Jean-François Dagenais (born October 16, 1975) is a French-Canadian Juno Award winning

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, guitarist and

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specializing in the

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and

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genres. Born and raised in Canada J-F is now a

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of the United States living in

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. He is best known as guitarist for the death metal band Kataklysm and for producing and mixing many heavy metal albums and its subgenres.

Producer

Currently Jean-Francois Dagenais works out of his own studio, ''JFD Studio'', which he founded in 2005. he received a Canadian GAMIQ award "Metal / Hardcore Album of the Year" for both his work on Kataklysm's 2010 Heaven's Venom and 2008 Prevail albums, as well as winning an award with Kataklysm for "Best Metal Group" at the Canadian Indie Music Awards. Dagenais is also well known for his work with bands like

Malevolent Creation Malevolent Creation is an American death metal band formed in Buffalo, New York in 1987 and later based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The band's original members were rhythm guitarist Phil Fasciana, vocalist Brett Hoffmann, lead guitarist Jim ...

, Misery Index,

Despised Icon Despised Icon is a Canadian deathcore band from Montreal, Quebec. Formed in 2002, the band is noted for the talent of its drummer, Alex Pelletier, who makes frequent use of the blasting technique, as well as for its dual lead vocalists; Alex E ...

, Thy Antichrist, Skinthelamb, Necronomicon, Kill Everything, Helsott, Dark Visions of Terror, Augury, Blackguard &

Ex Deo Ex Deo is a Canadian death metal band formed in Montreal, Quebec in 2008. The band is a side project of Kataklysm frontman Maurizio Iacono, and is based on the history of the Roman Empire. History Ex Deo was formed in 2008 as an artistic proje ...

Kataklysm member

Jean-François Dagenais is the guitarist for the internationally acclaimed Canadian death metal band, Kataklysm. As opposed to many of the original members, Jean-François has been with Kataklysm since the band's inception in 1991. He has played

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for all of these following albums:. Jean-Francois Dagenais Live 3

Albums

* Kataklysm '' The Mystical Gate of Reincarnation'' (1993) * Kataklysm '' Sorcery'' (1995) * Kataklysm '' Temple of Knowledge'' (1996) * Kataklysm '' Victims of this Fallen World'' (1998) * Kataklysm '' The Prophecy (Stigmata of the Immaculate)'' (2000) * Kataklysm '' Epic: The Poetry of War'' (2001) * Kataklysm '' Shadows & Dust'' (2002) * Kataklysm '' Serenity in Fire'' (2004) * Kataklysm ''

In the Arms of Devastation ''In the Arms of Devastation'' is the eighth studio album by the Canadian death metal band Kataklysm. Track listing Notes # The quote "''Revenge is a meal best served cold''" on ''Like Angels Weeping (The Dark)'' is taken from '' Man on Fire ...

'' (2006) * Kataklysm ''Live in Deutschland DVD'' (2007) * Kataklysm '' Prevail'' (2008) *

'' Romulus'' (2009) * Kataklysm '' Heaven's Venom'' (2010) * Ex Deo '' Caligvla'' (2012) * Kataklysm ''Iron Will DVD'' (2012) * Kataklysm ''

Waiting for the End to Come ''Waiting for the End to Come'' is the eleventh studio album by Canadian death metal band Kataklysm. Track listing Release Album was released on October 25, 2013 in European Union. In the United Kingdom it was released on October 28, 2013 and ...

