Dutch death metal act I CHAOS - featuring SINISTER bassist Joost Van Der Graaf - is finalizing their debut album entitled The Human Repellent. The album contains ten tracks and will be released in May this year.

The band has posted the following studio report:

After months of recording and mixing we are now finalizing our debut album entitled... ‘The Human Repellent’.

Drums were recorded at Excess Studios, Rotterdam (NL) where bands like SEVERE TORTURE, PROSTITUTE DISFIGUREMENT and many others have recorded as well. After a day of miking, trying out different drumheads and soundchecking, drummer Koen Herfst was ready to go.

All ten tracks were recorded in five days, so we had lots of time to try out different drumparts. The drum sound turned out to be amazing as you will hear very soon.

Koen’s setup for ‘The Human Repellent’:

TAMA Starclassic performer B/B (Hyperdrive set): 22’’ Kick, 10’’, 12’’, 14’’,16’’ toms & 14’’x5,5’’ snare.

EVANS drumheads: EQ4 on the kick, Genera HD Dry on the snare, EC2s on the toms

AMEDIA cymbals: 16’’, 18’’, 19’’ crashes, 16’’, 18’’ china’s, 10’’ splash, 12’’ stack (Euphrates series) 20’’ shiny ride (Vigor rock series), 14’’ & 13’’ hihats (classic series)

BALBEX drumsticks: Hickory 5B

When all the drum tracks were recorded, guitarist Rory Hansen recorded all his parts at his homestudio. After gently laying down all 40 tracks(!!), bassist Joost Van Der Graaf finished recording his parts. After that, vocalist HARRY VAN BREDA recorded his sweet voice at his own studio Oerknal Studios.

At the moment we're finalizing the mix at Nutsville Noiselab Studios. So far the result is beyond our expectation. To us it's a great reward after the whole process of writing the songs, rehearsing the shit out of it and recording our asses off.”

The band has also posted a video of them recording the new track ‘Degeneration Sublime’. Watch the video below:

Pictures from the studio have also been posted online here.