Insense - The Silent Epidemic (2007)


Track list:

01. Welcome Whore [Tab]
02. Deeper Nail
03. The Erosion of Oslo
04. Yearning
05. Skinned of Pride
06. The Worst is Yet to Come
07. 175.000
08. A Silent Epidemic
09 The Pendulum Knife
10. Time Wounds all Heals

Label: Black Balloon Records / Candlelight Records USA
Release date: April 2nd. 2007
Recorded between June 2006 and February 2007 at various locations, Oslo, Norway
Recorded by Tommy Hjelm and Martin Rygge
Mixed by Daniel Bergstrand at Dug-Out Studios, Uppsala, Sweden
Mastered by Thomas Eberger at Cuttingroom, Solna, Sweden
Produced by Tommy Hjelm 

Some (un)interesting facts:

# This is the first recording with Ola S Hana on bass.

# 12 songs were recorded for this record, 2 didn’t make the cut.

# Most of the guitars were recorded in Tommy’s office and reamped in the studio. The guitar sound was tweaked and recorded the day before traveling to Sweden to mix.

# The amps used on this record are Music Man HD 130’s, both on guitars and bass.

# 175.000 refers to a sum of money – Norwegian Krone to be exact.

# The piano intro on “A Silent Epidemic” was a fluke, but was deemed cool enough to include.

# The record was originally intended to include filler snippets between all the songs, to make the record one long song. The idea was ditched right before mastering.

# The Erosion of Oslo contains riffs that date back to Ola and Tommys previous outfit Syndicate. Magnus rejected the ideas for the song, but after Ola replaced him, Ola filled in the verses and the song resurfaced.

# Tommy contemplated putting all the recorded songs on the album, but it would have made it 55 ½ minutes long, which is way over his 40-minute standard. Still now the record is 7 minutes too long for standard.


Songs not included from the “The Silent Epidemic” recording session:

11. This Is The End
12. Crushed Beneath The Weight

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