Here it is,  a summary of what we’ve done at the studio since I last posted. Actually let me just dispense right now with the “we.” There is no “we” at Nuthouse Recording… there is me, with valuable, sometimes even crucial assists and contributions which I will do my best not to omit.

MUTINY WITHIN
In July, I produced a track for Roadrunner Records artists  Mutiny Within that the band had written as a theme song for WWE wrestler Evan Bourne. William Putney contributed his massive metal know-how on drum tracking day and slayed all of the drum edits. I had jury duty concurrent with the mixes, which was a bummer except that I got a meatloaf sandwich up the street from the Jersey City courthouse that was positively delicious.
Here’s some totally shitty YouTube video of  Mr. Bourne entering the ring to the track:

CRUEL BLACK DOVE
Other bands that came through this summer included Cruel Black Dove, a female-fronted act that evokes PJ Harvey and  Garbage. I think they will go places. Here’s a video from a track that I did not record. Let it also be known that the sessions did not in any way resemble what you are about to see in this video. We run a family-friendly operation here!

UPON A BURNING BODY
In late summer/early fall, Will came and recorded drums for the Sumerian Records debut of young deathcore hotshots Upon a Burning Body. Will is really stoked on the record, which I have not heard in its completed form yet, but if he says it kicks ass, it does.  These kids have some serious plugs. I saw the drummer (second from left) without his is in… it was wild.

FLAMING TUSK
The absolutely massively named Flaming Tusk and their debut album was up next. Crazy-ass extreme underground metal. A smarter, more well-read bunch of guys you have never met.  They are obsessed with bizarre spirits (of the alcoholic, not supernatural type) and had bottles of some of the weirdest shit I have ever seen (artichoke liqueur, anyone?) at the ready at all times. Some excellent video was shot during the recording. Enjoy…
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THOSE MOCKINGBIRDS
After the punishing task of completing the Tusk album, the Nuthouse frigate entered considerably less metallic waters. I  produced the debut SideCho records single for New Jersey alt-rockers Those Mockingbirds

ANDY ALEDORT
I also mixed the live album for Dickey Betts guitarist and Guitar World Magazine instructional DVD star Andy Aledort. That’s Andy on the left at one of his gigs with Dickey.

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCHLast but not least, we had chart topping metal outfit Five Finger Death Punch in the studio for a day of drum tracking. These guys will be on the main stage of next year’s Mayhem Tour, and were super cool and mellow despite the fact that they all had colds and were smack dab in the middle of a grueling tour. I was going to imbed their latest video, but youtube won’t let me. Watch it here.