Kurt Ballou Discusses The Top 13 Milestone Albums Of His Career | Metal Injection
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2016
- We asked Kurt Ballou of CONVERGE and GOD CITY STUDIO to list his top 13 milestone albums of his career, in this really insightful feature. Pick up Converge's 'You Fail Me' Redux this Friday!
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I wish there was more producers like Kurt or Steve Albini. Their works are so organic. Bar is higher than ever thanks to them.
Check Colin Marston's work, really similar style and HUGE sounding mixes (last Zevious record is crazy).
There are a lot start looking through thank you lists of 90s hardcore 7”s
Steve Evetts has quite the catalogue as well. Will Puntey as well.
i love how soft spoken and quiet this guy is for producing some of the most violent albums of all time
Hardly even close to the most violent, sorry man get butt hurt if you want.
@@patrickbertlein4626 Abandon All Life and Jane Doe are some of the most heavy albums out there.
Sure it’s not Slam or black metal but those albums certainly are among the big boys in brazen aggression.
@@patrickbertlein4626 no sass intended, what's your preference then?
Everything Kurt touches turns to gold. Nails, Black Breath, Code Orange, Converge, all of it sounds absolutely brutal. I want Kurt to produce more popular bands in the future. It will be like a steve albini producing nirvana situation, taking a popular and accessible band and adding sharp teeth to them. Imagine those pounding bassy drums, the thick guitars and heavy bass on a Slipknot, SOAD, or Slayer record. That would be something. Better than Rick Rubin can do.
blendernoob64 dude, this is such a cool idea! i’d actually be really interested in hearing one of the modern “djent’y” bands, through Kurt’s production. it could probably take the sterile, boring sound of some of these good records, and make them really pop.
I would definitely be down to hearing a Kurt Ballou redoing of SOAD's first album. That album is fucking insane.
blendernoob64 rick Rubin ruins everything imo
@@dumithegreat3892 heard the most recent Darkest Hour record or the self titled Four Year Strong? Not modern metal or djent, but they both call for a more polished sound.
Kurts done most Kvelertak, Torche and High on Fire albums too. His resume is fucking ridiculous.
I could fuckin listen to Kurt Ballou talk about music and production all bloody day
Good to see Kurt embrace his musical roots. I played Bari- sax next to him in the Andover marching band.
What a legend. I've just listened to the new Sumac record, and it's one of the best sludge albums in a while. Turner+Ballou=insane. Now I'm just waiting for the new Nails album.
That was Ballou too?? That record was excellent! Really innovative sludge metal
IT'S FUCKING MURDEROUSLY BRUTAL FUCKING YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They've also worked together with Old Man Gloom, and old ISIS stuff. Just FYI
There is nothing heavier on the planet
Cave In- Until Your Heart Stops is one of my all time favorite albums. Hell, my youtube account is named after track 2 of the album! Love Kurt's perspective on Code Orange. As a bit of an old head, I have been pretty dispassionate about any new hardcore since like 2005. I feel like bands like Code Orange, Vein, Jesus Piece, etc., are bringing back the spirit of the late 90s hardcore that made me fall in love with the genre in the first place. It's something new, but familiar, and above all else, it's sincere.
They played most uyhs on their mini tour last year, and I got to see them then. I think they played the whole record, minus moral eclipse!!!
One of my top 5 albums ever.
I didn't even know he worked on Document #8. One of my favorite Screamo albums.
CarlHH777 He did Orchid's Chaos is Me too.
wow that's awesome. The newer band called Vein should make their debut full length with Kurt. They claim Jerome's Dream and Orchid as influences.
He did all of Orchid's stuff, except Gatefold.
Heck yes.
creekandseminole Thanks for the name drop, I'll have to check that out. Jerome's Dream was raw.
Super cool video. I'd love to see more producers do a video like this. Very insightful as a musician and engineer.
Great insight, great vid. Some choices in there I never would have expected
Thanks for this! Introducing me to music I never would have been aware of!
put a big smile on my face to hear Kurt talk about the tone on Abandon All Life. certainly caught my attention! I was browsing random shit on UA-cam and was like "whoa, what is *this*..."
Missed one of Kvelertaks two first albums tho..
