First of all, thanks to MetalSucks and Eyal for organizing this little takeover, and for allowing me to share my thoughts and opinions with you. Its been a pleasure reading the blogs on this site, and I love seeing the feedback from the community in general. It’s very cool to be able to be a part of this.

When I was thinking about topics I wanted discuss with you all, I knew immediately I wanted to talk about recording in metal music. Specifically new versus old recording techniques, and how modern recording and production has changed the face of music, and especially metal as we know it. How important is the production of a record to you? We have tons of great sounding albums being released these days… I myself feel like sometimes great production or mixing has overshadowed songwriting. Kind of like great special effects can really propel a movie with a shitty script. There is technology available to us that really allows an artist to achieve things that otherwise would have never been possible if we still cut records on tape. Flat out, bands are making records they cannot duplicate in an acceptable way live, by their own abilities. While I think that the technology is an awesome tool, I must say that in my opinion, creating a perfect record can sometimes be a detriment in the long run.

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