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band

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, released in 2000 on Mayan Records. The band started working on a full album, titled ''Sub'', at London's

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in 1998, with producer

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(

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), who had also produced the 1990

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album ''

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''. Further recording and mixing sessions took place at EastSide Sound in Manhattan, Nomis Studios in London, and at various studio locations in Switzerland. ''Sub'' features prominent final mixes by Mosimann,

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( HIM,

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), and Apollyon Sun themselves. ''Sub'' was released globally through Mayan Records in late summer 2000, after two years of studio work. "Human III" is the continuation of a song developed by

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, following on from "Human (Intro)" from Celtic Frost's ''

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'' (1984) and "Human II" from Celtic Frost's '' Cold Lake'' (1988). "Messiah (Second Coming)" is a remake of the

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song "Messiah", Hellhammer being one of Fischer's former bands. "Reefer Boy" and "Concrete Satan" both appeared on the ''

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'' EP, however they were completely re-recorded for ''Sub''. There are several unreleased songs from these sessions including "Cradle", a re-recorded version of "God Leaves" and two further instrumentals.

Track listing

#"Dweller" (Subhuman Remix) – 5:15 #"Reefer Boy" (John Fryer Remix) – 4:55 #"Feeder" – 4:20 #"Messiah (Second Coming)" – 4:10 #"Naked Underground" – 5:01 #"Slender" – 5:43 #"Human III" – 4:33 #"R.U.M." – 0:56 #"Mother Misplaced" – 5:37 #"Concrete Satan" – 3:58 #"The End: Leviathan" – 1:00 (hidden track)

Personnel

;Apollyon Sun *

– vocals, guitars *

Erol Unala Erol Uenala, also known as Erol Unala, is a Swiss industrial and metal musician. He was a member of the industrial metal band Apollyon Sun and the thrash metal band Celtic Frost. Career Uenala and his brother Kurt grew up in Aadorf, Switzerland. ...

– guitars, grooves *Donovan John Szypura – programming *Danny Zingg – bass *Marky Edelmann – drums, synthesizer ;Additional musicians *Michelle Amar – vocals on "Slender" and "Human III" *Kat – vocals on "Messiah (Second Coming)" *Xavier Russell – vocals on "R.U.M." *Gary Townsley – vocal effect on "Messiah (Second Coming)" *Ron Marks – guitar on "Naked Underground" *Kurt Unala – acoustic bass on "Slender" *Roger Muller – programming *

– additional programming ;Production *Apollyon Sun – producers, mixing on "Dweller" *Roli Mosimann – producer, mixing *Richard Hilton – engineer *

– mixing on "Reefer Boy" *Gary Townsley, Laura Whittaker – mixing assistants *Simon Heyworth – mastering at Chop 'Em Out, London

References

{{Authority control Apollyon Sun albums 2000 debut albums Albums produced by Roli Mosimann