# Logan Mader

Logan Conrad Mader (born November 16, 1970) is a Canadian record producer and musician. He is a guitarist for melodic death metal band Once Human and a former lead guitarist for heavy metal band Machine Head.
Mader is most famous for his time in Machine Head, whose 1994 debut Burn My Eyes was released by Roadrunner Records and quickly became the top-selling debut album in the label's history until Slipknot's debut album. Their second album, The More Things Change..., was released in 1997 and Logan left the band shortly thereafter to divert his energy and time to side projects.
Mader co-founded Dirty Icon Productions, a Los Angeles-based production team. They write, produce, record, mix, master, and engineer music for other artists.

## Career
### Machine Head, Soulfly and Medication

Machine Head formed in October 1991, with Mader on lead guitar, Robb Flynn on vocals and rhythm guitar, Adam Duce on bass and Tony Costanza on drums. He played with Machine Head through two albums until early 1998. After Mader's six-year run with the band, he joined Soulfly where he filled the slot as guitarist for their 1998 world tour. Mader's union with Soulfly was short-lived (eight months) and the only track he technically recorded with them was one of the remixes for Quilombo. Wanting to once again pursue his own projects, Mader left Soulfly in January 1999.
Post Soulfly, Mader formed Los Angeles rock band Medication with Whitfield Crane (formerly of Ugly Kid Joe). Due to a series of internal issues, Medication disbanded in February 2003.

### Stereo Black and production

In June, 2003, Mader formed the band New Black, which was later renamed to Stereo Black. Although the band opened for Tesla and Hed PE, made a demo co-produced by Junkie XL, and created an Internet buzz, they were never signed to a label.
The song "Inside" (previously titled "Save Me") was featured in the commercial for Max Payne, the trailer for The Butterfly Effect 2, and in the movie Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown. The instrumental of the song "Fall Again" is featured in MotoGP '07 soundtrack. The song "Denial" is featured on the Scream 4 soundtrack.
In 2017, Mader dismissed Stereo Black as "just a studio project" that started for the purpose of sync licensing. After having some success with that, members tried to turn it into a band, but then he realized he wanted to become a full-time producer instead.

### Return to live music and further production work

Mader announced his new project, Once Human, in May 2015, which features newcomers Lauren Hart (vocals), Damian Rainauld (bass) and Ralph Alexander (drums). The group signed to earMUSIC and released their debut album, The Life I Remember, in September 2015.
In August and September 2015, they toured the southern, midwestern and southwestern United States with Fear Factory, The Bloodline and Before the Mourning.
Mader mixed and mastered Melancholia, the debut single by French metal band ÆMBER, which was released in November 2018.
In March 2019, it was announced that Mader (along with drummer Chris Kontos) would perform with Machine Head for the first time in 21 years with a tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of Burn My Eyes; however, he and Kontos did not officially rejoin the band.

## Discography
### With Machine Head

* Burn My Eyes (1994)
* The More Things Change... (1997)
* Live at Dynamo Open Air 1997 (2019) – archive live album
* My Hands Are Empty (2020) – standalone single

### With Soulfly

* Soulfly Digipak (1998) – appears on "Quilombo (Extreme Ragga Dub Remix)"
* Tribe (1999)
* Live at Dynamo Open Air 1998 (2018) – archive live album

### With Medication

* Medication (EP, 2002)
* Prince Valium (2002)

### With Stereo Black

* Stereo Black (Demo) (2005)

### With Once Human

* The Life I Remember (2015)
* Evolution (2017)
* Scar Weaver (2022)

### Guest appearances

* Roadrunner United – The All-Star Sessions (2005)
* Jamie Christopherson – Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance soundtrack (2013)
* Tina Guo – Cello Metal (2015)

