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American record producer
Musical artist
Bill Metoyer is an American
record producer who has recorded with
Slayer ,
Deliverance ,
Hirax ,
Morbid Angel ,
Trouble and
Tourniquet . He has worked at
Metal Blade Records for several years as house producer and currently works as
A&R . He also works with Alpha Omega Management as A&R as well.
[1] Metoyer formed Skull Seven Productions.
[2]
Background
Metoyer attended the University of Sound Arts in 1978 and then became the chief engineer at Track Record in 1979.
[3] Metoyer started his production career in 1983, recording bands like
Slayer ,
[4]
[5]
Flotsam and Jetsam ,
[6]
[7]
Sacred Reich ,
[8]
D.R.I. ,
[8]
Corrosion of Conformity ,
[8] and
Armored Saint .
[9] Metoyer has worked with bands all of different styles, lyrical themes, some varying from
Satanism to
Christianity . In more recent days, Metoyer has worked with bands like
Trouble
[10] and
Hirax .
[11] Metoyer has been best known for his production of Slayer and Flotsam and Jetsam, however, he is also the creator of Skull Seven Productions in 1995
[2] and works as an A&R for Alpha Omega Management as of 2016.
[1]
Personal life
Metoyer is a
Catholic .
[12]
Discography
Performance
Production
1980s
Original Abattoir (Demo) –
Abattoir (1983; engineering, producer)
Screams from the Grave (Demo) – Abattoir (1983; engineering, producer)
Armored Saint –
Armored Saint (1983; engineering)
Be My Slave –
Bitch (1983; engineering)
The Dominatress EP –
Savage Grace (1983; engineering, mixing)
Show No Mercy –
Slayer (1983; engineering, mixing)
Night on Bröcken –
Fates Warning (1984; mixing)
Give 'Em the Axe –
Lizzy Borden (1984; Recording engineering)
Battle Cry –
Omen (1984; engineering)
Metal Without Mercy – Ruthless (1984; Recording)
Haunting the Chapel – Slayer (1984; engineering)
Fist Held High – Thrust (1984; producer, engineering)
Trouble –
Trouble (1984; producer, engineering)
Day of the Saxons (EP) – Witchkiller (1984; mixing)
Animosity –
Corrosion of Conformity (1985; engineering [tracks 1–5])
We Have arrived –
Dark Angel (1985; engineering)
The Spectre Within – Fates Warning (1985; engineering)
Raging Violence –
Hirax (1985; engineering)
You Axed for It! –
Mentors (1985; engineering)
Warning of Danger – Omen (1985; engineering)
Hole in the Sky – Pandemonium (1985; engineering)
Hell Awaits – Slayer (1985; engineering, Recording)
The Skull – Trouble (1985; producer, engineering)
Legions of the Dead – Tyrant (1985; mixing, engineering, producer)
One Foot in Hell –
Cirith Ungol (1986; producer)
Convicted –
Cryptic Slaughter (1986; engineering)
Merciless Death –
Dark Angel (1986; engineering)
Awaken the Guardian – Fates Warning (1986; engineering)
Doomsday for the Deceiver – Flotsam and Jetsam (1986; engineering)
Torture Knows No Boundaries –
Heretic (1986; producer, engineering)
Hate, Fear, and Power – Hirax (1986; engineering)
The Murderess Metal Road Show – Lizzy Borden (1986; engineering)
Up the Dose – Mentors (1986; engineering)
The Curse – Omen (1986; producer, engineering, mixing)
Depths of Death – Sentinel Beast (1986; engineering, producer)
The Bitch is Back – Bitch (1987; producer, engineering, mixing)
The High n' Mighty – Commander (1987; mixing, engineering)
Money Talks – Cryptic Slaughter (1987; engineering, producer, mixing)
Crossover –
D.R.I. (1987; producer, mixing, engineering)
Flotzilla" – Flotsam and Jetsam (1987; engineering)
