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Scott Burns (producer)
Scott Burns is an American computer engineering, computer engineer and a former record producer, music producer of death metal records from late 1980s and 1990s. He was crucial to the emergence of the Florida death metal scene, and has been called an "extreme metal overlord". He has produced many records for many famous death metal bands, including Death (metal band), Death, Deicide (band), Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, Sepultura, Obituary (band), Obituary, Atheist (band), Atheist, Transmetal (band), Transmetal, Suffocation (band), Suffocation, and Cynic (band), Cynic. He has engineered some of the top genre-defining death metal albums such as Death's ''Human (Death album), Human'', Massacre (metal band), Massacre's ''From Beyond (Massacre album), From Beyond'', Obituary's ''Slowly We Rot'', and Assück's ''Misery Index (album), Misery Index''. He most recently worked on the album ''Frozen in Time (album), Frozen in Time'' (2005) by Obituary (band), Obituary. Burns has since quit pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Metal
Death metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep death growl, growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, featuring double kick and blast beat techniques; minor keys or atonality; abrupt tempo, key, and time signature changes; and Chromatic scale, chromatic chord progressions. The lyrical themes of death metal may include slasher film-style violence,Moynihan, Michael, and Dirik Søderlind (1998). Lords of Chaos (2nd ed.). Feral House. , p. 27 political conflict, religion, nature, philosophy, true crime and science fiction. Building from the musical structure of thrash metal and Black metal#First wave, early black metal, death metal emerged during the mid-1980s. Bands such as Venom (band), Venom, Celtic Frost, Slayer, and Kreator were important influences on the genre's creation. Possessed (band), Possessed, Death (metal ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sepultura
Sepultura (, "grave")Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 17. is a Brazilian heavy metal band formed in Belo Horizonte in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera.Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 16. They were a major force in the groove metal, thrash metal, and death metal genres during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments drawing influences from alternative metal, world music, nu metal, Dimery 2006 pg 782, "''Drawing on Brazilian Latin and tribal music, nu-metal, and Sepultura's own thrash/death style, the results were unique,''" progressive rock, hardcore punk, and industrial metal. Archived aSepultura.be Sepultura is also considered part of the second wave of thrash metal acts from the late 1980s to early-to-mid-1990s. Sepultura has released fifteen studio albums to date. The band released its debut album '' Morbid Visions'' in 1986, followed a year later by their second album ''Schizophrenia''; the latter caught the attention of several record labels, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Owen
Jack Owen (born December 6, 1967) is an American musician and guitarist of the death metal band Six Feet Under. He was one of the founding members of Cannibal Corpse. He also had a stint with Deicide—another influential and long-running Florida death metal band—with whom he recorded four albums. In 2007, Owen played shows with Adrift before joining Order of Ennead at times when their guitarist, John Li, was unavailable. Musical career Owen recalls a cassette dub of Kiss' album Alive is what initially got him into heavy metal music and playing guitar. He experimented on his father's acoustic guitar before ultimately purchasing his own. Owen was originally in a band called Beyond Death with Alex Webster before forming Cannibal Corpse. They started off playing Metallica and Beastie Boys covers. He stayed with the band from their formation in 1988 until 2004, when he left because the band had begun feeling like an "old job" to him, and because he wanted to move on. He is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frozen In Time (album)
''Frozen in Time'' is the sixth album by American death metal band Obituary. It was released on July 12, 2005, and was the band's first album in eight years since 1997's '' Back from the Dead'', the last to feature guitarist Allen West, and their last album produced for Roadrunner Records. Longtime contributor Scott Burns (who had not worked with Obituary since 1994's '' World Demise'') reunited with the band as the producer for this album, though it would be the last time they would work with him as he retired from producing after its release. A music video was made for the songs "Insane", "On The Floor". Track listing Personnel *John Tardy - vocals * Allen West - lead guitar *Trevor Peres Trevor Peres (born July 25, 1969) is an United States of America, American heavy metal music, heavy metal musician best known as the rhythm guitarist,Grow Kory, 6 February 2019, https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2019/02/06/memories-remain-the-makin ... - rhythm guitar * Frank Watkins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misery Index (album)
Misery Index can refer to: Economics *Misery index (economics), adding the unemployment rate to the inflation rate Entertainment *Misery Index (band) Misery Index is an American death metal band formed in 2001 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, by Jason Netherton (bass, vocals), Mike Harrison (guitar, vocals), and Kevin Talley (drums). In 2003, the band opened for Dying Fetus and Skinles ..., an American death metal band from Baltimore * ''Misery Index'' (album), a 1997 album by grindcore band Assück * ''The Misery Index'' (TV series), an American television series *'' The Misery Index: Notes from the Plague Years'', a 2006 album by Boysetsfire {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assück
Assück was an American grindcore band from Saint Petersburg, Florida, active from 1987 to 1998. History Assück was founded by vocalist Paul Pavlovich and guitarist Steve Heritage. The band went through several line-up changes, in particular changing vocalists four times. Despite these changes, Assück maintained its heavy and fast sound — and anarchist sensibilities — from its first release to its last. Legacy and reception The band proved influential, with their album ''Anticapital'' (1991) voted number 4 in the ''Terrorizer'' list of their top 20 US grindcore albums; ''Terrorizer'' described it as a "low-calibre battery of brooding, malicious, doom-ridden grind pitched somewhere between early Napalm Death and even earlier Bolt Thrower".Hoare, James (March 2009). "Criminal Records: Essential Records, US", ''Terrorizer'' 181, p. 44. According to journalist Greg Pratt, "Assück were an incredible band with probably metal's best drummer ob Proctor although no one ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slowly We Rot
