Feb 02-03, 1998

Working on natural drum sounds and mic setups

Feb 04, 1998

Recording starts. Descent, Obsolete, Securitron, Shock, Smasher Devourer and Resurrection drums tracks finished

Feb 05, 1998

Drum tracks for Edge Crusher, Freedom or Fire and Hi-Tech Hate finished. There are no drums on The End Song

Feb 06, 1998

Drum tracks for Cars, Messiah, Soul Womb and Where Evil Dwells finished

Feb 07-08, 1998

Working on digital drum sounds, mixing natural and digital sounds together

Feb 10, 1998

Start work on guitar sound. Work on digital drum sound continues and will for at least a few more days while taking a break from guitars. There will be 2-4 layers of guitars depending on the song, therefore each song will have to be done up to 4 times on guitar

Feb 11, 1998

Guitars for Messiah started and finished

Feb 12, 1998

Guitars for Shock started

Feb 13, 1998

Guitars for Shock finished

Feb 14, 1998

Guitars for Smasher Devourer started

Feb 15, 1998

Guitars for Smasher Devourer finished

Feb 17, 1998

Guitars for Smasher Devourer finished

Feb 18, 1998

Guitars for Freedom or Fire started

Feb 19, 1998

Guitars for Freedom or Fire continued

Feb 20, 1998

Guitars for Edge Crusher started and finished Guitars for Freedom or Fire finished

Feb 21, 1998

Guitars for Descent started and finished

Feb 22, 1998

Guitars for Soul Womb and Where Evil Dwells started and finished

Feb 24, 1998

Guitars for Hi-Tech Hate started

Feb 25, 1998

Guitars for Hi-Tech Hate continued

Feb 26, 1998

Guitars for Hi-Tech Hate finished

Feb 27, 1998

Guitars for Obsolete started

Feb 28, 1998

Guitars for Obsolete continued Gary Numan's vocals for Cars and intro for Obsolete recorded

Mar 01, 1998

Guitars for Obsolete finished

Mar 03, 1998

Started guitars for Securitron

Mar 04, 1998

Continued guitars for Securitron

Mar 05, 1998

Finished guitars for Securitron

Mar 06, 1998

Working on bass sound

Mar 07, 1998

Bass for Smasher Devourer finished

Mar 08, 1998

Started bass for Securitron Bass for Shock finished

Mar 10, 1998

Bass for Resurrection started

Mar 11, 1998

Bass for Freedom or Fire started Bass for Resurrection finished

Mar 12, 1998

Bass for Cars started and finished Bass for Hi-Tech Hate started and finished Bass for Freedom or Fire finished

Mar 13, 1998

Bass for Descent started Bass for Securitron finished

Mar 14, 1998

Bass for Edge Crusher started Bass for Descent finished

Mar 15, 1998

Bass for Edge Crusher finished

Mar 17, 1998

Bass for Where Evil Dwells finished Bass for Messiah finished Bass for Soul Womb finished Vocals for Freedom or Fire started Burton will record all the lighter vocal parts first, then go back and do the heavier vocals, so the vocal tracking will jump around quite a bit

Mar 18, 1998

Vocals for Freedom or Fire continued Vocals for Resurrection started

Mar 19, 1998

Vocals for Resurrection continued

Mar 20, 1998

Vocals for Resurrection continued Vocals for Smasher Devourer started

Mar 21, 1998

Vocals for Smasher Devourer continued Vocals for Shock started

Mar 22, 1998

Vocals for Shock continued Moved into a new studio, still in Vancouver, The Armory

Mar 24, 1998

Vocals for Shock finished Vocals for Securitron finished Vocals for Smasher Devourer finished

Mar 25, 1998

Vocals for Descent started Vocals for Resurrection finished

Mar 26, 1998

Vocals for Hi-Tech Hate started Vocals for Cars finished

Mar 27, 1998

Vocals for Edge Crusher finished Vocals for Hi-Tech Hate finished Vocals for Descent finished

Mar 28, 1998

Vocals for Freedom or Fire finished Vocals for Securitron finished Vocals for Timelessness finished Heavy Vocals for Freedom or Fire started

Mar 29, 1998

Heavy vocals for Freedom or Fire finished Heavy vocals for Shock started Heavy vocals for Securitron started

Mar 31, 1998

Starting on keyboard parts and setups Starting mix preparations

Apr 01, 1998

Continuing on keyboard parts and setups Continuing mix preparations

Apr 02, 1998

Heavy vocals for Smasher Devourer started

Apr 03, 1998

12 piece orchestra comes in for strings sections on Resurrection and Timelessness

Apr 04, 1998

Heavy vocals for Hi-Tech Hate started and finished Heavy Vocals for Obsolete started and finished

Apr 05, 1998

Heavy vocals for Freedom Or Fire finished Heavy Vocals for Edge Crusher started and finished

Apr 07, 1998

Mix preparations continued

Apr 08, 1998

Mix preparations continued Start and finish quick rough mix of Timelessness Set alignment for 24-bit technology, for compatability with future DVD audio technology Mix for Shock started

Apr 09, 1998

Mix for Shock continued

Apr 10, 1998

Mix for Shock finished Mix for Securitron started

Apr 11, 1998

Mix for Securitron continued

Apr 12, 1998

Mix for Securitron continued

Apr 14, 1998

Mix for Hi-Tech Hate started

Apr 15, 1998

Mix for Hi-Tech Hate continued

Apr 16, 1998

Mix for Obsolete started Mix for Hi-Tech Hate finished

Apr 17, 1998

Mix for Obsolete continued

Apr 18, 1998

Heavy vocals in verses of Obsolete redone Mix for Obsolete finished

Apr 19, 1998

Vocals in verses of Descent redone Mix for Descent started

Apr 21, 1998

Mix for Descent continued

Apr 22, 1998

Mix for Descent finished

Apr 23, 1998

Mix for Edge Crusher started Heavy vocals for Edge Crusher redone

Apr 24, 1998

Mix for Edge Crusher continued Record scratching on Edge Crusher recorded. Scratching done by ZODAK.

Apr 25, 1998

Mix for Edge Crusher finished

Apr 26, 1998

Mix for Smasher Devourer started

Apr 28, 1998

Whispering vocals for Smasher Devourer redone Mix for Smasher Devourer finished Mix for Freedom Or Fire started

Apr 29, 1998

Mix for Freedom or Fire continued

Apr 30, 1998

Mix for Freedom or Fire continued

May 01, 1998

Mix for Freedom or Fire finished Mix for Resurrection started

May 02, 1998

Heavy vocals for Messiah started and finished Heavy vocals for Where Evil Dwells started and finished Mix for Resurrection continued

May 03, 1998

Vocals for Cars started and finished Vocals and heavy vocals for Soul Wound started and finished Mix for Resurrection continued

May 04, 1998

Mix for Resurrection finished

May 05, 1998

Programming for Timelessness Final heavy vocals and vocal touch-ups on Messiah, Where Evil Dwells, Cars and Soul Wound

May 06, 1998

Mix for Timelessness started and finished Mix recall for Descent started

May 07, 1998

Mix recall for Descent finished Mix recall for Shock started

May 08, 1998

Mix recall for Shock finished Mix for Soul Wound started and finished Mix for Where Evil Dwells started and finished

May 09, 1998

Mix for Messiah started and finished

May 10, 1998

Mix for Cars started and finished Different version of Cars finalized

May 12, 1998

Digital editing for album at Gotham City DigitalEditing Studio

May 21, 1998

Mastering for album at Sterling Sound in New York