Not Dead Yet – Hirax (1987; engineering)
Nightmares – Omen (1987; engineering)
Ignorance –
Sacred Reich (1987; producer, engineering)
Too Late to Pray – Tyrant (1987; engineering, producer, mixing)
Saints Will Conquer – Armored Saint (1988; engineering, producer)
Socialized Hate –
Atrophy (1988; producer)
Stream of Consciousness – Cryptic Slaughter (1988; producer)
4 of a Kind – D.R.I. (1988; producer, mixing, engineering)
Live at the Ritz – D.R.I. (1988; mixing)
The Can – Dark Angel (1988; engineering)
Wreckage in Flesh –
Dr. Know (1988; engineering Assistant)
"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" – Flotsam and Jetsam (1988; producer, engineering)
No Place for Disgrace – Flotsam and Jetsam (1988; producer; engineering)
Gangland – Gangland (1988; producer)
A Distant Thunder –
Helstar (1988; producer, engineering, mixing)
Breaking Point – Heretic (1988; producer, engineering)
The Kill – Pandemonium (1988; producer, engineering)
"War Pigs" – Sacred Reich (1988; producer)
Surf Nicaragua – Sacred Reich (1988; producer)
Marshall Law / Day of the Saxons – Witchkiller/
Obsession (1988; mixing)
A Rose By Any Other Name – Bitch (1989; mixing, remixing, producer, engineering)
Thrash Zone – D.R.I. (1989; producer, engineering, mixing)
Deliverance –
Deliverance (1989; Recording, producer, mixing)
Hot Metal Summer II Split – Deliverance (1989; producer, Recording, mixing)
Nosferatu – Helstar (1989; producer, engineering)
Leatherface – Laaz Rockit (1989; producer)
Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll – Mentors (1989; engineering)
Up the Dose / You Axed for It – Mentors (1989; producer)
The Best of Omens: Teeth of the Hydra – Omens (1989; engineering)
Freaks EP – Rigor Mortis (1989; producer, engineering)
Inner Ascendance –
Steel Prophet (1989; mixing)
Man of Straw –
Viking (1989; engineering)
1990s
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Puppies and Friends – Atrophy (1990; producer, engineering, mixing)
Violent By Nature – Atrophy (1990; producer, engineering, mixing)
Bomber – Ken Baumgartner (1990; producer, engineering)
Weapons of Our Warfare – Deliverance (1990; mixing)
The American Way – Sacred Reich (1990; producer, engineering)
31 Flavors – Sacred Reich (1990; producer, engineering)
Uncensored – Sacred Reich (1990; producer)
The American Way – Sacred Reich (1990; producer, engineering)
Stop the Bleeding –
Tourniquet (1990; mixing, Mastering)
WWIII – WWIII (1990; producer)
Psycho Savant -
Intruder (1991; producer, engineering, mixing)
Abominations of Desolation -
Morbid Angel (1991; producer)
A Question - Sacred Reich (1991; producer, engineering)
Psycho Surgery - Tourniquet (1991; producer, engineering, mixing)
Technocracy - Corrosion of Conformity (1992; engineering, mixing)
Songs of Pain -
Sadus (1992; engineering, Recording, producer, mixing [track 3])
A Vision of Misery - Sadus (1992; engineering, mixing, producer, mixing)
Planetary Destruction - Stygian (1992; producer)
Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance - Tourniquet (1992; producer, engineering, mixing)
Screams and Whispers -
Anacrusis (1993; Remix [on "Release"])
The Passing - Betrayal (1993; engineering, Tracking)
First Impressions -
Jim Matheos (1993; producer, engineering, mixing)
The Man with the Action Hair -
Cement (1994; producer, recording)
Pale Fire - Fates Warning (1994; producer, recording)
Inside Out - Fates Warning (1994; producer, recording)
