduction all the songs were checked for final adjustments and the final drum programming. In early January 2009, all the songs were finalized and the studio sessions began. Each song received a barrage of 2 rhythm guitar tracks, 2 lead guitar tracks and additional rhythm guitars at tactical positions. This time there will be no standalone ambient tracks, as the songs themselves featured the usual touches of ambience. All guitar and bass tracks were finished on 18 January 2009. Both a clean DI signal and a dirty signal were recorded at the same time, allowing for more choices during mixing. Then it was time to start writing the lyrics for the album. During that time, we also went through all the videos and pictures from the recording sessions to compile into a nice coherent clip. A studio video was released on 7 February 2009, at which point 3,5 songs had finished lyrics with the progress being slow but steady with no rush. In late February, most of the songs had lyrics and it was time to start recording vocals with a few still missing lyrics, which were completed at the point of recording in early March and the final vocal recording sessions took place mid-March 2009. The album was quickly completed and released in April 2009. There's a video of the recording sessions here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZV98hpwGCI == Equipment Guitars - Schecter Blackjack 007 - Poulin SoloC VST (Soldano SLO-100 amp sim) + Marshall 1960 G12T-75 impulse Bass - Ibanez BTB 555 - Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver Vocals - Shure SM57 - T.Bone CD 55 - RME Fireface 400 Drums - Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0