## Albums produced

| Year | Artist | Title | Label | Role |
| 2000 | Deep | Pieces of Nothing | Pavement Music | Mixing |
| 2002 | Medication | Medication (EP) | Locomotive Music | Producer, engineer, guitar, writer |
| 2002 | Misura | The Subtle Kiss of a Sledgehammer | Too Damn Hype Records | Mixing |
| 2002 | Medication | Prince Valium | Locomotive | Producer, engineer, guitar, backing vocals, lyrics (tracks 10 and 12), writer (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10-13) |
| 2003 | Pitchshifter | Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed and Uploaded (Compilation) | PSI Records | Remixing |
| 2003 | The Deadsexy Inc. | BreakMe (EP) | Electro Shock Records, XIII Bis Records | Mixing (track 6) |
| 2004 | Salem's Cradle | 4-Song Adavanced Promo (EP) | N/A | Mixing and mastering |
| 2004 | Various | The Blackest Album 4: An Industrial Tribute To Metallica | Cleopatra Records | Producer, mixing (track 2) |
| 2004 | Wartorn | Early Release Full Length Album | Independent | Mixing and mastering |
| 2004 | Scarling | Sweet Heart Dealer | Sympathy for the Record Industry | Engineer |
| 2004 | Hypnofugue | Laugh at the World | Music Gallery International | Producer |
| 2004 | Rikets | Anything for the Devil (EP) | Corporate Punishment Records | Mixing and mastering |
| 2005 | A Dying Dream | Now or Never (EP) | Frontline Records, Mediaskare Records (2006 reissue) | Mixing |
| 2005 | K-Again | Memories of an Evolution (EP) | Self-released, Underscore Lab/Musicast (France) | Producer, engineer, mixing and mastering |
| 2005 | Bleed the Sky | Paradigm in Entropy | Nuclear Blast Records | Mastering |
| 2005 | FM Revolver | Leaving Madeira (EP) | Self-released | Engineer, mixing |
| 2005 | New Dead Radio | Avalon Bridge Will Burn | Mediaskare | Editing |
| 2005 | So Abused | Community Service | Self-released | Mastering (track 1) |
| 2005 | Contra | This Machine Kills (EP) | Mediaskare | Producer, engineer, mixing and mastering |
| 2005 | Trigger Point | A Silent Protest | Corporate Punishment | Producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, programming, sound designer |
| 2005 | Cloud Nine | Quick as Lightning | Tokuma Japan Communications | Mixing |
| 2005 | Roadrunner United | The All-Star Sessions | Roadrunner Records | Editing (tracks 2, 5, 11 and 17), mixing, mastering, guitar (track 5) |
| 2005 | Allele | Point of Origin | Corporate Punishment | Mastering |
| 2006 | Media Lab | Bleeding Memory | Sunland Records | Producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, writer (tracks 1 and 7) |
| Junkie XL | Today | Roadrunner, Ultra Records | Recording engineer (vocals) |
| Silent Civilian | Rebirth of the Temple | Mediaskare | Producer, mixing, mastering, lyrics (track 3) |
| Twin Method | The Volume of Self | Crash Music | Producer, engineer, mixing and mastering |
| Ill Niño | The Under Cover Sessions (EP) | Cement Shoes Records | Mixing |
| Dommin | Mend Your Misery | LMN Records | Producer |
| 2007 | W.A.S.P. | Dominator | Demolition Records | Mixing and mastering |
| 2007 | Five Finger Death Punch | The Way of the Fist | Firm Music, Spinefarm Records, Prospect Park | Mixing and mastering |
| 2007 | Still Remains | The Serpent | Roadrunner | Mixing |
| 2007 | Divine Heresy | Bleed the Fifth | Century Media Records (US), Roadrunner (worldwide) | Producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, writer (tracks 6, 9 and 10) |
| 2007 | Demia | Insidious | Scarlet Records | Producer, mixing, mastering |
| 2007 | Insolence | Ins 03 Naked (EP) | Powerslave Records | Producer (tracks 3 and 5) |
| 2008 | Junkie XL | Booming Back at You | Artwerk | Recording (tracks 6 and 11) |
| 2008 | Cavalera Conspiracy | Inflikted | Roadrunner | Co-producer, engineer, mixing, mastering |
| 2008 | Flatline | Pave the Way | Stand and Deliver Records | Engineer, mixing and mastering |
| 2008 | Soulfly | Conquer | Roadrunner | Mixing (track 14) |
| 2008 | Gojira | The Way of All Flesh | Listenable Records (Europe), Prosthetic Records (US) | Engineer (drums), mixing and mastering |
| 2008 | Psycroptic | Ob(Servant) | Nuclear Blast, Stomp Entertainment (Aus & NZ) | Mixing and mastering |
| 2008 | Burning the Masses | Mind Control | Mediaskare | Mixing and mastering |
| 2009 | Hamlet | La Puta y el Diablo | Roadrunner | Mixing and mastering |
