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Scott Burns (record producer)

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Scott Burns
Genres
OccupationsComposer, mastering engineer, mixing engineer, producer
Years active
  • 1987–1997
    (Full-time)
  • 1998–present
    (Part-time)

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, and has been called an "extreme metal overlord".[1][2][3]

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. He said: "Since I was young and having fun, I got pigeonholed. Which is fine, but I was just 'the death metal guy.'"[4][5]

According to Jack Owen, Burns commuted an hour to Morrisound, and would often sleep in the studio or in band members' closets at their residences.[6]

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.[7][8][9] Following its release, Burns made a rare public appearance at the 2024 Decibel Metal and Beer Festival in Philadelphia.[10]

Discography

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Year Band Release Role
1988 Death Leprosy Engineering[11]
1989 Amon Sacrificial (Demo) Mixing[12][13]
The Guff The Art of Deception (Demo) Engineering[14]
Sepultura Beneath the Remains Producer, Engineering, Mixing[15]
Obituary Slowly We Rot Producer, Engineering, Mixing[16]
Atheist Piece of Time Producer, Engineering[17]
Terrorizer World Downfall Engineering[18]
Awake! Beliefs (EP) Producer, Engineering[19]
1990 Assück Necrosalvation (EP) Engineering[20]
Cynic Demo 1990 Producer, Engineering[21]
Death Spiritual Healing Producer, Mixing[22]
Cancer To the Gory End Producer, Mixing[23]
Deicide Deicide Producer, Engineering, Mixing[24]
Napalm Death Harmony Corruption Producer, Engineering, Mixing[25]
Napalm Death Suffer the Children Producer, Engineer, Mixing[26]
Cannibal Corpse Eaten Back to Life Producer, Engineering[27]
Demolition Hammer Tortured Existence Producer, Engineer, Mixing[28]
Obituary Cause of Death Producer, Engineering, Mixing[29]
Master Master Producer, Engineer, Mixing[30]
Atrocity Hallucinations Producer, Engineering, Mixing[31]
Exhorder Slaughter in the Vatican Producer, Engineering, Mixing[32]
Various artists At Death's Door (A Collection of Brutal Death Metal) Producer (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 9 & 12)[33]
Hellwitch Syzygial Miscreancy Engineering[34]
Overthrow Within Suffering Producer, Engineering, Mixing[35]
1991 Cynic Demo 1991 Producer, Engineering[36]
Acheron Rites of the Black Mass (Demo) Producer[37]
The Guff Refuse to Crawl (Demo) Producer, Engineering[38]
Skeletal Earth Eulogy for a Dying Fetus Producer, Engineering[39]
Sepultura Arise Producer, Engineering, Lyrical assistance & translation[40]
Slap of Reality Fletch (EP) Producer, Engineer[41]
Malevolent Creation The Ten Commandments Producer, Engineering, Mixing[42]
Devastation Idolatry Producer, Engineering, Mixing[43]
Cancer Death Shall Rise Producer[44]
Cannibal Corpse Butchered at Birth Producer, Engineering[45]
Loudblast Disincarnate Producer, Engineering, Mixing[46]
Massacre From Beyond Engineering[47]
Atheist Unquestionable Presence Producer[48]
Pestilence Testimony of the Ancients Producer, Engineering, Mixing[49]
Gorguts Considered Dead Producer, Engineering, Mixing[50]
Death Human Producer, Mixing[51]
Suffocation Effigy of the Forgotten Producer, Engineering, Mixing[52]
Assück Anticapital Producer, Engineering[53]
Master On the Seventh Day God Created... Master Producer, Engineering, Mixing[54]
1992 Assück Blindspot (EP) Producer, Engineering[55]
Disincarnate Soul Erosion (Demo) Producer, Engineering, Mixing[56]
Hideous Corpse Demented (Demo) Mixing[57]
Sepultura Third World Posse (EP) Producer (track 1), Mixing (track 2)[58]
Speckmann Project Speckmann Project Producer[59]
The Guff Jackass Live Producer, Engineering[60]
No Return Contamination Rises N/A[61]
