Zeuss
{{Other uses|Zeus (disambiguation) }}
{{Short description|American record producer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Zeuss
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| birth_name = Christopher Harris
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|04|01}}
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| genre = {{flatlist|
- Hardcore punk
- heavy metal
- punk rock
- groove metal
- death metal
- post-hardcore
- indie rock
- alternative rock
- power metal
- progressive metal
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Producer
- Engineer
- Mixer
- Songwriter
- Composer
- Musician
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| years_active = 1996–present
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| website = {{URL|zeussproducer.com}}
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Christopher Harris (born April 1, 1972), known professionally as Chris "Zeuss" Harris or simply Zeuss, is an American record producer.
Biography
Zeuss is best known in the worlds of hard rock, heavy metal music, hardcore punk, and metalcore.{{cite web|url=http://ziogiorgio.com/2002/10/20/zeuss-parlays-performance-into-recording/|title=Zeuss Parlays Performance Into Recording!|date=October 20, 2002|publisher=ZIOGIORGIO.com|access-date=19 June 2015}} He has engineered, produced, mixed, and mastered albums by a number of high-profile acts, including Rob Zombie,{{cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/loudwire-music-festival/|title=Rob Zombie Headlines Loudwire Music Festival|date=January 29, 2015|publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock|access-date=19 June 2015}} Queensrÿche,{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/queensryche-taps-producer-chris-zeuss-harris-for-new-album/|title=QUEENSRŸCHE Taps Producer CHRIS 'ZEUSS' HARRIS For New Album|date=March 16, 2015|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=19 June 2015}} Demon Hunter,{{cite web|url=http://www.demonhunter.net/extremist|title=Extremist|publisher=DemonHunter.net|access-date=19 June 2015}} Suicide Silence,{{cite web|url=http://lambgoat.com/news/16082/Suicide-Silence-titles-new-album|title=Suicide Silence Titles New Album|date=April 11, 2011|publisher=Lambgoat.com|access-date=19 June 2015}} Suffocation,{{cite web|url=http://www.theprp.com/2012/10/08/news/suffocation-finishing-up-new-album-pinnacle-of-bedlam/|title=Suffocation Finishing Up New Album|date=October 8, 2012|publisher=ThePRP.com|access-date=19 June 2015}} Municipal Waste,{{cite web|url=http://www.apeshit.org/features/municipal-waste-the-art-of-thrashing|title=MUNICIPAL WASTE: The Art of Thrashing|date=February 19, 2008|publisher=APESHIT|access-date=19 June 2015}} Soulfly,{{cite news|url=http://www.metalinsider.net/collaborations/devildriver’s-dez-fafara-to-appear-on-new-soulfly-album|title=Devildriver's Dez Fafara To Appear On New Soulfly Album|newspaper=Metal Insider | Get Inside the Industry |date=September 30, 2011|publisher=Metal Insider|access-date=19 June 2015}} Chimaira,{{cite web|url=http://bravewords.com/news/chimaira-send-new-material-to-producer-zeuss|title=CHIMAIRA SEND NEW MATERIAL TO PRODUCER ZEUSS|date=March 24, 2011|publisher=Brave Words|access-date=19 June 2015}} Throwdown,{{cite web|url=http://www.allschools.de/article/show/Interview_mit_Throwdown_1320867|title=INTERVIEW MIT THROWDOWN|publisher=ALLSCHOOLS.de|access-date=19 June 2015}} Whitechapel,{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/whitechapel-s-this-is-exile-lands-on-billboard-chart/|title=WHITECHAPEL's 'This Is Exile' Lands On Billboard Chart|date=July 16, 2008|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=19 June 2015}} Bleeding Through,{{cite web|url=http://www.theprp.com/2009/12/11/news/bleeding-through-enter-the-studio-post-footage-from-recording-sessions-online/|title=Bleeding Through Enter The Studio|date=December 11, 2009|publisher=ThePRP.com|access-date=19 June 2015}} Kataklysm,{{cite web|url=http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/band/news/details/2855564.70940.kataklysm-taps-producer-zeuss-for-new.html|title=KATAKLYSM - Taps Producer "Zeuss" For New Album Mix!|date=January 11, 2013|publisher=NuclearBlast.de|access-date=19 June 2015}} and God Forbid.