Colin Richardson is a British record producer, mixer and recording engineer. He has worked on over 100 albums and is most frequently associated with heavy metal and its subgenres.
Discography + Release year Artist Album Role 1982 The Membranes Pin Stripe Hype (EP) Producer, Engineer 1983 The Chameleons Script of the Bridge Producer, Engineer 1985 The Chameleons What Does Anything Mean? Basically Producer (tracks 1–10) 1986 GBH Clay Years 1981–1984 Engineer1989 Napalm Death Mentally Murdered (EP) Engineer Bolt Thrower Realm of Chaos Mixing, Carcass Symphonies of Sickness Producer, Engineer 1990 The Exploited The Massacre Producer1991 Bolt Thrower Cenotaph (EP) Producer (tracks 1–3) Bolt Thrower War Master Producer, Engineer, Recording Massacre From Beyond Producer Gorefest Mindloss Producer Carcass Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious Producer, Mixing1992 Brutal Truth Ill Neglect (EP) Recording Napalm Death Utopia Banished Producer, Engineer Mercyless Abject Offerings Producer< Carcass Tools of the Trade (EP) Producer Fear Factory Soul of a New Machine Producer, Mixing Brutal Truth Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses Producer Gorefest False Producer, Recording, Engineer Bolt Thrower The IVth Crusade Producer, Recording1993 Gorguts The Erosion of Sanity Mixing S.O.B. Gate of Doom Mixing Bolt Thrower Spearhead (EP) Producer Disincarnate Dreams of the Carrion Kind Producer, Mixing Brutal Truth Perpetual Conversion (EP) Producer (track 3) Crusher Act II: Undermine! (EP) Producer, Mixing Mercyless Coloured Funeral Producer, Engineer, Mixing Carcass Heartwork Producer Sinister Diabolical Summoning Producer, Engineer Loudblast Cross the Threshold (EP) Producer, Mixing1994 Brutal Truth Godplayer (EP) Mixing Carcass The Heartwork EP Mixing Napalm Death Fear, Emptiness, Despair Mixing S.O.B. Vicious World Producer Machine Head Burn My Eyes Producer, Mixing Brutal Truth Need to Control Mixing Crash Endless Supply of Pain Producer, Engineer Baby Chaos Safe Sex Designer Drugs & the Death of Rock 'N' Roll Mixing Bolt Thrower ...For Victory Producer1995 Fear Factory Demanufacture Producer Various Mortal Kombat Producer (track 9) Napalm Death Greed Killing (EP) Producer, Mixing1996 Napalm Death Diatribes Producer, Mixing The Exploited Beat the Bastards Producer, Mixing Dearly Beheaded Temptation Producer Carcass Swansong Producer1997 Uncle Meat Underneath Producer,Underneath in AmazonBio in Soundwise MixingUncle Meat - Turn Away (Lyrics video) in YouTube Crash Experiment State of Fear Producer, Mixing Machine Head The More Things Change... Producer, Co-mixing Napalm Death Inside the Torn Apart Producer, co-mixing Overkill From the Underground and Below Mixing Dearly Beheaded Chamber of One Producer Napalm Death Breed to Breathe (EP) Producer1998 Hamlet Insomnio Producer, Recording, Mixing Loudblast Fragments Mixing Pulkas Greed Producer, Engineer Napalm Death Words from the Exit Wound Producer, Mixing1999 Anonymus Instinct Producer, Mixing Mass Hysteria Contraddiction Producer, Recording, Mixing (tracks 1–11), Mastering Liberty 37 Oh River EP Producer (tracks 1–3, 5, 6), Recording, Mixing Liberty 37 The Greatest Gift Producer, Recording, Mixing Cannibal Corpse Bloodthirst Producer Overkill Coverkill Mixing2000 Crash Terminal Dream Flow Producer, Recording, Engineer, Mixing One Minute Silence Buy Now... Saved Later Producer, Mixing Hamlet El Inferno Producer, Recording, Mixing Cannibal Corpse Live Cannibalism Mixing Overkill Bloodletting Mixing2001 SugarComa What Goes Around (EP) Producer Mass Hysteria De cercle en cercle Producer, Recording, Mixing (tracks 1–6, 8, 10–13) Machine Head