Jason Suecof

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Jason Suecof
Born (1980-04-03) April 3, 1980 (age 44)
Genres
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • audio engineer
  • musician
InstrumentGuitar
Years active2003–present
Member of Charred Walls of the Damned
Formerly of Capharnaum
Website audiohammerstudios.com

Jason Suecof (born April 3, 1980) is an American record producer and audio engineer best known for his work with heavy metal bands such as Trivium, Battlecross, Death Angel, All That Remains, Bury Your Dead, The Black Dahlia Murder and The Autumn Offering. In addition, Suecof also has been the guitarist for heavy metal bands Capharnaum and Charred Walls of the Damned.

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Career

He produces most of his albums at his own Orlando, Florida-based studio, Audio Hammer. [1] He has produced and/or mixed bands such as Austrian Death Machine, Death Angel, Battlecross, [2] Chelsea Grin, All That Remains, [3] Motionless in White, Bury Your Dead, [4] August Burns Red, [5] The Black Dahlia Murder, [6] Dååth, [7] The Autumn Offering, [8] Luna Mortis, [9] Chimaira, [10] DevilDriver, [11] God Forbid, [12] If Hope Dies, [13] Trivium, Job for a Cowboy, [14] Whitechapel, [15] Mutiny Within, [16] Dir En Grey, [17] Sanctity, [18] and Odd Crew. Suecof has been a member of the technical death metal band Capharnaum, [19] as well as the comic project Crotchduster (under the alias of Fornicus 'Fuckmouth' McFlappy). [20] In 2010, he joined up with Howard Stern Show writer Richard Christy's (Ex-Iced Earth) new project, Charred Walls of the Damned as their guitarist. [21] Suecof is in a wheelchair due to spinal meningitis at age two, though he makes light of his condition and retains a sense of humor about it. [22]

