Chris "Zeuss" Harris is a record producer who specializes in metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 and hardcore albums. He is based in Hadley, Massachusetts

Hadley, Massachusetts

Hadley is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The population was 4,793 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The area around Hampshire Mall and Mountain Farms Mall along Route 9 is a major shopping destination for the surrounding...

 and he owns and operates Planet-Z recordings. Zeuss started his music career in metal bands, the best known being Doom Nation, before taking on music production full time. He is best known for his work with bands like Hatebreed

Hatebreed

- History :Hatebreed was formed in 1994 in Bridgeport, Waterbury and New Haven. They began by recording a three song demo and selling it to locals. Those three songs would eventually be released on a split seven inch with New York's Neglect in 1995...

, Shadows Fall

Shadows Fall

Shadows Fall is an American heavy metal band from Springfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. They are one of the few contemporary metal bands who take their lyrical influence from Eastern philosophy and some references to the Rastafari culture...

, Bleeding Through

Bleeding Through

Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California. Formed in 1999, the band blends influences stemming from modern hardcore punk, symphonic black metal, and melodic death metal...

, Throwdown and Chimaira

Chimaira

Chimaira is an American heavy metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 1998, the group is a notable member of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal scene. The band's name is derived from the word Chimera, a monstrous creature in Greek mythology...

.

Selected Discography

(Produced = P, Engineered = E, Mixed = M)

3 Inches of Blood

3 Inches of Blood

3 Inches of Blood is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in 2000 in Vancouver, British Columbia, currently consisting of Cam Pipes, Justin Hagberg, Shane Clark, and Ash Pearson...

, Fire Up the Blades

Fire Up the Blades

Fire Up the Blades is the third studio album by Canadian heavy metal band 3 Inches of Blood. It was released on 26 June, 2007 by Roadrunner Records and is the band's final release through the label. The band confirmed in February 2006 that they had begun to write new material, and by then had about...

, Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...

 (M)

100 Demons

100 Demons

100 Demons is a five-piece hardcore punk band from Waterbury, Connecticut. Being fans of tattoos, the band derived their name from a book of traditional Japanese tattoo artwork by Horiyoshi III. The band often incorporates their Agnostic beliefs into their lyrics.After over a decade of playing in...

, In the Eyes of the Lord

In the Eyes of the Lord

-Track listing:# "Forsaken" - 2:43# "Suffer" - 2:53# "So Alone" - 2:19# "Wake Up And Hate" - 2:07# "While You're Praying" - 3:02# "Infected" - 2:34# "How Can I Regret" - 2:00# "Hard Luck" - 2:34# "Back Lash" - 2:31# "Hard Surprise" - 2:14# "Broke" - 3:26...

, Goodlife (P,E,M)

100 Demons, 100 Demons

100 Demons

100 Demons is a five-piece hardcore punk band from Waterbury, Connecticut. Being fans of tattoos, the band derived their name from a book of traditional Japanese tattoo artwork by Horiyoshi III. The band often incorporates their Agnostic beliefs into their lyrics.After over a decade of playing in...

, Deathwish (P,E,M)

The Acacia Strain

The Acacia Strain

The Acacia Strain is an American deathcore band from Chicopee, Massachusetts. Originally founded in 2001, the band itself has undergone numerous changes in the member line-up...

, Continent

Continent (album)

Continent is the fourth studio album from the metal band The Acacia Strain. Recording began on April 13, 2008 and it was released August 19, 2008 via Prosthetic Records. Frontman Vincent Bennett also spoke to MTV News about the band's forthcoming LP, saying it was the band's "darkest" effort to...

, Prosthetic

Prosthetic Records

Prosthetic Records is a record label specializing in heavy metal recordings. Founded by E.J. Johantgen and Dan Fitzgerald both former employees of Columbia Records, in Los Angeles, California in 1998...

 (P,E,M)

The Acacia Strain, Wormwood

Wormwood (The Acacia Strain)

Wormwood is the fifth studio album by The Acacia Strain. The album was released on July 20, 2010 on Prosthetic Records. Wormwood reached #67 on the US Billboard Top 200 chart. The song "Jonestown" was released as a single in June 2010, and was available at the website for Prosthetic Records...

