Max Norman is a British record producer and recording engineer active since 1973. He produced many acclaimed heavy metal releases. While Norman was resident engineer at

Ridge Farm Studio Ridge Farm Studio was one of the earliest residential recording studios in the United Kingdom. The studio operated for over twenty-five years and had artists, musicians, and producers from all over the world record and produce music there. T ...

s in London,

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was recording his debut solo album ''

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'' with producer/engineer

Chris Tsangarides Christopher Andrew Tsangarides (17 August 1956 – 6 January 2018) was a British Grammy-nominated record producer, sound engineer, and mixer of Greek Cypriot origin. He was best known for his work with many heavy metal artists, including Ga ...

. After Osbourne and Tsangarides parted ways, Norman was asked to carry on. Norman appears in the

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home video ''Evolver'', a documentary about the making of '' Youthanasia''. In early 2017, Norman completed projects with artists Ethan Brosh at Carriage House Studios, Machinage, and Mean Streak.

Discography

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Production

- ''

(1980), Diary of a Madman'' (1981), ''

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'' (1982), '' Bark at the Moon'' (1983), ''

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'' (1987) * Y&T - '' Black Tiger'' (1982) *Vendetta - ''Vendetta'' (1982) * Ian Hunter - '' All of the Good Ones Are Taken'' (1983) *

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- '' Outta Hand'' (1983), ''

Friction Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding (motion), sliding against each other. There are several types of friction: *Dry friction is a force that opposes the relative la ...

'' (1985), '' Best of Three'' (1992) * Ian Thomas - ''Riders on Dark Horses'' (1984) *

Bronz Bronz are an English hard rock band, formed in Bath in the mid-1970s. The band played mainly around the UK and at the 'free festivals' of the time. These included performances at Stonehenge and Glastonbury in 1978. Career After an early ti ...

- ''Carried by the Storm'' (1984) *

Savatage Savatage () was an American heavy metal band founded by brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1979 in Tarpon Springs, Florida. The band was first called Avatar, but, shortly before the release of their debut album ''Sirens'' (1983), they changed t ...

- '' Power of the Night'' (1985) *

Grim Reaper Death is frequently imagined as a personified force. In some mythologies, a character known as the Grim Reaper (usually depicted as a berobed skeleton wielding a scythe) causes the victim's death by coming to collect that person's soul. Other b ...

- '' Rock You to Hell'' (1987) *Trash - ''Burnin' Rock'' (1985) *

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- '' Thunder in the East'' (1985), '' Lightning Strikes'' (1986), '' Soldier of Fortune'' (1989) *

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- '' Delirious Nomad'' (1985) *

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- ''Licence to Kill'' (1986) * Lizzy Borden - '' Visual Lies'' (1987) * Dirty Looks - '' Cool from the Wire'' (1988), ''Five Easy Pieces'' (1992) * 220 Volt - ''Eye to Eye'' (1988) *Concrete Jungle - ''Wear and Tear'' (1988) * Roughhouse - ''Roughhouse'' (1988) *

Dangerous Toys Dangerous Toys is an American, Austin, Texas-based rock band, with often humorous lyrics. Founded in 1987, Dangerous Toys released four full-length albums and one live album before unofficially disbanding at the turn of the millennium. The ban ...

- ''

'' (1989) *Voodoo X - Vol. 1 The Awakening (1989) *

Death Angel Death Angel is an American thrash metal band from Daly City, California, initially active from 1982 to 1991 and again since 2001. Death Angel has released nine studio albums, two demo tapes, one box set and three live albums. The band has g ...

- '' Act III'' (1990) *

Lynch Mob Lynching is an extrajudicial killing by a group. It is most often used to characterize informal public executions by a mob in order to punish an alleged transgressor, punish a convicted transgressor, or intimidate people. It can also be an ex ...

- '' Wicked Sensation'' (1990) *

- '' Countdown to Extinction'' (1992), '' Youthanasia'' (1994)'', Hidden Treasures'' (1995) *

Bangalore Choir Bangalore Choir is an American hard rock band formed in 1991. They were formed by the former frontman of Accept, David Reece, and guitarists Curt Mitchell and John Kirk (both formerly of Razor Maid). Joining them from Hericane Alice, was bassi ...

- ''On Target'' (1992) * Phantom Blue - ''

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'' (1993) *Mind Bomb - ''Mind Bomb'' (1993) *Choking Ghost - ''Leveled'' (1995) * Sly - ''Key'' (1996) * Machinage - ''Machinage'' (2016) * Ethan Brosh- ''Ethan Brosh'' (2016) * Mean Streak- ''Mean Streak'' (2016)

Mixing and engineering

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- '' What Do You Want from Live'' (1978) *

- ''

'' (1980) *

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) are an English electronic band formed in Wirral, Merseyside, in 1978. The group consists of co-founders Andy McCluskey (vocals, bass guitar) and Paul Humphreys (keyboards, vocals), along with Martin ...

- ''

Organisation An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived fr ...

'' (1980) *

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- '' Rough Diamonds'' (1982) * Craymore Stevens - ''Faster Than Snakes'' (1987) *

Fates Warning Fates Warning is an American progressive metal band, formed in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1982 by vocalist John Arch, guitarists Jim Matheos and Victor Arduini, bassist Joe DiBiase, and drummer Steve Zimmerman. There have been numerous lineup ...

- ''

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'' (1988), '' Perfect Symmetry'' (1989) *

- ''

Rust in Peace ''Rust in Peace'' is the fourth studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth, released on September 24, 1990 by Capitol Records. It was the first Megadeth album to feature lead guitarist Marty Friedman and drummer Nick Menza. The songs " H ...

'' (1990) * Annihilator - '' Set the World on Fire'' (engineer) (1993) * Dirty Looks - ''Chewing on the Bit'' (1994) *

Strung Out Strung Out is an American punk rock band from Simi Valley, California, formed in 1989. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of melodic punk rock, progressive rock and heavy metal to form their primary sound. They ...

- ''

Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues ''Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues'' is the second album by American punk rock band, Strung Out with Fat Wreck Chords. The album was released on April 23, 1996. The title is an amalgamation of Bob Dylan's song "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and ...

'' (1996) *The Black Symphony - ''Breathe'' (1996) *Red Dragon Cartel - ''Patina'' (2018) *The Watchers - ''Black Abyss'' (2018)

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