Logan Mader

Logan Mader
Mader in 2015
Background information
Born
Logan Conrad Mader

(1970-11-16) November 16, 1970
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • record producer
  • songwriter
Instrument
  • Guitar
Years active1992–present

Logan Conrad Mader (born November 16, 1970) is a Canadian record producer and musician. He is a guitarist for melodic death metal band Once Human and a former lead guitarist for heavy metal band Machine Head.

Mader is most famous for his time in Machine Head, whose 1994 debut Burn My Eyes was released by Roadrunner Records and quickly became the top-selling debut album in the label's history until Slipknot's debut album. Their second album, The More Things Change..., was released in 1997 and Logan left the band shortly thereafter to divert his energy and time to side projects.

Mader co-founded Dirty Icon Productions, a Los Angeles-based production team. They write, produce, record, mix, master, and engineer music for other artists.[1]

Career

Machine Head, Soulfly and Medication

Machine Head formed in October 1991, with Mader on lead guitar, Robb Flynn on vocals and rhythm guitar, Adam Duce on bass and Tony Costanza on drums.[2] He played with Machine Head through two albums until early 1998. After Mader's six-year run with the band, he joined Soulfly where he filled the slot as guitarist for their 1998 world tour. Mader's union with Soulfly was short-lived (eight months) and the only track he technically recorded with them was one of the remixes for Quilombo. Wanting to once again pursue his own projects, Mader left Soulfly in January 1999.[3]

Post Soulfly, Mader formed Los Angeles rock band Medication with Whitfield Crane (formerly of Ugly Kid Joe).[4] Due to a series of internal issues, Medication disbanded in February 2003.[2]

Stereo Black and production

In June, 2003, Mader formed the band New Black, which was later renamed to Stereo Black.[5] Although the band opened for Tesla and Hed PE, made a demo co-produced by Junkie XL they were never signed to a label. The song "Inside" (previously titled "Save Me") was featured in the commercial for Max Payne, the trailer for The Butterfly Effect 2, and in the movie Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown. The instrumental of the song "Fall Again" is featured in MotoGP '07 soundtrack. The song "Denial" is featured on the Scream 4 soundtrack.

In 2017, Mader dismissed Stereo Black as "just a studio project" that started for the purpose of sync licensing. After having some success with that, members tried to turn it into a band, but then he realized he wanted to become a full-time producer instead.[6]

Return to live music and further production work

Mader announced his new project, Once Human, in May 2015, which features newcomers Lauren Hart (vocals), Damian Rainauld (bass) and Ralph Alexander (drums). The group signed to earMUSIC and released their debut album, The Life I Remember, in September 2015.[7]

In August and September 2015, they toured the southern, midwestern and southwestern United States with Fear Factory, The Bloodline and Before the Mourning.[8]

In 2016, Mader participated in music-production education through the Nail the Mix platform, where he taught a mixing class based on Gojira's song “Toxic Garbage Island.”[9]

In March 2019, it was announced that Mader (along with drummer Chris Kontos) would perform with Machine Head for the first time in 21 years with a tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of Burn My Eyes; however, he and Kontos did not officially rejoin the band.[10][11]

Discography

With Machine Head
With Soulfly
  • Soulfly Digipak (1998) – appears on "Quilombo (Extreme Ragga Dub Remix)"
  • Tribe (1999)
  • Live at Dynamo Open Air 1998 (2018) – archive live album
With Medication
With Stereo Black
  • Stereo Black (Demo) (2005)
With Once Human
Guest appearances

