Scott Burns (record producer)
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Scott Burns | |
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Occupations | Composer, mastering engineer, mixing engineer, producer |
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Scott Burns is an American computer engineer and a former music producer of death metal records from late 1980s and 1990s. He was crucial to the emergence of the Florida death metal scene.[1][2]
He has produced many records for many famous death metal bands, including Death, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, Sepultura, Obituary, Atheist, Transmetal, Suffocation, and Cynic. He has engineered some of the top genre-defining death metal albums such as Death's Human, Massacre's From Beyond, Obituary's Slowly We Rot, and Assück's Misery Index. 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.[3][4]
In 2023, Burns was the subject of the David E. Gehlke biography The Scott Burns Sessions: A Life in Death Metal 1987–1997, which documents his career and albums produced at Morrisound and features interviews with him and other artists involved in their creation.[5][6][7] Following its release, Burns made a rare public appearance at the 2024 Decibel Metal and Beer Festival in Philadelphia.[8]
Discography
Year | Band | Release | Role |
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1988 | Death | Leprosy | Engineering[9] |
1989 | Amon | Sacrificial (Demo) | Mixing[10][11] |
The Guff | The Art of Deception (Demo) | Engineering[12] | |
Sepultura | Beneath the Remains | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[13] | |
Obituary | Slowly We Rot | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[14] | |
Atheist | Piece of Time | Producer, Engineering[15] | |
Terrorizer | World Downfall | Engineering[16] | |
Awake! | Beliefs (EP) | Producer, Engineering[17] | |
1990 | Assück | Necrosalvation (EP) | Engineering[18] |
Cynic | Demo 1990 | Producer, Engineering[19] | |
Death | Spiritual Healing | Producer, Mixing[20] | |
Cancer | To the Gory End | Producer, Mixing[21] | |
Deicide | Deicide | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[22] | |
Napalm Death | Harmony Corruption | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[23] | |
Napalm Death | Suffer the Children | Producer, Engineer, Mixing[24] | |
Cannibal Corpse | Eaten Back to Life | Producer, Engineering[25] | |
Demolition Hammer | Tortured Existence | Producer, Engineer, Mixing[26] | |
Obituary | Cause of Death | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[27] | |
Master | Master | Producer, Engineer, Mixing[28] | |
Atrocity | Hallucinations | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[29] | |
Exhorder | Slaughter in the Vatican | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[30] | |
Various artists | At Death's Door (A Collection of Brutal Death Metal) | Producer (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 9 & 12)[31] | |
Hellwitch | Syzygial Miscreancy | Engineering[32] | |
Overthrow | Within Suffering | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[33] | |
1991 | Cynic | Demo 1991 | Producer, Engineering[34] |
Acheron | Rites of the Black Mass (Demo) | Producer[35] | |
The Guff | Refuse to Crawl (Demo) | Producer, Engineering[36] | |
Skeletal Earth | Eulogy for a Dying Fetus | Producer, Engineering[37] | |
Sepultura | Arise | Producer, Engineering, Lyrical assistance & translation[38] | |
Slap of Reality | Fletch (EP) | Producer, Engineer[39] | |
Malevolent Creation | The Ten Commandments | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[40] | |
Devastation | Idolatry | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[41] | |
Cancer | Death Shall Rise | Producer[42] | |
Cannibal Corpse | Butchered at Birth | Producer, Engineering[43] | |
Loudblast | Disincarnate | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[44] | |
Massacre | From Beyond | Engineering[45] | |
Atheist | Unquestionable Presence | Producer[46] | |
Pestilence | Testimony of the Ancients | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[47] | |
Gorguts | Considered Dead | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[48] | |
Death | Human | Producer, Mixing[49] | |
Suffocation | Effigy of the Forgotten | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[50] | |
Assück | Anticapital | Producer, Engineering[51] | |
