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''Enter the Grave'' is the debut album by the English thrash metal band Evile. Released on 27 August 2007 in Europe and on 25 September in North America and Japan, the album received generally favorable reviews and entered the UK Rock Chart at number 33. It was produced by Flemming Rasmussen and recorded at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark. Rasmussen had produced three Metallica albums, which raised the profile of the album's release. The track "Thrasher" was included on the 2008 ''Earache Thrash Pack'', a downloadable selection of songs for the music video console game ''Rock Band''. The album's lyrics were inspired by films scripts, recounts of the life of Countess Bathory and witch burnings. ''Enter the Grave'' was re-released as a limited-edition "redux" version on 13 October 2008 in Europe and on 28 October in North America. According to the ''Huddersfield Daily Examiner'', ''Enter the Grave'' had shifted 30,000 copies by September 2009. ==Recording== On 18 October 2006, Earache Records announced that it had signed a record contract with Evile. Looking for a producer for their debut album, the band decided they would send a request by email to producer Flemming Rasmussen "for a laugh"; Rasmussen had previously produced three Metallica albums; 1984's ''Ride the Lightning'',〔McIver, Joel (2004), p. 127.〕 1986's ''Master of Puppets'',〔McIver, Joel (2004), p. 140.〕 and 1988's ''...And Justice for All''.〔McIver, Joel (2004), p. 186.〕 Lead vocalist / rhythm guitarist Matt Drake typed Rasmussen's name into Google, and the first result returned was the producer's official website. Drake emailed Rasmussen asking if he would be interested. The producer replied a few days later, asking him to send several tracks. Drake emailed a number of mp3 files, but Rasmussen did not reply, leading Drake to worry that the producer "hated them, and thought they were shit." Earache Records subsequently emailed Rasmussen to formally ask if he would produce Evile's debut album, to which Rasmussen replied, "Yes".〔 On 12 March 2007, his involvement was made public. Pre-production with Rasmussen began on 28–29 April at Evile's Huddersfield, West Yorkshire rehearsal space. Soon after the band performed a live set at Tottenham Court Road, London's Fopp record store, which Rasmussen attended to observe Evile's live sound, and further gain a feel for the group's music. The album was recorded and mixed at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark. ''Enter the Grave'' was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Rasmussen, who also supplied additional backing vocals to title track "Enter the Grave". Anders H. Mortensen, meanwhile, acted as assistant engineer.〔''Enter the Grave'' album notes, 27 August 2007. Earache Records, MOSH353CD.〕 Photographs taken during the album's recording sessions were posted at Evile's official MySpace blog, where fans were also invited to ask the band's members questions about the recording process for ''Enter the Grave''. In turn, Evile's guitarists went into a room where another person sat with a microphone, ready to capture the sound. From the control room, Rasmussen would say "Right, play something". The respective guitarist would play his instrument, to which Rasmussen would respond "Right, move it left".〔 Moving the guitar left, the respective guitarist would play again, Rasmussen replying with "Move it right. Alright, leave it there. Don't touch it". The respective guitarist would leave his instrument in that position, and the "record" button would be pressed. From there, the musician in question would play his parts.〔 A Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier amplifier was tested alongside a Marshall amplifier, but according to Drake, "the Mesa (sound) was nowhere near as good". Evile chose to record ''Enter the Graves guitar parts using a Marshall amplifier, and spent roughly ten minutes attempting to achieve a "decent" sound. Slightly more time was spent testing the drums so that a "nice" sound could be achieved, and so that the drums could be tuned.〔 By 5 June, recording for ''Enter the Grave'' had been completed, and Rasmussen had begun mixing the album.〔 Video footage shot during recording sessions was uploaded to Earache Records' official YouTube account on 4 July, providing an exclusive glimpse behind the scenes. In reviewing ''Enter the Grave'', some journalists commented on Rasmussen's role as producer. Chris Kee of ''Zero Tolerance Magazine'' said that "getting Flemming Rasmussen to produce (the Grave ) is a major coup and as you'd expect he's done a sterling job, these fine songs all being blessed with a clean, crisp, uncluttered sound",〔Kee, Chris. ''Enter the Grave'' review. ''Zero Tolerance''. October 2007.〕 whereas Ian Webster of ''Terrorizer'' felt that "booking a band into Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen to record their debut with legendary Metallica producer Flemming Rasmussen is one hell of a statement of intent from Earache."〔Webster, Ian. ''Enter the Grave'' review. ''Terrorizer''. October 2007.〕 Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic also commented on Rasmussen's involvement, declaring that his production "is surely one large reason why the album is characterized by a distinctively crunchy, rhythmically airtight attack."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Enter the Grave」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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