Mercenary - Architect of Lies

[Virgil.]

I'm sorry to keep bumping this thread...

But when I was listening to the new Mercenary album "Architect..." this morning, without realizing it, I thought I was listening to Scar Symmetry. No, I'm not trying to insult SS, but the guitar tone and drums sound very similar to the tones on Pitch Black Progress by SS. They aren't as crisp and clear as they are on Scar Symmetry's album, but I kept thinking that Christian's death growls were going to jump in at any moment -- particularly on track #4 "This Black And Endless Never", it has a very SS feel to it

 

[xupypr]

+10000

greatest album, amazing melodic lines

when first listening this album i was thinking about RAUNCHY album mixing sounding similar - and -oops - Jacob Hansen ))

both mixes sounds a little bit muddy arent they ? but the sound itself is great

 

[The Shrink]

Hansen productions sound very similar between them.... and yes, they are muddy compared to Sneaps. But I really like de drums, great balance between trigger and natural sound.

 

[::XeS::]

I really dig this new album. And I like the hansen's productions, very danish
I would like to know how he can get that powerfull sound from guitars and bass mixed togheter....very punchy and "nasal"...I really like the sound.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

Just ordered on amazon.

 

[The Shrink]

I really dig this new album. And I like the hansen's productions, very danish
I would like to know how he can get that powerfull sound from guitars and bass mixed togheter....very punchy and "nasal"...I really like the sound.

ABOUT AMPS
"I use different amps for different occasions. Just did the new Nightrage with 5150 and the Recto head, although the Valvestate was used for leads. Nice firm tone.

The new Fear My Thoughts is Recto + 5150 as well. We tried a number of amps. Ended up with classic stuff...

I've done The burning (www.myspace.com/theburningdk) with an Engl Savage 120, which sounded nice. Communic with a Powerball (as far as I remember).

They're mostly all tweaked a little bit with either the rge-10 or BBE sonic maximizer 362 or similiar.

On Raunchy it's Recto + Valvestate. I've used that combination quite often, as the tightness of the Valvestate really adds to the sound, instead of having 2 tube heads being "slow" and "warm"."

ABOUT BASS
"MusicMan Stingray - best ever metal bass. Try it with a SansAmp Bassdriver/DI. Or run line into your system and add SansAmp software"

Jacob Hansen