Producer Flemming Rasmussen Recalls Working With METALLICA
April 7, 2011, 13 years ago
Danish producer Flemming Rasmussen will always be best known for his work on the METALLICA classics: Ride The Lightning, Master Of Puppets, and ...And Justice For All. To mark the 25th anniversary of the release of Master Of Puppets, Noisecreep's Carlos Ramirez got in touch with Rasmussen to chat about his time spent in the studio with Metallica. An excerpt follows:
"I actually didn't hear Metallica until we started making the Ride The Lightning album. The band played Kill 'Em All for me because we were checking out some of the sounds on the record. To be honest, I wasn't impressed with the sound of it, and their playing. But I was blown away by their energy on the album, and that overshadowed their actual performances," remembered Rasmussen.Back in the mid-'80s, Metallica's recording budgets weren't what they are now. To avoid wasting expensive studio time, the band had to be fully prepared when they showed up in Denmark to record. "The band made a really good demo of the entire album before we started recording, so everything was planned," Rasmussen said. "Actually, they always demoed everything before we entered the studio."
When Noisecreep asked Rasmussen if there's anything he would change on Master Of Puppets,' the producer replied, "I listen to it on and off, and there's nothing I would change. It is a masterpiece for its time, and should be left as it is."
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