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rehearsed when we started
recording.
Nilo: At first we talked about
hiring a studio at the west
coast of Sweden owned by
King Diamond guitar player
Andy LaRocque to find the
right Hellspray sound.
Mattias: But we ended up
recording most of the tracks
in our own studio such as
drums, bass, most of the
rhythm guitar parts and
vocals. Guitar solo and
some rhythm overdubs
were recorded in my home
studio. We wanted to catch
the naked evil metal Hell-
spray sound so there was a
lot of experimenting during
the recording. We tried out
some digital gear as well as
real tube amps and speaker
cabinets for the guitars.
The bass is always divided
into two tracks where one
of them is heavily distorted
and crunched.
Anders: Like Mattias said
we ended up producing
and recording the album
ourselves at our rehearsal/
recording studio. Mattias is
the one behind the controls
and is the “main producer”
so to say. For me, the
writing process has been
different for almost every
song on the album. From
my part it has been all from
writing lyrics and melodies
to demo songs that were
recorded before I joined
the band, to putting songs
HELLSPRAY
together in the rehearsal
studio along with the other
guys. “Artificial Love” was
an idea Mattias had that he
and I wrote one night at his
flat, accompanied by lots of
Rocknation: Hello Mattias, alcohol. But in the end all
Nilo & Anders of Hellspray, members of the band have
and welcome to Rocknation. had a saying and have been
Your band just released your involved in the final devel-
album ‘Part of the Solution’ opment of all of the songs.
on Perris Rocknation:
Records. Please Who does
tell us about the most of the
recording and writing in the
writing process band?
for this release. Mattias:
Hellspray: Hi Most
Rocknation, Hellspray
thanks! songs come
Mattias: We to life in
started record- either one
of two ways.
ing the album
Part of the Solution “Part of the Sometimes
Solution” in
someone,
often Janusz,
summer 2010.
Some of the songs were pre- brings a guitar riff to the
Interview by Tom Mathers recorded at home with some rehearsals and the rest of
first take vocals and other
the band tries to find some
songs were brand new and kind of jamming vibe and