# Zeuss

Christopher Harris (born April 1, 1972), known professionally as Chris "Zeuss" Harris or simply Zeuss, is an American record producer.

## Biography

Zeuss is best known in the worlds of hard rock, heavy metal music, hardcore punk, and metalcore. He has engineered, produced, mixed, and mastered albums by a number of high-profile acts, including Rob Zombie, Queensrÿche, Demon Hunter, Suicide Silence, Suffocation, Municipal Waste, Soulfly, Chimaira, Throwdown, Whitechapel, Bleeding Through, Kataklysm, and God Forbid. He’s made over a half dozen records each with Shadows Fall (including the band’s most commercially successful album, The War Within) and Hatebreed. His relationship with Hatebreed extends to affiliated projects, including Kingdom of Sorrow, Jasta, and numerous artists signed to singer Jamey Jasta's Stillborn Records.
Rob Zombie, Joey Jordison, and Max Cavalera are among the musicians who have complimented Zeuss in the press.

## Discography

| Year | Band/Artist | Album Title | Record Label | Role | Billboard 200 | Award |
| 2000 | 100 Demons | In the Eyes of the Lord | Good Life Recordings | Producer, Mixing | | |
| 2000 | Shadows Fall | Of One Blood | Century Media Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2001 | God Forbid | Determination | Century Media Records | Co-producer, Engineer | | |
| 2002 | All That Remains | Behind Silence and Solitude | Metal Blade Records | Co-producer, Mixing | | |
| 2002 | Sworn Enemy | Integrity Defines Strength (EP) | Stillborn Records | Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2002 | Hatebreed | Perseverance | Universal Music Group | Engineer | 50 | |
| 2002 | Shadows Fall | The Art of Balance | Century Media Records | Producer, Mixing | | |
| 2003 | Hatebreed | The Rise of Brutality | Universal Music Group | Producer, Engineer | 30 | Grammy Award (Nominated) |
| 2003 | Blood Has Been Shed | Spirals | Ferret Music | Producer, Engineer | | |
| 2003 | Sworn Enemy | As Real as It Gets | Elektra Records | Producer, Engineer | | |
| 2004 | Agnostic Front | Another Voice | Nuclear Blast | Co-producer, Engineer | | |
| 2004 | Full Blown Chaos | Wake the Demons | Stillborn Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2004 | The Autumn Offering | Revelations of the Unsung | Stillborn Records | Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2004 | 100 Demons | 100 Demons | Deathwish Inc. | Producer, Mixing | | |
| 2004 | Shadows Fall | The War Within | Century Media Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 20 | Grammy Award (Nominated) |
| 2005 | Throwdown | Vendetta | Trustkill Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 156 | |
| 2005 | Roger Miret and the Disasters | 1984 | Hellcat Records | Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2005 | Hell Within | Asylum of the Human Predator | Lifeforce Records | Mixing | | |
| 2005 | Madball | Legacy | Ferret Music | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2005 | The Red Chord | Clients | Metal Blade Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2006 | Shadows Fall | Fallout from the War | Century Media Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 83 | |
| 2006 | Shai Hulud | Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion | Revelation Records | Re-mixing | | |
| 2006 | Demiricous | One (Hellbound) | Metal Blade Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2006 | Hatebreed | Supremacy | Roadrunner Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 31 | |
| 2006 | Remembering Never | God Save Us | Ferret Music | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2006 | Terror | Always the Hard Way | Trustkill Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2006 | Sworn Enemy | The Beginning of the End | Abacus Recordings | Mixing | | |
| 2006 | Icepick | Violent Epiphany | Stillborn Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2007 | Emmure | Goodbye to the Gallows | Victory Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 191 | |
| 2007 | Municipal Waste | The Art of Partying | Earache Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2007 | Agnostic Front | Warriors | Nuclear Blast | Co-producer, mixing | | |
| 2007 | Shadows Fall | Threads of Life | Atlantic Records | Mixing | 46 | Grammy Award (Nominated) |
| 2007 | Sanctity | Road to Bloodshed | Roadrunner Records | Mixing on tracks 7, 11, 12 | | |