', Prosthetic

Prosthetic Records

Prosthetic Records is a record label specializing in heavy metal recordings. Founded by E.J. Johantgen and Dan Fitzgerald both former employees of Columbia Records, in Los Angeles, California in 1998...

 (P,E,M)

All That Remains

All That Remains (band)

All That Remains is an American heavy metal band from Springfield, Massachusetts, which formed in 1998. They have released five studio albums, a live CD/DVD, and have sold nearly 800,000 records...

, Behind Silence and Solitude

Behind Silence and Solitude

The album differs from future releases, as it is void of any clean vocals and contains more prominent elements of melodic death metal, including harmonized/dual guitar riffs and melody progression...

, Prosthetic

Prosthetic Records

Prosthetic Records is a record label specializing in heavy metal recordings. Founded by E.J. Johantgen and Dan Fitzgerald both former employees of Columbia Records, in Los Angeles, California in 1998...

/Metal Blade

Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...

 (P,E,M)

Agnostic Front

Agnostic Front

Agnostic Front is an American hardcore band. The band began playing hardcore similar to their contemporaries, and were thrust to the forefront of the burgeoning New York hardcore scene in the mid-1980s with their widely regarded 1984 classic Victim in Pain before evolving to incorporate thrash...

, Another Voice

Another Voice

-Personnel:Agnostic Front* Roger Miret – vocals* Vinnie Stigma – guitar* Matt Henderson – guitar* Mike Gallo – bass* Steve Gallo – drumsProduction* Billy Siegel – additional guitar...

, Nuclear Blast (P,E,M)

Agnostic Front, Warriors

Warriors (Agnostic Front album)

-External links:**...

, Nuclear Blast (P,E,M)

Arsis, We Are the Nightmare

We Are the Nightmare

We Are the Nightmare is the third studio album by technical death metal band Arsis. It was released April 15, 2008 via Nuclear Blast Records.-History:...

Nuclear Blast

Nuclear Blast

Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic...

 (P,E,M)

Arsis, Starve for the Devil

Starve for the Devil

Starve for the Devil is an album by technical death metal band Arsis that was released on February 9, 2010, via Nuclear Blast Records.-History:...

Nuclear Blast

Nuclear Blast

Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic...

 (P,E,M)

Baptized in Blood

Baptized in Blood

Baptized in Blood are a 5-piece London, Ontario based heavy metal band. They are managed by Mark Adelman and Dave Mustaine, the frontman of American heavy metal band, Megadeth. They have been signed to Roadrunner Records since December 2009...

, Baptized in Blood, Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...

 (P,E,M)

Blood Has Been Shed

Blood Has Been Shed

Blood Has Been Shed is a mathcore group from Connecticut. They formed in 1997. They are known for having two members of Killswitch Engage in the band, though both bands have very different styles. Although Jones and Foley are currently performing with Killswitch Engage, they do not intend to end...

, Spirals

Spirals (album)

Spirals is the third album by Mathcore band Blood Has Been Shed. The album is known for its superior production than their debut I Dwell on Thoughts of You and their follow up effort Novella of Uriel, which have a more muddied sound. The album was released March 11, 2003, and is their third...

, Ferret (P,E,M)

Bleeding Through

Bleeding Through

Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California. Formed in 1999, the band blends influences stemming from modern hardcore punk, symphonic black metal, and melodic death metal...

, Bleeding Through

Bleeding Through (album)

Bleeding Through debuted at number 143 on the US Billboard 200 with 3,700 copies sold in the first week. This is significantly lower than Bleeding Through's previous album, 2008's Declaration, which peaked at number 101 and sold 6,000 copies in the first week.-Track listing:# "A Resurrection" –...

, Rise

Rise Records

-History:Rise was founded in 1991 by Craig Ericson in Roseburg, Oregon. He released a small number of 7" records before putting the label on hiatus to attend college. Ericson didn't release anything further until 1999, after moving to Portland, Oregon. He began issuing small-print 7" records, and...

 / Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...

 (P,E,M)

Born of Osiris

Born of Osiris

Born of Osiris is an American progressive death metal band from Palatine, Illinois. Formed in 2003, the group has undergone a number of name changes including Your Heart Engraved, DiminisheD, and Rosecrance before finally settling with Born of Osiris in 2007, basing the name off the Egyptian deity...