| 2009 | Dommin | Dommin E.P. | Roadrunner | Producer, mixing and mastering |
| 2009 | Devildriver | Pray for Villains | Roadrunner | Producer, mixing, mastering, additional lyrics (tracks 2 and 12) |
| 2009 | Agony | The Devil's Breath | Cinismo Records | Mixing |
| 2009 | Divine Heresy | Bringer of Plagues | Century Media (US), Roadrunner (worldwide) | Producer, engineer, mixing, writer (additional vocal melodies), additional lyrics |
| 2009 | Saosin | In Search of Solid Ground | Virgin Records | Producer (track 4) |
| 2009 | Echoes of Eternity | As Shadows Burn | Nuclear Blast (US), Massacre Records (Europe) | Producer, mixing |
| 2009 | W.A.S.P. | Babylon | Demolition | Mixing and mastering |
| 2009 | Incite | The Slaughter | I Scream Records | Producer, mixing and mastering |
| 2009 | Achozen | "Salute/Sacrifice" | N/A | Mixing |
| 2009 | The Changing | For Obvious Reasons | Self-released | Producer |
| 2010 | Dommin | Love Is Gone | Roadrunner | Producer, mixing, mastering, writer (track 15), lyrics (track 14) |
| 2010 | Taking Dawn | God of War: Blood & Metal (Split EP) | Roadrunner | Producer, mixing (track 4) |
| 2010 | Raintime | Psychromatic | Lifeforce Records | Mixing and mastering |
| 2010 | Soulfly | Omen | Roadrunner | Co-producer, engineer, mixing and mastering |
| 2011 | Aizen | Winter in Hell | N/A | N/A |
| 2011 | Cavalera Conspiracy | Blunt Force Trauma | Roadrunner | Producer, engineer, mixing, mastering |
| 2011 | Dwail | Helter Skelter | Klonosphère, Season of Mist | Mixing and mastering |
| 2011 | Gojira | "Of Blood & Salt" | N/A | Producer |
| 2011 | Channel Zero | Feed 'Em with a Brick | Roadrunner, CNR Music | Producer, engineer, mixing and mastering |
| 2011 | World Under Blood | Tactical | Nuclear Blast | Engineer |
| 2011 | Kartikeya | Durga Puja (EP) | Grailight Productions | Mixing and mastering (track 1) |
| 2011 | Saving Grace | The King Is Coming | Facedown Records | Mastering |
| 2012 | Cancer Bats | Dead Set on Living | Distort | Vocal engineer (track 9) |
| 2012 | Various | Avengers Assemble (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) | Hollywood Records, Marvel Music | Mixing (track 12) |
| 2012 | Fear Factory | The Industrialist | Candlelight Records, AFM Records, Bodog | Recording, tracking (additional), digital editing, writer (additional vocal arrangements) |
| 2012 | Bonded by Blood | The Aftermath | Earache Records | Producer, mixing and mastering |
| 2012 | Periphery | Periphery II: This Time It's Personal | Sumerian Records (US), Century Media (Europe), Roadrunner (Australia) | Mastering |
| 2012 | Tensions Arise | Stand in Defiance (EP) | N/A | Mixing and mastering |
| 2012 | Unchained | Oncoming Chaos | M & O Music | Mastering |
| 2012 | Hecatombe | "Inner Pain" | Civil Alien Records | Mixing |
| 2012 | Incite | All Out War | Minus Head | Producer, engineer, mixing and mastering |
| 2013 | Closure | The Silent Witness March | N/A | Mixing and mastering |
| 2013 | Jamie Christopherson | Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance – Vocal Tracks | Konami Digital Entertainment, Sumthing Else | Producer (tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 19, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28), vocal producer (track 6), drum producer (6, 16, 23), vocal recording (1, 9, 13, 14), mixing (tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 19, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28), guitar (tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 19, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28), bass (tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 19, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28), programming (tracks 2, 5, 10, 11, 19, 22, 27, 28), writer (tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 19, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28), lyrics (tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11) |
| 2013 | In Death... | Thanatos (EP) | Independent | Mixing and mastering |
| 2013 | Bleed from Within | Uprising | Century Media | Mixing and mastering |
| 2013 | Dagoba | Post Mortem Nihil Est | Verycords, earMUSIC | Mixing and mastering |
| 2013 | Attila | About That Life | Artery Recordings] | Programming, sound designer (tracks 2, 6, 10) |
