Machine (producer)

Machine (born Gene Freeman) is an American record producer and mix engineer known for his work in heavy metal, punk, and rock music. He has produced and mixed albums for bands such as Lamb of God, Clutch, and Every Time I Die, and has been described by Kerrang! as a "metal production legend." In addition to his studio work, Machine has contributed to music-production education, including teaching a mix-breakdown of Lamb of God’s Grammy-nominated song "Redneck" on the Nail the Mix platform.

Career

Machine has been described by Kerrang! as a "metal production legend," noted for helping developing heavy bands refine their sound and for his role in shaping modern American metal production. ^[1] His production philosophy has also been profiled by Toontrack, where he discussed building mixes around the most important instrument in a given song and avoiding formulaic templates. ^[2]

In addition to his record-production work, Machine has contributed to music-production education. In 2018, he appeared as a guest instructor on the Nail the Mix platform, providing a full breakdown of his mix for Lamb of God’s Grammy-nominated song "Redneck," including access to multitrack stems and a livestreamed mixing session. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Discography

Machine has worked with a number of artists on their albums: ^[6]

Year	Artist	Title	Role
2024	Vukovi	My God Has Got A Gun	Produced, engineering, mixing, mastering
	Unpeople	The Garden	Produced, engineering, mixing, mastering
	The Hu	The HU Live At Glastonbury	Mixing, Mastering
2023	Nothing More	SPIRITS (LIVE)	Mixing, additional production
	Post Profit	Self Defeater	Produced, engineering, mixing, mastering
2022	Thousand Thoughts	Better than Never	Mixing, Mastering
	Just Friends	Hella	Mixing, Mastering
2021	Press to Meco	Transmute	Produced, engineering, mixing, mastering
	Kerri Watt	Neptune's Daughter	Produced, engineering, mixing, mastering
2020	The Amity Affliction	Everyone Loves You... Once You leave Them	Mixing, mastering
2020	The Living Tombstone	zero_one	Produced, engineering, mixing
2019	Bellybuster	When the Morning Comes	Mixing, mastering
	Grayscale	Nella Vita	Produced, engineering, mixing
	Roam	Smile Wide	Produced, engineering, mixing, mastering
	Prophets and Outlaws	Dreamer	Produced, engineering, mixing
2018	As It Is	The Great Depression	Produced, engineering, mixing
	Press to Meco	Here's to the Fatigue	Produced, engineering, mixing, mastering
	Blue Water Highway	Heartbreak City	Produced, engineering, mixing
2016	Kyng	Breathe In The Water	Produced, engineering, mixing
	Crobot	Welcome to Fat City	Produced, engineering, mixing
2015	Clutch	Psychic Warfare	Produced, engineering, mixing
2014	Upon a Burning Body feat. Ice T	Turn Down For What	Production, engineering, mixing, mastering
	Crobot	Something Supernatural	Produced, engineering, mixing
2013	Crossfaith	Apocalyze	Produced, engineering, mixing
	Clutch	Earth Rocker	Produced, engineering, mixing
2012	House vs. Hurricane	Crooked Teeth	Produced, engineering, mixing
	Impending Doom	Baptized in Filth	Mixing, vocal engineering, add production
	Miss May I	At Heart	Produced, engineering, mixing
	Crossfaith	Zion (EP)	Produced, engineering, mixing
2011	Hit the Lights	Invicta (EP)	Production, mixing
	We Came as Romans	Understanding What We've Grown to Be	Produced, engineering, mixing (deluxe edition)
	Oh, Sleeper	Children of Fire	Mixing
	Protest the Hero	Scurrilous	Mixing
	Halestorm	ReAniMate: The CoVeRs eP	Mixing
	Brighter Brightest	Right for Me	Produced, engineering, mixing
2010	Chiodos	Illuminaudio	Produced, engineering, mixing
	The Amity Affliction	Youngbloods	Produced, engineering, mixing
	Four Year Strong	Enemy of the World	Produced, engineering, mixing
	Halestorm	Live in Philly, 2010	Mixing
2009	Four Year Strong	Explains It All	Produced, engineering, mixing
	Suicide Silence	No Time to Bleed	Produced, engineering, mixing, mastering
	A Skylit Drive	Adelphia	Mixing
	Cobra Starship	Hot Mess	Co-production, additional engineering, mixing
