Umea, Sweden's (International) Noise Conspiracy have posted another update from the studio. The band is recording with famed producer Rick Rubin (Johnny Cash, Slayer, Rage Against The Machine).

So, we've been in LA for almost 3 weeks now, working hard. Sitting up at Rick's house finishing off the last of the overdubs, we managed to crank out 17 songs and on sunday all the overdubs and stuff will be done. Early April we will start with the vocals and hopefully we will be done with everything pretty soon. It is really exciting, the band is in a good spot, creatively and personally and this has been one of the most fun recording ever.

The band released Armed Love in 2005. The album, also produced by Rubin, had a troubled release in North America as it remained shelved for months due to a distribution-related issues at their US label American Recordings.

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