, A Higher Place

A Higher Place

A Higher Place is the first full-length album by American deathcore band, Born of Osiris. It was released through Sumerian Records on July 7, 2009...

, Sumerian (P,E)

Carnifex

Carnifex (band)

Carnifex is an American deathcore band from San Diego, California. Formed in 2005, they are currently signed to Victory Records and have released four studio albums...

, Dead in My Arms

Dead in My Arms

Dead in My Arms is the debut album by American deathcore band Carnifex. It was released on July 12, 2007 through This City Is Burning Records.-Background:...

, This City Is Burning (P,E)

Carnifex

Carnifex (band)

Carnifex is an American deathcore band from San Diego, California. Formed in 2005, they are currently signed to Victory Records and have released four studio albums...

, The Diseased and the Poisoned

The Diseased and the Poisoned

The Diseased and the Poisoned is the second album by deathcore band Carnifex. It was made in 2008 and was released on June 24 of the same year...

, Victory

Victory Records

Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

 (P,E,M)

Chimaira

Chimaira

Chimaira is an American heavy metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 1998, the group is a notable member of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal scene. The band's name is derived from the word Chimera, a monstrous creature in Greek mythology...

, The Infection

The Infection

The Infection is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Chimaira. Released on April 21, 2009, it reached position 30 on the Billboard 200 charts on its first week of release, selling around 15,000 copies. This was improvement from the previous album's debut at No. 42...

, Ferret (M)

Chelsea Grin, My Damnation

My Damnation

My Damnation was met with generally positive ratings, but with mixed comments varying on the reviewer's opinion of the band's current sound. Allmusic, which standardizes ratings out 5 stars, gave it 3 stars and stated "Smashing together the macabre intensity of death metal with the chugging,...

, Artery (P,E,M)

Danny Diablo, Hardcore for Life E.P, Hellcat (M)

Demiricous, One (Hellbound), Metal Blade (P,E,M)

Diecast, Tearing Down (Bonus Tracks), Century Media (P,E,M)

Earth Crisis

Earth Crisis

Earth Crisis is an American metalcore band from Syracuse, New York, active from 1989 until 2001, reuniting in 2007. Their most recent record, To the Death, was released in May 2009 through Century Media....

, Neutralize the Threat

Neutralize the Threat

Neutralize the Threat is the sixth album released by American straight edge metalcore/hardcore band Earth Crisis. It was released on July 12, 2011 via Century Media Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:Earth Crisis* Karl Buechner - vocals...

, Century Media

Century Media Records

Century Media Records is an Independent record label with offices in the United States, Germany, Australia, France, Italy, Sweden, Finland, and the United Kingdom.- Background :...

 (P)

Emmure

Emmure

Emmure is an American band formed in 2003, originally based in Connecticut, but now residing in Queens, New York. The group has a total of seven releases...

, Goodbye to the Gallows

Goodbye to the Gallows

-Notes:*According to archived album art, "Rusted Over Wet Dreams" was originally called "Scorpios With Black Names Are Bad News." The reason for this name change is unknown.*Track 6, titled "Travis Bickle" is a reference to the Martin Scorsese film "Taxi Driver"....

, Victory

Victory Records

Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

 (P,E,M)

Emmure, The Respect Issue, Victory

Victory Records

Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

 (P,E,M)

Fall In Archaea, "Gatherings", Unsigned (P,E,M)
Full Blown Chaos, Wake The Demons, Stillborn (P,E,M)

God Forbid, Determination, Century Media (P,E)

Hatebreed

Hatebreed

- History :Hatebreed was formed in 1994 in Bridgeport, Waterbury and New Haven. They began by recording a three song demo and selling it to locals. Those three songs would eventually be released on a split seven inch with New York's Neglect in 1995...

, Perseverance, Universal (E)

Hatebreed, Rise of Brutality, Universal (P,E)

Hatebreed, Supremacy, Roadrunner

Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...