	Dananananaykroyd	Hey Everyone!	Produced, engineering, mixing
	The Cab	Take My Hand ft. Cassadee Pope (Remix)	Remix, additional production, mix
2008	Johnny Foreigner	Waited Up 'til It Was Light	Produced, engineering, mixing
	The Bronx	The Bronx III	Mixing
	The Academy Is...	Fast Times at Barrington High	Mixing
	The Cab	Whisper War	Mixing
2007	Bloodsimple	Red Harvest	Produced, engineering
	Armor for Sleep	End Of The World - Machine Intelligence Remix	Remix, production, engineering, mixing
	Armor for Sleep	Smile for Them	Produced, writing, engineering, mixing
	Demon Hunter	Storm the Gates of Hell	Mixing
	Haste the Day	Pressure the Hinges	Mixing
	Cobra Starship	¡Viva la Cobra!	Produced, engineering, mixing
2006	Gym Class Heroes	As Cruel as School Children	"The Queen and I" bonus remix titled "The Machine and I" (feat. Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die)
	Gym Class Heroes	The Quilt	Additional production, additional engineering, mixed
	Eighteen Visions	Eighteen Visions	Produced, engineering, mixing
	Halifax	The Inevitability of a Strange World	Co-production, engineering, mixing
	Lamb of God	Sacrament	Produced, engineering, mixing
2005	Armor for Sleep	What to Do When You Are Dead	Produced, engineering, mixing, additional writing
	Demon Hunter	The Triptych	Mixing
	Fall Out Boy	Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Soundtrack	Production, engineering, and mixed the track "Start Today"
	Emanuel	Soundtrack to a Headrush	Produced, engineering, mixing
	Mindless Self Indulgence	You'll Rebel to Anything	Produced, engineering, mixing
	Boys Night Out	Trainwreck	Produced, engineering, mixing
	Every Time I Die	Gutter Phenomenon	Produced, engineering, mixing
2004	28 Days	Extremist Makeover	Produced, engineering, mixing
	Lamb of God	Ashes of the Wake	Produced, engineered, mixed
	Clutch	Blast Tyrant	Produced, engineering, mixing
2003	Hed PE	Blackout	Produced, engineering, additional writing
	Serafin	No Push Collide	Mixed, additional production for singles
	King Crimson	The Power to Believe	Co-produced, engineering, mixing
	King Crimson	Eyes Wide Open (disc 1)	Mixed
	King Crimson	EleKtrik: Live in Japan	Mixed
2002	Sev	All These Dreams	Produced, engineering, mixing, additional writing
	Pitchshifter	PSI	Produced, engineering, mixing
	28 Days	Stealing Chairs	Produced, engineering, mixing
2001	Diffuser	Injury Loves Melody	Mixing, additional production
	Lostprophets	The Fake Sound of Progress	Mixed the singles
	Vision of Disorder	From Bliss to Devastation	Produced, engineering, mixing, additional writing
	Clutch	Pure Rock Fury	Produced, engineered
2000	Submarine	Skin Diving	Produced, engineering, mixing
	Hed PE	Broke	Produced, engineering, additional writing
1999	The Step Kings	Let's Get It On	Produced, engineering, mixing, additional writing
	Coal Chamber feat. Ozzy Osbourne	"Shock the Monkey" (Peter Gabriel cover)	Mixed single
	Stony Sleep	A Slack Romance	Produced, engineering, mixing
	Shootyz Groove	High Definition	Produced, engineering, mixing, additional writing
1998	Pitchshifter	www.pitchshifter.com	Produced, engineering, mixing
1996	White Zombie	Supersexy Swingin' Sounds	Mixed single

References

1. "Famed metal producer Machine explains how to work with breaking bands". Kerrang!. November 29, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2025.
2. "Producer Profile: Machine". Toontrack. June 20, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2025.
3. "Mix Lamb of God "Redneck" Multitracks With Machine On This Month's Nail The Mix". Gear Gods. August 16, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2025.
4. "Engineers: Learn how famous Lamb of God & Converge tracks were mixed with Nail The Mix". Metal Injection. August 18, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2025.
5. "Nail The Mix announces classes with Machine (Lamb of God) and Kurt Ballou (Converge)". MetalSucks. August 16, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2025.
6. "Machine Shop Productions". Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2016.