State of the Studio #30: March '11

The music staff are still on vacation following the release of December's latest Mune Mud album, The Zodiac Road.  But that doesn't mean the Studio's been quiet.

The Metal XOR Wiki is under construction.  It will have an official announcement in the upcoming weeks.

Although music hasn't been the priority, a new podcast called The Collective Brain has been the main focus in the last month.  An official announcement of this is also forthcoming.  But for now, you can check out the official website here.

With spring usually comes creativity!  We'll see what the Studio has in store for us in two months.  See you then...

State of the Studio #29: January '11

The year 2010 closed on a high note with the release of the new Mune Mud album The Zodiac Road.  That consumed most of the Studio's resources during the last six months.  But now that it has been released, the slate is clean.  The Studio can go in any direction it wants to. 

The year 2011 is the 20th anniversary of the first Mune Mud album, Olympus.  There are talks of a new edition of that album.  There are also talks of another brand new Mune Mud album.  Will this be the year that NueroMorgue or NueroMud are revisited and their albums finally released on CD?  Or will a brand new project emerge?

As you can see, the options are many.  Keep checking here to see which road is taken...

Listen Online!

2010 Christmas Single

 

"A Christmas Situation"

Today is the release of Metal XOR Fallout's first Christmas Single, "A Christmas Situation."  It is a re-imagining of the song "This Is the Situation", the second track of the recent Mune Mud album The Zodiac Road.  The song was recorded during the Zodiac recording sessions to begin a new studio tradition.  Return to this blog each Christmas for a new holiday treat.

Click here to listen to "A Christmas Situation"  

Studio News: ***NEW ALBUM RELEASE***

Metal XOR Fallout is proud to announce

the release of the newest Mune Mud album...

The Zodiac Road

This is the first Mune Mud studio album since the 2004 release of Hobson's Choice.  Recording began in June 2010 and continued into early December.  Jimmy provided the bass lines for six of the twelve songs and Ken Dennis provided the guitar solo for the updated version of "I Dream."  After the final mixes were created, each song went through final mastering by Jimmy at Attic Works Studio.

The album is available on CD (send your home address to avatarmud@gmail.com for a copy) or as a digital download at The Zodiac Road (once there, click on the album cover to access the music).  Lyrics are also available at the digital download site.

Studio News: Listening Party

A listening party was thrown earlier today at Attic Works Studio, bringing to a close the long process of recording and mastering a new album.  The album is Mune Mud's The Zodiac Road.  The release date was also announced... next Tuesday, December 14.  The album will be available on both CD and as a digital download.

Among the participants were Jimmy, who provided bass for some of the songs and who mastered all of the final mixes, and Jason, Mune Mud front-man himself.  Each of the new songs were debuted and twelve songs were chosen to be on the album. 

Stay tuned to this blog for release day information.  The Zodiac Road is almost here...

Studio News: New Mune Mud album coming...

It's official, Mune Mud will be releasing a new album this month.  

The exact date has not been released, but it will be soon.  Here are a few facts:

• The new album is titled The Zodiac Road
• It will contain twelve tracks 
• During the recording sessions, nineteen songs were completed while nine others remain unfinished
• It will be available on CD and as a digital download
• This is the first new studio Mune Mud album since Hobson's Choice in 2004
• Recording began in June 2010 and will be wrapping up in the next couple of weeks

The fictitious magazine Eclectic Musician printed an interview with Mune Mud in its November 2010 issue.  Click here for that story.

A preview track called "I Dream" was released at the end of October.  Click here for that story.

And to finish off the official announcement, 

below is a sneak peak of the album cover.

State of the Studio #28: November '10

There hasn't been much news coming from the Studio because all efforts have been focused on one project:  the new Mune Mud album.  This is the first studio Mune Mud album since Hobson's Choice released in 2004.

An interview was recently conducted with Mune Mud and can be read in the November issue of Eclectic Musician.  Click here for the interview.

A preview song from the upcoming album was also released.  You can listen to the song here.

You can expect to hear more about the return of lunar music in the upcoming weeks.  By the next State of the Studio, the album will already be out.  Enjoy the new music!!