| 2013 | Asking Alexandria | From Death to Destiny | Sumerian | Vocal producer (track 12), programming, sound designer (tracks 1-3, 5-13), writer (track 5) |
| 2013 | InsIDeaD | Ελευσις (Eleysis) | Noisehead Records | Mixing and mastering |
| 2014 | Channel Zero | Kill All Kings | CNR, Metal Blade Records | Producer, mixing and mastering |
| 2014 | Devil You Know | The Beauty of Destruction | Nuclear Blast | Producer, engineer, additional lyrics |
| 2014 | Septicflesh | Titan | Season of Mist (Europe), Prosthetic (US & Canada), Ward Records | Producer, mixing and mastering |
| 2014 | Starset | Transmissions | Razor & Tie | Composer (track 1) |
| 2014 | Limp Bizkit | "Endless Slaughter" | Cash Money Records | Mixing |
| 2014 | Overunit Machine | Aldaraja | Sliptrick Records | Mixing and mastering |
| 2014 | Butcher Babies | Uncovered (EP) | Century Media | Producer, mixing |
| 2015 | Achozen | Boombot Pro | N/A | Mixing |
| 2015 | Black Bomb A | Comfortable Hate | Verycords | Mixing and mastering |
| 2015 | All Tomorrows | Sol Agnates | Self-released, La Somba Records | Mastering |
| 2015 | Dagoba | Tales of the Black Dawn | earMUSIC, Verycords | Mixing and mastering |
| 2015 | Bullet for My Valentine | Venom | Sony Music, RCA Records | Mixing (track 15) |
| 2015 | Butcher Babies | Take It Like a Man | Century Media | Producer, mixing, mastering, writer (tracks 5, 6, 7 and 10) |
| 2015 | Once Human | The Life I Remember | earMUSIC | Producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, guitar, programming, writer |
| 2015 | W.A.S.P. | Golgotha | Napalm Records | Mixing |
| 2015 | Devil You Know | They Bleed Red | Nuclear Blast | Mixing (track 14) |
| 2016 | Hope Deferred | Demo | Independent | Mixing and mastering |
| 2016 | Khepra | Cosmology Divine | Rain Without End Records, Naturmacht Productions | Mixing and mastering |
| 2017 | Recrucide | The Cycle | LQC Records | Mastering |
| 2017 | Once Human | Evolution | earMUSIC | Producer, engineer, mixing, guitar, writer |
| 2017 | Art of Anarchy | The Madness | Another Century Records | Writer (track 1) |
| 2017 | Invidia | As the Sun Sleeps | SPV | Producer, engineer, mixing |
| 2017 | The Nocturnal Affair | "Ghosts on the Horizon" | Into the Darkness Records | Producer, engineer |
| 2017 | Harmonic Generator | Heart, Flesh, Skull & Bones | N/A | Mixing and mastering |
| 2017 | Half Blood | Half Blood | Independent | Producer (vocals), mixing and mastering |
| 2018 | Rise of Avernus | Eigengrau | Code666 Records | Mixing and mastering |
| 2018 | W.A.S.P. | Reidolized: The Soundtrack to The Crimson Idol | Napalm | Mixing |
| 2018 | Age of Arcadia | Eleysis | Self-released | Mixing and mastering |
| 2018 | Persefone | In Lak'Ech (EP) | ViciSolum Productions | Mixing and mastering (track 1) |
| 2018 | Will Haven | Muerte | Minus Head | Mastering |
| 2018 | Kamelot | The Shadow Theory | Napalm | Engineer (additional) |
| 2018 | Dee Snider | For the Love of Metal | Napalm | Writer (track 10) |
| 2018 | Dark Sky Choir | End of Days | Independent | Engineer |
| 2018 | Aember | "Melancholia" | Independent | Mixing and mastering |
| 2019 | Echoes of Eternity | Ageless | Independent | Mixing and mastering |
| 2019 | Serpents | Temet Nosce | Independent, Trve Media | Producer (additional), mixing and mastering |
| 2019 | Necronomicon | Unus | Season of Mist | Mixing |
| 2019 | Once Human | "Sledgehammer" | earMUSIC | Producer, mixing, guitar |
| 2020 | Aember | "Demonic" | Independent | Mixing and mastering |
| 2020 | Voices of Ruin | Path to Immortality | M-Theory Audio | Producer, engineer, mixing and mastering |
| 2020 | Brave the Cold | Scarcity | Mission Two Entertainment | Producer |
| 2021 | Hemlock | Karmageddon | Independent | Mixing and mastering |
| 2021 | Hemlock | Violence & Victory | Independent | Mixing and mastering |
| 2021 | Cerebellion | Something You Can Say (EP) | Independent | Producer, mixing and mastering |
| 2021 | Ma'anish | Heal | Independent | Mixing and mastering |
| 2022 | Alphoenix | "Return of the Savior" | Project Phoenix | Engineer, mixing and mastering |
| 2022 | Once Human | Scar Weaver | earMUSIC | Producer, mixing, guitar, writer |
| 2023 | G-nomes | Nouveau départ | Independent | Mastering |
| 2024 | Cerebellion | "Burst" | Independent | Mixing |