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Will Putney
Birth nameWilliam Scott Putney[1]
Born (1983-05-29) May 29, 1983 (age 41)[2][3]
OriginSayreville, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • record producer
InstrumentGuitar
Years active2007–present
Member of

Will Putney (born May 29, 1983) is an American record producer and musician based in New Jersey.[4][5][6] He is the guitarist and co-founder of deathcore band Fit for an Autopsy,[7][8] as well as the guitarist of metalcore supergroup End, and hardcore punk supergroup Better Lovers.

Early life

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Putney grew up in Sayreville, New Jersey. He began playing guitar as a teenager and formed his first band when he was 15.[9] He studied biomedical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology.[10]

Career

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Producing

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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.[11][12] In 2007, he began working at the Machine Shop studio in Hoboken, New Jersey.[13]

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.[14][15] Putney then expanded the Belleville facility and renamed it Graphic Nature Audio in 2015.[16][17] [18][19]

In 2015, he also co-founded his own record label Graphic Nature Records as an imprint of Equal Vision.[20][21]

Graphic Nature Audio is currently located in Kinnelon, New Jersey.[22]

Genre

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Putney works primarily in the metalcore, deathcore and hardcore punk genres.[23][24] 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.[25][26][27][28][29]

He frequently works alongside engineers Randy LeBoeuf, Steve Seid, and Matt Guglielmo on his projects.[30][31] 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.[32][33] In an interview with Metal Hammer, Body Count frontman Ice-T described Putney as "the Dr. Dre of metal."[34]

Bands

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Fit for an Autopsy

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Will Putney is a founding member and current guitarist for the deathcore band Fit for an Autopsy.[35] 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.[36][37]

End

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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.[38][39][40]

Better Lovers

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In 2023, Putney joined hardcore punk supergroup Better Lovers, featuring former members of Every Time I Die and The Dillinger Escape Plan.[41][42][43]

Discography

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Fit for an Autopsy

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Main article: Fit for an Autopsy

Albums

EPs

End

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Main article: End (band)

Albums

EPs

  • From the Unforgiving Arms of God (2017)
  • Gather & Mourn (split with Cult Leader) (2022)

Live albums

  • Bastard Reflection (2023)

Better Lovers

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Main article: Better Lovers

Albums

EPs

  • God Made Me an Animal (2023)

Bayonet

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Main article: Bayonet (band)

EPs

When They All Fell

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EPs

  • A Sign of Things to Come (1999)
  • Progression of Aggression (N/A)

Awards and nominations

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Grammy Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result Notes Ref
2021 Bum-Rush Best Metal Performance Won Producer [45]

