Drew Fulk

Drew Fulk
Fulk in 2024
Background information
Also known as	WZRD BLD
Born	(1987-05-01) May 1, 1987 (age 37) Kernersville, North Carolina, U.S.
Genres	Metalcore alternative rock hip hop
Occupations	Record producer songwriter
Years active	2008–present
Website	inthecutpublishing.com

Drew Fulk (born May 1, 1987), also known as WZRD BLD, is an American producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. He has worked with artists such as Lil Wayne, Knocked Loose, ^[1] Lil Peep, ^[2] Disturbed, ^[3] NLE Choppa, A Day To Remember, Motionless In White, ^[4] CORPSE, and Kevin Gates and has over fifteen #1 Billboard Rock Songs to his name. He also runs his own publishing company, In the Cut Publishing, ^[5] through APG.

Career

Early years

Fulk was born in Kernersville, North Carolina and moved to Los Angeles in December of 2014 where he started to work under the moniker "WZRD BLD" (pronounced "Wizard Blood") working with artists such as Ice Nine Kills, Bullet for My Valentine, Fit for a King, Yelawolf, Moon Taxi and I Prevail. In 2018, he had his first No. 1 rock song with Pop Evil's lead single "Waking Lions".

2019–present

In mid-2019, Fulk started his own publishing company, In the Cut Publishing, through BMG, aimed at signing rock-focused writers and producers. In late 2021, he left BMG and signed a publishing deal with Mike Caren's publishing company, APG ^[6] to which In The Cut was moved to as well. In October 2022, he had his tenth #1 Billboard US Mainstream Rock Radio song with Motionless in White's single "Masterpiece". ^[7] He has been working with artists such as Disturbed, ^[8] Knocked Loose, Kim Dracula, A Day to Remember and Papa Roach. He frequently collaborates with engineer and mixer Jeff Dunne on his projects. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Awards and certifications

Grammy Awards

In November 2023, Fulk was nominated for a Grammy as the producer and co-writer of Disturbed's single, "Bad Man", for Best Metal Performance of the year. ^[12]

In November 2024, Fulk was nominated for a Grammy as the producer of Knocked Loose's single "Suffocate" featuring Poppy, for Best Metal Performance of the year. ^[13]