{{cite web|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/determination-god-forbid/5363767?ean=727701806624|title=Determination by God Forbid|publisher=Barnes & Noble|access-date=19 June 2015}} He’s made over a half dozen records each with Shadows Fall{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/jon_donais_of_shadows_fall_i_think_everybody_was_feeling_angry.html|title=Jon Donais Of Shadows Fall: 'I Think Everybody Was Feeling Angry'|date=June 22, 2009|publisher=Ultimate Guitar|access-date=19 June 2015}} (including the band’s most commercially successful album,{{cite web|url=http://www.centurymedia.com/newsdetailed.aspx?IdNews=7291&IdCompany=2|title=Shadows Fall 'The War Within' Makes Sales History|date=June 9, 2005|publisher=Century Media Records|access-date=19 June 2015}} The War Within) and Hatebreed.{{cite web|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/qanda-with-jamey-jasta-of-hatebreed-6475410|title=Q&A with Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed!|date=May 27, 2008|publisher=Miami New Times|access-date=19 June 2015}} His relationship with Hatebreed extends to affiliated projects, including Kingdom of Sorrow,{{cite web|url=http://www.relapse.com/label/artist/kingdom-of-sorrow.html?show=biography|title=KINGDOM OF SORROW|publisher=Relapse Records|access-date=19 June 2015}} Jasta, and numerous artists signed to singer Jamey Jasta's Stillborn Records.
Rob Zombie,{{cite web|url=http://robzombie.com/tag/zeuss/|title=Rob Zombie Finishes Working On His Next Studio Album|date=January 23, 2015|publisher=RobZombie.com|access-date=19 June 2015}} Joey Jordison,{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/murderdolls_drummer_has_undergone_a_lot_of_changes_these_past_few_months.html?no_takeover|title=Murderdolls: Drummer Has Undergone A Lot Of Changes|date=July 24, 2010|publisher=Ultimate Guitar|access-date=19 June 2015}} and Max Cavalera{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/soulfly-s-max-cavalera-talks-about-the-making-of-enslaved-in-new-interview/|title=SOULFLY's MAX CAVALERA Talks About The Making Of 'Enslaved' In New Interview|date=March 19, 2012|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=19 June 2015}} are among the musicians who have complimented Zeuss in the press.
Discography
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Band/Artist ! Album Title ! Record Label ! Role ! Billboard 200 ! Award |
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2000
| Producer, Mixing | | |
2000
| Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
2001
| Co-producer, Engineer | | |
2002
| Co-producer, Mixing | | |
2002
| Integrity Defines Strength (EP) | Engineer, Mixing | | |
2002
| Engineer | 50 | |
2002
| Producer, Mixing | | |
2003
| Producer, Engineer | 30 | Grammy Award (Nominated){{cite web|url=http://lambgoat.com/news/4205/Hatebreed-KsE-receive-Grammy-nominations|title=Hatebreed, KsE receive Grammy nominations|publisher=Lambgoat.com|date=December 7, 2004|access-date=2015-06-20}} |
2003
| Spirals | Producer, Engineer | | |
2003
| Producer, Engineer | | |
2004
| Co-producer, Engineer | | |
2004
| Wake the Demons | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
2004
| Engineer, Mixing | | |
2004
| Producer, Mixing | | |
2004
| Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 20 |
2005
| Vendetta | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 156 | |
2005
| Roger Miret and the Disasters | 1984 | Engineer, Mixing | | |
2005
| Asylum of the Human Predator | Mixing | | |
2005
| Madball | Legacy | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
2005
| Clients | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
2006
| Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 83 | |
2006
|Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion |Re-mixing | | |
2006
|Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
2006
| Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 31 | |
2006
|Remembering Never |God Save Us |Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
2006
| Terror | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
2006
| Mixing | | |
2006
| Icepick | Violent Epiphany |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2007
| Emmure | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 191 | |
2007
| Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
2007
| Warriors | Co-producer, mixing | | |
2007
| Mixing | 46 | Grammy Award (Nominated){{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/shadows-fall-singer-comments-on-second-grammy-nomination/|title=Shadows Fall Singer Comments On Second Grammy Nomination| publisher=Blabbermouth.net|date=December 10, 2007| access-date=2015-06-20}} |
2007
| Sanctity | Mixing on tracks 7, 11, 12 | | |
2007
