Black Sun Audio - recording, mixing and mastering studio

16/09/2025

SPEkTR are releasing their new EP through Strange Aeons Records, the label I co-own with my buddy Andreas.

The EP is a concept work where guest vocalist Ustumallagam from the excellent Denial Of God and The Rite is narrating a story of horror and gloom.

I had the pleasure to mix the voices and drums, as well as do a stem mastering of the EP for vinyl and digital release.

Progressive psychedelic rock with a touch of surf rock. Just really excellent stuff from high profile musicians.

★ NEW RELEASE ★ On October 31st, Strange Aeons Records will unveil 'A Certain Kind of Red' — a tale of horror and anguish in five chapters, born from the unholy alliance of SPEkTR, the Danish masters of psychedelic prog rock, and Ustumallagam, the ghoulish voice of legendary Denial Of God and The Rite band page.

Known for their cinematic and otherworldly soundscapes, SPEkTR have crafted an immersive story where each track is a scene in a fever dream of obsession, violence, and strange beauty. The story unfolds with the intense narration of Ustumallagam whose lyrics entwine seamlessly with SPEkTR’s rich arrangements, adding a sinister new dimension to their universe.

TRACKLIST
1. The Observation
2. Lo Zero E’ Prima Del Uno
3. There Will Be Others
4. The Canals
5. A Certain Kind of Red

LINEUP
Ustumallagam: voice & storytelling.
Lasse Herbst: drums & percussion.
Kåre Joensen: bass & jupiter 8 synth.
Manoj Kumar Ramdas: electric / baritone & bass guitars, mandolins, Jupiter 8, Elka 8 organ, Korg Poly-61, Korg MS-20, glockenspiel, sfx, sound design, samples & various midi programming.

Aux. players:
Maria Køhnke: voice (tracks 2,3 & 4).
Henrik Lysgaard Madsen: spanish guitar (track 1).
Peder Mertner Vind: Jupiter 8 synth. (tracks 1, 5).

CREDITS
Recorded by:
Manoj Kumar Ramdas at Home Invasion Studio & Christian Ki at Viktoria Studios, CPH, DK.

Mixed by:
Strings and SFX: Manoj Kumar Ramdas at Home Invasion Studio, CPH, DK
Drums and voices: Quentin Høegh Nicollet at Black Sun Audio, AAR, DK.

Masterered by:
Quentin Høegh Nicollet at Black Sun Audio, AAR, DK.

Cover and Booklet illustrations hand-drawn by:
N. Nohr ([email protected]).

Layout by:
Quentin Høegh Nicollet.

All music by Manoj Kumar Ramdas.
All lyrics by Ustumallagam.

RELEASE
'A Certain Kind of Red' will be available on October 31 on one-sided white 12" vinyl with lyric booklet strictly limited to 250 copies, as well as digitally on most platforms.

LIVE PREMIERE
🔥 The EP will be premiered live in full on October 17th at Spillestedet Stengade, Copenhagen with special guests Nattefrost and Nils Gröndahl — the first chance to step inside its nightmare narrative. More info and buy a ticket here: https://fb.me/e/51XdzPZ6B

05/09/2025

Getting closer to a wrap of the new NVLVS album 🤘🐙🔥

20/06/2025

Maunah have released their brillant first EP, take a listen for some nice progressive sludge/doom

Mixed and mastered here at Black Sun ⚫️

Drums recorded by me at the the drummer’s studio. The rest was skillfully recorded by the band.

Our ep "Heimaland" is now officially out in it's entirety for you to enjoy 🍄

Stream here on all platforms:
https://frontl.ink/m2jlxy

Or, if you want to actually support the band, get it here:
https://maunah.bandcamp.com/album/heimaland-2

19/06/2025

More reamping! 🤘🤘🤘

19/06/2025

Reamping guitars and bass for the upcoming NVLVS album. Already sounding very promising!

18/06/2025

Blast!!

06/06/2025

Maunah have yet another single out, taken from the upcoming EP I mixed and mastered for them. Still progressive metal/sludge but a bit more contemplative than the two previous tracks they unveiled.

Check it out with the Bandcamp link on the comments 🎧

~~FINAL SINGLE "THEINAJAU" OUT NOW~~

Delving a bit into our more calm progressive side on this one with some odd time meters and shenanigans before diving into the deep end of some doomy chanting🍄
Once again featuring real handpainted artwork by our very own talented leadsinger and artist, Søren Sol Koldsen-Zederkof.

Please enjoy "Theinajau"! Link below in the comments👇

06/06/2025

Comparing a pair of Dynaudio Pro Air 6 I just got with the BM5A I’ve been using the past few years… I think they have the same woofer and tweeter, so I was sure the difference would be negligeable. I was so wrong!

Listening to metal (Morbid Angel “where the slime lives” in this case), the BM5A felt a little bit muddy and constricted (not much) compared to the Air 6, with much more defined cymbals on the Air 6.

Switching to Classical (Mozart’s Requiem) and Dead Can Dance (Aion), the difference became VERY big. The Air 6 are much more open and defined, and a tighter bottom end.

I didn’t want to change because I love the simplicity and sound of the BM5A, but it seems I’ll have to do the switch after all 😍

The monitors are lying down on the pics because I don’t have room to have them both standing at the same time, but I’ll tilt them when the BM’s are gone to further shores.

02/06/2025

Vocals recording with NVLVS. After trying many different mics, we picked a simple SM57 for shrieks and a SM7B for growls.

Tonni was extremely well prepared and his timing was impeccable. Nailed 8 tracks of lead vocals as well as double-tracked overdubs in just a few hours 😎🤘

01/06/2025

Second day of recording with NVLVS. Final drum track, all vocal leads and dubs, and acoustic guitars done!

For acoustic guitars, we settled on a Furch D19 guitar picked up by a Neuman TLM 102 and Antelope Edge Solo (with the U47 emulation). Really loving the sound so far, looking forward to mixing it.

31/05/2025

NVLVS in the studio today

31/05/2025

Using 12 mics for this drums recording session with NVLVS.

The kit is an old Pearl World Series. It sounds pretty great, especially the Toms!