Will Putney

Will Putney is an American producer, mixer, and engineer based in Jersey City, New Jersey. Will has worked with a number of prominent metal bands, most notably For Today, The Acacia Strain, Body Count, Thy Art Is Murder, Northlane, The Amity Affliction, Miss May I, Upon a Burning Body, and Stray from the Path.

Commercial success

Will earned an Australian Gold Record for his work on The Amity Affliction’s Let the Ocean Take Me, which debuted at #1 on Australia’s ARIA Charts in 2014.[1] The band’s previous album, Chasing Ghosts (album), was mixed and mastered by Will[2] and also debuted at #1 on the ARIA Charts[3]

Selected production discography

Year Artist Title Label Role Achievements
2015 Northlane TBA UNFD Producer, Mixer, Masterer [4]
2015 Like Moths to Flames The Dream is Dead 7" Rise Records Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
2015 Thy Art Is Murder Holy War Nuclear Blast Producer, Mixer, Masterer[5]
2015 Sworn In (band) The Lovers/The Devil Razor & Tie Engineer, Producer, Mixer, Masterer [6]
2014 Fit for a King (band) Slave to Nothing Solid State Records Producer, Mixer, Masterer[7]
2014 Gideon (band) Calloused Facedown Records Producer, Mixer, Masterer[8]
2014 D at Sea Anchors & Diamonds UNFD Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer[9]
2014 Structures Life Through a Window Sumerian Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer[10]
2014 Upon a Burning Body The World Is My Enemy Now Sumerian Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer, Writer
2014 Heart in Hand A Beautiful White[11] Century Media Producer
2014 Miss May I Rise of the Lion Rise Records Writer for "Gone" and "Last Letter"
2014 Body Count Manslaughter Sumerian Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Masterer[12]
2014 The Acacia Strain Coma Witch Rise Records Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Masterer[13]
2014 Wolves at the Gate (band) VxV Solid State Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer[14]
2014 The Amity Affliction Let the Ocean Take Me Roadrunner Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer[15] Certified Gold in Australia;[16] #1 Debut on Australia's ARIA Charts[17]
2014 Bury Tomorrow Runes (album) Nuclear Blast Mixer, Masterer[18]
2014 For Today Fight The Silence Razor & Tie Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer, Co-writer[19]
2013 Heart Of A Coward Severance Century Media Records Mixer, Masterer[20][21]
2013 Impending Doom (American band) Death Will Reign eOne Music Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer, Co-writer[22]
2013 Exhumed (band) Necrocracy Relapse Records Mixer, Masterer
2013 Winds of Plague Resistance (Winds of Plague album) Century Media Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer, Writer
2013 The Acacia Strain Above/Below EP Rise Records Producer, Engineer, Mix, Masterer[23]
2013 Fit for an Autopsy Hellbound eOne Music Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer, Writer[24]
2013 Like Moths to Flames An Eye for an Eye (Like Moths to Flames album) Rise Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer, Writer[25]
2013 Misery Signals Absent Light Independent Pre-production/Add Production[26]
2013 My Ticket Home Strangers Only Rise Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer
2013 Counterparts (band) The Difference Between Hell and Home Victory Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer[27]
2013 Stray from the Path Anonymous (Stray from the Path album) Sumerian Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer[28]
2013 For Today Prevailer Razor & Tie Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer[29]
2013 Northlane Singularity UNFD Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer[30]
2012 Poison the Well (band) Tear from the Red (re-issue) Rise Records Re-Master[31]
2012 Poison the Well (band) The Opposite of December (re-issue) Rise Records Re-Master[32]
2012 Vision of Disorder The Cursed Remain Cursed Candlelight Records Producer, Engineer[33][34]
2012 Thy Art Is Murder Hate (Thy Art Is Murder album) Independent Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer[35][36]
2012 The Amity Affliction Chasing Ghosts (album) Roadrunner Records Mixer, Masterer[37] #1 Debut on Australia's ARIA Charts[38]
2012 Miss May I Ballad of a Broken Man (single) Rise Records Writer
2012 Texas in July Texas in July (album) Equal Vision Records Producer, Engineer, Masterer[39]
2012 For Today Immortal (For Today album) Razor & Tie Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer[40]
2012 Upon a Burning Body Red. White. Green. Sumerian Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer[41]
2011 Northlane Discoveries UNFD Mixer, Masterer[42]
2011 Hundredth (band) Let Go (Hundredth album) Mediaskare Records Mixer, Masterer
2011 Like Moths to Flames When We Don't Exist Rise Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer, Writer[43]
2011 Molotov Solution Insurrection (album) Blkheart Group Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer[44]
2011 Structures Divided By Sumerian Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer, Writer[45]
2011 Stray from the Path Rising Sun (Stray from the Path album) Sumerian Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer[46]
2011 Fit for an Autopsy The Process of Human Extermination Black Market Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer
2011 The Human Abstract (band) Digital Veil eOne Music Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer[47]
2010 Shadows Fall Madness in Manila: Shadows Fall Live in the Philippines 2009 ILG Mixer, Masterer
2010 After the Burial In Dreams (After the Burial album) Sumerian Records Vocal Production[48]
2010 For Today Breaker (For Today album) Facedown Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer[49]
2010 Upon a Burning Body The World Is Ours (Upon a Burning Body album) Sumerian Records Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer[50]
2010 Reign Supreme Testing the Limits of Infinite Deathwish Inc. Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Masterer[51]
2010 Chiodos Illuminaudio Equal Vision Records Engineer[52]
2010 Four Year Strong Enemy of the World The Island Def Jam Music Group Engineer[53] Peak Billboard Chart positions: #47 Billboard 200; #10 Digital Albums; #6 Alternative Albums; #9 Top Rock Albums[54]
2009 Suicide Silence No Time to Bleed Century Media Records Engineer[55]
2005 Armor for Sleep What to Do When You Are Dead" Equal Vision Engineering

