On a brisk fall Thursday at New Jersery’s Graphic Nature Audio, renowned extreme music producer Will Putney sits bent over a computer, making seemingly endless adjustments to a series of tracks. In the kitchen, guitarist Pat Sheridan tirelessly grinds coffee by hand for everyone in the two story studio. As he gets about a week’s worth of arm workouts in, he ponders aloud why he’s still in a metal band after nearly two decades of playing guitar. “I must just be crazy,” he concludes. “All the best artists are crazy, right Josean?” “I think so,” responds drummer Josean Orta in his usual calm demeanor. For a drummer who plays with as much fury as he does, Josean is very relaxed once he steps out from behind his kit. It’s especially surprising given that eight years after the d...
