Metalcore Recording Studio in Brooklyn

We know the breakdown has to hit. We can help.  

Metalcore production has a specific problem: studios today tend to go full grid-locked and sample-replaced, but that’s not what the great early metalcore records sounded like. You want the chest punch with the room behind it. You may want real amps and a kit that breathes and sounds like a human is playing it. 

What we bring to a metalcore record

We believe in the raw and aggressive sound that birthed this genre, before the polish. At Very Friendly you can run the original Peavey 5150 Block Letter through a Marshall 4x12 with V30s and mic it the way the records you love were made. 

Achieve a wall of sound with our quad tracking approach. Drums and vocals with aggressive parallel compression applied the way it was done since Jane Doe. Clean vocals on the U 87 Ai into the Neve. Screams on the SM7B live in the room. We can help you hit the range you’re after. 

Approaches you might like

  • Guitar Peavey 5150 Block Letter into Marshall 1960BX 4x12 with V30s, Mesa Boogie Double Rectifier into Mesa cab, Soldano SLO100, etc and on. We have you covered. 

  • Guitar mics: SM57 on cone, Sennheiser e906 off-axis, Royer R-121 for low-end body, API 312 preamp

  • Bass: Darkglass 4x10 Neo Cab, GK 800RB or Ampeg SVT Heritage, SM57 on cab plus DI blend, BAE 1073MP

  • Drums: Tama Starclassic Maple, Ludwig Black Beauty or Supraphonic snare, Coles 4038 overheads, MD 421 on toms, parallel compression through Purple Audio 1177 MC

  • Screamed vocals: SM7B into BAE 1073MP, live with the band

  • Clean vocals: Neumann U 87 Ai into BAE 1073MP, LA-2A compression

  • Console: Neve 8424

  • Gates: Fortin Zuul pair for tight high-gain riffing

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...

If the sound you are after is somewhere in this range, send us the reference, and we’ll help you dial it, even fully remotely.

  • Converge - Jane Doe

  • Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To

  • Earth Crisis - Destroy the Machines

We track to the album, not to the genre. Tell us what you are going for.