References

  1. ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2014 Albums". AUSTRALIAN RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Schmidt, STephanie. "How Will Putney mixed a number 1 record entirely on Sennheiser Open-Aire headphones". Sennheiser. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Hart, Nicole. "Aussie band The Amity Affliction tops the ARIA Album Chart on debut" (PDF). ARIA. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  4. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/northlane/posts/819975388043490
  5. ↑ http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/band/news/details/3821599.2877443.thy-art-is-murder-ndash-album-update.html
  6. ↑ http://www.razorandtie.com/sworn-in-to-release-new-studio-album-the-loversthe-devil-on-april-7/
  7. ↑ http://www.solidstaterecords.com/releases/955/Slave_To_Nothing/
  8. ↑ http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/gideon_debut_lead_single_from_calloused
  9. ↑ "D AT SEA Announces ‘Anchors & Diamonds’ EP – New Single ‘Pop Flip Catch’". UNFD. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Structures Reveals "Life Through A Window" Details". Metal Underground. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Heart in Hand: Biography". Century Media. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  12. ↑ Dawes, Laina. "Body Count’s Ice-T Talks Shit but Does the Shooting". Decibel Magazine. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "The Acacia Strain Announces New Album ‘Coma Witch’ via Rise Records; Premieres New Video". New Noise Magazine. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "Wolves At The Gate". Solid State Records. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  15. ↑ "THE AMITY AFFLICTION: Entire 'Let The Ocean Take Me' Album Available For Streaming". Blabbermouth. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  16. ↑ Ryan, Gavin. "Justice Crew's seven week streak". ARIA. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "Amity Affliction’s album tops Arias". Gympie Times. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  18. ↑ "Runes". Nuclear Blast. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  19. ↑ "FOR TODAY’S NEW STUDIO ALBUM FIGHT THE SILENCE STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY NOW ON ALTERNATIVE PRESS". Razor & Tie. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  20. ↑ "HEART OF A COWARD – SEVERANCE". Bleeder Magazine. Retrieved 7 October 2014. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  21. ↑ W, Jacob. "HEART OF A COWARD – SEVERANCE". BLEEDER Magazine. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  22. ↑ "Impending Doom - Death Will Reign". iTunes. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  23. ↑ Kraus, Brian. "The Acacia Strain to record new album in March". Alternative Press. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  24. ↑ "Hellbound - Fit For An Autopsy". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  25. ↑ "Like Moths To Flames album set for release". Lambgoat. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  26. ↑ Michael, Troy. "Misery Signals Launches IndieGoGo Campaign For New Album". Innocent Words. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  27. ↑ Trimboli, Grant. "COUNTERPARTS REVEAL NEW ALBUM TITLE". Under The Gun Review. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  28. ↑ "Stray From The Path". Sumerian Records. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  29. ↑ "FOR TODAY’S PREVAILER DIGITAL FILM NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ON THE ITUNES STORE". Razor & Tie. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  30. ↑ "Australian Album of the Year Nomination". ABC. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  31. ↑ "The Opposite of December/Tear from the Red". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  32. ↑ "The Opposite of December/Tear from the Red". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  33. ↑ http://candlelightrecordsusa.bandcamp.com/album/the-cursed-remain-cursed
  34. ↑ "The Cursed Remain Cursed". Candlelight Records USA. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
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  39. ↑ "TEXAS IN JULY TO RELEASE SELF-TITLED ALBUM OCTOBER 9". Equal Vision Records. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
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  42. ↑ "Northlane". Kill Your Stereo. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
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  44. ↑ "Molotov Solution announces new album". Lambgoat. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  45. ↑ Rowe, Jimmy. "On The Topic Of Structures’ New Album Divided By". Heavy Blog Is Heavy. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  46. ↑ "Stray From The Path". Louder Than War. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  47. ↑ "Interview with The Human Abstract". Home Nucleonics. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  48. ↑ "TWIN CITIES' AFTER THE BURIAL RECORD NEW ALBUM, LINE UP TOURS". Brave Words. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
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  50. ↑ McKinney, Kodi. "Upon A Burning Body Discuss Sumerian Records And Their Texan Pride". Metal Insider. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
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  55. ↑ "Suicide Silence - NO TIME TO BLEED - Studio Update #1". YouTube. Retrieved 7 October 2014.