Earache Records reports:

Swedish death metal masters ANATA, who are currently recording their as-yet untitled upcoming new album, have decided to do things differently this time around. In vocalist/guitarist Fredrik Schalin's words, "Why waste money in the studio, let's buy their equipment instead!"

Schalin and bassist Henrik Drake reveal details of the recording method, some of the band's new bass and guitar gear and info about a new song in their new studio report.

Fredrik Schalin comments: "On the previous album, we chose to record only clean, lined guitar tracks. We did this in order to make up the final sound later, in a process called re-amping. Although the sound may have ended up a bit too mellow on that album, the recording technique is ingenious. And since we always throw the studio guys out anyway (and do all the tracking ourselves), we thought this time we should instead set up a temporary recording unit at my place. So we bought the Motu 2408 sound card we had previously used in Studiomega, set some computers and pre-amps up and started recording."

Read the full report here, check out studio photos here.

Following on from 2006's The Conductor's Departure, Anata's as-yet-untitled fifth full-length album is being recorded in two locations, with the drums being recorded at Fascination Street Studios (OPETH, AMON AMARTH, PARADISE LOST) in Orebro, Sweden, while the guitars, bass and vocals will all be recorded by the band themselves with their own equipment.

Anata have revealed a tentative tracklisting for the upcoming album, in no particular order: 'Lanterns Shine Black', 'Acts Of God', 'The Darkest Of Souls', 'The Part Of Me That Had To Die', 'A Welcome Change Of Pain', 'Machinery', 'Exploited And Left To Die', 'Greed Conquers All'.

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