Decadent Delirium - Psychic Pawn (1994; recording, mixing, producer)
Red Demo - Sadus (1994; recording)
Coma Rage -
Viper (1994; producer)
Camelot in Smithereens - Deliverance (1995; mixing)
The Prayer - Step Child (1995; producer)
Demo 95 - The Militants (1995; producer)
Demo 1995 - World in Pain (1995; producer, engineering, mixing)
Terror Rising / Give 'em the Axe - Lizzy Borden (1996; engineering)
Heal - Sacred Reich (1996; producer, engineering, mixing)
Alive and Dead -
Six Feet Under (1996; producer, engineering, mixing)
Shadow of Doubt -
Skrew (1996; mixing)
King of Kings - Tyrant (1996; producer, mixing, engineering)
Scorched Earth - Wardog (1996; mixing, producer)
Valraven - Valraven (1996; producer)
High - Flotsam and Jetsam (1997; Mixing, Recording)
Through the Make Believe - New Eden (1997; Mixing)
Still Ignorant (1987-1997) - Sacred Reich (1997; Mixing)
Warpath - Six Feet Under (1997; Engineer)
Angel Seed XXIII - Skrew (1997; Producer, Engineering, Mixing)
Crawl to China - Tourniquet (1997; Engineering, Mixing, Producer)
Breathe Deep the Dark - Destiny's End (1998; Producer, Engineering, Mixing)
Diet of Worms -
Echo Hollow (1998; Producer, Engineering, Mixing)
Still Life - Fates Warning (1998; Recording engineer)
Wargods of Metal -
Sacred Steel (1998; Producer, Engineering, Mixing)
Acoustic Archives - Tourniquet (1998; Producer)
Away with Words - Jim Matheos (1999; Drum and Violin Engineering)
Helldarado Promo -
W.A.S.P. (1999; Engineering)
Helldorado - W.A.S.P. (1999; Engineering)
Engine -
Engine (1999; Mixing)
2000s
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Revelation - Armored Saint (2000; Mixing)
Genesis -
Steel Prophet (2000; Engineering, Mixing)
Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm - Tourniquet (2000; Producer)
Transition - Destiny's End (2001; Assistant Engineering)
My God - Flotsam and Jetsam (2001; Producer, Mixing, Recording)
Burning Vengeance - Infamy (2001; Mastering)
Metal Blade Demos - Vehemence (2001; Supervising)
Unholy Terror - W.A.S.P. (2001; Engineering)
Front Toward Enemy -
The Fallen (2002; Producer, Engineering)
Dying for the World - W.A.S.P. (2002; Engineering, Mixing, Producer)
Redemption -
Redemption (2003; Drum Engineering)
Where Moth and Rust Destroy - Tourniquet (2003; Producer)
Humanure -
Cattle Decapitation (2004; Producer, Mixing, Engineering)
Windrider - Axehammer (2005; Recording)
Live in Athens - Fates Warning (2005; Mixing, Recording)
Pussycat - The Charms (2005; Mixing)
Over the Top - Mentors (2005; Recording, Mixing)
The Fullness of Time - Redemption (2005; Drum Engineering)
Metamorphosis -
Killing Machine (2005; Engineering, Mixing, Producer)
Diabolical Indignation (demo) - Damcyan (2006; Recording)
Blood & Dirt -
Vio-lence (2006; Engineering)
Alienigma -
Agent Steel (2007; Producer, Engineering, Mixing)
Sins of the Past - Helstar (2007; Mastering, Engineering, Mixing, Producer)
Death Rituals - Six Feet Under (2008; Drum Tracking Assistant)
War Without End -
Warbringer (2008; Mixing, Producer, Mastering, Recording)
Annihilation Absolute - Cities (2009; Remastering)
The Stars of Never Seen - Crescent-Shield (2009; Mixing, Mastering)
Sub Atris Caelis - Infinitum Obscure (2009; Recording, Mixing)
Blood Portraits - Nihlist (2009; Mixing, Mastering)
’’WORLDVIEW’’ - The Chosen Few (2016 Mixing Engineer) M24 Music Group
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