Master | On the Seventh Day God Created... Master | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[52] | |
1992 | Assück | Blindspot (EP) | Producer, Engineering[53] |
Disincarnate | Soul Erosion (Demo) | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[54] | |
Hideous Corpse | Demented (Demo) | Mixing[55] | |
Sepultura | Third World Posse (EP) | Producer (track 1), Mixing (track 2)[56] | |
Speckmann Project | Speckmann Project | Producer[57] | |
The Guff | Jackass Live | Producer, Engineering[58] | |
No Return | Contamination Rises | N/A[59] | |
Acheron | Rites of the Black Mass | Producer, Engineering[60] | |
Obituary | The End Complete | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[61] | |
Deicide | Legion | Engineering, Mixing[62] | |
Malevolent Creation | Retribution | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[63] | |
Assück | State to State (EP) | Engineering[64] | |
Solstice | Solstice | Engineering, Mixing[65] | |
Cannibal Corpse | Tomb of the Mutilated | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[66] | |
1993 | Raped Ape | Terminal Reality (EP) | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[67] |
Skeletal Earth | Dreighphuck (EP) | Producer[68] | |
Various artists | At Death's Door II | Producer (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 8)[69] | |
Resurrection | Embalmed Existence | Producer, Engineering[70] | |
Death | Individual Thought Patterns | Producer, Engineering[71] | |
Cynic | Focus | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[72] | |
Transmetal | El Infierno de Dante (also available as Dante's Inferno) | Producer, Mixing[73] | |
Loudblast | Sublime Dementia | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[74] | |
Hellwitch | Terraasymmetry (EP) | Engineering[75] | |
Loudblast | Cross the Threshold (EP) | Producer, Mixing (track 6)[76] | |
1994 | Skeletal Earth | Dē.ĕv'ṓ.lū'shŭn | Producer[77] |
Cannibal Corpse | The Bleeding | Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering[78] | |
Psychotic Waltz | Mosquito | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[79] | |
Obituary | World Demise | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[80] | |
KMFDM | Glory | Remixing (track 6, "Move On")[81] | |
1995 | Jason Rawhead | Dehumanized | Producer, Engineering[82] |
Deicide | Once upon the Cross | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[83] | |
Suffocation | Pierced from Within | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[84] | |
Six Feet Under | Haunted | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[85] | |
Internal Bleeding | Voracious Contempt | Mixing[86] | |
1996 | Sean Malone | Cortlandt | Producer, Engineering[87] |
Transmetal | México bárbaro | Producer, Mixing, Mastering[88] | |
Transmetal | El llamado de la hembra | Producer[89] | |
Cannibal Corpse | Vile | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[90] | |
Psychotic Waltz | Bleeding | Engineering[91] | |
Monstrosity | Millennium | Producer, Mixing[92] | |
1997 | Assück | Misery Index | Engineering[93] |
Malevolent Creation | In Cold Blood | Producer, Engineering[94] | |
Sadus | Elements of Anger | Producer, Mixing, Mastering[95] | |
Deicide | Serpents of the Light | Producer, Engineering, Mixing[96] | |
1998 | Suffocation | Despise the Sun (EP) | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering[97] |
KMFDM | Agogo | Remixing (track 8, "Hole in the Wall")[98] | |
2003 | Gordian Knot | Emergent | Producer[99] |
2005 | Obituary | Frozen in Time | Producer[100] |
References
- ^ Stevenson, Arielle (October 22, 2009). "The way the music died: The earliest days of Tampa Death Metal". Tampa Bay Times. Times Publishing Company. Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ^ Blabbermouth (July 8, 2019). "ATHEIST's KELLY SHAEFER Says Legendary Death Metal Producer SCOTT BURNS 'Was A True Pioneer'". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ "Deicide Interview". Mourning the Ancient. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
