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Biography
Mark Mynett has been lecturing at the University of Huddersfield since 2006, where he is Senior Lecturer in Music Technology and Production and admissions tutor for the Sound Engineering and Music Production course.
He has had an active interest in music since witnessing his first gig at the age of 12, swiftly followed by taking up the guitar and joining his first band shortly after. This eventually resulted in an extensive career as professional musician with six worldwide commercial album releases working with renowned producers Colin Richardson and Andy Sneap, and several years of high-profile touring. A natural progression of his long held passion and interest in the recording and production side of the industry saw Mark engineer, produce and mix the last two of these albums. From here, a six-year career as self-employed record producer within the indie, rock and metal genres commenced (see discography below), initially combining this work with gaining a BSc in Popular Music Production from Manchester University.
Away from lecturing and his work at Huddersfield, he has continued producing, engineering and mixing, and has recently collaborated on a number of projects with distinguished world-class Swedish producer Jens Bogren. Alongside these commitments to music production, Mark is frequently invited to write articles on the subject for various music technology publications, including Sound on Sound, Guitar World (U.S.) and Computer Music. Additionally, he is the author of Metal Music Manual, released in 2016 and published by Routledge; the world's first book on producing, engineering, mixing and mastering modern metal music.
Mark is also a front of house engineer for live music. Highlights of 2010 include Download Festival, and Bloodstock Festival, as well as numerous shows in mainland Europe to 2/3,000 capacity venues.
Mark is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has a PhD in engineering, producing and mixing the contemporary metal genre.
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Research Expertise and Interests
- Metal
- Music Production
- Producer
- Heavy Metal
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Projects
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Contemporary Approaches to Metal Music Mixing and Production: Heavy Metal, Death Metal, and Metalcore
Herbst, J. & Mynett, M., 13 Jun 2025, The Routledge Handbook to Metal Music Composition: Evolution of Structure, Expression, and Production. Burns, L. & Scotto, C. (eds.). 1st ed. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, p. 469-481 13 p. (Routledge Music Handbooks).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Heaviness in Metal Music Production: Learn from the Masters
Herbst, J. & Mynett, M., 31 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Heaviness in Metal Music Production: How and Why It Works
Herbst, J. & Mynett, M., 31 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Lazarene
Mynett, M., Singer, J., Shaw, R. & Wright, O., 14 Mar 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Composition
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Beyond Salvation
Mynett, M., Singer, J., Shaw, R. & Wright, O., 26 Apr 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Composition
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Heaviness in Metal Music Production
Herbst, J. (Creator) & Mynett, M. (Creator), University of Huddersfield, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34696/9s05-wv03, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/8gren2ma4kesvf5vwip2axzz1v8sawur and 6 more links, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/e6a7brjnrhaob75iakhp1inci4t3nsk5, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/hfqzp26ql5h99dsgossbomiumlfkneqm, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/kpkq2tld897wpce5imwldfnj9du5rg7b, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/22n7zgile9mhbs6grmn8y59me5v9jn44, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/nrhqu7pa8vkflnmwbkyw8e4zyz8hzn4j, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/g47kk5riyd1a26jzngz1e0vc8c0g8ygo (show fewer)
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Engineering Conventions in Metal Music
Herbst, J. (Creator) & Mynett, M. (Creator), University of Huddersfield, 2022
DOI: 10.34696/4xwq-c211, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/hfqzp26ql5h99dsgossbomiumlfkneqm
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Contemporary Approaches to Metal Music Mixing and Production
Herbst, J. (Creator) & Mynett, M. (Creator), University of Huddersfield, 2022
DOI: 10.34696/ynmh-vq27, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/kpkq2tld897wpce5imwldfnj9du5rg7b
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Netnography What is Heavy in Metal
Herbst, J. (Creator) & Mynett, M. (Creator), University of Huddersfield, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34696/fseq-8w87, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/g47kk5riyd1a26jzngz1e0vc8c0g8ygo
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A Study in Heaviness
Herbst, J. (Creator) & Mynett, M. (Creator), University of Huddersfield, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34696/tzrm-1372, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/22n7zgile9mhbs6grmn8y59me5v9jn44
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Activities
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Deconstructing Metal Music Production’s ‘Heaviness’ Aesthetic
Jan Herbst (Speaker) & Mark Mynett (Speaker)
3 Jun 2025 → 6 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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What does it mean for professional metal music performance and production to move entirely remotely online? A practice-based analysis of approaches, processes and workflow
Jan Herbst (Speaker) & Mark Mynett (Speaker)
2 Sep 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Heaviness in Metal Music Production: Investigating Complexities through Practice
Jan Herbst (Speaker) & Mark Mynett (Speaker)
7 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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145th International Audio Engineering Society Pro Audio Convention
Steven Fenton (Participant) & Mark Mynett (Participant)
18 Oct 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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Crosstown Traffic
Rupert Till (Organiser), Toby Martin (Organiser), Jan-Peter Herbst (Organiser), Austin Moore (Organiser), Mark Mynett (Organiser), Lisa Colton (Organiser) & Catherine Haworth (Organiser)
3 Sep 2018 → 5 Sep 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Press/Media
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Huddersfield Uni Leads a New 'Breed' of Tech Education
22/08/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment