Flemming Rasmussen

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Flemming 'Razz' Rasmussen (born 1958) is a Danish engineer, producer and owner and founder of Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark.

[edit] Life and career

Throughout his career he's worked mainly on heavy metal music, making his reputation as the engineer and producer (with the band) of Metallica's albums Ride the Lightning (1984), Master of Puppets (1986) and ...And Justice for All (1988). While he received critical acclaim for the first two, the mix of ...And Justice for All got a mixed reception, mainly due to a strong suggestion the bass guitar had been all but mixed out. It was the last work he would do with the band.

He produced the Morbid Angel album Covenant, Blind Guardian's albums Imaginations from the Other Side, The Forgotten Tales and Nightfall in Middle-Earth, Artillery's By Inheritance and Ensiferum's Iron, amongst others.

Rasmussen won a Grammy for producing Metallica's "One" in 1989. In 1994, the Danish Grammys recognized him as producer of the year for his work on Sort Sol's Glamourpuss.

In 2007, he produced the English thrash metal band Evile's debut album Enter the Grave on Earache Records. Frontman Matt Drake googled Rasmussen's name, and accessed the website for Sweet Silence Studios. Drake emailed Rasmussen, and Rasmussen asked Drake to send through some mp3 tracks a few days later.^[1] After sending the tracks though, Drake didn't receive a reply from Rasmussen. Drake assumed Rasmussen "hated" the songs, and "thought they were shit".^[1] Rasmussen was emailed again by Earache Records (Evile's record label), and agreed to produce.^[1]