Metal Anarchy

Shinedown have completed the recording process for their new album. The effort was produced by bassist Eric Bass, who is also currently mixing it.

Guitarist Zach Myers told Razor 94.7 the following:

“The new album is done. Our part is done. Not all of our part — Eric is now mixing the record as well. He was just gonna produce it and someone else was gonna mix it. But now he’s mixing the record. So Eric is not done, but the [rest] of us are done with our recording parts. So it is done. It’s in the can.”

Myers also added that there are 16 songs and that “12 or 13” will make the final cut:

“It’s the hardest album for me — I think for all four of us. And I’m not just saying this; everybody, when they make [a new album, they say], ‘It’s the best thing we’ve ever done.’ I’m being honest when I say it’s the hardest record for me so far trying to cut a song from.”

He also said the following about the musical direction:

“It’s heavier than ‘Threat To Survival’, but it’s fresh, it’s new. My favorite thing about our band is that we’ve never made the same record twice. There’s so many bands you know on Active Rock radio that have their potion — ‘I’m gonna pour this in here, and pour this in here’ — and if it’s not broke, don’t fix it. And I’m, like, I have to be an artist first; all four of us do. I have to be a musician first, so I can’t just cookie-cut the same sheet of dough and go, ‘Well, here it is. It worked last time.’ I’d rather not do that and fail than do that and succeed. And that’s truly how I feel.”

[via Blabbermouth]