Digital Veil
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| Studio album by The Human Abstract | ||||
| Released | March 8, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | June–July 2010, @ The Machine Shop, Weehawken, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Neo-classical metal, progressive metal, mathcore, metalcore | |||
| Length | 36:46 | |||
| Label | E1 | |||
| Producer | Will Putney | |||
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Digital Veil is the third album by American progressive metal band The Human Abstract. The album was released on March 8, 2011 through E1 Music.Digital Veil marks the return of founding guitarist A.J. Minette, who left in 2007, and the introduction of the new lead vocalist Travis Richter, who replaced former vocalist Nathan Ells. The first single off the album, titled "Faust," was released digitally on November 16, 2010.
Prior to working on Digital Veil, The Human Abstract went through a few line-up changes. In November 2009, the band announced that they had parted ways with vocalist Nathan Ells who sang on 2006's Nocturne and 2008's Midheaven. Due to conflicting statements from the band and Ells, there was some debate on whether the singer quit or was fired. After his departure, the group held open auditions for a new singer. In April 2010, The Human Abstract announced that Travis Richter of The Color of Violence, and formerly of From First to Last, would replace Ells on vocals. Guitarist Andrew Tapley personally called Richter and asked him to try out by first recording his vocals for "Vela Together We Await the Storm" and then a demo song from Digital Veil. Richter knew the band through previously touring in From First to Last with The Human Abstract on Warped Tour and the Take Action Tour.
The band also reunited with their founding guitarist and primary songwriter A.J. Minette. Minette left the band after the touring cycle for Nocturne and continued his education in classical music, and was also trying to avoid being "pigeonholed as a metal guitarist." According to bassist Henry Selva, Minette also brought back a level of discipline to the band that was absent during the Midheaven sessions.
"It's a really big challenge writing for the Human Abstract, because the music is so technical. It's a lot of time-signature changes and fancy stuff I'll probably never understand, but I pick up on the feeling of it, for sure. I'll sit in the vocal booth with my laptop, playing songs over and over and over to pick up on all the intricacies of the music."
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