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{{short description|American record producer (born 1967)}}
{{for|the Canadian speed skater|Ross Robinson (speed skater)}}
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* [[punk rock]]
* [[groove metal]]
* [[death metal]]
* [[post-hardcore]]
* [[indie rock]]
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* [[emo]]
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'''Ross Robinson''' (born February 13, 1967) is an American [[record producer]] who discovered acts such as [[Korn]], [[Glassjaw]], [[The Blood Brothers (band)|The Blood Brothers]], [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], and [[Limp Bizkit]]. Robinson has also worked with [[Tech N9ne]], [[The Cure]], [[Sepultura]], and many others.<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p227666|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Ross Robinson|last=Prato|first=Greg|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=March 14, 2010}}</ref>

==Biography==
The son of Bob Robinson and inspirational speaker [[Byron Katie]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/nov/24/magazine/tm-katie47/2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107230159/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/nov/24/magazine/tm-katie47/2|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2012|title=How a Self-Help Guru Is Born|first=Allison|last=Adato|date=November 24, 2002|access-date=October 3, 2018|via=LA Times}}</ref> Robinson began as a [[thrash metal]] guitarist for the bands [[Detente (band)|Detente]] and Murdercar and picked up his knowledge of producing from the studios where his band recorded demos and also worked at [[Blackie Lawless]]'s studio, Fort Apache, in Burbank, CA. Robinson received his first production job for the 1991 [[Fear Factory]] album ''[[Concrete (Fear Factory album)|Concrete]]''. Robinson would use the album as a showcase of sorts in helping him land producing slots with other acts, particularly the up-and-coming band [[Korn]].

Robinson is regarded as "The Godfather of [[Nu metal|Nu Metal]]",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hammerpublished |first=Metal |date=2021-07-13 |title='Nu metal godfather' Ross Robinson is on the new Metal Hammer podcast |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/nu-metal-godfather-ross-robinson-is-on-the-new-metal-hammer-podcast |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=loudersound |language=en}}</ref> along with Korn frontman [[Jonathan Davis]], despite denouncing the nu metal movement later on for becoming complacent and the newer bands for not expanding on the style that he helped create with Korn's first album, ''[[Korn (album)|Korn]]'' (1994).<ref>{{cite book |last=McIver |first=Joel |title=Nu-metal: The Next Generation of Rock & Punk |year=2002 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=0-7119-9209-6 |pages=123 }}</ref>

Robinson has also been successful in the [[post-hardcore]] genre, producing [[At the Drive-In]]'s album, ''[[Relationship of Command]]'' in 2000, as well as [[Glassjaw]]'s albums, ''[[Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence]]'' (2000) and ''[[Worship and Tribute]]'' (2002). Robinson has also worked with the likes of [[The Cure]] on their [[The Cure (The Cure album)|eponymous album]] (2004) and [[From First to Last]] on their album ''[[Heroine (From First to Last album)|Heroine]]'' (2006).

In 2003 he produced [[The Blood Brothers (band)|The Blood Brothers]]' ''[[...Burn, Piano Island, Burn]]'', which was a departure for both the band and Robinson. In contrast to The Blood Brothers' previously raw, often under-produced songs (which lasted as short as 90 seconds at times), ''...Burn, Piano Island, Burn'' featured much longer and more complex compositions.

Robinson was the owner of the IAM: Wolfpack label. In 2007 it was announced that he was starting a new label IAM: Wolfpack, which released the debut CD from [[Black Light Burns]] titled ''[[Cruel Melody]]''. He is a co-owner of semi-private NY nightclub [[The Plumm]], along with [[David Wells]], [[Jesse Bradford]], Noel Ashman and others.

From 2008, Robinson decided to produce new talents he discovered via [[Myspace]]. He recorded and mixed a young French trio called My Own Private Alaska, which mixes classical piano and scream based vocals. Their ''Amen'' album was released on March 1, 2010, through his label I Am Recordings.

He worked with the [[Slovenia]]n band [[Siddharta (band)|Siddharta]] on their new project Saga. He also produced [[Repeater (band)|Repeater]]'s second album, ''[[We Walk from Safety]]''.

Robinson has been producing [[indie rock]] bands such British bands [[Klaxons (English band)|Klaxons]] and [[Dananananaykroyd]]. In late 2008, the Luxembourgish dance rock band [[INBORN!]] were approached by Robinson. Having heard the band on the net, he offered to record their first official long player. The band entered Robinson's studio on October 1, 2010.

