Randy Burns (music producer)

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Randy Burns is an American music producer who has produced, mixed and engineered a number of punk and metal albums. His production work credits include albums by Megadeth, Dark Angel, Death, Kreator, Possessed, Nuclear Assault, Suicidal Tendencies and Excel. [1]

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Personal life

Burns was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. [2]

Career

After Burns co-produced Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? for Megadeth under contract with Combat Records, major label Capitol Records (who had acquired the album) was dissatisfied with the results and hired Paul Lani to remix it, delaying the release of the album by nearly a year. [3]

Selected works

1980s

1990s

References

  1. David Konow (August 17, 2010). "Thrash Producers: The Sound And The Fury". Guitar World . Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  2. "Randy Burns". Voices from the Darkside. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  3. Mick Wall (September 20, 2022). "Megadeth: "It wasn't enough to do well, Metallica had to fail too"". Louder Sound . Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  4. "EXCEL To Reissue Debut 'Split Image' Via SOUTHERN LORD This August". Blabbermouth.net. April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  5. Dark Luna (September 18, 2024). "Album Review: Kreator – Coma of Souls (1990)". I Love Heavy Metal Radio. Retrieved April 2, 2025.