Supercharger Mixing Anathema A Fine Day to Exit Mixing Godflesh Hymns Engineer2002 Five Pointe O Untitled Producer, Engineer, Mixing Cyclefly Crave Producer Hamlet Hamlet Producer, Recording, Mixing SugarComa Becoming Something Else Producer Murderdolls Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls Mixing (track 20) Sepultura Under a Pale Grey Sky Mixing Slipknot Disasterpieces Mixing2003 InMe Overgrown Eden Producer, Mixing Machine Head Hellalive Mixing Overkill Killbox 13 Producer, Mixing, Engineer Chimaira The Impossibility of Reason Mixing Sikth The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Wait for Something Wild Mixing (tracks 1–7, 10–13) Funeral for a Friend Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation Producer, Engineer, Mixing Funeral for a Friend Seven Ways to Scream Your Name (EP) Producer, Engineer, Mixing (tracks 5–7) Machine Head Through the Ashes of Empires Mixing God Forbid Better Days (EP) Mixing2004 God Forbid Gone Forever Mixing Slipknot Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) Mixing (bonus disc, tracks 5–7) Cradle of Filth Nymphetamine Mixing 3 Inches of Blood Advance and Vanquish Mixing Bullet for My Valentine Bullet for My Valentine (EP) Producer, Mixing2005 Lamb of God Burn the Priest Remixing, Remastering Wednesday 13 Transylvania 90210: Songs of Death, Dying, and the Dead Mixing DevilDriver The Fury of Our Maker's Hand Producer, Mixing, Engineer Chimaira Chimaira Mixing Bullet for My Valentine Hand of Blood (EP) Producer, Mixing Bullet for My Valentine The Poison Producer, Mixing (tracks 1–5, 7–13) Roadrunner United The All-Star Sessions Mixing (tracks 1–3, 6, 7, 9, 15, 16) Slipknot 9.0: Live Mixing2006 Fightstar Grand Unification Producer, MixingGrand Unification in Bandcamp Hostility Uncompromised Mixing Hamlet Pura Vida Mixing Trivium The Crusade Mixing Slipknot Voliminal: Inside the Nine Mixing (select tracks)2007 Dååth The Hinderers Mixing Machine Head The Blackening Producer, Mixing Sanctity Road to Bloodshed Mixing As I Lay Dying An Ocean Between Us Mixing2008 Bullet for My Valentine Scream Aim Fire Producer, Mixing Slipknot All Hope Is Gone Mixing Trivium Shogun Mixing2009 Kreator Hordes of Chaos Mixing Behemoth Evangelion Mixing Rodrigo y Gabriela 11:11 Mixing2010 Eluveitie Everything Remains as It Never Was Mixing As I Lay Dying The Powerless Rise Mixing Tarja Turunen What Lies Beneath Mixing (select tracks)2011 Sydonia "Ocean of Storms" MixingSydonia - Ocean Of Storms in YouTube Trivium In Waves Producer Mixing Rise to Remain City of Vultures Producer, Mixing2012 Callejon Blitzkreuz Mixing While She Sleeps This Is the Six Co-mixing As I Lay Dying Awakened Mixing2013 Heaven Shall Burn Veto Mixing (Blizzard Over England Mix) Carcass Surgical Steel Producer Trivium Vengeance Falls Mixing2014 Wovenwar Wovenwar Mixing, Engineer Machine Head Bloodstone & Diamonds Mixing Carcass Surgical Remission/Surplus Steel (EP) Producer2015 While She Sleeps Brainwashed Co-mixing Bullet for My Valentine Venom Producer, Mixing, Engineer 2016 Bullet for My Valentine "Don't Need You" Producer, Mixing2020 Those Damn Crows Point of No Return Producer, Recording, Mixing Ex Deo "The Philosopher King" Mixing Anonymus La bestia Producer (track 8) Machine Head Civil Unrest (EP) Mixing Kataklysm Unconquered Mixing2022 Machine Head Of Kingdom and Crown Mixing Invictus Unstoppable Mixing (additional)2023 Overkill Scorched Mixing Kataklysm Goliath Mixing (additional), Mastering (assistant)2025 Machine Head Unatoned Mixing (tracks 2–6, 8–12)
References
External links Colin Richardson Myspace page INTERVIEW: Metal production guru Colin Richardson (musicradar.com)