''Slowly We Rot'' is the debut studio album by American death metal band Obituary, released in 1989 through R/C Records. It is the only Obituary release to feature bassist Daniel Tucker. Lead guitarist Allen West would leave soon after but returned for the third album, '' The End Complete'' (1992). It was re-released on January 27, 1997 with remastered audio and liner notes. A live version of the album ''Slowly We Rot: Live & Rotting'' was recorded in October 2020 and released in August 2022 by Relapse Records. ''Slowly We Rot'' is widely considered to be a landmark album in the development of the death metal genre, and one of the first death metal albums ever recorded due to its guttural vocals, "breakneck speed", double bass drumming and blast beats. Music Music journalist T Coles described ''Slowly We Rot'' as "the sound of being smashed to pieces by hammers, dropping the scalpel precision in favour of blunt trauma" as well as "a remorseless assault against the senses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From Beyond (Massacre Album)
''From Beyond'' is the debut studio album by American death metal band Massacre, released in 1991 on Earache Records. The album was re-released with a different cover (original is red) and the '' Inhuman Condition'' EP as bonus tracks. The album was recorded in March 1991 at Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida. "Corpsegrinder" was originally recorded by the band Death, of which all members of Massacre have been a part in the past. The album's title is based on H. P. Lovecraft's the short story of the same name, and the cover art was painted by Ed Repka. The band's vocalist, Kam Lee, hates the original pink album cover art done by Ed Repka and the changing of the band logo as he claims it "looks like the Superman logo." Critical reception In 2005, ''From Beyond'' was ranked number 288 in '' Rock Hard'' magazine's book ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''. Track listing All lyrics written by Kam Lee, all music by Rick Rozz, unless stated. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massacre (metal Band)
Massacre (briefly known as Massacre X and Gods of Death) is an American death metal band. They were formed in 1984 by Bill Andrews (drummer), Bill Andrews, Allen West (musician), Allen West, JP Chartier, Scott Blackwood, and Mark Brents. The band has reunited several times with varying lineups, most recently in late 2016. History Massacre were formed in 1984 by drummer Bill Andrews, guitarists Allen West and JP Chartier, bassist Scott Blackwood and vocalist Mark Brents as a heavy/thrash metal band. Later bassist was replaced by Mike Borders, vocalist replaced by Kam Lee, at which point their style transitioned towards death metal. After their first demo, their line-up settled with guitarist Rick Rozz (formerly of Mantas, an early incarnation of Death) and bassist Terry Butler. They disbanded and re-united again several times. In 1987, Rozz, Andrews and Butler joined Death (metal band), Death. After being fired by Death in 1989, Rick Rozz reformed Massacre with Lee and they ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human (Death Album)
''Human'' is the fourth studio album by American death metal band Death, released on October 22, 1991, by Relativity Records. This is the only album to feature Cynic members Paul Masvidal on guitar and Sean Reinert on drums, and the first to feature bassist Steve DiGiorgio. The album continued the band's evolution on ''Spiritual Healing'', featuring high technicality and introspective lyrics. It is today regarded as one of Death's greatest albums and one of the most influential technical death metal albums of all time. Background and release After the release of ''Spiritual Healing'', band members Bill Andrews and Terry Butler embarked on a tour of Europe without frontman Chuck Schuldiner, who refused to go on tour due to what he perceived as poor organization. Their decision to tour without him would result in legal action brought by Schuldiner, and Schuldiner's decision to switch to using guest musicians on future releases. According to Guitar World, "Chuck had never needed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynic (band)
Cynic is an American progressive metal band formed in Miami, Florida in 1987. The band has been primarily based in California since the late 1990s (or 1996), marking a significant shift in their geographic and creative roots. Paul Masvidal originally served solely as the band's guitarist, but later took over as lead vocalist and chief songwriter. Cynic incorporates elements of progressive rock, alternative, and metal. Their first album, ''Focus'', was released in 1993. Cynic disbanded in 1994, reunited in 2006, and released their second album in 2008. '' Traced in Air'' was released through French label Season of Mist, followed up by an EP titled '' Re-Traced'' in 2010 and an EP titled '' Carbon-Based Anatomy'' in 2011. Their third studio album, '' Kindly Bent to Free Us'', was released in 2014. In December 2017, after two years of uncertainty surrounding his involvement, founding drummer Sean Reinert confirmed his split from Cynic. Reinert later died unexpectedly, at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suffocation (band)
Suffocation is an American death metal band formed in 1988 in Centereach, New York, currently consisting of lead guitarist Terrance Hobbs, bassist Derek Boyer, rhythm guitarist Charlie Errigo, drummer Eric Morotti, and vocalist Ricky Myers. The band rose to prominence with their 1991 debut album ''Effigy of the Forgotten'', which became a blueprint for death metal in the 1990s. Since then, Suffocation has recorded eight albums. These feature growled vocals with downtuned guitars, fast and complex guitar riffs and drumming, open chord notes and occasional Breakdown (music), breakdowns. History Early years (1988–1990) Suffocation was formed in 1988 in Long Island, New York (state), New York, by vocalist Frank Mullen, guitarists Guy Marchais and Todd German, bassist Josh Barohn, and a drummer whose name has not been disclosed. By 1990, the band had replaced their founding members with hired guitarists Terrance Hobbs and Doug Cerrito along with drummer Mike Smith (drummer), Mike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