- ^ "Scott Burns Interview". Voices From the Darkside. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ Shadows, Em (September 11, 2023). "Decibel Announces New Book on Scott Burns, Legendary Death Metal Producer". MetalSucks. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ P, J. (January 1, 2024). "Gehlke, David E.- The Scott Burns Sessions:A Life In Death Metal 1987-1997 (Book review)". Metal-Rules.com. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ "Book Spotlight: Reading (and Riffing!) is Fundamental". New Noise Magazine. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ Kennelty, Greg (January 15, 2024). "Legendary Death Metal Producer SCOTT BURNS To Make Rare Appearance At Decibel's Metal & Beer Fest". Metal Injection. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ Leprosy in the Metal Archives
- ^ Amon: Feasting the Beast in the Metal Archives
- ^ Deicide / Amon (18) – Amon: Feasting The Beast in Discogs
- ^ The Art of Deception in the Metal Archives
- ^ Beneath the Remains in the Metal Archives
- ^ Slowly We Rot in the Metal Archives
- ^ Piece of Time in the Metal Archives
- ^ World Downfall in the Metal Archives
- ^ Awake! – Beliefs in Discogs
- ^ Necrosalvation in the Metal Archives
- ^ Demo 1990 in the Metal Archives
- ^ Spiritual Healing in the Metal Archives
- ^ To the Gory End in the Metal Archives
- ^ Deicide in the Metal Archives
- ^ Harmony Corruption in the Metal Archives
- ^ Suffer the Children in the Metal Archives
- ^ Eaten Back to Life in the Metal Archives
- ^ Tortured Existence in the Metal Archives
- ^ Cause of Death in the Metal Archives
- ^ Master (2) – Master in Discogs
- ^ Hallucinations in the Metal Archives
- ^ Slaughter in the Vatican in the Metal Archives
- ^ Various – At Death's Door (A Collection Of Brutal Death Metal) in Discogs
- ^ Syzygial Miscreancy in the Metal Archives
- ^ Within Suffering in the Metal Archives
- ^ Cynic (2) – Uroboric Forms (The Complete Demo Recordings 1988-1989-1990-1991) in Discogs
- ^ Rites of the Black Mass in the Metal Archives
- ^ Refuse to Crawl in the Metal Archives
- ^ Eulogy for a Dying Fetus in the Metal Archives
- ^ Arise in the Metal Archives
- ^ Slap Of Reality – Fletch in Discogs
- ^ The Ten Commandments in the Metal Archives
- ^ Idolatry in the Metal Archives
- ^ Death Shall Rise in the Metal Archives
- ^ Butchered at Birth in the Metal Archives
- ^ Disincarnate in the Metal Archives
- ^ From Beyond in the Metal Archives
- ^ Unquestionable Presence in the Metal Archives
- ^ Testimony of the Ancients in the Metal Archives
- ^ Considered Dead in the Metal Archives
- ^ Human in the Metal Archives
- ^ Effigy of the Forgotten in the Metal Archives
- ^ Anticapital in the Metal Archives
- ^ On the Seventh Day God Created... Master in the Metal Archives
- ^ Assück – Blindspot in Discogs
- ^ Soul Erosion in the Metal Archives
- ^ Demented in the Metal Archives
- ^ Third World Posse in the Metal Archives
- ^ Speckmann Project in the Metal Archives
- ^ Jackass Live in the Metal Archives
- ^ NO RETURN To Release 'The Curse Within' Album In November in Blabbermouth
- ^ Rites of the Black Mass in the Metal Archives
- ^ The End Complete in the Metal Archives
- ^ Legion in the Metal Archives
- ^ Retribution in the Metal Archives
- ^ State to State in the Metal Archives
- ^ Solstice in the Metal Archives
- ^ Tomb of the Mutilated in the Metal Archives
- ^ Terminal Reality in the Metal Archives
- ^ Dreighphuck in the Metal Archives
- ^ Various – At Death's Door II in Discogs
- ^ Embalmed Existence in the Metal Archives
- ^ Individual Thought Patterns in the Metal Archives
- ^ Focus in the Metal Archives
- ^ El infierno de Dante in the Metal Archives
- ^ Sublime Dementia in the Metal Archives
- ^ Terraasymmetry in the Metal Archives
- ^ Cross the Threshold in the Metal Archives
- ^ Dē.ĕv'ṓ.lū'shŭn in the Metal Archives
- ^ The Bleeding in the Metal Archives
- ^ Mosquito in the Metal Archives
- ^ World Demise in the Metal Archives
- ^ KMFDM – Glory in Discogs
- ^ Jason Rawhead – Dehumanized in Discogs
- ^ Once upon the Cross in the Metal Archives
- ^ Pierced from Within in the Metal Archives
- ^ Haunted in the Metal Archives
- ^ Voracious Contempt in the Metal Archives
- ^ Sean Malone – Cortlandt in Discogs
- ^ México bárbaro in the Metal Archives
- ^ El llamado de la hembra in the Metal Archives
- ^ Vile in the Metal Archives
- ^ Bleeding in the Metal Archives
- ^ Millennium in the Metal Archives
- ^ Misery Index in the Metal Archives
- ^ In Cold Blood in the Metal Archives
- ^ Elements of Anger in the Metal Archives
- ^ Serpents of the Light in the Metal Archives
- ^ Despise the Sun in the Metal Archives
- ^ KMFDM – Agogo in Discogs
- ^ Gordian Knot – Emergent in Discogs
- ^ Frozen in Time in the Metal Archives