 (P,E.M)

Hatebreed, For the Lions, Koch (M)

Hatebreed, Hatebreed, E1 Music (P,E,M)

Hell Within, Asylum of the Human Predator, Lifeforce (M)

Her Nightmare, Class War, Resist (P,E,M)

Icepick

Icepick (band)

Icepick is a hardcore punk band formed in 1996. It serves as a side project to Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed, Danny Diablo, and other musicians of the hardcore punk and hip hop scenes....

, Violent Epiphany, Stillborn (P,E,M)

Impending Doom

Impending Doom

Impending Doom is a Christian deathcore band from Riverside, California.-History:Brook Reeves and Manny Contreras started the band in 2005 with ex members Chris Forno, Isaac Bueno, and Jon. After releasing the The Sin and Doom of Godless Men EP, Greg Pewthers joined on third guitar after leaving...

, The Serpent Servant, Facedown (M)

Ion Dissonance, Minus the Herd, Century Media (P,E,M)

Kingdom of Sorrow

Kingdom of Sorrow

Kingdom of Sorrow is an American heavy metal band which features Kirk Windstein of Crowbar and Down, along with Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed.- History :...

, Kingdom of Sorrow

Kingdom of Sorrow (album)

Kingdom of Sorrow is the self-titled debut album by Kingdom of Sorrow, a group featuring Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed and Kirk Windstein of Crowbar and Down...

, Relapse (P,E,M)

Kingdom of Sorrow, Behind the Blackest Tears

Behind the Blackest Tears

- Special edition bonus tracks :# "Soldiers of Hell" – 3:29 # "No Class" – 2:39 - Personnel :* Jamey Jasta - vocals* Kirk Windstein - guitar, vocals* Charlie Bellmore - guitar, bass* Nick Bellmore - drums...

, Relapse (M)

Legend, Valediction, Rise (P,E,M)

Madball

Madball

Madball is a New York-based hardcore band that originated in the late 1980s, as a side-project of Agnostic Front .- History :Madball was founded in 1988 and featured most of Agnostic Front's members...

, Legacy, Ferret (P,E,M)

Madball, Infiltrate the System

Infiltrate the System

Infiltrate The System is an album by New York hardcore punk band Madball. It was released on August 21, 2007 through Ferret in the US and through I Scream Records in Europe.-Track listing:Produced by Zeuss and Madball....

, Ferret Music

Ferret Music

Ferret Music is an independent record label, founded in 1996. The label is owned in part by NORA's vocalist, Carl Severson, and in part by Philadelphian artist manager Paul Conroy, and based in West Windsor Township, New Jersey...

 (US)/I Scream

I Scream Records

I Scream Records is a label founded by Laurens Kusters in 1994 in Brussels, Belgium. The label has an extensive catalogue and is one of the leading punk and hardcore labels in Western Europe.- History :...

(P,E,M)

Municipal Waste, The Art of Partying, Earache (P,E,M)

Municipal Waste, Massive Aggressive, Earache (P,E,M)

Murderdolls, Women and Children Last, Roadrunner (P,E,M)

Neaera, Omnicide, Metal Blade (M)

Oceano, Contagion, Earache (P,E,M)

The Red Chord

The Red Chord

The Red Chord is an American grindcore band from Revere, Massachusetts, formed in 1999. The band is made up of vocalist Guy Kozowyk, guitarist Mike "Gunface" McKenzie, and bassist Greg Weeks. The band gained a fanbase with its 2002 debut album Fused Together in Revolving Doors. The second album,...

, Clients

Clients (album)

-Personnel:The Red Chord*Brad Fickeisen - drums*Guy Kozowyk - vocals*Mike "Gunface" McKenzie - guitar*Kevin Rampelberg - guitar*Gregory Weeks - bassProduction and design*Zeuss - Producer, engineer, mixer*The Red Chord - co-producer*Alan Douches - mastering...

, Metal Blade

Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...

 (P,E,M)

The Red Chord, Fed Through the Teeth Machine

Fed Through the Teeth Machine

Revolver stated about the album: "The foursome's fierce attack is as brutal as ever...what could well be a bunch of noise in the hands of lesser headbangers is intricate and engrossing on Teeth Machine, whether it's the twisting tempo shifts of 'Demoralizer' or the blazing twin guitar attacks on...

, Metal Blade

Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...