References

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  1. ^ Will Putney in Metal-archives
  2. ^ Turning 40 today in Tokyo. in Instagram
  3. '^ Interview: Will Putney of Better Lovers Talks 'Highly Irresponsible in New Noise Magazine
  4. ^ Will Putney in LinkedIn
  5. ^ Will Putney ControlHub Expansion Pack for Mac & PC in STLTONES
  6. ^ Will Putney in Discogs
  7. ^ "Stop at 'Nothing': Inside FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY's darkest, most dynamic album yet". Revolver. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  8. ^ Singer, Quentin Thane. "Metal & Hardcore Producer Will Putney Talks Career Roots And The Pros And Cons Of Modern Music Production". Forbes. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  9. ^ MetalSucks (September 10, 2013). "Exclusive Interview: Guitarist/Producer Will Putney from Fit For An Autopsy and Machine Shop". MetalSucks. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  10. ^ "Will Putney: Sounds of a Graphic Nature". tapeop.com. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  11. ^ Exclusive Interview: Guitarist/Producer Will Putney from Fit For An Autopsy and Machine Shop in Metalsucks
  12. ^ Singer, Quentin Thane. "Metal & Hardcore Producer Will Putney Talks Career Roots And The Pros And Cons Of Modern Music Production". Forbes. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  13. ^ "Will Putney". Discogs. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  14. ^ Harvey, Steve (July 25, 2019). "Getting Heavy with Will Putney". Mixonline. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  15. ^ Staff, P. S. W. (February 18, 2021). "Solid State Logic ORIGIN Helps Graphic Nature Audio Pull The Sonic Pieces Together". ProSoundWeb. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  16. ^ "About". Graphic Nature Audio. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  17. ^ "Graphic Nature Audio Discography". Discogs. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  18. ^ Harvey, Steve (July 25, 2019). "Getting Heavy with Will Putney". Mixonline. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  19. ^ Staff, P. S. W. (February 18, 2021). "Solid State Logic ORIGIN Helps Graphic Nature Audio Pull The Sonic Pieces Together". ProSoundWeb. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  20. ^ Welcome to the launch of Graphic Nature Records. in Graphic Nature Records
  21. ^ "Will Putney Launches Record Label | The Circle Pit". www.thecirclepit.com. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  22. ^ Staff, ProSoundNetwork Editorial (February 19, 2021). "Graphic Nature Audio Relocates". Mixonline. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  23. ^ WILL PUTNEY in Revv Amplification
  24. ^ Getting Heavy with Will Putney in Mixonline
  25. ^ "ICE-T and BODY COUNT are forever 'Merciless'". Revolver. November 25, 2024.
  26. ^ "Watch Knocked Loose Record Their Sophomore Album With Producer Will…". Kerrang!. August 14, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  27. ^ MetalSucks (November 25, 2015). "Video: In the Studio with Producer Will Putney (The Acacia Strain, Suicide Silence, Exhumed)". MetalSucks. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  28. ^ Barrios, Joel (September 24, 2023). "NORTHLANE Recently Hit The Studio With WILL PUTNEY". Metal Injection. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  29. ^ Will Putney Kemper Pack in STLTONES
  30. ^ 12 years. in Instagram
  31. ^ ABOUT MATT in Matt Guglielmo
  32. ^ "Body Count win Best Metal Performance at the 2021 Grammy Awards". Alternative Press. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  33. ^ Will Putney: Sounds of a Graphic Nature in Tape Op
  34. ^ Stephen HillContributions from Merlin Alderslade (June 24, 2024). ""Is there anyone left I'd like to collaborate with? Ozzy!" Body Count frontman and rap icon Ice T on horror movies, Slayer and who he considers the "Dr Dre of metal"". louder. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  35. ^ DiVita, Joe DiVitaJoe (October 24, 2024). "The Five Most Brutal Albums of All Time, Chosen by Will Putney (Fit For an Autopsy)". Loudwire. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  36. ^ MetalSucks (September 10, 2013). "Exclusive Interview: Guitarist/Producer Will Putney from Fit For An Autopsy and Machine Shop". MetalSucks. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  37. ^ Trey Xavier (January 24, 2022). “You have to set up the impact” - FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY's Will Putney Talks Songwriting. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via YouTube.
  38. ^ MetalSucks (August 7, 2017). "Current and Former Members of Fit for an Autopsy, Shai Hulud, Counterparts, and More Team Up to Bring You to Your End". MetalSucks. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  39. ^ Kraus, Brian (August 11, 2017). "END (Counterparts, Fit For An Autopsy, Reign Supreme) release crushing debut EP—listen". Alternative Press Magazine. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  40. ^ wookubus (August 4, 2017). "Counterparts, Fit For An Autopsy, Etc. Supergroup End Debut "Usurper"". Theprp.com. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  41. ^ "Better Lovers announce debut album: "We love what we've created. We…". Kerrang!. July 31, 2024. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  42. ^ Dunworth, Liberty (April 18, 2023). "Dillinger Escape Plan, Every Time I Die members announce new supergroup, Better Lovers". NME. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  43. ^ "Members of Dillinger Escape Plan and Every Time I Die launch new band…". Kerrang!. April 17, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  44. ^ Bayonet - Bayonet, July 26, 2011, retrieved January 18, 2025
  45. ^ "Body Count win Best Metal Performance at the 2021 Grammy Awards". Alternative Press. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
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