Albums produced

Year Artist Title Label Role
2000 Deep Pieces of Nothing Pavement Music Mixing
2002 Medication Medication (EP) Locomotive Music Producer, engineer, guitar, writer
Misura The Subtle Kiss of a Sledgehammer Too Damn Hype Records Mixing
Medication Prince Valium Locomotive Producer, engineer, guitar, backing vocals, lyrics (tracks 10 and 12), writer (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10–13)[12]
2003 Pitchshifter Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed and Uploaded (Compilation) PSI Records Remixing[13]
The Deadsexy Inc. BreakMe (EP) Electro Shock Records, XIII Bis Records Mixing (track 6)
2004 Salem's Cradle 4-Song Adavanced Promo (EP) N/A Mixing and mastering
Various The Blackest Album 4: An Industrial Tribute To Metallica Cleopatra Records Producer, mixing (track 2)
Wartorn Early Release Full Length Album Independent Mixing and mastering[14]
Scarling Sweet Heart Dealer Sympathy for the Record Industry Engineer
Hypnofugue Laugh at the World Music Gallery International Producer
Rikets Anything for the Devil (EP) Corporate Punishment Records Mixing and mastering
2005 A Dying Dream Now or Never (EP) Frontline Records, Mediaskare Records (2006 reissue) Mixing
K-Again Memories of an Evolution (EP) Self-released, Underscore Lab/Musicast (France) Producer, engineer, mixing and mastering
Bleed the Sky Paradigm in Entropy Nuclear Blast Records Mastering[15]
FM Revolver Leaving Madeira (EP) Self-released Engineer, mixing
New Dead Radio Avalon Bridge Will Burn Mediaskare Editing
So Abused Community Service Self-released Mastering (track 1)[16]
Contra This Machine Kills (EP) Mediaskare Producer, engineer, mixing and mastering[17]
Trigger Point A Silent Protest Corporate Punishment Producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, programming, sound designer[18]
Cloud Nine Quick as Lightning Tokuma Japan Communications Mixing[19]
Roadrunner United The All-Star Sessions Roadrunner Records Editing (tracks 2, 5, 11 and 17), mixing, mastering, guitar (track 5)
Allele Point of Origin Corporate Punishment Mastering[20]
2006 Media Lab Bleeding Memory Sunland Records Producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, writer (tracks 1 and 7)
Junkie XL Today Roadrunner, Ultra Records Recording engineer (vocals)
Silent Civilian Rebirth of the Temple Mediaskare Producer, mixing, mastering, lyrics (track 3)
Twin Method The Volume of Self Crash Music Producer, engineer, mixing and mastering[21]
Ill Niño The Under Cover Sessions (EP) Cement Shoes Records Mixing[22]
Dommin Mend Your Misery LMN Records Producer
2007 W.A.S.P. Dominator Demolition Records Mixing and mastering
Five Finger Death Punch The Way of the Fist Firm Music, Spinefarm Records, Prospect Park Mixing and mastering
Still Remains The Serpent Roadrunner Mixing[23][24]
Divine Heresy Bleed the Fifth Century Media Records (US), Roadrunner (worldwide) Producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, writer (tracks 6, 9 and 10)[25]
Demia Insidious Scarlet Records Producer, mixing, mastering[26][27]
Insolence Ins 03 Naked (EP) Powerslave Records Producer (tracks 3 and 5)
2008 Junkie XL Booming Back at You Artwerk Recording (tracks 6 and 11)
Cavalera Conspiracy Inflikted Roadrunner Co-producer, engineer, mixing, mastering[28]
Flatline Pave the Way Stand and Deliver Records Engineer, mixing and mastering[29]
Soulfly Conquer Roadrunner Mixing (track 14)
Gojira The Way of All Flesh Listenable Records (Europe), Prosthetic Records (US) Engineer (drums), mixing and mastering
Psycroptic Ob(Servant) Nuclear Blast, Stomp Entertainment (Aus & NZ) Mixing and mastering
Burning the Masses Mind Control Mediaskare Mixing and mastering[30]
2009 Hamlet La Puta y el Diablo Roadrunner Mixing and mastering[31]
