once human

Listen to the latest tracks from Morrissey sideman Boz Boorer, Valerie June, Once Human’s Logan Mader and Max Karon, and Norman Blake—and the mighty hill-country legend R.L. Burnside.

You want heavy? How about three low-tuned 7-string Ibanez guitars played by (from left to right) Skyler Howren, Logan Mader, and Max Karon? Photo by Richard Marz

Two-thirds of a triple-7-string lineup reveal their formula for sonic domination and how the band’s new album truly is an Evolution.

Logan Mader made a huge noise with the exceedingly heavy sound of Machine Head. The two albums he contributed to, the 1994 debut Burn My Eyes and 1997’s The More Things Change…, established the band as a major force to be reckoned with in the ’90s metal scene. After parting ways with Machine Head, Mader went on to tour with Max Cavalera’s Soulfly, supporting that band’s debut album. But in 1999, after success with two of the heavier groups of the ’90s, Mader stepped out of Soulfly and the touring world all together, rarely surfacing except for a brief stint in the Whitfield Crane-fronted Medication.

While it may have appeared to fans that Mader had disappeared completely, he was busier than ever. He dove headfirst into a prolific music production career that has found him working with such luminary metal bands as Five Finger Death Punch, Fear Factory, and Gojira.

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