In 2010, Robinson returned to produce Korn's [[Korn III: Remember Who You Are|ninth album]], 14 years after last working with band. Korn wanted to recapture the raw energy of the first two albums which Robinson produced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/Korn-Sign-to-Roadrunner-Ready-Korn-III--Remember-Who-You-Are-21145.aspx|title=Roadrunner Records Latest News|website=Roadrunner Records Official Website|access-date=October 3, 2018}}</ref>

In 2013, Robinson produced [[Tech N9ne]]'s [[rock music|rock]] EP ''Therapy''.

Robinson also worked with Sepultura for their 2013 album ''[[The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart]]''.

As of 2017, he has recently worked with [[The Used]], [[Suicide Silence]], and [[Frank Iero and the Patience]] among others.

Robinson had a minor role in producing [[Limp Bizkit]]'s sixth studio album, then titled ''[[Stampede of the Disco Elephants]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1561393/limp-bizkit-sprints-to-finish-stampede-explains-album-title-and-dj-lethal|title = Limp Bizkit Sprints to Finish 'Stampede,' Explains Album Title and DJ Lethal Split|newspaper = Billboard|date = May 13, 2013|last1 = Graff|first1 = Gary}}</ref> however such contributions were later discarded after the album's refactoring and 2021 release.

==Musician==
* [[Detente (band)|Detente]] – ''Recognize No Authority'' (1986) (guitar)
* Murdercar – unreleased album (1990) (guitar)

