General Information
Track-list:
1. Broken World (6:52)
2. Child Of The Forest (5:14)
3. Crazy Fever (6:54)
4. Shadow Fades Away (9:43)
5. Black Tears (5:09)
6. In The Abyss (8:22)
7. World Depends On You (3:40)
8. Flaming Angel (5:30)
9. You’ll Never Die (6:21)
Album was recorded at Beasts Studio, Gorlovka, Ukraine during November-December 2009.
Studio’s website: http://beasts-studio.com.ua/
During recording of all instruments and vocals were used:
1. Beasts Studio Custom microphone preamps
2. Terratec Phase 88 sound cards
Guitar Recording Equipment
1. MusicMan John Petrucci JP6 electric guitar (DiMarzio D-Sonic / Air Norton & Fishman Piezo pickups)
2. Fender Yngwie Malmsteen Signature Stratocaster 2000 electric guitar (DiMarzio HS-3 / YJM / YJM pickups)
3. Warmoth Custom Shop Mahogany Stratocaster electric guitar (guitar made entirely of mahogany, Seymour Duncan Blackout Singles AS-1 pickup set)
4. Little Labs Red Eye DI/reamp-box
5. Peterson StroboStomp 2 tuner (with true-bypass function)
6. Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster clean-booster (for different pickup output levels compensation)
7. DOD YJM308 pedal (only for rhythm parts)
8. Peavey Valveking 112 combo (only preamp of the combo was used)
9. Rocktron Piranha preamp
10. TC Electronic G-Major processor (used only for “octaver” effect)
11. Hughes & Kettner Red Box Classic speakersimulator (used to record the “octaver” effect)
12. Mesa Boogie 3-Channel Dual Rectifier head amplifier (only poweramp of the head was used)
13. Marshall 1960AV 4×12 cabinet (Celestion Vintage 30 speakers)
14. 2 x Shure SM57, AKG C4000 microphones
15. GHS Boomers 9-42 9-46 strings
16. GHS Fast Fret string cleaner
17. Dunlop Ultex 1.14 picks
Guitar recording main chain:
guitar -> DI-box -> tuner -> booster -> DOD YJM308 -> preamp -> poweramp -> cabinet -> microphones -> microphone preamps -> sound card
Pickups signal recording for reamping possibility:
DI-box -> microphone preamp -> sound card
“Octaver” effect recording (only on several places of tracks 3, 6):
preamp -> processor -> speakersimulator -> microphone preamp -> sound card
Piezo-pickup signal recording (on tracks 4, 5, 9):
guitar -> microphone preamp line input -> sound card
Rhythm parts on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 – MusicMan John Petrucci (both channels)
Rhythm parts on tracks 2, 4 – MusicMan John Petrucci (first channel) and Fender YJM Stratocaster (second channel)
Rhythm parts on track 7 – Fender YJM Stratocaster (both channels)
Preamp for rhythm parts – preamp of Peavey Valveking 112 combo
Solo parts on all tracks (except track 5) – Fender YJM Stratocaster
Solo parts on track 5 – Warmoth Mahogany Stratocaster
Clean parts on all tracks – Warmoth Mahogany Stratocaster (left and right channels) + MusicMan John Petrucci in piezo mode (center)
Preamp for solo and clean parts – Rocktron Piranha
Keyboards Recording Equipment
KORG X50 and KORG X5D synthesizers were used to record all keyboard parts. They were directly connected to sound card.
Vocals Recording Equipment
All vocal parts were recorded using AKG C4000 microphone.
Bass Recording Equipment
1. Warwick Corvette Standard 5 Bubinga bass (MEC Active pickups)
2. Little Labs Red Eye DI/reamp-box
3. Ampeg SVP-PRO preamp
4. Mesa Boogie 3-Channel Dual Rectifier head amplifier (only poweramp of the head was used)
5. custom cabinet (4A-32 speakers)
6. Shure SM57, Audiotechnika AT4040 microphones
7. Warwick Yellow Label strings
8. ZOOM B1 processor (used as tuner only)
Bass recording main chain:
bass -> DI-box -> preamp -> poweramp -> cabinet -> microphones -> microphone preamps -> sound card
Sound of bass on the recording is the mix of DI-box and microphones signals.
Drums Recording Equipment
1. Tama Superstar (CAF) drums:
- 22×18 bass drum;
- 14×5.5 snare drum;
- 12х10 tom1;
- 14х12 tom2;
- 16×16 floor tom.
2. heads:
- bass drum: top – Remo PowerStroke3 with 2 Remo FalamSlam, bottom – Tama BK22BMWS with 7″ hole;
- snare drum: top – Remo AmbassadorCoated, bottom – Tama;
- all toms: top – Remo AmbassadorClear, bottom – Tama;
- Evans E-Rings.
3. Paiste 2002 cymbals:
- 10″ Splash;
- 14″ SoundEdge HiHat;
- 16″ Crash;
- 18″ Crash;
- 18″ China;
- 20″ DeepFull Ride.
4. Yamaha DFP9310 bass drum pedal
5. Vater VH1AW (1A) drumsticks
6. Soviet-made drumseat with green plush turtle 
7. Audix ADX-51, Shure SM57, Shure Beta 56, Audiotechnika AT4040, AKG C1000, Oktava microphones.
Sound of bass drum on the recording is the mix of microphone signal and audio sample.