Unstoppable Recording Machine Podcast

Dave Otero and Archspire guitarist Dean Lamb discuss the production of the band’s album Relentless Mutation. We also talk pre-production, the importance of work scheduling, and the state of technicality in modern heavy music. I use my experience from every project I work on, but I look at it through the lens of the project I’m working on at that time, and what they want, and what their fans want, and what’s best going to represent them. - Dave Otero ON THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: 6:00 How Archspire and Dave Otero connected, musicianship as more than just a gimmick 15:00 Archspire’s extensive pre-production, and actively working on other aspects of the record during downtime 18:00 Having working hours so that the recording schedule is predictable and as stress-free as possible while working under time constraints 26:00 “Music prison” - cabin fever in the studio and how bands deal with it 35:00 Writing together in a room as a technical death metal band and having real respect for other band members’ opini