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I think it's miles above our past efforts.' I hope people enjoy it and let it sink in. We take a lot of time to get things right. I think it sounds much heavier in that regard. 'We did this album with a completely different guitar sound than 'Capricorn'. Everybody got along great and did great work. The basics done at that time were the best recording experience that we've had so far.

ORCHID ALBUM COVER FULL

We were pretty fresh off of our European tour and full of confidence. Guitarist Mark Thomas Baker stated about the extensive 'The Mouths Of Madness' production process: 'Most of the tracks on 'The Mouths Of Madness' were cut in early June 2012. So, it's the ' ORCHID version' of those murals.' like the cover of 'Abraxas' by SANTANA, which is a record I grew up on and always loved. the inner painting was really inspired by some of the Latino psychedelic murals that were done around San Francisco in the late '60s-early '70s. I wanted people to open this kind of sparse, plain thing and be drawn into another world that kind of visually told the story of some of the emotions of the record. But then I did a really elaborate painting for the inside that is totally ornate. The cover art for the CD done was created by singer and tattoo artist extraordinaire, Theo Mindell.Ĭomments Mindell: 'I wanted the cover of the album to be really classic and strong, like one of the records from my childhood where when you'd see the colors and shapes on it from across the room, you'd immediately recognize it. San Francisco-based doom rockers ORCHID have set April 26 as the release date for their new album, 'The Mouths Of Madness'.

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