Can’t believe I’d see pageninetynine come up, hell yea!!
One of the dudes in page 99 played at my house in their band Pygmy Lush
Kurt seems super chill. Love his studio and band work
Kurt is such a unique dude.
This was a super cool thing to listen to.
Best dude, I've been a Converge fan since before Jane Doe, He's also helped make some of my favorite albums EVER including the new Nails LP!
such a talented man!
also - don't forget about last TDEP album ;) love it so much
Kvelertak's self-titled is FUCKING PERFECT! I just bought it on vinyl and it's the only album I've been listening to all week (both on my turntable and on my iPod). I love 'Meir', but the self-titled is the best work of their career so far. I love the guitar tones and the band's seamless blending of Black Metal, Hardcore Punk, Rock n' Roll and Classic Metal. The album moves along at a brisk pace, the songs flow into each other perfectly and it's a wholly immersive listen that leaves me wanting to go right back through the whole thing again as soon the last song (Utrydd Dei Svake) is finished.
And John Dyer Baizley's incredible album artwork is the icing on this cake. I love his work cause he channels my favourite artist, Alphonse Mucha, and Surrealism, my favourite art style.
Yeah. Shame it wasnt on this list :/
It's been an album that I've been able to consistently go back to since its inception. I listen to at least one to two new albums a week, but there are some albums that just stick with me in the back of my mind. I just love the Rock n' Roll feel mixed with those nasty yet exceptionally, catchy riffs. It's deceptively simple in its sound.
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Wow dude, you were right. Thanks for the recommendation!
Total agree
Its amazing what he did to the last Darkest Hour record. Its probably my favorite from them.
Sick! Didn't realize he did Document #8. Great band, great album.
I'm a little late to watching this video, but this deserves way more likes than it received. I mean, only 1.1 k? I guess it just goes to show that people like Kurt Ballou fly under the radar more than your average amazing producer/musician. I thoroughly enjoyed this video, and it's giving me a few new albums to download as well. 👏👏👏
Huh, it's been 1 year since this comment and this now has 90k views. Random, not sure why this got such a surge in views after so long.
I love the sound of de vermis mysteris. Favorite sound of any high on fire album.
Relax, this video was made before Full Of Hell Trumpeting Ecstasy
Tyler O'Toole t h e b o n e s o f m a n
Hearing Kurt talk about that Young Widows record is amazing. He really seemed to think it wasn’t going to work out at all but with him being the sonic genius he is, he ended up help making one of the greatest punk records ever made.
best producer/engineer ever
Amen to that.
sophos34 There's also Steve Albini, Brian Eno, John Cale, Nigel Godrich...
sophos34 next to Matt Bayles
I'm glad I watched this video and looked up all the albums. Beastmilk - Climax is such a cool heavy new wave sound. It's so unique. Nails - Abandon All Life is the definition of brutal. Holy shit.
I did the exact same thing
I’ve waited to hear Converge at the right moment and time.
Tell me the best song to listen to, to make me a lifelong fan. This will be my first song outside of a concert clip.
Waiting!!!!
Paul Poche find the record "when forever comes crashing" and spin it till there are no grooves!
Paul Poche start with jane doe keep repeating until u realize that you are now obsessed
Old Wounds is absolutely majestic..
Thank you Kurt for all your work 👏👏👏🤘🤘🤘❤❤❤
Meanderthal is one of the few albums that he has recorded that he also still listens to. All hail Torche and Robotic Empire!
Converge: The greatest underrated band of the last 2 decades.
RetroHabit82 I agree they are the greatest but they aren’t underrated.
ploob man yeah. More like overlooked. The most important metalcore band that no one’s heard of
blendernoob64 yeah I tell pretty much anyone musically inclined about converge. My buddy who really listen to nothing but ska and punk and heavy metal was surprisingly into it. I think if a lot of people just sat down and listened to converge, they would like what they hear.
Today Is The Day
I wish I could listen to Fault and Fracture for the first time every morning.
Dude, what about Genghis Tron??? Board up the house is one of my favorite albums ever!
I didn't know he did Board up the House !!tight!
Was All Pigs Must Die's first record mentioned?