Production discography

YearBandAlbumTypeLabelRoleReleased
2024 Job for a Cowboy Moon Healer AlbumMetal BladeProducerFebruary 23, 2024
Enterprise Earth Death:An Anthology Album MNRK Drum engineerFebruary 2, 2024
2023The ConvalescenceHarvesters of Flesh and BoneAlbum Cleopatra Producer, recording, mixingNovember 3, 2023
Carnifex Necromanteum AlbumNuclear BlastProducer, mixing, mastering, engineerOctober 6, 2023
2022 Nekrogoblikon The Fundamental Slimes and HumoursAlbumMystery BoxProducer, mastering, engineerApril 1, 2022
Enterprise Earth The Chosen Album eOne Drum engineerJanuary 14, 2022
2020 Six Feet Under Nightmares of the Decomposed AlbumMetal BladeRecording (additional)October 2, 2020
2019CognizanceMalignant DominionAlbum Prosthetic Producer, mixingSeptember 6, 2019
Carnifex World War X Album Nuclear Blast Producer, mixing, engineerAugust 2, 2019
Death Angel Humanicide Album Nuclear Blast ProducerMay 31, 2019
Enterprise Earth Luciferous Album eOne ProducerApril 5th, 2019
Arrival of AutumnHarbingerAlbumNuclear BlastProducer, mixing, engineerMarch 29, 2019
2018 Carnifex Bury Me in BlasphemyEP Nuclear Blast MixingDecember 7, 2018
Terrorizer Caustic AttackAlbum The End Records Mixing, mastering, engineerOctober 12, 2018
Deicide Overtures of Blasphemy Album Century Media ProducerSeptember 14, 2018
Monstrosity The Passage of ExistenceAlbum Metal Blade Engineer (drums)September 7, 2018
2017 War of Ages Alpha Album Facedown Producer, mixing, engineerDecember 8, 2017
Belphegor TotenritualAlbum Nuclear Blast MixingSeptember 15, 2017
2016 Carnifex Slow Death Album Nuclear Blast Producer, engineerMay 8, 2016
Whitechapel Mark of the Blade Album Metal Blade Additional engineeringJune 24, 2016
Death Angel The Evil Divide Album Nuclear Blast ProducerMay 27, 2016
Drowning Pool Hellelujah Album eOne ProducerMay 2, 2016
2015 Cryptopsy The Book of Suffering – Tome 1EPSelf ReleaseMixingOctober 30, 2015
Odd Crew Mark These WordsAlbumMixingOctober 9, 2015
Battlecross Rise to Power Album Metal Blade Producer, recording, engineerAugust 21, 2015
2014 Job for a Cowboy Sun Eater Album Metal Blade Producer, mixing, engineerNovember 11, 2014
Wretched Cannibal Album Victory MixingOctober 6, 2014
2013 Deicide In the Minds of Evil Album Century Media Producer, mixing, engineerNovember 26, 2013
Reflections Exi(s)t Album eOne, Good Fight EngineerOctober 22, 2013
Death Angel The Dream Calls for Blood Album Nuclear Blast Producer, guest guitar soloOctober 11, 2013
Battlecross War of Will Album Metal Blade Vocal producer [2] September 7, 2013
The Black Dahlia Murder Everblack Album Metal Blade ProducerJune 11, 2013
2012 The Defiled Daggers Album Nuclear Blast Producer [23] August 5, 2013
Motionless in White Infamous Album Fearless Producer, [24] mixingNovember 13, 2012
The Contortionist Intrinsic Album eOne, Good Fight Mixing, engineerJuly 17, 2012
Chelsea Grin Evolve EP Artery Producer, [25] mixingJune 19, 2012
Six Feet Under Undead Album Metal Blade MixingMay 22, 2012
Firewind Few Against Many Album Century Media MixingMay 22, 2012
Job for a Cowboy Demonocracy Album Metal Blade Producer, [26] mixing, engineerApril 10, 2012
Demon Hunter True Defiance Album Solid State MixingApril 10, 2012
God Forbid Equilibrium Album Victory Producer, [27] engineerMarch 26, 2012
2011DraekonPrelude To TragedyEPSelf ReleaseEngineer, mix engineer2011
Carnifex Until I Feel Nothing Album Victory MixingOctober 24, 2011
Dirge Within AbsolutionEP Big Time MixingAugust 16, 2011
Trivium In Waves Album Roadrunner Pre-production, songwriting [28] August 2, 2011
August Burns Red Leveler Album Solid State Producer, [29] mixingJune 21, 2011
The Black Dahlia Murder Ritual Album Metal Blade ProducerJune 17, 2011
Job for a Cowboy Gloom EP Metal Blade Producer, mixing, engineerJune 7, 2011
Emery We Do What We Want Album Solid State MixingMarch 29, 2011
Born of Osiris The Discovery Album Sumerian MixingMarch 22, 2011
The Famine The Architects of Guilt Album Solid State MixingFebruary 15, 2011
2010 As They Sleep Dynasty Album Solid State MixingNovember 23, 2010
