Released June 29, 1992 Length 3:08 | Format Vinyl Label Amphetamine Reptile | |
Recorded 1992 at Chicago Recording Company Genre Alternative metal, post-hardcore, groove metal | ||
"In the Meantime" is a song from the American alternative metal band Helmet's second album Meantime. It was nominated the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1992 and has so far been their only song to be nominated.
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Recording and production
The song was recorded by Steve Albini and later remixed by Andy Wallace. Wallace's style of mixing, which involves (among other things) triggered samples and a cleaner more polished sound, irritated Albini. Later, when in negotiations to record Nirvana's In Utero, he stipulated a clause be added to his contract stating that Wallace would not be allowed to remix the album, after he had mixed Nevermind, which was released nine months before Meantime.
Cover versions
The song was covered by Soulfly on their 2004 album Prophecy, and by Pig Destroyer on their compilation album Painter of Dead Girls.