Terry Date

Ohio born producer Terry Date is more associated for the pacific northwest than for his native midwest. As a veteran of the Seattle scene (he gravtated to the city in 1979 after attending college in Idaho), Date was staying up late into the night and recording local acts long before there was ever even a buzz about the emerald city's music scene. After engineering Metal Church's first album, 1989's Blessing in Disguise, Date finally broke out of the doldrums of being a fringe presence on the scene and nationally recognized bands such as Soundgarden and Mother Love Bone called on the talented producer/engineer to lend his powerful trademark sound of loud but clear guitars to their records. Since the early '90s Date has recorded such hard rock luminaries as Prong, White Zombie and Overkill, and has become the go to guy for Texas metalheads Pantera, producing their last several releases, including the hugely successful Vulgar Display of Power and The Great Southern Trendkill. ~ Steve Kurutz, All Music Guide