 (M)

Remembering Never, God Save Us, Ferret (P,E,M)

Roger Miret and the Disasters, 1984, Hellcat (P,E,M)

Sanctity Road, To Bloodshed, Roadrunner (M)

Shadows Fall

Shadows Fall

Shadows Fall is an American heavy metal band from Springfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. They are one of the few contemporary metal bands who take their lyrical influence from Eastern philosophy and some references to the Rastafari culture...

, Of One Blood, Century Media (P,E,M)

Shadows Fall, The Art of Balance, Century Media (P,E,M)

Shadows Fall, Deadworld EP, Century Media (P,E,M)

Shadows Fall, The War Within

The War Within

The War Within can refer to:* The War Within: America's Battle over Vietnam, a book by Tom Wells on America's internal battle over the war in Vietnam* The War Within , a metalcore album by American band Shadows Fall...

, Century Media(P,E,M)

Shadows Fall, Fallout from the War, Century Media (P,E,M)

Shadows Fall, Threads of Life, Atlantic (M)

Shadows Fall, Retribution, Everblack Industries (P,E,M)

Shai Hulud

Shai Hulud (band)

Shai Hulud is an American hardcore punk band with progressive metal influences, originally formed in Pompano Beach, Florida, the band later moved up to Poughkeepsie, New York....

, Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion

Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion

Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion is the first full length album by hardcore punk band Shai Hulud, released on November 4, 1997, on the Revelation Records' subsidiary, Crisis Records, in CD/LP and 12" clear brown . It is now sold through Revelation Records. It was reissued in a...

(reissue), Revelation (M)

Shinto Katana, We Can't Be Saved, Dogfight (M)

Staind

Staind

Staind is an American rock band that was formed in 1995 in Springfield, Massachusetts. For 16 years, the band consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist Johnny April, and drummer Jon Wysocki...

, Hard Rock Live (M)

Stick to Your Guns, Comes from the Heart, Century Media (P,E,M)

Suicide Silence

Suicide Silence

Suicide Silence is an American extreme metal band from Riverside, California. The group consists of vocalist Mitch Lucker, guitarists Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun, drummer Alex Lopez and bassist Dan Kenny. Formed in 2002, the band has released three full-length studio albums, one EP and seven music...

, The Black Crown

The Black Crown

Garnering positive reviews, The Black Crown was praised by Rock Sound earning a 7 out of 10 rating with a review headline reading "There's no more of that deathcore monotony from Suicide Silence..." and went on further to state "blastbeats and breakneck discordant technicality aren’t lacking on the...

, Century Media (M)

Sworn Enemy, As Real As It Gets, Electra (P,E,M)

Sworn Enemy, The Beginning of the End, Century Media (M)

Terror

Terror (band)

Terror is a hardcore punk band from Los Angeles, California. Their second album One with the Underdogs sold over 40,000 copies. They have also been on tours throughout Europe , Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Mexico and South America...

, Always the Hard Way, Trustkill

Trustkill Records

Trustkill Records was an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April 1993. It started releasing hardcore, metal and rock records and merchandise in 1994...

 (P,E,M)

Terror, The Damned, The Shamed Century Media (P,E,M)

Thirty Stones, Canvas

Throwdown, Vendetta

Vendetta (Throwdown album)

Vendetta is the fourth album by the hardcore/metal band Throwdown. This album marks the group's initial shift from hardcore to metal. "Burn," was the album's lead single.-Track listing:All lyrics written by Dave Peters, all music composed by Throwdown....

, Trustkill

Trustkill Records

Trustkill Records was an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April 1993. It started releasing hardcore, metal and rock records and merchandise in 1994...

 / Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...

(P,E,M)

Throwdown, Deathless, E1 Music (M)

Thy Will Be Done, Was And Is to Come, Stillborn (P,E,M)

Thy Will Be Done, In Ancient of Days, Stillborn (P,E,M)

Too Pure To Die, Confess, Trustkill (P,E,M)

Unearth (Demo 2003) (CP,E,M)

Unearth, Pantera Tribute, Mtl Hammer (M)

Vinny Stigma, Solo Album, Stillborn (M)

Whitechapel, This Is Exile, Metal Blade (M)

With Blood Comes Cleansing, Horror, Victory (P,E,M)