==Albums produced==
*''[[Concrete (Fear Factory album)|Concrete]]'' – [[Fear Factory]] (1991)
*''[[The Crimson Idol]]'' – [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] (1992) (engineer)
*''Creep'' – Creep (1993)
*''[[Neidermayer's Mind]]'' – [[Korn]] (1993)
*''[[Korn (album)|Korn]]'' – [[Korn]] (1994)
*''Feed-Us'' – [[Cradle of Thorns]] (1994)
*''[[Adrenaline (album)|Adrenaline]]'' – [[Deftones]] (1995) (production on "Fist")
*''[[Injected (album)|Injected]]'' – [[Phunk Junkeez]] (1995)
*''[[Roots (Sepultura album)|Roots]]'' – [[Sepultura]] (1996)
*''[[All Is Not Well]]'' – [[Tura Satana (band)|Manhole]] (1996)
*''[[Life Is Peachy]]'' – [[Korn]] (1996)
*''[[E-lux]]'' - [[Human Waste Project]] (1997)
*''[[Three Dollar Bill, Y'all]]'' – [[Limp Bizkit]] (1997)
*''[[Soulfly (Soulfly album)|Soulfly]]'' – [[Soulfly]] (1998)
*''[[Cold (Cold album)|Cold]]'' – [[Cold (band)|Cold]] (1998)
*''[[Hard to Swallow]]'' – [[Vanilla Ice]] (1998)
*''[[Strangeland (film)#Soundtrack|Strangeland]]'' (1998) (production on "[[Strait Up|Absent]]")
*''[[Slipknot (album)|Slipknot]]'' – [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] (1999)
*''[[The Burning Red]]'' – [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]] (1999)
*''[[Amen (Amen album)|Amen]]'' – [[Amen (American band)|Amen]] (1999)
*''[[Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence]]'' – [[Glassjaw]] (2000)
*''[[Relationship of Command]]'' – [[At the Drive-In]] (2000)
*''[[We Have Come for Your Parents]]'' – Amen (2000)
*''[[Iowa (album)|Iowa]]'' – Slipknot (2001)
*''[[Start with a Strong and Persistent Desire]]'' – [[Vex Red]] (2002)
*''[[Concrete (Fear Factory album)|Concrete]]'' – Fear Factory (re-released 2002)
*''[[Worship and Tribute]]'' – Glassjaw (2002)
*''[[Alive! (Snot album)|Alive!]]''  – [[Snot (band)|Snot]] (2002) (production on "Choose What?")
*''[[...Burn, Piano Island, Burn]]'' – [[The Blood Brothers (band)|The Blood Brothers]] (2003)
*''[[Join, or Die (album)|Join, or Die]]'' – Amen (2003)
*''[[The Cure (The Cure album)|The Cure]]'' – [[The Cure]] (2004)
*''[[Rule 3: Conceal Your Intentions]]'' – Septembre (2004)
*''[[Team Sleep (album)|Team Sleep]]'' – [[Team Sleep]] (2005) (production on "Blvrd. Nights" and "Live from the Stage")
*''[[The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1)]]'' – Limp Bizkit (2005)
*''[[Heroine (From First to Last album)|Heroine]]'' – [[From First to Last]] (2006)
*''[[Redeemer (Norma Jean album)|Redeemer]]'' – [[Norma Jean (band)|Norma Jean]] (2006)
*''[[Wolves (Idiot Pilot album)|Wolves]]'' – [[Idiot Pilot]] (2007)
*''[[Worse Than a Fairy Tale]]'' – [[Drop Dead, Gorgeous]] (2007)
*''[[Cruel Melody]]'' – [[Black Light Burns]] (2007) (mixing on "Mesopotamia")
*''[[The Anti Mother]]'' – [[Norma Jean (band)|Norma Jean]] (Aug 2008)
*''Saga'' – [[Siddharta (band)|Siddharta]] (2009)
*''[[Korn III: Remember Who You Are]]'' – [[Korn]] (2010)
*''[[Surfing the Void]]'' – [[Klaxons]] (2010)
*''Amen'' - My Own Private Alaska (2010)
* ''PERSONA'' – [[INBORN!]] (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.station.lu/edito-14454-interview-with-ross-robinson-and-inborn-sonic-visions.html|title=station.lu|website=www.station.lu|access-date=October 3, 2018}}</ref>
*''[[There Is a Way]]'' – [[Dananananaykroyd]] (2011)
*''Birth, School, Work, Death'' – [[Hyro Da Hero]] (2011)
*''[[We Walk from Safety]]'' – [[Repeater (band)|Repeater]] (2011)
*''Anthems of the Hero'' – Kraddy (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/kraddy/sets/anthems-of-the-hero|title=ANTHEMS OF THE HERO|website=SoundCloud|access-date=October 3, 2018}}</ref>
*''VI'' – Siddharta (2011)
*''Haria'' – [[Berri Txarrak]] (2011)
*''abcdefghijklmnoprstuwxyz'' – semantik punk (2012)
* ''[[Therapy (Tech N9ne EP)|Therapy]]'' EP – [[Tech N9ne]] (2013)
*''[[The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart]]'' – [[Sepultura]] (2013)
* ''The Drone –'' [[We Are Knuckle Dragger]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.themonolith.com/music/review-we-are-knuckle-dragger-the-drone/ | title=REVIEW: WE ARE KNUCKLE DRAGGER – THE DRONE | publisher=The Monolith | date=30 October 2013 | access-date=23 December 2013 | author=Simon}}</ref>
*''Blood Maker'' EP – [[Wild Throne (band)|Wild Throne]] (2014)
*''Denbora da poligrafo bakarra'' – [[Berri Txarrak]] (2014)
*''[[My Dreams Dictate My Reality]]'' – [[Soko (singer)|Soko]] (2015)
*''[[Searching for Zero]]'' – [[Cancer Bats]] (2015)
*[[Harvest of Darkness (Wild Throne album)|''Harvest of Darkness'']] – [[Wild Throne (band)|Wild Throne]] (2015)
*''[[Only Ghosts]]'' – [[Red Fang]] (2016)
*''II'' – [[De La Tierra]] (2016)
*''[[A New Wave of Violence]]'' - [[Head Wound City]] (2016)
*''Into the Vanishing Light'' – [[Night Verses]] (2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theprp.com/2016/05/26/news/night-verses-set-july-release-ross-robinson-produced-new-album/|title=Night Verses Set July Release For Ross Robinson Produced New Album - Theprp.com|date=May 26, 2016|access-date=October 3, 2018}}</ref>
*''[[Parachutes (Frank Iero and the Patience album)|Parachutes]]'' - [[Frank Iero and the Patience]] (2016)
*''[[Suicide Silence (album)|Suicide Silence]]'' – [[Suicide Silence]] (2017)
*''[[Dead Cross (album)|Dead Cross]]'' – [[Dead Cross]] (2017)
*''[[The Canyon (album)|The Canyon]]'' – [[The Used]] (2017)
*''Everything Is Fine'' - [[Amigo the Devil]] (2018)
*''[[Lament (Touché Amoré album)|Lament]]'' – [[Touché Amoré]] (2020) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2020/09/touche-amore-jeremy-bolm-interview/|title = Touché Amoré Singer Became Spokesperson for Grief|date = September 23, 2020}}</ref>
*''ANTI-ICON'' - [[Ghostemane]] (2020)
*''II'' - Dead Cross (2022)
* ''[[Spiral in a Straight Line]]'' – [[Touché Amoré]] (2024)

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