'' (2013) * Kataklysm '' Of Ghosts and Gods'' (2015) * Ex Deo ''The Immortal Wars'' (2017) * Kataklysm ''

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'' (2018)

Demos

* Kataklysm ''The Death Gate Cycle of Reincarnation'' (1992) * Kataklysm ''Vision the Chaos'' (1994)

Producer credits

P (Produced) E (Engineered) M (Mix) MA (Mastered) * Anhkrehg - Le Mensonge de Massada - E-M * Anhkrehg - Lands of War - E-M * Anhkrehg - Against You All - E-M * Atheretic - Apocalyptic Nature Fury - P-E-M * At the Seams - Scream of the Fallen (*single) - M-MA *

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- Chapter Chaos Beguins - P-E-M * Aphasia - Arcane in Thalassa - E-M * Augury - Concealed- M * Augury - Fragmentary Evidence- M * Blackguard - Progugus Mortis - M * Blood of Christ - Unrelenting Declivity of Anguish - MA * Dark Visions of Terror - Local Harassment - M-MA * Deadsoil - Sacrefice - M *

- Split CD/Bodies in the Gears of the apparatus - P-E-M * Despised Icon - The Healing Process - M * Di Lance Corporal - Di Lance Corporal - P-E-M * Disparaged - Bloodsource - M *

- Romulus - P-E-M * Ex Deo - CALIGVLA - P-E-M * Ex Deo - The Immortal Wars - P-E * Hanker - Web of Faith - P-E-M * Hanker - Conspiracy Of Mass Extinction - P-E-M * Helsott - The Healer - M-MA * Helsott - Slaves and Gods - M-MA * Infernäl Mäjesty - Demon God - M * Ire - I Discern an Overtone of Tragedy in Your Voice - P-E-M * Kataklysm - Temple of Knowledge - M * Kataklysm - Victims of this Fallen World - P-E-M * Kataklysm - The Prophecy - P-E-M * Kataklysm - Epic (The Poetry of War) - P-E-M * Kataklysm - Shadows & Dust - P-E-M * Kataklysm - Serenity In Fire - P-E-M * Kataklysm - In The Arms of Devastation - P-E * Kataklysm - Live in Deutschland DVD - M * Kataklysm - Prevail - P-E * Kataklysm - Heaven's Venom - P-E * Kataklysm - Iron will DVD - M * Kataklysm - Waiting For the End to Come - P-E * Kataklysm - Of Ghosts and Gods - P-E * Kataklysm - Meditations - P-E * Kill Everything - Thermal Liquidation (*single) - M-MA * Krokmitën - Omicron-Omega - MA * Krokmitën - HETA - MA *

- The Will to Kill - E-M * Malevolent Creation - Conquering South America - M * Malevolent Creation - Warkult - M * Man Must Die - ...Start Killing - P-E-M * Man Must Die -

The Human Condition ''The Human Condition'', first published in 1958, is Hannah Arendt's account of how "human activities" should be and have been understood throughout Western history. Arendt is interested in the ''vita activa'' (active life) as contrasted with ...

- P-E-M * Minds - N-coded - P-E-M * Misery Index - Retaliate - P-E-M *

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- Rise of the Elder ones - M-MA * Necronomicon - Advent of the Human God - M-MA * Neuraxis - Live Progression - M * Overbass - Revolution - E * Profugus Mortis - So it begins - E * Quo Vadis - Day into night - E * Quo Vadis - Defiant Indoctrination DVD - E-M * Redcore - Amyao - P-E-M * Requiem - Government Denies Knowledge - M * Skinthelamb - Monolithic - M-MA * Soulforge - Re-Activate - P-E * Symbolic - Death tribute DVD - M * Synastry - Our Memetic Imprints - P-E-M * Thy Antichrist - Wrath of the Beast - M-MA * Tormentor Allegoria - Blackwine - M * VARIOUS ARTISTS Nuclear Blast Records - Gathered At The Altar Of Blast (7" Box) - MA * VARIOUS ARTISTS Nuclear Blast Records - Death ...is Just the Beginning MMXVIII Box Set - MA

External links

* https://www.jfdstudio.net * https://www.facebook.com/JFDagenaisOfficial * https://www.instagram.com/jfdagenais_ * https://www.instagram.com/jfdstudio_

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dagenais, Jean-Francois 1975 births Living people Canadian heavy metal guitarists Canadian male guitarists Canadian record producers Canadian audio engineers French Quebecers Musicians from Montreal 21st-century Canadian guitarists 21st-century Canadian male musicians