Dommin Dommin E.P. Roadrunner Producer, mixing and mastering
Devildriver Pray for Villains Roadrunner Producer, mixing, mastering, additional lyrics (tracks 2 and 12)
Agony The Devil's Breath Cinismo Records Mixing[32]
Divine Heresy Bringer of Plagues Century Media (US), Roadrunner (worldwide) Producer, engineer, mixing, writer (additional vocal melodies), additional lyrics[33]
Saosin In Search of Solid Ground Virgin Records Producer (track 4)
Echoes of Eternity As Shadows Burn Nuclear Blast (US), Massacre Records (Europe) Producer, mixing
W.A.S.P. Babylon Demolition Mixing and mastering
Incite The Slaughter I Scream Records Producer, mixing and mastering[34]
Achozen "Salute/Sacrifice" N/A Mixing[35]
The Changing For Obvious Reasons Self-released Producer[36][37]
2010 Dommin Love Is Gone Roadrunner Producer, mixing, mastering, writer (track 15), lyrics (track 14)
Taking Dawn God of War: Blood & Metal (Split EP) Roadrunner Producer, mixing (track 4)[38]
Raintime Psychromatic Lifeforce Records Mixing and mastering[39]
Soulfly Omen Roadrunner Co-producer, engineer, mixing and mastering
2011 Aizen Winter in Hell N/A N/A
Cavalera Conspiracy Blunt Force Trauma Roadrunner Producer, engineer, mixing, mastering[40]
Dwail Helter Skelter Klonosphère, Season of Mist Mixing and mastering[41]
Gojira "Of Blood & Salt" N/A Producer[42][43]
Channel Zero Feed 'Em with a Brick Roadrunner, CNR Music Producer, engineer, mixing and mastering[44]
World Under Blood Tactical Nuclear Blast Engineer
Kartikeya Durga Puja (EP) Grailight Productions Mixing and mastering (track 1)[45]
Saving Grace The King Is Coming Facedown Records Mastering[46]
2012 Cancer Bats Dead Set on Living Distort Vocal engineer (track 9)
Various Avengers Assemble (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) Hollywood Records, Marvel Music Mixing (track 12)
Fear Factory The Industrialist Candlelight Records, AFM Records, Bodog Recording, tracking (additional), digital editing, writer (additional vocal arrangements)[47]
Bonded by Blood The Aftermath Earache Records Producer, mixing and mastering
Periphery Periphery II: This Time It's Personal Sumerian Records (US), Century Media (Europe), Roadrunner (Australia) Mastering
Tensions Arise Stand in Defiance (EP) N/A Mixing and mastering[48]
Unchained Oncoming Chaos M & O Music Mastering[49]
Hecatombe "Inner Pain" Civil Alien Records Mixing[50]
Incite All Out War Minus Head Producer, engineer, mixing and mastering[51]
2013 Closure The Silent Witness March N/A Mixing and mastering[52][53]
Jamie Christopherson Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance – Vocal Tracks Konami Digital Entertainment, Sumthing Else Producer (tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 19, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28), vocal producer (track 6), drum producer (6, 16, 23), vocal recording (1, 9, 13, 14), mixing (tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 19, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28), guitar (tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 19, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28), bass (tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 19, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28), programming (tracks 2, 5, 10, 11, 19, 22, 27, 28), writer (tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 19, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28), lyrics (tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11)
In Death... Thanatos (EP) Independent Mixing and mastering[54]
Bleed from Within Uprising Century Media Mixing and mastering[55]
Dagoba Post Mortem Nihil Est Verycords, earMUSIC Mixing and mastering
Attila About That Life Artery Recordings Programming, sound designer (tracks 2, 6, 10)