Wow, I had no idea Kurt produced one of my favorite band’s and favorite albums; High on Fire’s “De Vermis Mysteris”. That’s fucking amazing, and I always thought, “damn why don’t all their records sound as good as this one?” Well done Sir Ballou
This man produces some of my most inspiring albums of my mid twenties autistic post hardcore fase❤ thanks kurt.
NEW CONVERGE ALBUM ANNOUNCED! HERE THE NEW SINGLE DEBUT ON NPR TUESDAY JULY 25TH!
I didn’t know YOUNG WIDOWS WAS BREATHER RESIST! Mind blown. Love both bands
Hell yeah and black widow and Coliseum I believe all head members are friends in each of the Bands breather resist played in my town with my friend's band a couple times at least that I saw still haven't seen young widows though
Still have a dickies jacket with old breather resist shirt made into a back patch! And that 7inch red
This is tha boi right here! I luv this man. He is a legend.
Love UYHS, i forgot Kurt produced it and Aaron Turner made the artwork. Doesn't get any better than that record.
Chaos Is Me
That Beastmilk album is insane!
Jane Doe was the best album of the 2000s.
Brian Cook It practically pioneered metalcore as we know it.
he said something about new Trap Them, but i can't find anything! please, someone provide me a link! :)
also, this guy's productions are AMAZING!
I don't even think they've announced yet if he just finished recording them... I think Kurt jumped the gun a little haha
+ShellacSoup yes, it'll be out this fall, "Crown Feral"
That young windows record...I frequently confuse it for Shellac!!
Was that page 99 band on Robotic Empire? Jw have record label sampler with them but don't know..
So cool didn't know he did Torche
pageninetynine were on Robotic Empire, yes. Still got at least Document #8 on their bandcamp.
I wish he mentioned Animal by Animosity one of the best deathcore albums and his production is fantastic.
I played the hell out of that album in ther early 2000's.
Their worst album by far.
The quiet Converge track in the background is very distracting, other than that, love this piece.
What track is it?
@@fuzzmahmoud8436 It seems like it's just a play through of the You Fail Me album, which Kurt promotes the rerelease of at the end of the video
Does he record and mix those albums?
One of my fav Kurt Ballou produced records is God Is War by APMD. Not super new and exciting scene shattering stuff so I understand why it’s not on his list, but Jesus Christ those guys just do hardcore so right. Honestly flawless.
Disfear is so heavy, my phone weighs like a brick when I upload their record onto it.
Aye, 'tis a wee bit of heft ya got there, English.
Great list but shocked he didn't include Number 12's first album that shit was important for me.
What about Black Breath?
Damn I wish Don’t Worry Lady by I Hate Sally was one of them.
every The Armed album should be in this list
Got put onto some juicy shit from this video.
trap them one of my fav bands. apparently they broke up recently, idk what the reason was
ETID?
HAHAHA
best heavy music producer in America
missing some GOSPEL in here.
YES LAD
No he’s not.
DISTORT EVERYTHING..the quote!
Chaos is me
Kemper spotting😊
la croix spotting
Old Wounds is one of the greatest punk records ever made so it only makes sense that Kurt worked on it
is see that kemper in the background!
Open. Up. This...pit!!!
Songs to scream at the sun by Have Heart is his best production imo
That record sucks, no wonder they broke up after it.
Things we carry is so much better
THE DUSK IN US. NOV 3
I wish there was no music playing or maybe music from the bads
I'm new to this, I'm more of a straight up melodic death metal head, but this guy seems super articulate and cool, and intelligent. The band names he mentions are super cool just in the names themselves
pg 99 is soooo good. real, original screamo, not whatever bastard shit people claimed in the later 2000s to be "screamo" cave in's until the heart stops was a seminal metalcore record. before metalcore started sucking.
I can't stand convege but this was really cool . He seems like a very genuine nice guy .
He looks and sounds like Father John Misty
distort everything
Cat Ballou
Don't see the appeal of Nails at all but I respect Kurt's approach to production
If the song "You'll Never Be One of Us" doesn't do it for you, I don't know what to tell ya.
qtbrown I had to check it out. Wow. That's good stuff!
So did he do jail time? Dudes would literally jump your ass for those spider webs