Atheist Jupiter Album Season of Mist Executive producer, mixing, engineerNovember 8, 2010
Dååth Dååth Album Century Media Vocal producer [30] October 26, 2010
Death Angel Relentless Retribution Album Nuclear Blast Producer, mixing, engineerSeptember 14, 2010
Haste the Day Attack of the Wolf King Album Solid State MixingJune 29, 2010
Whitechapel A New Era of Corruption Album Metal Blade Producer, mixingJune 8, 2010
MyChildren MyBride Lost BoyAlbum Solid State Mixing [31] June 8, 2010
To Speak of Wolves Myself Is Less Than Letting Go Album Solid State MixingMay 18, 2010
Demon Hunter The World Is a Thorn Album Solid State MixingMarch 9, 2010
Mutiny Within Mutiny Within Album Roadrunner Additional producer, engineer [32] February 23, 2010
Charred Walls of the Damned Charred Walls of the DamnedAlbum Metal Blade Producer, engineer, guitaristFebruary 2, 2010
2009 Evergreen Terrace Almost Home Album Metal Blade Vocal trackingSeptember 29, 2009
The Black Dahlia Murder Deflorate Album Metal Blade ProducerSeptember 15, 2009
August Burns Red Constellations Album Solid State Producer, [33] mixingJuly 14, 2009
Job for a Cowboy Ruination Album Metal Blade Producer, [34] mixing, engineerJuly 7, 2009
The Autumn Offering Requiem Album Victory Composer, engineer [35] June 9, 2009
Dååth The Concealers Album Century Media Producer, [36] mixing, engineerApril 21, 2009
Luna Mortis The Absence Album Century Media Producer, [37] mixingFebruary 10, 2009
2008 Beneath the Massacre Dystopia Album Prosthetic MixingOctober 28, 2008
All That Remains Overcome Album Prosthetic Producer [38] September 16, 2008
Devil's GiftDevil's GiftAlbumJohn Galt EntertainmentProducer, [39] mixingSeptember 12, 2008
Kataklysm Prevail Album Nuclear Blast Mixing, engineerMay 23, 2010
Bury Your Dead Bury Your Dead Album Victory Producer, mixing, engineerMarch 18, 2008
Beneath the Massacre Dystopia Album Interscope Composer [40] March 18, 2008
Violence To VegasPrincess to PoisonEPFeeding GroundProducer, mixing, engineerJanuary 22, 2008
2007 The Autumn Offering Fear Will Cast No Shadow Album Victory Producer, mixingOctober 30, 2007
All That Remains All That Remains: Live Live Album Prosthetic Mixing, engineerOctober 30, 2007
The Black Dahlia Murder Nocturnal Album Metal Blade ProducerSeptember 18, 2007
DevilDriver The Last Kind Words Album Roadrunner ProducerJuly 31, 2007
Sanctity Road to Bloodshed Album Roadrunner Producer, [41] engineerApril 7, 2007
Chimaira Resurrection Album Ferret Producer, [42] keyboards, samplingMarch 6, 2007
2006 Seemless What Have We Become Album Equal Vision Producer, engineerSeptember 5, 2006
Bury Your Dead Beauty and the Breakdown Album Victory Producer, [43] mixingJuly 11, 2006
Trivium The Crusade Album Roadrunner Producer [44] October 10, 2006
The Autumn Offering Embrace the Gutter Album Victory Producer, mixingMay 16, 2006
FailsafeA Black Tie AffairEPFeeding GroundProducer, [45] mixing, engineer, composerApril 11, 2006
If Hope DiesLife in RuinAlbum Metal Blade Producer, [46] mixing, mastering, engineerMarch 7, 2006
2005 Roadrunner United The All-Star Sessions Album Roadrunner Producer, engineerOctober 10, 2005
God Forbid IV: Constitution of Treason Album Century Media Producer, [47] engineer, programmingSeptember 20, 2005
Neuraxis Trilateral Progression AlbumWillowtipMixingSeptember 13, 2005
Cannae Gold Becomes SacrificeAlbum Prosthetic Producer, [48] mixing, engineerSeptember 6, 2005
Trivium Ascendancy Album Roadrunner Producer [49] March 15, 2005
2004 Quo Vadis Defiant Imagination AlbumSkyscraper MusicMixing (assistant), engineerNovember 4, 2004
CrotchdusterBig Fat Box of ShitAlbumWillowtipProducer, mixing, engineer, composer, guitarist, vocalistOctober 5, 2004
Capharnaum Fractured AlbumWillowtipProducer, mixing, engineer, composer, guitaristFebruary 9, 2004
2003 Trivium Ember to Inferno Album Lifeforce Producer, [50] mixing, engineerOctober 14, 2003
Monstrosity Rise to Power AlbumConquestEngineer, guest guitar soloSeptember 23, 2003
SummonAnd the Blood Runs BlackAlbum Moribund Mixing, engineerFebruary 25, 2003

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