| 2007 | Thy Will Be Done | Was and Is to Come | Stillborn Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2007 | Ion Dissonance | Minus the Herd | Abacus Recordings | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2007 | Madball | Infiltrate the System | Ferret Music | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2007 | Her Nightmare | Come Anarchy Come Ruin | Resist Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2007 | 3 Inches of Blood | Fire Up the Blades | Roadrunner Records | Mixing | 147 | |
| 2007 | Carnifex | Dead in My Arms | This City Is Burning Records | Producer | | |
| 2008 | Emmure | The Respect Issue | Victory Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 141 | |
| 2008 | Kingdom of Sorrow | Kingdom of Sorrow | Relapse Records | Co-producer, Engineer, Mixing | 131 | |
| 2008 | With Blood Comes Cleansing | Horror | Victory Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2008 | Arsis | We Are the Nightmare | Nuclear Blast | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2008 | Stick to Your Guns | Comes from the Heart | Century Media Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2008 | Whitechapel | This Is Exile | Metal Blade Records | Mixing, mastering | 118 | |
| 2008 | Vinnie Stigma | New York Blood | I Scream Records | Mixing | | |
| 2008 | The Acacia Strain | Continent | Prosthetic Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 107 | |
| 2008 | Terror | The Damned, the Shamed | Century Media Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2008 | Carnifex | The Diseased and the Poisoned | Victory Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2009 | Chimaira | The Infection | Ferret Music | Mixing | 30 | |
| 2009 | The Red Chord | Fed Through the Teeth Machine | Metal Blade Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2009 | Hatebreed | Hatebreed | Entertainment One Music | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 37 | |
| 2009 | Throwdown | Deathless | Entertainment One Music | Mixing | | OC Music Awards (Nominated) |
| 2009 | Thy Will Be Done | In Ancient of Days | Stillborn Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2009 | Born of Osiris | A Higher Place | Sumerian Records | Producer, Engineer | 73 | |
| 2009 | Hatebreed | For the Lions | Entertainment One Music | Mixing | 58 | |
| 2009 | Municipal Waste | Massive Aggressive | Earache Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2009 | Shadows Fall | Retribution | Everblack Industries | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 35 | |
| 2009 | Impending Doom | The Serpent Servant | Facedown Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2009 | Neaera | Omnicide – Creation Unleashed | Metal Blade Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2009 | Too Pure To Die | Confess | Trustkill Records | Co-producer, engineer, mixing | | |
| 2010 | The Acacia Strain | Wormwood | Prosthetic Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 67 | |
| 2010 | Legend | Valediction | Rise Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2010 | Arsis | Starve for the Devil | Nuclear Blast | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2010 | Oceano | Contagion | Earache Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 163 | |
| 2010 | Bleeding Through | Bleeding Through | Rise Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 143 | |
| 2010 | Kingdom of Sorrow | Behind the Blackest Tears | Relapse Records | Mixing, Mastering | 151 | |
| 2010 | Murderdolls | Women and Children Last | Roadrunner Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 42 | |
| 2010 | Baptized in Blood | Baptized in Blood | Roadrunner Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 143 | |
| 2011 | Chimaira | The Age of Hell | Entertainment One Music | Mixing, Mastering | 54 | |
| 2011 | Suicide Silence | The Black Crown | Century Media Records | Mixing, Mastering | 28 | |
| 2011 | Crowbar | Sever the Wicked Hand | Entertainment One Music | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2011 | Ten Tonn Hammer | Your Words Are Nothing | FONO ltd Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2011 | Texas In July | One Reality | Equal Vision Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 174 | |
| 2011 | Earth Crisis | Neutralize the Threat | Century Media Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2011 | Chelsea Grin | My Damnation | Artery Recordings | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 64 | |
| 2011 | Threat Signal | Threat Signal | Nuclear Blast | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2011 | Thy Will Be Done | Temple (EP) | Eye.On Lion Recordings | Engineer, Mixing | | |
