Comments on: AWESOME PRODUCERS AND MIXERS!

By: Ramsey

Ramsey — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:24:48 +0000

Controller was my favorite album of ’08. You did a great job on it Devin. The album has so much clarity in the drum work and bass and guitar. I can hear every instrument clearly and it doesn’t sound overproduced. Just what Mis Sigs were missing…

By: Andy Synn

Andy Synn — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:03:53 +0000

That moment in “Redefine Me” when the double kicks just go for it for the first time… orgasmic. Almost literally.

Tyr, Nightrage, Centaurus-A…. I forget how much awesome music he has had a hand in making sound like the end of the world…

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:48:13 +0000

Jamie King- All BTBAM albums, canvas solaris…etc..

By: Andy Synn

Andy Synn — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:18:50 +0000

Awesome (inspiring of awe).

Thank you for the response. It is good to know that people in “the scene” are actually able to be friends as well as business associates and that the bands you’ve mentioned (regardless of people’s opinions of their music) can be good people all the same.

Also I have been walking around for years assuming you produced PL… so that clears things up for me.

Thanks.

By: Fufkin

Fufkin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:53:55 +0000

I can’t pretend to know much about production but there’s an Australian producer called Forrester Savell who has worked with Karnivool, Dead Letter Circus and Butterfly Effect over there. I think he’s going to be one to watch. The new Karnivool album Sound Awake especially sounds absolutely stunning.

By: The Ghost of D. Boon

The Ghost of D. Boon — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:30:50 +0000

Ghost Reveries is absolutely flawless, agreed. But “The Great Cold Distance” by Katatonia (also produced by Bogren) is even flawless-er

By: mike

mike — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:14:12 +0000

Agreed on Arsis. A weird mix on that album but generally his production is top-notch.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:12:46 +0000

I will definitely check them out. I would be interested to know how many requests Jochem gets, because he could easily be a full time producer. Scott’s work with Man Must Die was also impressive.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:23:02 +0000

Scott is amazing, his work with Sylosis and Ignomious Incarceration was fucking sweet! Also, thanks for including Jochem, have you heard the stuff he’s been doing with French metal band Hord?

Should also add WellerHill to that list, Dan and Justin have a real ear for big sounds!

By: DT

DT — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:10:46 +0000

Man, Jacob Hansens drums ARE insane right?!?

By: DT

DT — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:08:52 +0000

DH, BT, and BTA were all great experiences and great, passionate people. BTA were great conversations, BT was an intense, fun ride, and DH are buddies forever.

The only production experiences I disliked were local bands who came in with lots of rock-guy attitude, but were inexperienced. Made it hard to play the game for the sake of a paycheck.

I never produced PL, just guested on some songs with just Rhys behind the board in his basement.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:53:41 +0000

Steven Wilson’s work on Blackwater Park and all the Porcupine Tree stuff blows me away. Also, nods to Kevin Shirley’s job on Falling Into Infinity

By: Sandy n Papo

Sandy n Papo — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:46:53 +0000

the production of Silhouettes was excellent, you always find new sounds and never get tired of listening to it

By: Andy Synn

Andy Synn — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:30:07 +0000

Zeuss definitely goes up and down though… his mix for the recent Shadows Fall is great, but he almost ruined We Are The Nightmare for me, far too dry for a technical band, zero bass, clciky drums… not bad production, just inappropriate. A band that tech needs a nice full bottom end to allow the guitars to noodle and tremolo off at their hearts content.

Still, the requests of the bands themselves must have an awful lot to do with it.

Scott Akins is good. Used to be in Stampin’ Ground. Great band.

And (awaits inevitable backlash) I don’t think The Way Of All Flesh sounds that good. Again, too dry and mechanical when compared with From Mars… that is beautiful sounding record.

By: pariah

pariah — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:43:33 +0000

agree on the rareform bassdrum sound. that was insanely bad. the reissue had a better sound to it though, i guess they changed the samples.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:43:04 +0000

Jacob Hansen and Tue Madsen are my favorites. Nobody beats the drum production of Hansen.
Some others…

Logan Mader (the enormous sounding mix on The Way of all Flesh)
Chris “Zeuss” Harris (Shadows Fall, Arsis, Chimaira, God Forbid and countless others)
Yannick St-Amand (all the good Canadian tech-death bands)
Zach Ohren (Decrepit Birth, Suffocation, All Shall Perish)
Jochem Jacobs (self produces Textures’ material. Awesome production on both Drawing Circles and Silhouettes).
Scott Atkins (next big European producer)

By: pariah

pariah — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:41:36 +0000

i gotta say that the newer stuff from them suits the improved production though. i just never found any of the albums as interesting as atpb.

By: Arthur von Nagel

Arthur von Nagel — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:39:45 +0000

:-)

Let’s not forget the almighty Neurosis.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:31:49 +0000

Darkest Hour – Deliver Us and Becoming the Archetype – Dichotomy are both flawlessly produced.

By: Rik Powell

Rik Powell — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:21:01 +0000

As The Palaces Burn sounds great to me… maybe not perfect but better than the majority of LOG’s albums… I think only Wrath sounds better. NAG sounds like utter shit, AOTW is good but sounds a bit flat and lifeless, Sacrament sounds overproduced and just kinda… wrong.