Apocalyptica – ‘Shadowmaker’ CD

After the 7th Symphony tour, the band took some time off and did nothing except for Wagner Reloaded-Live in Leipzig. After the break, they reunited and discussed the next album. According to Toppinen, “[…] if we wanted to do something, we have to do exactly what we want to do, and this record is the result of that, that journey. We wanted to challenge ourselves even more, and we wanted to be tight as a band before the pre-production.”

The album was mostly pre-produced in Nashville with producer Nick Raskulinecz, with additional work being done by the band in Finland.

Perez was part of the album’s pre-production and helped the band arrange the songs,[5] and had only two weeks to work on everything.

Commenting on the recording process, Perez said: “We were a team, in that each one had the right to speak and every opinion in the room was completely taken into account and were valuable.”