Death Metal Recording Studio in Brooklyn

Hear everything clearly. No mercy.

Death metal production in New York City is somewhat hard to find. Many of the rooms that understood this music have left. What remains is often too expensive, too clean, or run by people who haven’t listened to a full Immolation record. 

What we bring to a death metal record

We like death metal to be grimy. We know the Scott Burns template for NYDM and can help you achieve it. We have an HM-2 and original Peavey 5150 in the room. You can also pick the Mesa Dual Rectifier, the Soldano, or the JCM800. Our Neve 8424 console gives death metal mixes the density and weight they require without the digital sound that comes from mixing this stuff entirely in the box.

Approaches you may like…

  • Guitar, Swedish tone: 80s Japanese Boss HM-2 into Marshall JCM800, all knobs at maximum, SM57 on cone, API 312 preamp

  • Guitar, NYDM/technical: Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier into Rectifier 4x12, SM57 plus Sennheiser e906, API 312

  • Bass: Ampeg SVT Heritage into 8x10, EV RE20 on cab for low-end SPL handling, DI blend through BAE 1073MP, Darkglass for modern tone

  • Kick: AKG D112 MKII, Shure Beta 52A as secondary, API 3124V preamp

  • Snare: SM57 top and bottom, Ludwig Supraphonic or Black Beauty, API 3124V

  • Toms: Sennheiser MD 421 x4

  • Overheads: Neumann KM 184 pair for clinical clarity (Morrisound approach) or Coles 4038 for thicker mid-forward sound (Menegroth approach)

  • Vocals: EV RE20 into BAE 1073MP, full-performance passes, no tuning

  • Console: Neve 8424, analog summing for mix density

You track it. We mix it.

Send us your session files and we mix them through the Neve 8424 console at 610 Dean Street. Your guitars go through real amps in a real room. Your drums get the same preamp chain we use for in-studio sessions. You get back a mix that sounds like it was made by people who listen to the music you make.

How it works:

  • Export your tracks as WAV stems, 24-bit minimum, consolidated from bar 1

  • Send us a reference mix or reference records so we know what you are chasing

  • We mix through the Neve 8424 with our full outboard chain

  • Re-amping available: send DI guitar and bass tracks and we run them through the amps in the room

  • Two rounds of revisions included

  • Turnaround: 5-7 business days on most projects

Get in touch below to talk about your project.

If you are chasing these sounds…

These are records we know technically and sonically. If your reference lives here, we can talk specifically about how to get there.

  • Death - Symbolic

  • Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness

  • Autopsy - Mental Funeral

Send us your reference. We will tell you exactly what we can do.