Acheron Rites of the Black Mass Producer, Engineering[62]
Obituary The End Complete Producer, Engineering, Mixing[63]
Deicide Legion Engineering, Mixing[64]
Malevolent Creation Retribution Producer, Engineering, Mixing[65]
Assück State to State (EP) Engineering[66]
Solstice Solstice Engineering, Mixing[67]
Cannibal Corpse Tomb of the Mutilated Producer, Engineering, Mixing[68]
1993 Raped Ape Terminal Reality (EP) Producer, Engineering, Mixing[69]
Skeletal Earth Dreighphuck (EP) Producer[70]
Various artists At Death's Door II Producer (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 8)[71]
Resurrection Embalmed Existence Producer, Engineering[72]
Death Individual Thought Patterns Producer, Engineering[73]
Cynic Focus Producer, Engineering, Mixing[74]
Transmetal El Infierno de Dante (also available as Dante's Inferno) Producer, Mixing[75]
Loudblast Sublime Dementia Producer, Engineering, Mixing[76]
Hellwitch Terraasymmetry (EP) Engineering[77]
Loudblast Cross the Threshold (EP) Producer, Mixing (track 6)[78]
1994 Skeletal Earth Dē.ĕv'ṓ.lū'shŭn Producer[79]
Cannibal Corpse The Bleeding Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering[80]
Psychotic Waltz Mosquito Producer, Engineering, Mixing[81]
Obituary World Demise Producer, Engineering, Mixing[82]
KMFDM Glory Remixing (track 6, "Move On")[83]
1995 Jason Rawhead Dehumanized Producer, Engineering[84]
Deicide Once upon the Cross Producer, Engineering, Mixing[85]
Suffocation Pierced from Within Producer, Engineering, Mixing[86]
Six Feet Under Haunted Producer, Engineering, Mixing[87]
Internal Bleeding Voracious Contempt Mixing[88]
1996 Sean Malone Cortlandt Producer, Engineering[89]
Transmetal México bárbaro Producer, Mixing, Mastering[90]
Transmetal El llamado de la hembra Producer[91]
Cannibal Corpse Vile Producer, Engineering, Mixing[92]
Psychotic Waltz Bleeding Engineering[93]
Monstrosity Millennium Producer, Mixing[94]
1997 Assück Misery Index Engineering[95]
Malevolent Creation In Cold Blood Producer, Engineering[96]
Sadus Elements of Anger Producer, Mixing, Mastering[97]
Deicide Serpents of the Light Producer, Engineering, Mixing[98]
1998 Suffocation Despise the Sun (EP) Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering[99]
KMFDM Agogo Remixing (track 8, "Hole in the Wall")[100]
2003 Gordian Knot Emergent Producer[101]
2005 Obituary Frozen in Time Producer[102]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Mills, Matt (July 14, 2018). "Death: Ranking All 7 Studio Albums". WhatCulture.com. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
  4. ^ "Deicide Interview". Mourning the Ancient. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  5. ^ "Scott Burns Interview". Voices From the Darkside. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  6. ^ Metal Blade Records (November 20, 2013). Cannibal Corpse - Centuries of Torment - DVD 1 - History (OFFICIAL). Retrieved May 20, 2025 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ Shadows, Em (September 11, 2023). "Decibel Announces New Book on Scott Burns, Legendary Death Metal Producer". MetalSucks. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Book Spotlight: Reading (and Riffing!) is Fundamental". New Noise Magazine. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Leprosy in the Metal Archives
  12. ^ Amon: Feasting the Beast in the Metal Archives
  13. ^ Deicide / Amon (18) – Amon: Feasting The Beast in Discogs
  14. ^ The Art of Deception in the Metal Archives
  15. ^ Beneath the Remains in the Metal Archives
  16. ^ Slowly We Rot in the Metal Archives
  17. ^ Piece of Time in the Metal Archives
  18. ^ World Downfall in the Metal Archives
  19. ^ Awake! – Beliefs in Discogs
  20. ^ Necrosalvation in the Metal Archives
  21. ^ Demo 1990 in the Metal Archives
  22. ^ Spiritual Healing in the Metal Archives
