Fidelman mixing the next Gojira album? (fuuu!)

[Mattayus]

not to mention every single drum shell apart from the snare sound like metronome clicks "tick tick tick"

Yeah man, I was actually thinking about that when this thread got started. He has a penchant for fucking disgusting kick sounds. Slappy, but not the wet Pantera kinda slappy (that I personally like to use) but a really over compressed "blip", with no thud, and no chunk. Horrible.

 

[Mattayus]

Hang on... after re-reading that article, have we got our wires crossed? It doesn't actually say he's mixing it, he's only producing. That doesn't necessarily mean he's mixing and/or engineering it, does it? It might be (read: hopefully) be passed onto someone else after tracking?

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

No, Rubin is producing and Fidelman is mixing.

I'm worried...

 

[ratsapprentice]

Fidelman aside, why are they not working with Mader again?

 

[Ermz]

I assume Rubin and Fidelman come as a package deal, and I guess they're seen as the 'top picks' right now. The band might be too blinded by simply having the means to access them that they haven't yet asked the basic question of 'do we actually want these guys to do our record?'.

If I were Mader, I'd be loving this news though. Normally there'd be a degree of anxiety, wondering whether the new production team will outdo your work with the band, but I think in this case he can just pop open a cold one, chill and have a good laugh.

 

[ratsapprentice]

Seems like a reasonable explanation, their recent touring with Metallica probably had in influence too... maybe not though.

 

[Mattayus]

I doubt that tbh man. You can just imagine - "Hey, we had this shit producer/engineer that pretty much ruined our ultimate come-back album, made it difficult to listen to, and created a running joke even with people who know nothing about music production. You should totally use him!"

 

[Line666]

^ This pretty much assumes the members of Metallica are in touch with any sort of reality...

 

[ratsapprentice]

They actually do like him though..... didn't they do that lou reed thing with him?

 

[tempe]

Not that I enjoy any Fidelman, but didn't mastering brick-shithouse Death Magnetic?

 

[Ermz]

Ted said it already came to him pre-smashed.

 

[Ataraxia2320]

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[JoshSylosis]

There's a chance this could be rad (probably just in my eyes though). I'm really into how Slayer's WPB sounds and the last High On Fire album has THE best ever bass tone ever....but I'm a big fan of raw production these days.

I defo don't think it's about 'who you know' though. Fidleman's probably not cheap either. Gojira are self managed and Joe is a bit of a producer himself so he's going to go with someone he thinks will do the right job for what he has in mind - in this interview he talks about how he wants to track the album all live so I think he wants something raw and a bit nasty

 

[JoshSylosis]

PS these guys are insane musicians and one of the best live bands around. I don't think Fidleman's worked with any bands as tight as these guys which is a huge part of how good it will sound.

 

[ratsapprentice]

PS these guys are insane musicians and one of the best live bands around. I don't think Fidleman's worked with any bands as tight as these guys which is a huge part of how good it will sound.

Hetfield and Kerry King... not tight?

Edit: Bands as a whole though fair enough, misread that...

 

[JoshSylosis]

Yeah, whole band. Obviously Hetfield will always be rhythm king

 

[schwinginbatman]

Apparently he sent the tracks to the mastering engineer in pretty bad shape. Or so I hear.

That's what the guy who mastered it said. Initially people were calling for a remaster and he said the tracks were already clipped to hell when he got them.

 

[codeman]

To be honest though, if I had Rick Rubin's name on my cd, I probably woundn't mind.

 

[Mattayus]

Yeah maybe where you're at right now, but Gojira have 4 albums under their belt already and are a globe-trotting internationally acclaimed band. If I was where they're at then having that prick's name on my CD wouldn't mean shit

 

[Line666]

Rubin might help with the american market - Gojira didn't even crack top 100 last outing.