Will Putney (born May 29, 1983) is an American record producer and musician based in New Jersey.[ Will Putney in LinkedIn][ Will Putney ControlHub Expansion Pack for Mac & PC in STLTONES][ Will Putney in Discogs] He is the guitarist and co-founder of deathcore band Fit for an Autopsy,
Early life
Putney grew up in Sayreville, New Jersey. He began playing guitar as a teenager and formed his first band when he was 15.
He studied biomedical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology.
Career
Producing
Putney's music production career began when he met the producer Machine while interning at The Syndicate, a marketing music management and radio promotion company that shared the same building with Machine's studio, the Machine Shop.
[ Exclusive Interview: Guitarist/Producer Will Putney from Fit For An Autopsy and Machine Shop in Metalsucks] In 2007, he began working at the Machine Shop studio in Hoboken, New Jersey.
He and Machine moved the Machine Shop studio to Belleville, New Jersey, where they both worked until around 2013, when Putney took over the studio.
In 2015, he also co-founded his own record label Graphic Nature Records as an imprint of Equal Vision.[ Welcome to the launch of Graphic Nature Records. in Graphic Nature Records]
Genre
Putney works primarily in the
metalcore,
deathcore and
hardcore punk genres.
[ WILL PUTNEY in Revv Amplification][ Getting Heavy with Will Putney in Mixonline] He has produced, mixed, and mastered many records for dozens of notable acts and bands, including Every Time I Die, The Amity Affliction, The Acacia Strain, Body Count, Thy Art Is Murder,
Northlane, Gojira,
Silent Planet, After the Burial, Terror,
Unearth,
Knocked Loose, Norma Jean, Fit for an Autopsy, Vein.fm, Harm's Way, Stray from the Path, and Counterparts.
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He frequently works alongside engineers Randy LeBoeuf, Steve Seid, and Matt Guglielmo on his projects.[ 12 years. in Instagram][ ABOUT MATT in Matt Guglielmo] In 2021, he was nominated and won a Grammy in the category of Best Metal Performance as producer for the song "Bum-Rush" by Body Count.[ Will Putney: Sounds of a Graphic Nature in Tape Op] In an interview with Metal Hammer, Body Count frontman Ice-T described Putney as "the Dr. Dre of metal."
Bands
Fit for an Autopsy
Will Putney is a founding member and current guitarist for the
deathcore band Fit for an Autopsy.
Although he is currently a member of the band, he has not played live with the band since around their first two albums, due to his busy schedule as a producer, although he still records guitar for the band in the studio and is the main songwriter for the band.
End
In 2017, Putney founded
metalcore supergroup End, featuring current and former members of Counterparts,
Shai Hulud,
Misery Signals, Reign Supreme, Blacklisted, Trade Wind and Structures.
Better Lovers
In 2023, Putney joined
hardcore punk supergroup
Better Lovers, featuring former members of Every Time I Die and The Dillinger Escape Plan.
Other ventures
Putney has a signature plugin called
Tonality: Will Putney through STL Tones, which recreates a variety of his guitar tones.
He has a course with URM Academy titled
How It’s Done w/ Will Putney, in which he demonstrates his production process by recording a song with Thy Art Is Murder.
Putney also collaborated with
Toontrack on
Modern Metal EZX, an
EZdrummer expansion pack.
Discography
Fit for an Autopsy
Albums
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The Process of Human Extermination (2011)
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Hellbound (2013)
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Absolute Hope Absolute Hell (2015)
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The Great Collapse (2017)
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The Sea of Tragic Beasts (2019)
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Oh What the Future Holds (2022)
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The Nothing That Is (2024)
EPs
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Hell on Earth (2009)
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The Depression Sessions (Split EP with The Acacia Strain and Thy Art Is Murder) (2016)
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The Aggression Sessions (split with Thy Art Is Murder and Malevolence) (2023)
End
Albums
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Splinters from an Ever-Changing Face (2020)
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The Sin of Human Frailty (2023)
EPs
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From the Unforgiving Arms of God (2017)
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Gather & Mourn (split with Cult Leader) (2022)
Live albums
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Bastard Reflection (2023)
Better Lovers
Albums
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Highly Irresponsible (2024)
EPs
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God Made Me an Animal (2023)
Bayonet
EPs
When They All Fell
EPs
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A Sign of Things to Come (1999)
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Progression of Aggression (2001)
Awards and nominations
