Harris Johns is a European

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, active since the late-1970s in the heavy metal and punk scene, working for a lot of big-name bands, such as

Helloween Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, Second Hell and Powerfool. Its first lineup consisted of singer and guitarist Kai Hansen, bassist Markus Grosskopf, guitarist Michael Weik ...

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Tankard A tankard is a form of drinkware consisting of a large, roughly cylindrical, drinking cup with a single handle. Tankards are usually made of silver or pewter, but can be made of other materials, for example wood, ceramic, or leather. A tankard ...

, Sodom, Voivod,

Kreator Kreator is a German thrash metal band from Essen, formed in 1982. Their current lineup consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Miland "Mille" Petrozza, drummer Jürgen "Ventor" Reil, lead guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö, and bassist Frédér ...

Exumer Exumer is a German thrash metal band formed in Wiesbaden in 1985 by singer/bassist Mem V. Stein and guitarist Ray Mensh. The band broke up in 1991 after two demos and two albums. Exumer appeared for a one-off show at Wacken Open Air in 2001 and w ...

Ratos de Porão Ratos de Porão (Portuguese for "Basement Rats") is a Brazilian crossover thrash band from São Paulo. They were formed in 1981, toured South America, North America, Asia and Europe, and still continue to play today. Their core lineup of João G ...

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, Daily Terror and many others. Most of his productions were recorded at his studio Music Lab Berlin Studio. After 10 years recording in a former guest house in the countryside near Berlin, which he called Spiderhouse, he reopened the Music Lab Berlin in 2007 and gave it up 2016. He is still producing and teaching music production skills. Some of the hundreds of albums he produced: *Slime - '' Alle gegen Alle'' (1983) * Daily Terror - ''Aufrecht'' (1984) *

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Heavy Metal Breakdown ''Heavy Metal Breakdown'' is the debut studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger, released on 20 October 1984 via Noise Records. The music in this album is strongly influenced by German heavy metal band Accept and its then-vocalist ...

'' (1984) *Helloween - '' Walls of Jericho'' (1985) *Grave Digger - '' Witch Hunter'' (1985) *Coroner - '' R.I.P.'' (1986) *

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Tragic Serenades ''Tragic Serenades'' is an EP by the Swiss extreme metal band Celtic Frost. It was released in 1986 and was an influence on the developing death metal and black metal genres. According to frontman Thomas Gabriel Fischer, the purpose of this E ...

'' (1986) *Kreator - ''

Pleasure to Kill ''Pleasure to Kill'' is the second studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released in March 1986 by Noise Records. ''Pleasure to Kill'' is widely considered a landmark thrash metal classic, along with ''Master of Puppets'' by Metallic ...

'' (1986) *Kreator - ''

Flag of Hate ''Flag of Hate'' is the first EP by German thrash metal band Kreator, released in 1986. It is also included on the 2000 reissue of the ''Pleasure to Kill'' album. US version included three bonus tracks—"Endless Pain", "Tormentor" and "Total De ...

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- '' Possessed by Fire'' (1986) *Tankard - ''

Chemical Invasion ''Chemical Invasion'' is the second studio album by German thrash metal Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme ...

'' (1987) *Tankard - '' The Morning After'' (1988) *Voivod - ''

Killing Technology ''Killing Technology'' is the third studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. It was released in 1987 on Noise Records and was the first to combine elements of progressive rock in the band's thrash metal sound. According to interviews c ...

'' (1987) *Voivod - ''

Dimension Hatröss ''Dimension Hatröss'' is the fourth studio album by the Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. It was released in 1988 on Noise Records and is a concept album which narrates the exploits of Voivod’s mascot cyborg Korgull. The cover concept and ar ...

'' (1988) *Sodom - ''

Persecution Mania ''Persecution Mania'' is the second studio album by German thrash metal band Sodom, released on 1 December 1987 by Steamhammer/ SPV. The album, while still heavily rooted in Black metal style, marked a beginning of a change of sound from black ...

'' (1987) *Sodom - ''

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'' (1989) *Hobbs Angel Of Death -''

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' (1988) *Ratos de Porão - ''

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'' (1989) * Pestilence - ''

Consuming Impulse ''Consuming Impulse'' (stylized as ''Consvming Impvlse'') is the second album by Dutch death metal band Pestilence, released in 1989. While retaining some of the thrash metal elements from its predecessor ''Malleus Maleficarum'' (1988), ''Consum ...

'' (1989) *Ratos de Porão - ''

Anarkophobia ''Anarkophobia'' is the fifth studio album by the Brazilian band, Ratos de Porão, simply known as RxDxPx. Although a hardcore punk band in its early days, since the previous album RDP had been adding new influences, and ''Anarkophobia'' falls ...

'' (1990) * Napalm - Zero To Black (1990) * Immolation - ''

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'' (1991) *Sodom - ''Tapping the Vein'' (1992) *Depressive Age - ''Lying in Wait'' (1994) *Slime - ''

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Die Healing ''Die Healing'' is the seventh studio album by the American doom metal band Saint Vitus, released in 1995 by Hellhound Records. In addition to being their final album before disbanding in 1996, ''Die Healing'' saw the band reunite with the origi ...

'' (1995) * Occult - "Enemy Within" (1996) *Sodom - ''

'Til Death Do Us Unite ''Til Death Do Us Unite'' is the eighth studio album by German thrash metal band Sodom, released on 24 February 1997 by Steamhammer/ SPV. It had a controversial album cover, showing the bellies of a naked pregnant woman and an obese man pressin ...

'' (1997) *Die Skeptiker - ''Wehr Dich'' (1998) *Sodom - '' Code Red'' (1999) *Sodom - ''

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Enthroned Enthroned is a Belgian black metal band formed in Charleroi. It is one of the premier acts of the Belgian black metal scene. History The band was founded in 1993 by drummer Cernunnos. He soon recruited guitarist Tsebaoth and a vocalist from g ...

- '' XES Haereticum'' (2004) *

Drei Flaschen Drei Flaschen ("three bottles") is a German band, formed in 1995 in Berlin. After their first show ever the band was asked to play as supporting act for The Exploited and so they did. In June 1997 their selfproduced low-budget-debut ''...mit Sos ...

- '' 1.Mai'' (2005) *Johnnie Rook - ''Out of the Nook'' (2007) *Enthroned - '' Tetra Karcist'' (2007) * Toxpack - ''Cultus Interruptus'' (2007) *

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- ''Unborn Again'' (2009)
Toxpack
- ''Epidemie'' (2009) *Soifass - ''Hypokrit'' (2010) *Assassin - ''Breaking the Silence'' (2010/11)
Toxpack
- ''Bastarde von Morgen'' (2011) * Hellbringer - ''Dominion of Darkness'' (2012)
KhaoZ - Twist the Knife a Little Deeper (2013)

Eastside Boys - Irgendwas ist immer (2014)
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' (2019) Harris Johns (*1950) was the main producer of Noise Records, which made him known as "the" producer of >Teutonic< thrash (Kreator, Sodom, Tankard, Assassin). He also produced renowned heavy metal bands such as Helloween and Grave Digger. His portfolio of productions with foreign bands includes Sepultura (BRA), Immolation (USA) and Enthroned (BEL). Ralf von Appen / Thorsten Hindrichs (Hg.) One Nation Under a Groove

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* https://archive.today/20120712033703/http://music-lab-berlin.de/HARRIS/ * http://mixingdesk.eu/index.html
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