ONCE HUMAN, the new band featuring former MACHINE HEAD and SOULFLY guitarist Logan Mader, has uploaded the first in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the group’s current U.S. tour with FEAR FACTORY. Check it out below.
ONCE HUMAN’s debut album, “The Life I Remember”, will be released on September 4 via earMUSIC. The cover artwork for the CD was created by Seth Siro Anton.
When people think of Logan Mader, they remember the flying dreads, a flying V, and deadly volume, performing with the likes of MACHINE HEAD and SOULFLY. It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 12 years since Mader set foot onstage. Now an in-demand music producer/mixer who has worked with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, GOJIRA and PERIPHERY, he had written off the performing part of his life and settled behind the scenes.
Still, something within him stirred.
Former Roadrunner A&R chief and current Nuclear Blast Entertainment head Monte Conner sent newcomer and multi-instrumentalist Lauren Hart to Logan Mader for a production deal. A creative spark between the two forged the nexus of ONCE HUMAN, as Hart moved from guitars to vocals, unsheathing a throat-scarring level of vocal brutality that completely contradicts her soft appearance. Unexpectedly, the result brought Mader back to creative life as both artist and performer.
“The creative chemistry was so on fire and the music really spoke to me. In all of my years producing, I’ve never been so attached and excited about a developing project,” Mader said.
He continued, “It’s a mix of brutal metal and melodic epic, with cinematic textures. It’s unique and really has its own identity.”
Mader is not closing his studio doors for producing, however. “I can do it all,” he said.
The rhythm section of ONCE HUMAN consists of Damian Rainauld on bass and Ralph Alexander on drums; both are newcomers, yet are insanely talented.
Source: Blabbermouth