  23. ^ To the Gory End in the Metal Archives
  24. ^ Deicide in the Metal Archives
  25. ^ Harmony Corruption in the Metal Archives
  26. ^ Suffer the Children in the Metal Archives
  27. ^ Eaten Back to Life in the Metal Archives
  28. ^ Tortured Existence in the Metal Archives
  29. ^ Cause of Death in the Metal Archives
  30. ^ Master (2) – Master in Discogs
  31. ^ Hallucinations in the Metal Archives
  32. ^ Slaughter in the Vatican in the Metal Archives
  33. ^ Various – At Death's Door (A Collection Of Brutal Death Metal) in Discogs
  34. ^ Syzygial Miscreancy in the Metal Archives
  35. ^ Within Suffering in the Metal Archives
  36. ^ Cynic (2) – Uroboric Forms (The Complete Demo Recordings 1988-1989-1990-1991) in Discogs
  37. ^ Rites of the Black Mass in the Metal Archives
  38. ^ Refuse to Crawl in the Metal Archives
  39. ^ Eulogy for a Dying Fetus in the Metal Archives
  40. ^ Arise in the Metal Archives
  41. ^ Slap Of Reality – Fletch in Discogs
  42. ^ The Ten Commandments in the Metal Archives
  43. ^ Idolatry in the Metal Archives
  44. ^ Death Shall Rise in the Metal Archives
  45. ^ Butchered at Birth in the Metal Archives
  46. ^ Disincarnate in the Metal Archives
  47. ^ From Beyond in the Metal Archives
  48. ^ Unquestionable Presence in the Metal Archives
  49. ^ Testimony of the Ancients in the Metal Archives
  50. ^ Considered Dead in the Metal Archives
  51. ^ Human in the Metal Archives
  52. ^ Effigy of the Forgotten in the Metal Archives
  53. ^ Anticapital in the Metal Archives
  54. ^ On the Seventh Day God Created... Master in the Metal Archives
  55. ^ Assück – Blindspot in Discogs
  56. ^ Soul Erosion in the Metal Archives
  57. ^ Demented in the Metal Archives
  58. ^ Third World Posse in the Metal Archives
  59. ^ Speckmann Project in the Metal Archives
  60. ^ Jackass Live in the Metal Archives
  61. ^ NO RETURN To Release 'The Curse Within' Album In November in Blabbermouth
  62. ^ Rites of the Black Mass in the Metal Archives
  63. ^ The End Complete in the Metal Archives
  64. ^ Legion in the Metal Archives
  65. ^ Retribution in the Metal Archives
  66. ^ State to State in the Metal Archives
  67. ^ Solstice in the Metal Archives
  68. ^ Tomb of the Mutilated in the Metal Archives
  69. ^ Terminal Reality in the Metal Archives
  70. ^ Dreighphuck in the Metal Archives
  71. ^ Various – At Death's Door II in Discogs
  72. ^ Embalmed Existence in the Metal Archives
  73. ^ Individual Thought Patterns in the Metal Archives
  74. ^ Focus in the Metal Archives
  75. ^ El infierno de Dante in the Metal Archives
  76. ^ Sublime Dementia in the Metal Archives
  77. ^ Terraasymmetry in the Metal Archives
  78. ^ Cross the Threshold in the Metal Archives
  79. ^ Dē.ĕv'ṓ.lū'shŭn in the Metal Archives
  80. ^ The Bleeding in the Metal Archives
  81. ^ Mosquito in the Metal Archives
  82. ^ World Demise in the Metal Archives
  83. ^ KMFDM – Glory in Discogs
  84. ^ Jason Rawhead – Dehumanized in Discogs
  85. ^ Once upon the Cross in the Metal Archives
  86. ^ Pierced from Within in the Metal Archives
  87. ^ Haunted in the Metal Archives
  88. ^ Voracious Contempt in the Metal Archives
  89. ^ Sean Malone – Cortlandt in Discogs
  90. ^ México bárbaro in the Metal Archives
  91. ^ El llamado de la hembra in the Metal Archives
  92. ^ Vile in the Metal Archives
  93. ^ Bleeding in the Metal Archives
  94. ^ Millennium in the Metal Archives
  95. ^ Misery Index in the Metal Archives
  96. ^ In Cold Blood in the Metal Archives
  97. ^ Elements of Anger in the Metal Archives
  98. ^ Serpents of the Light in the Metal Archives
  99. ^ Despise the Sun in the Metal Archives
  100. ^ KMFDM – Agogo in Discogs
  101. ^ Gordian Knot – Emergent in Discogs
  102. ^ Frozen in Time in the Metal Archives


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