| 2012 | MyChildren MyBride | Mychildren Mybride | Solid State Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 183 | |
| 2012 | War of Ages | Return to Life | Facedown Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 155 | |
| 2012 | A Bullet for Pretty Boy | Symbiosis | Razor & Tie, Artery Recordings | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2012 | The Casualties | Resistance | Season of Mist | Co-producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2012 | Revocation | Teratogenesis (EP) | Scion A/V | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2012 | Soulfly | Enslaved | Roadrunner Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 82 | |
| 2012 | Arsis | Lepers Caress (EP) | Scion A/V | Mixing, mastering | | |
| 2013 | Scar the Martyr | Scar the Martyr | Roadrunner Records | Mixing | 129 | |
| 2013 | Kataklysm | Waiting for the End to Come | Nuclear Blast | Mixing, mastering | | Juno Awards (Nominated) |
| 2013 | Rob Zombie | Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor | T-Boy Records | Engineer, (assistant), Programming | 7 | |
| 2013 | Howl | Bloodlines | Relapse Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2013 | Six Feet Under | Unborn | Metal Blade Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2013 | Generation Kill | We're All Gonna Die | Nuclear Blast | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2013 | Huntress | Starbound Beast | Napalm Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2013 | Hatebreed | The Divinity of Purpose | Razor & Tie | Co-producer, Engineer | 20 | |
| 2013 | Suffocation | Pinnacle of Bedlam | Nuclear Blast | Mixing, Mastering | 152 | |
| 2014 | Devil You Know | The Beauty of Destruction | Nuclear Blast | Mixing | 45 | |
| 2014 | Crowbar | Symmetry in Black | Entertainment One Music | Mastering | 68 | |
| 2014 | Earth Crisis | Salvation of Innocents | Candlelight Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2014 | Throwdown | Intolerance | Entertainment One Music | Mixing, Mastering | 142 | |
| 2014 | Demon Hunter | Extremist | Solid State Records | Mixing | 16 | Dove Award (Won) |
| 2014 | Marty Friedman | Inferno | Prosthetic Records | Engineer (additional) | | |
| 2014 | Sanctuary | The Year the Sun Died | Century Media Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 125 | |
| 2014 | Revocation | Deathless | Metal Blade Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 124 | |
| 2014 | Hammercult | Steelcrusher | Sonic Attack Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2014 | Rise of the Northstar | Welcame | Nuclear Blast | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2015 | Rob Zombie | Spookshow International (Live) | T-Boy Records | Mixing | 118 | |
| 2015 | Vision of Disorder | Razed to the Ground | Candlelight Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2015 | Act of Defiance | Birth and the Burial | Metal Blade Records | Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2015 | Queensrÿche | Condition Hüman | Century Media Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 27 | |
| 2016 | Rob Zombie | The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser | T-Boy Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing | 6 | |
| 2016 | Hatebreed | The Concrete Confessional | Nuclear Blast | Producer, engineer, mastering | 25 | |
| 2016 | Armageddon | Parallels and Introspection | Independent | Mastering | | |
| 2016 | Revocation | Great Is Our Sin | Metal Blade Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | 189 | |
| 2017 | Demon Hunter | Outlive | Solid State Records | Mixing | 25 | |
| 2017 | Forgotten Tomb | We Owe You Nothing | Agonia Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2017 | Wednesday 13 | Condolences | Nuclear Blast | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2017 | Witherfall | Nocturnes and Requiems | Century Media Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2017 | Suffocation | ...Of the Dark Light | Nuclear Blast | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2017 | Bloodclot! | Up In Arms | Metal Blade Records | Producer, Engineer | | |