| Was and Is to Come | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
2007
|Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
2007
| Madball | Infiltrate the System | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
2007
|Her Nightmare |Come Anarchy Come Ruin |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2007
| Mixing | 147 | |
2007
| Carnifex | This City Is Burning Records | Producer | | |
2008
| Emmure | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 141 | |
2008
| Co-producer, Engineer, Mixing | 131 | |
2008
|Horror |Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
2008
| Arsis | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
2008
| Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
2008
| Mixing, mastering | 118 | |
2008
|New York Blood |Mixing | | |
2008
| Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 107 | |
2008
| Terror | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
2008
|The Diseased and the Poisoned |Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
2009
| Chimaira | Mixing | 30 | |
2009
| Fed Through the Teeth Machine | Mixing, Mastering | | |
2009
| Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 37 | |
2009
| Mixing | |
2009
| In Ancient of Days |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2009
| Producer, Engineer | 73 | |
2009
| Mixing | 58 | |
2009
| Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
2009
| Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 35 | |
2009
| Mixing, Mastering | | |
2009
| Neaera | Omnicide – Creation Unleashed | Mixing, Mastering | | |
2009
|Too Pure To Die |Confess |Co-producer, engineer, mixing | | |
2010
| Wormwood |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 67 | |
2010
| Legend | Valediction |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2010
| Arsis |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2010
| Oceano |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 163 | |
2010
|Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 143 | |
2010
| Mixing, Mastering | 151 | |
2010
| Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 42 | |
2010
| Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 143 | |
2011
| Chimaira | Mixing, Mastering | 54 | |
2011
| Mixing, Mastering | 28 | |
2011
| Crowbar | Mixing, Mastering | | |
2011
| Ten Tonn Hammer |Your Words Are Nothing | FONO ltd Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
2011
|Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 174 | |
2011
|Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2011
|Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 64 | |
2011
|Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2011
| Temple (EP) | Eye.On Lion Recordings | Engineer, Mixing | | |
2012
| Mychildren Mybride |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 183 | |
2012
|Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 155 | |
2012
| Razor & Tie, Artery Recordings |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2012
| Co-producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2012
| Teratogenesis (EP) |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2012
| Soulfly | Enslaved |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 82 | |
2012
| Arsis | Lepers Caress (EP) | Mixing, mastering | | |
2013
| Mixing | 129 | |
2013
| Mixing, mastering | | Juno Awards (Nominated){{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/devin-townsend-project-kataklysm-among-juno-awards-nominees/|title=Devin Townsend Project, Kataklysm Among Juno Awards Nominees |publisher=Blabbermouth.net|date=January 27, 2015 |access-date=2015-06-20}} |
2013
| Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor | T-Boy Records | Engineer, (assistant), Programming | 7 | |
2013
| Howl |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2013
| Mixing, Mastering | | |
2013
|We're All Gonna Die |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2013
| Huntress |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2013
| Co-producer, Engineer | 20 | |
2013
| Mixing, Mastering | 152 | |
2014
| Mixing | 45 | |
2014
| Crowbar | Mastering | 68 | |
2014
| Mixing, Mastering | | |
2014
| Intolerance | Mixing, Mastering | 142 | |
2014
| Mixing | 16 |
2014
| Inferno | Engineer (additional) | | |
2014
|Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 125 | |
2014
| Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 124 | |
2014
| Steelcrusher | Sonic Attack Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
2014
