Precaria - Theosulphuros / Nigraluminiscencia Production: Guitar Tracking

A ton of effort was put into the recording of "Theosulphuros" / Side B of "Nigraluminiscencia". 

I believe a very important part of creating music is to find sound textures that when combined, make everything more appealing. 

Sounding bad with the excuse of being "black metal" is plain mediocrity. One can only strive for the best in every aspect because this is deep music that deserves the best and my interest is to create timeless works of darkness, not to fit into an outdated stereotype. 

The sound of Precaria improved drastically throughout the last decade, mainly due to gaining experience in the audio engineering department as well as developing the notion of composition further, however, there's one thing that will remain constant: the sound will always be built upon real instruments and equipment, relying on the digital realm as a last resource to fix small details, and for editing. Ultimately creating a soundscape full of analog characteristics from scratch. 

It takes longer, and it's expensive. This is one of the reasons why the discography expands in such a slow pace. For this "quality over quantity" approach, it's guaranteed that every Precaria release is an important release.

Now, the following pictures show SOME of the gear used to create the sound of the guitars. They went through another analog stage before and after this. First I double-tracked them here at Necrosound Studio using a DI box with different pedals for each of the guitar lines, then I sent them over to Null Set Studios in Massachussetts, where the amps, cabs & mics you see on the photos were used and lastly I fine-tuned and blended the mic signals here.

Details of the gear:

RHYTHM GUITAR L

Amp: Soldano Decatone (100w)

Cab: Mesa Boogie Oversized (4x12 slant)

Speakers: C-90 Black Shadows

Pedals: Mesa Grid Slammer (boost) + Walrus Fathom (reverb)

Mics: AKG 414 (condenser) + Telefunken M60 FET (condenser)
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RHYTHM GUITAR R

Amp: Marshall JVM210 (100w)

Cab: Mesa Boogie Oversized (4x12 slant)

Speakers: C-90 Black Shadows

Pedals: Mesa Grid Slammer (boost) + Walrus Fathom (reverb)

Mics: AKG 414 (condenser) + Telefunken M60 FET (condenser)
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LEAD GUITAR L

Amp: Mesa Boogie Triple Crown (100w)
Cab: Engl Pro (4x12 slant)

Speakers: Celestion Vintage-30

Pedal: Matthew's Effects Astronomer (reverb)
Mics: AKG 414 (condenser) + Heil PR 30 (dynamic)
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LEAD GUITAR R

Amp: Driftwood Purple Nightmare (100w)
Cab: Engl Pro (4x12 slant)

Speakers: Celestion Vintage-30

Pedal: Matthew's Effects Astronomer (reverb)
Mics: AKG 414 (condenser) + Heil PR 30 (dynamic)
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DETAILS GUITAR L

Amp: Mezzabarba M-Zero Overdrive (100w)

Cab: Mezzabarba '69 Cab (4x12 slant)
Speakers: Celestion Vintage-30

Pedal: Lone Wolf FX Xenomorph (reverb/delay)
Mics: Royer 121 (ribbon) + AKG 414 (condenser)
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DETAILS GUITAR R

Amp: Mezzabarba M-Zero Overdrive (100w)

Cab: Soldano Cab (4x12 slant)
Speakers: Eminence Legend V1216

Pedal: Lone Wolf FX Xenomorph (reverb/delay)
Mics: Royer 121 (ribbon) + Heil PR 30 (dynamic)
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OUTBOARD GEAR

Manley Force (tube preamp)

Focusrite Clarett OctoPre (interface)

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