| 2017 | Six Feet Under | Torment | Metal Blade Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2017 | Sanctuary | Inception | Century Media Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2017 | Iced Earth | Incorruptible | Century Media Records | Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2018 | Marc Rizzo | Rotation | Combat Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2018 | Witherfall | A Prelude to Sorrow | Century Media Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2018 | Dee Snider | For the Love of Metal | Napalm Records | Mastering | | |
| 2018 | Purgatory | Jon Schaffer's Purgatory | Century Media Records | Mastering | | |
| 2018 | Revocation | The Outer Ones | Metal Blade Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2019 | Incite | Built to Destroy | Minus Head Records | Mastering | | |
| 2019 | Overkill | The Wings of War | Nuclear Blast | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2019 | Death Before Dishonor | Unfinished Business | Bridge Nine | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2019 | Demon Hunter | Peace | Solid State Records | Mixing, Mastering | | Dove Award (Nominated) |
| 2019 | Demon Hunter | War | Solid State Records | Mixing, Mastering | | Dove Award (Nominated) |
| 2019 | Heathen | The Evolution Of Chaos | Mascot Records | Remaster | | |
| 2019 | Queensrÿche | The Verdict | Century Media | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2019 | Demons & Wizards | Demons & Wizards | Century Media | Remaster | | |
| 2019 | Demons & Wizards | Touched By The Crimson King | Century Media | Remaster | | |
| 2019 | Disciple | Love Letter Kill Shot | Tooth And Nail | Mixing, Mastering | | Dove Award (Nominated) |
| 2019 | Witherfall | Vintage EP | Century Media Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2020 | Heathen | Empire Of The Blind | Nuclear Blast | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2020 | Raven | Metal City | SPV/Steamhammer | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2020 | Black Veil Brides | Re-Stitch These Wounds | Sumerian Records | Mastering | | |
| 2020 | Sanctuary | Into The Mirror Black (30th Anniversary) | Century Media Records | Remaster | | |
| 2020 | Sanctuary | Black Reflections (Live 1990) | Century Media Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2020 | Iced Earth | Iced Earth (30th Anniversary) | Century Media Records | Remixing, Mastering | | |
| 2020 | Hatebreed | Weight Of The False Self | Nuclear Blast | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2021 | Rob Zombie | The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy | Nuclear Blast | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | Grammy Award (Nominated) |
| 2021 | Angelus Apatrida | Angelus Apatrida | Century Media Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2021 | Cruel Hand | Darkside Of The Cage | Static Era Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2021 | Todd La Torre | Rejoice In The Suffering | Rat Pak Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2021 | The Letter Black | The Letter Black | Rockfest Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2021 | Mammothor | The Ecstasy of Silence...The Agony of Dreams | American Overdrive | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2021 | Spirit Adrift | Forge Your Future | Century Media Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2021 | Twiztid | Unlikely Prescription | Majik Ninja Entertainment | Mastering | | |
| 2022 | Spirit Adrift | 20 Centuries Gone | Century Media Records | Mixing | | |
| 2022 | Queensrÿche | Digital Noise Alliance | Century Media Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2022 | Demon Hunter | Exile | Weapons MFG | Mastering | | |
| 2023 | Spirit Adrift | Ghost At The Gallows | Century Media Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2023 | Death Before Dishonor | Master Of None | Bridge Nine Records | Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2023 | Angelus Apatrida | Aftermath | Century Media Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2023 | Slighted | This Means War | Static Era Records | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2023 | Mammothor | Lies By Omission | American Overdrive | Mixing, Mastering | | |
| 2023 | Throwdown | Haymaker XX | Pit Viper Records | Remastering | | |
| 2023 | Demon Hunter | "Some Of Us" | Weapons MFG | Mixing, Mastering | | |

## Filmography

| Film | Director | Studio | Distributor | Role | Year |
| 31 | Rob Zombie | Saban Entertainment | Saban Entertainment | Music by | 2016 |
| 3 from Hell | Rob Zombie | Saban Entertainment | Lionsgate | Music by | 2019 |
| The Munsters | Rob Zombie | Universal 1440 Entertainment | Universal 1440 Entertainment | Music by | 2022 |