| Welcame | Mixing, Mastering | | |
2015
| Spookshow International (Live) | T-Boy Records | Mixing | 118 | |
2015
| Razed to the Ground{{Cite web|url=https://lambgoat.com/news/25378/Vision-of-Disorder-to-release-new-album-in-November|title=Vision of Disorder to release new album in November|website=Lambgoat.com|access-date=January 31, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/VisionOfDisorder/photos/a.10151597360408862.1073741826.165917558861/10153128944678862/?type=1&theater|title=Facebook|website=Facebook.com|access-date=January 31, 2021}} |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2015
| Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2015
|Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 27 | |
2016
| The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser | T-Boy Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 6 | |
2016
| Producer, engineer, mastering | 25 | |
2016
| Independent | Mastering | | |
2016
|Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 189 | |
2017
| Outlive | Mixing | 25 | |
2017
| We Owe You Nothing | Agonia Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
2017
|Condolences |Nuclear Blast |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2017
|Witherfall |Nocturnes and Requiems |Mixing, Mastering | | |
2017
| Mixing, Mastering | | |
2017
|[https://www.metalblade.com/bloodclot/ Bloodclot!] |Up In Arms |Producer, Engineer | | |
2017
| Torment | Mixing, Mastering | | |
2017
| Mixing, Mastering | | |
2017
| Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2018
| Rotation |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2018
|Witherfall |A Prelude to Sorrow |Mixing, Mastering | | |
2018
| For the Love of Metal | Mastering | | |
2018
|Purgatory |Jon Schaffer's Purgatory |Mastering | | |
2018
|Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2019
| Incite | Minus Head Records | Mastering | | |
2019
| Overkill | Mixing, Mastering | | |
2019
|Unfinished Business |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2019
| Peace | Mixing, Mastering | |Dove Award (Nominated) |
2019
| War | Mixing, Mastering | |Dove Award (Nominated) |
2019
|Remaster | | |
2019
|Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2019
|Remaster | | |
2019
|Remaster | | |
2019
|Mixing, Mastering | |Dove Award (Nominated) |
2019
|Witherfall |Vintage EP |Mixing, Mastering | | |
2020
|Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2020
|Raven |Metal City |SPV/Steamhammer |Mixing, Mastering | | |
2020
|Re-Stitch These Wounds |Mastering | | |
2020
|Into The Mirror Black (30th Anniversary) |Remaster | | |
2020
|Black Reflections (Live 1990) |Mixing, Mastering | | |
2020
|Iced Earth (30th Anniversary) |Remixing, Mastering | | |
2020
|Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2021
|The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | |
2021
|Angelus Apatrida |Mixing, Mastering | | |
2021
|Darkside Of The Cage |Static Era Records |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2021
|Rat Pak Records |Mixing, Mastering | | |
2021
|The Letter Black |Mixing, Mastering | | |
2021
|Mammothor |The Ecstasy of Silence...The Agony of Dreams |American Overdrive |Mixing, Mastering | | |
2021
|Forge Your Future |Mixing, Mastering | | |
2021
|Mastering | | |
2022
|20 Centuries Gone |Mixing | | |
2022
|Digital Noise Alliance |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2022
|Weapons MFG |Mastering | | |
2023
|Ghost At The Gallows |Mixing, Mastering | | |
2023
|Master Of None |Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
2023
|Aftermath |Mixing, Mastering | | |
2023
|Slighted |This Means War |Static Era Records |Mixing, Mastering | | |
2023
|Mammothor |Lies By Omission |American Overdrive |Mixing, Mastering | | |
2023
|Haymaker XX |Pit Viper Records |Remastering | | |
2023
|"Some Of Us" |Weapons MFG |Mixing, Mastering | | |
2024
|Whip |Whip, Vol. 1 |Rat Pak Records |Mixing, Mastering |
Filmography
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Film
! Director ! Studio ! Distributor ! Role ! Year |
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31
| rowspan=3| Rob Zombie | Rowspan=2| Saban Entertainment | Saban Entertainment | Rowspan=3| Music by | 2016 |
3 from Hell
| 2019 |
The Munsters
| Universal 1440 Entertainment | Universal 1440 Entertainment | 2022 |
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- [http://www.ZeussProducer.com Zeuss Official Website]
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Category:American record producers