Asking Alexandria From Death to Destiny Sumerian Vocal producer (track 12), programming, sound designer (tracks 1–3, 5–13), writer (track 5)
InsIDeaD Ελευσις (Eleysis) Noisehead Records Mixing and mastering[56]
2014 Channel Zero Kill All Kings CNR, Metal Blade Records Producer, mixing and mastering[57]
Devil You Know The Beauty of Destruction Nuclear Blast Producer, engineer, additional lyrics
Septicflesh Titan Season of Mist (Europe), Prosthetic (US & Canada), Ward Records Producer, mixing and mastering[58]
Starset Transmissions Razor & Tie Composer (track 1)
Limp Bizkit "Endless Slaughter" Cash Money Records Mixing
Overunit Machine Aldaraja Sliptrick Records Mixing and mastering[59][60][61]
Butcher Babies Uncovered (EP) Century Media Producer, mixing
2015 Achozen Boombot Pro N/A Mixing
Black Bomb A Comfortable Hate Verycords Mixing and mastering
All Tomorrows Sol Agnates Self-released, La Somba Records Mastering[62]
Dagoba Tales of the Black Dawn earMUSIC, Verycords Mixing and mastering
Bullet for My Valentine Venom Sony Music, RCA Records Mixing (track 15)
Butcher Babies Take It Like a Man Century Media Producer, mixing, mastering, writer (tracks 5, 6, 7 and 10)
Once Human The Life I Remember earMUSIC Producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, guitar, programming, writer
W.A.S.P. Golgotha Napalm Records Mixing
Devil You Know They Bleed Red Nuclear Blast Mixing (track 14)
2016 Hope Deferred Demo Independent Mixing and mastering[63]
Khepra Cosmology Divine Rain Without End Records, Naturmacht Productions Mixing and mastering[64]
2017 Recrucide The Cycle LQC Records Mastering[65]
Once Human Evolution earMUSIC Producer, engineer, mixing, guitar, writer
Art of Anarchy The Madness Another Century Records Writer (track 1)
Invidia As the Sun Sleeps SPV Producer, engineer, mixing[66]
The Nocturnal Affair "Ghosts on the Horizon" Into the Darkness Records Producer, engineer[67]
Harmonic Generator Heart, Flesh, Skull & Bones N/A Mixing and mastering
Half Blood Half Blood Independent Producer (vocals), mixing and mastering[68]
2018 Rise of Avernus Eigengrau Code666 Records Mixing and mastering[69][70]
W.A.S.P. Reidolized: The Soundtrack to The Crimson Idol Napalm Mixing
Age of Arcadia Eleysis Self-released Mixing and mastering[71]
Persefone In Lak'Ech (EP) ViciSolum Productions Mixing and mastering (track 1)[72]
Will Haven Muerte Minus Head Mastering
Kamelot The Shadow Theory Napalm Engineer (additional)
Dee Snider For the Love of Metal Napalm Writer (track 10)[73][74]
Dark Sky Choir End of Days Independent Engineer[75]
Aember "Melancholia" Independent Mixing and mastering[76]
2019 Echoes of Eternity Ageless Independent Mixing and mastering[77]
Serpents Temet Nosce Independent, Trve Media Producer (additional), mixing and mastering[78]
Necronomicon Unus Season of Mist Mixing[79]
Once Human "Sledgehammer" earMUSIC Producer, mixing, guitar[80]
2020 Aember "Demonic" Independent Mixing and mastering[81]
Voices of Ruin Path to Immortality M-Theory Audio Producer, engineer, mixing and mastering[82][83]
Brave the Cold Scarcity Mission Two Entertainment Producer[84]
2021 Hemlock Karmageddon Independent Mixing and mastering[85][86]
Hemlock Violence & Victory Independent Mixing and mastering[85][86]
Cerebellion Something You Can Say (EP) Independent Producer, mixing and mastering[87]
Ma'anish Heal Independent Mixing and mastering[88]
2022 Alphoenix "Return of the Savior" Project Phoenix Engineer, mixing and mastering[89]
Once Human Scar Weaver earMUSIC Producer, mixing, guitar, writer
2023 G-nomes Nouveau départ Independent Mastering[90]
2024 Cerebellion "Burst" Independent Mixing[91]

References

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