Brian Hood

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Brian Hood
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Brian Hood
Background information
Birth nameBrian David Hood
Born (1986-11-16) 16 November 1986 (age 37)
Origin Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Occupation(s)Record producer, audio engineer
Website http://www.456recordings.com

Brian David Hood (born November 16, 1986) is an American record producer and owner of 456 Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. [1] He is the former and original drummer of Solid State Records [2] band MyChildren MyBride. He has worked with a number of prominent bands, most notably Memphis May Fire, Erra, Sworn In, Crystal Lake, A Plea for Purging, Invent Animate, Being as an Ocean, The Crimson Armada, [3] and Gideon.

Production discography

Year recordedArtistTitleLabelRole
2009Before There Was RosalynThe Fuhrer: An Allegory of a History of Deception Victory Records Produced/Engineered/Choir
2010 A Plea for Purging The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Facedown Records Mixed/Mastered
Wake Into the NightmareWake Into the NightmareSelf-releasedN/A [4]
2011 Gideon Costs Strike First Records Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered
Hope for the Dying Dissimulation Facedown RecordsMixed/Mastered [5] [6]
The Crimson Armada Conviction Artery Recordings Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered/Additional instruments
As Hell Retreats Volition Ain't No Grave RecordingsProduced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered
Greg the HeroOf DefianceSelf-releasedProduced/Mixed/Mastered
Erra Impulse Tragic Hero Records Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered
2012 Invent Animate Waves (EP)Self-releasedProduced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered[ citation needed ]
His Statue Falls Mistaken for Trophies Redfield Records Mastered
Gideon Milestone Facedown RecordsProduced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered
For All Eternity Beyond the Gates Shock Records, Taperjean RecordsProduced
Crystal Lake "The Fire Inside / Overcome" (single)Self-releasedMixed/Mastered [7]
Prepared Like a BrideA Dangerous Journey (EP)Self-releasedMixed/Mastered [8]
Being As An Ocean Dear G-d... InVogue Records Produced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered
Surroundings"Roses"Self-releasedMastered [9]
2013
Electric Callboy "Cinema" (Skrillex, Benny Benassi cover) Earache Records Mastering [10]
A Night in TexasInvigoration (EP)Skull and Bones RecordsMixed/Mastered
Stand Alone ComplexAnimate (EP)Self-releasedRecorded/Mixed/Mastered [11] [12]
Sworn In The Death Card Razor & Tie Records Engineered/Mixed/Mastered
Greg the Hero"Usurper" (single)Self-releasedMixed/Mastered [13]
Erra Augment Tragic Hero RecordsRecorded/Mixed/Mastered
2014 Capsize I’ve Been Tearing Myself Apart (7") Equal Vision Records N/A [14]
SurroundingsOf Bane, Burden & ChangeHighland RecordsMixed/Mastered [15]
Eternal VoidCatharsisSelf-released, Tragic Hero Records (2018 re-release) [16] [17] Mixed/Mastered [18]
Sienna SkiesSeasonsInVogue RecordsProduced/Recorded [19] [20]
Crystal LakeCubes (EP)Cube RecordsMixed/Mastered
The Lane CovePersonised (EP)Self-releasedMixed/Mastered [21]
Invent Animate Everchanger Tragic Hero RecordsProduced/Engineered/Mixed/Mastered
Colossus Badlands Facedown RecordsMixed/Mastered [22]
Erra Moments of Clarity (EP) Sumerian Records Recorded/Mixed/Mastered
2015A Night in TexasThe God DelusionSkull and Bones RecordsMixed/Mastered
My Ransomed Soul Trilateral Self-releasedMixed/Mastered [23]
Stand Alone ComplexDreamstate (EP)Self-releasedRecorded/Mixed [24] [ citation needed ]
Gift GiverShitlife Century Media Records Mixed [25]
SentinelThe Primordial Ruin (EP)Self-releasedMixed/Mastered
For All Eternity Metanoia Facedown RecordsProduced/Engineered/Mixed
Memphis May Fire Unconditional (Deluxe Edition) Rise Records Remixed/Remastered
Sirens & Sailors Rising Moon: Setting Sun Artery RecordingsEngineered/Mixed/Mastered[ citation needed ]
In Search of SolaceFrom Me//From WithinSelf-releasedEngineered/Mixed/Mastered [26]
CodexGlass Planet (EP)Self-releasedMixed/Mastered [27]
Crystal Lake The Sign Cube Records (JPN), Artery Recordings (US), JPU Records (EU), Halfcut Records & Shock Records (AUS)Mixed/Mastered
2016IconoclastHalluciNationSelf-releasedMixed/Mastered
AerialForesight (EP)Self-releasedMixed/Mastered [28]
Hollow CityHollow City (EP)Outlive EntertainmentRecorded [29] [30]
ArrasHanging On (EP)Self-releasedMixed/Mastered [31]
Crystal Lake True North Cube Records (JPN), Artery Recordings (US)Mixed/Mastered
2017Above, BelowThe Sowers of Discord (EP)Self-releasedMixed/Mastered [32] [33] [34]
SuasionSingles (EP)Self-releasedMixed/Mastered [35] [36]
In Search of SolaceRegression/ProgressionSelf-releasedMixed/Mastered[ citation needed ]
Tide Has TurnedVoid (EP)Self-releasedMixed/Mastered [37]
Speech PatternsWithout a Sound (EP)Self-releasedMixed/Mastered [38]
DriftlessStill (EP)Self-releasedMixed/Mastered [39]
2018EmunessEquilibrium Luxor Records Mastered [40]
2021Evil PrevailsDirt and Decay (EP)Self-releasedMastered [41]

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