Scott Burns is an American computer engineer and a former

music producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure. Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

death metal Death metal is an 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 growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, fe ...

records from late 1980s and 1990s. He was crucial to the emergence of the

Florida death metal Florida death metal is a regional scene and stylistic subdivision of death metal. Some of the most significantly pioneering and best-selling death metal acts emerged in Florida, especially in the Tampa Bay area. As a result, Tampa is unofficiall ...

scene. He has produced many records for many famous death metal bands, including

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Cannibal Corpse Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band formed in Buffalo, New York in 1988, now based out of Tampa, Florida. The band has released fifteen studio albums, two box sets, four video albums, and two live albums. The band has had little rad ...

Sepultura Sepultura (, "grave")Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 17. is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte. Formed in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera,Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 16. the band was a major force in the groove metal, thras ...

, Obituary,

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, Transmetal,

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, and Cynic. He has engineered some of the top genre-defining death metal albums such as Death's ''

Human Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, ...

'',

Massacre A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when per ...

's '' From Beyond'', Obituary's '' Slowly We Rot'', and Assück's ''

Misery Index 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 ...

''. He most recently worked on the album '' Frozen in Time'' (2005) by Obituary. Burns has since quit producing full-time to work in computer programming."Scott Burns Interview"
Voices From the Darkside. Retrieved January 9, 2013.

Albums produced/mixed/engineered

* * Internal Bleeding - ''Voracious Contempt'' (Mixing) (1996) *

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- '' Glory'' (remixed "Move On") (1993) * Jason Rawhead - Dehumanized (1995) * Loudblast - '' Disincarnate'' (1991) * Loudblast - ''Sublime Dementia'' (1993) *

Malevolent Creation Malevolent Creation is an American death metal band formed in Buffalo, New York in 1987 and later based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The band's original members were rhythm guitarist Phil Fasciana, vocalist Brett Hoffmann, lead guitarist Jim Nic ...

- ''

The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (Biblical Hebrew עשרת הדברים \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, ''aséret ha-dvarím'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words, cf. Mishnaic Hebrew עשרת הדיברות \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְ� ...

'' (1990) * Malevolent Creation - ''

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'' (1992) * Malevolent Creation - ''

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'' (1997) * Master - ''Master'' (1990) * Master - '' On the Seventh Day God Created ... Master'' (1991) *

- ''From Beyond'' (1991) * Monstrosity - ''

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'' (1996) *

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- '' Harmony Corruption'' (1990) * Napalm Death - ''Suffer The Children'' (1991) * Nasty Savage - ''Miscellaneous Releases'' (1985–1989) * No Return - ''Contamination Rises'' (1992) * Obituary - '' Slowly We Rot'' (1989) * Obituary - ''

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'' (1990) * Obituary - ''

The End Complete ''The End Complete'' is the third album by American death metal band Obituary. It was released on April 21, 1992. This album marked the return of guitarist Allen West who performed on the debut album. This album is Obituary's best selling, wi ...

'' (1992) * Obituary - ''

World Demise ''World Demise'' is the fourth album by American death metal band Obituary. It was released on September 6, 1994. A music video was made for the track "Don't Care". Production Of note, ''World Demise'' was the last album recorded with long-tim ...

'' (1994) * Obituary - '' Frozen in Time'' (2005) * Overthrow - ''Within Suffering'' (1990) * Pestilence - '' Testimony of the Ancients'' (1991) * Psychotic Waltz - ''

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'' (1994) * Psychotic Waltz - ''

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'' (1996) * Raped Ape - ''Terminal Reality'' (6-song mini album) (1992) * Resurrection - ''Embalmed Existence'' (1993) *

Sadus Sadus is an American thrash metal band from Antioch, California, active from 1985 to 2015, and reunited in 2017. Originally a quartet, the band's sound fuses thrash metal with death metal, featuring highly technical musicianship. They are kno ...

- ''

Elements of Anger ''Elements of Anger'' is the fourth album by the American thrash metal band Sadus. This album marked the band's first release under Mascot and Taraneh Records and also the first without guitarist Rob Moore. Track listing Credits * Darren Travi ...

'' (1997) *

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- ''Solstice'' (1992) *

Sean Malone Sean Malone (April 12, 1970 – December 7, 2020) was an American musician who played primarily fretless bass guitar and Chapman Stick. He was most famous for his work with progressive metal band Cynic, in which he developed a strong partners ...

- '' Cortlandt'' (1996) *

- '' Beneath the Remains'' (1989) * Sepultura - '' Arise'' (1991) * Sepultura - '' Third World Posse'' (1992) * Six Feet Under - '' Haunted'' (1995) * Slap of Reality - ''Fletch'' (1991) * Skeletal Earth - ''Eulogy for a Dying Fetus'' (1991) *

Speckmann Project Master is an American death metal band led by Paul Speckmann. Originally formed in Chicago, the band later relocated to Uherské Hradiště, Czechia. History The group was originally formed by Speckmann in 1983 as Death Strike, after the demis ...

- Speckmann Project (1992) *

- '' Effigy of the Forgotten'' (1991) * Suffocation - '' Pierced from Within'' (1995) * Suffocation - '' Despise the Sun'' (1998) * Terrorizer - '' World Downfall'' (listed as engineer) (1989) * Transmetal - ''El Infierno de Dante'' (1993) * Transmetal - ''Mexico Barbaro'' (1996) * Various artists - ''At Death's Door'' (1990) * Various artists - ''At Death's Door II'' (1993)

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