ARTHUR RIZK: Master of Extreme Music Production (War Hungry, Sumerlands, Eternal Champion)

We're joined by Pennsylvania's own ARTHUR RIZK ! Longtime friend of the show and expert producer/engineer of all things extreme. Before discussing his work with bands like Blood Incantation, Power Trip, the Cavaleras, Cro-Mags, Kreator (and so many more)... We discuss Arthur's background as the once reluctant guitar player of legendary PA Hardcore band WAR HUNGRY , which lead to him finding his footing in the hardcore community in the early oughts as a young metalhead. These days Arthur is juggling his time as a musician between COLD WORLD , ETERNAL CHAMPION and SUMERLANDS when he's not manning the board for metal's biggest bands. We're also joined once again by guest co-host and another modern great in extreme music engineering, our very own Taylor Young . This is a fascinating deep dive into the world of hardcore, metal & punk production with two of the greatest minds currently doing it. Enjoy. _____________ HardLore: A Knotfest Series, fueled by Monster Energy. Shot, edited and mixed by ⁠⁠⁠Steven Grise⁠⁠⁠ Title sequence by ⁠⁠⁠Nicholas Marzluf⁠⁠⁠ ​Join the ⁠⁠⁠HARDLORE PATREON⁠⁠⁠ to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes ​Join the ⁠⁠⁠HARDLORE DISCORD⁠⁠⁠ ​Get 15% off ⁠⁠DUNABLE GUITARS⁠⁠ with code HARDLORE. Seriously. A guitar. What are you waiting for??? ​Get 10% off ⁠⁠⁠⁠MILLS VINTAGE⁠⁠⁠⁠ site-wide with code HARDLORE. ____________ 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:17 - Arthur Rizk 00:03:46 - Arthur's Path to Extreme Music 00:16:01 - Arthur's Lesser Known Bands... 00:25:41 - Engineering And Producing Music 00:27:11 - Arthur's Engineering Breakthrough (Power Trip) 00:29:14 - Approaching Production as a Musician First 00:32:45 - War Hungry 00:41:40 - WAR HUNGRY SELF-TITLED!!! 00:50:53 - Pardon This Interruption 00:53:18 - Eternal Champion & Sumerlands 01:05:27 - Remembering Brad Raub 01:07:54 - Sumerlands - Dreamkiller 01:13:04 - Balancing Time Between Producing and Writing Music 01:15:42 - What Session Did Arthur Learn the Most From? 01:20:36 - Goats**** 01:22:18 - Shout Out To All Producers' Spouses 01:24:17 - Re-Recorded Sepultura Classics 01:28:30 - Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere 01:32:49 - Most Difficult Records They've Made 01:38:01 - Perfect Production 01:41:42 - Best Drum Sound of All Time 01:44:49 - Best Guitar Tone 01:46:54 - Heaviest Record Ever 01:49:41 - Production End Game? 01:51:23 - Re-Recording Age of Quarrel 01:59:19 - Arthur Kinda Likes Touring 02:04:31 - Making Records vs. Playing Live 02:06:23 - You Hungry Arthur? 02:12:28 - Top 4