Drew Fulk

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Drew Fulk
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Fulk in 2024
Background information
Also known asWZRD BLD
Born (1987-05-01) May 1, 1987 (age 37)
Kernersville, North Carolina, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
Years active2008–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.

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Career

Early years

Fulk was born in Kernersville, North Carolina, where he opened his first recording studio, Think Sound. [6] In North Carolina, he worked with artists such as melodic hardcore luminaries Nowhere near the end, Motionless in White, [7] For All Those Sleeping, [8] and Chris Lane. In late 2014, he moved to Los Angeles and started to work under the name "WZRD BLD" (pronounced "Wizard Blood"), where he worked 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 [9] 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". [10] He has been working with artists such as Disturbed, [11] Knocked Loose, Kim Dracula, A Day to Remember and Papa Roach. He frequently collaborates with engineer and mixer Jeff Dunne on his projects. [12] [13] [14]

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. [15]

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. [16]

Selected discography

YearArtistAlbum titleLabelCredits
2012 Motionless in White Infamous FearlessWriter "Devil's Night"
2014 Motionless in White Reincarnate FearlessWriter "Reincarnate" [7]
2016
Crown the Empire Retrograde RiseProducer, Mixer, Writer
I Prevail Lifelines FearlessAdditional Production, Writer
2017 Emmure Look at Yourself SharpTone Records Producer, Mixer, Writer
Motionless in White Graveyard Shift RoadrunnerProducer, Writer
Miss May I Shadows Inside SharpToneProducer, Engineer [17]
We Came as Romans Cold Like War SharpToneProducer, Mixer, Writer
Void of Vision Disturbia (EP) UNFD Producer, Mixer, Mastering [18]
2018 Pop Evil Pop Evil eOne Records Writer "Waking Lions"
The Plot in You Dispose FearlessProducer, Mixer
Bad Wolves Disobey Better Noise Music Writer "Remember When"
Bullet for My Valentine Gravity SpinefarmWriter "Not Dead Yet", "Coma" [19]
Chelsea Grin Eternal Nightmare RiseProducer, Mixer, Writer
I Dont Know How But They Found Me "Do It All the Time"FearlessProducer, Writer [20]
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 FearlessProducer, Mixer, Writer
I Dont Know How But They Found Me 1981 Extended Play FearlessProducer, 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, SharpToneMixer, Mastering [21] [22]
2019 Motionless in White Disguise RoadrunnerProducer, Mixer, Writer
Northlane Alien UNFDProducer "Vultures" [23]
Wage War Pressure FearlessProducer, Mixer, Writer
As I Lay Dying Shaped by Fire Nuclear BlastProducer "My Own Grave" [24]
Bad Wolves N.A.T.I.O.N. Better NoiseProducer, writer "Killing Me Slowly", "Sober"
Lil Wayne Ethika RGB3 Mixtape [25] Ethika, Inc.Producer "Sleepless"
2020 Dance Gavin Dance Afterburner RiseProducer
Make Them Suffer How to Survive a Funeral Rise, GreyscaleProducer, Engineer, Mixer, Mastering, Writer [26] [27]
Emmure Hindsight SharpToneProducer, Mixer, Writer
Crystal Lake "Watch Me Burn"SharpToneMixer [28]
Fit for a King The Path Solid StateProducer, Engineer, Writer
Fever 333 Wrong Generation (EP)Roadrunner, 333 Wreckords CrewProducer, Writer "Bite Black" [29]
2021 A Day to Remember You're Welcome Fueled By Ramen Writer "Bloodsucker"
Ayron Jones Child of the State Big Machine Records, John Varvatos RecordsProducer, Writer "Free" [30]
Pop Evil Versatile eOneProducer, Mixer, Writer "Breath Again"
Wage War Manic FearlessProducer, Mixer, Writer
Ice Nine Kills The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood FearlessProducer, Mixer, Writer
2022 Papa Roach Ego Trip New Noize, ADAProducer, Writer "Kill The Noise"
Illenium feat. Spiritbox Shivering Warner Records Writer
Motionless in White Scoring the End of the World RoadrunnerProducer, Writer
Pale Waves Unwanted Dirty Hit Writer, Guitar "Clean", "You're So Vain" [31]
Highly Suspect The Midnight Demon ClubRoadrunnerProducer, Writer
We Came as Romans Darkbloom SharpToneProducer, Mixer, Writer
Fit for a King The Hell We Create Solid StateProducer, Engineer, Mixer, Mastering [32] [33]
Disturbed Divisive Reprise Records Producer, Mixer
2023 Kevin Gates BreakfastBread Winner AlumniProducer
NLE Choppa, Nardo Wick Fast X APG, UMG Producer "Steppers"
Knocked Loose Upon Loss SinglesPure NoiseProducer, Mixer [34]
Kim Dracula A Graduale Decline In MoraleColumbiaProducer, Mixer, Writer
Beartooth The Surface Red BullWriter "I Was Alive", "What Are You Waiting For?" [35]
Corpse DisdainSelf-releasedProducer
2024 Knocked Loose You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To Pure NoiseProducer, Mixer [36]
Wage War Stigma FearlessProducer, Engineer, Writer [37]
Nothing More CarnalBetter NoiseProducer, Mixer, Writer

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