Selected discography

Year	Artist	Album title	Label	Credits
2012	Motionless in White	Infamous	Fearless	Writer "Devil's Night"
2014	Motionless in White	Reincarnate	Fearless	Writer "Reincarnate" [14]
2016
	Crown the Empire	Retrograde	Rise	Producer, Mixer, Writer
	I Prevail	Lifelines	Fearless	Additional Production, Writer
2017	Emmure	Look at Yourself	SharpTone Records	Producer, Mixer, Writer
	Motionless in White	Graveyard Shift	Roadrunner	Producer, Writer
	Miss May I	Shadows Inside	SharpTone	Producer, Engineer [15]
	We Came as Romans	Cold Like War	SharpTone	Producer, Mixer, Writer
	Void of Vision	Disturbia (EP)	UNFD	Producer, Mixer, Mastering [16]
2018	Pop Evil	Pop Evil	eOne Records	Writer "Waking Lions"
	The Plot in You	Dispose	Fearless	Producer, Mixer
	Bad Wolves	Disobey	Better Noise Music	Writer "Remember When"
	Bullet for My Valentine	Gravity	Spinefarm	Writer "Not Dead Yet", "Coma" [17]
	Chelsea Grin	Eternal Nightmare	Rise	Producer, Mixer, Writer
	I Dont Know How But They Found Me	"Do It All the Time"	Fearless	Producer, Writer [18]
	Fit for a King	Dark Skies	Solid State Records	Producer, Mixer, Writer
	Beartooth	Disease	Red Bull Records	Writer "You Never Know"
	Ice Nine Kills	The Silver Scream	Fearless	Producer, Mixer, Writer
	I Dont Know How But They Found Me	1981 Extended Play	Fearless	Producer, Writer "Do It All The Time"
	Lil Peep	Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2	Columbia Records	Writer "Runaway", "Sex W My Ex", "Fingers"
	Crystal Lake	Helix	Cube Records, SharpTone	Mixer, Mastering [19] [20]
2019	Motionless in White	Disguise	Roadrunner	Producer, Mixer, Writer
	Northlane	Alien	UNFD	Producer "Vultures" [21]
	Wage War	Pressure	Fearless	Producer, Mixer, Writer
	As I Lay Dying	Shaped by Fire	Nuclear Blast	Producer "My Own Grave" [22]
	Bad Wolves	N.A.T.I.O.N.	Better Noise	Producer, writer "Killing Me Slowly", "Sober"
	Lil Wayne	Ethika RGB3 Mixtape [23]	Ethika, Inc.	Producer "Sleepless"
2020	Dance Gavin Dance	Afterburner	Rise	Producer
	Make Them Suffer	How to Survive a Funeral	Rise, Greyscale	Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Mastering, Writer [24] [25]
	Emmure	Hindsight	SharpTone	Producer, Mixer, Writer
	Crystal Lake	"Watch Me Burn"	SharpTone	Mixer [26]
	Fit for a King	The Path	Solid State	Producer, Engineer, Writer
	Fever 333	Wrong Generation (EP)	Roadrunner, 333 Wreckords Crew	Producer, Writer "Bite Black" [27]
2021	A Day to Remember	You're Welcome	Fueled By Ramen	Writer "Bloodsucker"
	Ayron Jones	Child of the State	Big Machine Records, John Varvatos Records	Producer, Writer "Free" [28]
	Pop Evil	Versatile	eOne	Producer, Mixer, Writer "Breath Again"
	Wage War	Manic	Fearless	Producer, Mixer, Writer
	Ice Nine Kills	The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood	Fearless	Producer, Mixer, Writer
2022	Papa Roach	Ego Trip	New Noize, ADA	Producer, Writer "Kill The Noise"
	Illenium feat. Spiritbox	Shivering	Warner Records	Writer
	Motionless in White	Scoring the End of the World	Roadrunner	Producer, Writer
	Pale Waves	Unwanted	Dirty Hit	Writer, Guitar "Clean", "You're So Vain" [29]
	Highly Suspect	The Midnight Demon Club	Roadrunner	Producer, Writer
	We Came as Romans	Darkbloom	SharpTone	Producer, Mixer, Writer
	Fit for a King	The Hell We Create	Solid State	Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Mastering [30] [31]
	Disturbed	Divisive	Reprise Records	Producer, Mixer
2023	Kevin Gates	Breakfast	Bread Winner Alumni	Producer
	NLE Choppa, Nardo Wick	Fast X	APG, UMG	Producer "Steppers"
	Knocked Loose	Upon Loss Singles	Pure Noise	Producer, Mixer [32]
	Kim Dracula	A Graduale Decline In Morale	Columbia	Producer, Mixer, Writer
	Beartooth	The Surface	Red Bull	Writer "I Was Alive", "What Are You Waiting For?" [33]
	Corpse	Disdain	Self-released	Producer
2024	Knocked Loose	You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To	Pure Noise	Producer, Mixer [34]
	Wage War	Stigma	Fearless Records	Producer, Engineer, Writer [35]
	Ice Nine Kills	"A Work of Art"	Fearless Records	Producer, Engineer, Writer [36]
	Nothing More	Carnal	Better Noise	Producer, Mixer, Writer [37]
2025	Papa Roach	"Even If It Kills Me"	New Noize, ADA	Producer, Engineer, Writer [38]
	Whitechapel	Hymns in Dissonance	Metal Blade Records	Mixer [39] [40]

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7. Brian Cantor (October 16, 2022). "Motionless in White's "Masterpiece" Rises to #1 at Active Rock Radio". Headline Planet.
8. "DISTURBED Guitarist Explains Producer Change for Upcoming Album, Discusses Songwriting Process". Blabbermouth. July 20, 2022.
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33. "Who wrote "I Was Alive" by Beartooth?". Genius.^{[ unreliable source? ]}
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39. Hymns in Dissonance in Genius
40. Our new single and video “A Visceral Retch” is available now. in X