Mark Prator

Recording Engineer, Producer, and Drummer

Mark has an extensive touring, performing and studio recording background. After leaving Autodrive in the early 1990s Mark began working as a recording engineer for Morrisound Recording Studio in Tampa. Since then, he has earned a reputation for his work- as an engineer, drummer, and producer. He has recently toured with Sebastian Bach of Skid Row. He has also toured and performed with former White Lion front man, Mike Tramp and Scottish neo-prog legend Fish.

Mark is a sought-after session drummer and has performed on many album, commercial, and demo projects. In addition to his work as a musician, Mark has received producer credit for a long list of bands albums, including Tampa based death metal band, Obituary. Mark is legendary in the Tampa music scene and is known as one of the areas top recording engineers.

Mark Prator is credited on the following CDs:

• 10 Second Drop - "10 Second Drop" Rock Ridge Music 2006 (Drums, Engineer)
• Original Soundtrack - "One Tree Hill: Music From the WB Television Series" Maverick 2005 (Engineer)
• John Wesley - "Shiver" Racket Records 2005 (Engineer, drums)
• Various Artists - "Roadrage 2005" (DVD) Roadrunner 2005 (Producer, Mixing)
• Obituary - "Frozen in Time" Roadrunner 2005 (Producer, Engineer, Mixing)
• Necrophagia - "Harvest Ritual Vol. 1" Season Mist America 2005 (Mixing)
• Sister Hazel - "Live Live" Rock Ridge Music 2004 (Engineer)
• Submersed - "In Due Time" Wind-Up 2004 (Digital Editing)
• Todd Grubbs - "Toddities Volume 1" Grubbworm Music 2004 (Mixing)
• Mike Tramp - "Songs I Left Behind" Frontiers 2004 (Engineer, Mixing)
• Obituary - "The End Complete/World Demise" Roadrunner 2004 (Engineer, Second Engineer)
• Deicide - "Scars of the Crucifix" Roadrunner 2004 (Engineer)
• Todd Grubbs - "Beautiful Device"Grubbworm Music 2003 (Mixing)
• Gordian Knot - "Emergent" Sensory Records 2003 (Producer, Mixing Engineer)
• Iced Earth - "Days Of Purgatory" Century Media 2003 (Mastering)
• Jason Lane - "Demonstration" Jason Lane Productions, LLC 2003 (Producer, Engineer, Drums, Add'l Vocals
• Nasty Savage - "Wage of Mayhem" Crook'd 2003 (Engineer, Mixing)
• Mullally/Wegmann - "The Mayfly Glimmer" Fumiko Records 2002 (Drums)
• Dan McMillion Jazz Orchestra - "Up Your Brass" Sea Breeze 2003 (Engineer)
• Ralph Santolla - "Shaolin Monks in the Temple of Metal" Frontiers 2003 Drums, Engineer)
• Vital Remains - "Dechristianize" Olympic 2003 (Engineer, Mixing)
• Lowbrow - "Sex, Death, Violence" Crood'd Records 2003 (Engineer, Mixing)
• John Wesley - "Chasing Monsters" Dream Catcher 2001 (Producer, Engineer, drums)
• Obituary - "Anthology" Roadrunner Records 2001 (Mixing "Buried Alive")
• Malintent - "The Second Coming" Abyss Records 2001
• Monstrosity - "Enslaving the Masses" Conquest 2001 (Mastering)
• Ceremony - "Days Before the Death" Martyr 2001 (Mastering)
• Molten Mike - "Genuine Bluesman" Ranluron 2000 (Digital Mastering)
• Millenium - "Hourglass" 2000
• Lowbrow - "Victims at Play" Crook'd Records 2000 (Mixing, Engineer, Mastering)
• Demons & Wizards - Demons & Wizards Steamhammer/SPV 1999 (Drums)
• Gordian Knot - "Gordian Knot" Sensory Records 1999 (Mixing)
• Iced Earth - "Something Wicked This Way Comes" Century Media 1998 (Drums)
• John Wesley - "The Emperor Falls" Dream Catcher 1998 (Drums)
• Kamelot - "Siege Perilous" Noise USA 1998 (Engineer)
• Morbid Angel - "Formulas Fatal to the Flesh" Earache 1998 (Engineer)
• Mighty Joe Plum - "Aardvark" Ear Drops Music 1997 (Mastering)
• Various Artists - "Tribute To Judas Priest: Legends Of Metal" Century Media 1997 (Drums)
• Iced Earth - "The Dark Sagaquot; Century Media 1996 (Drums)
• Morbid Angel - "Domination" Giant/Warner 1995 Additional (Engineering)
• John Wesley - "Under the Red and White Sky" Racket Records 1994 (drums, percussion)
• Todd Grubbs - "Combination",Grubbworm Music 1994 (Drums)
• Savatage - "Handful Of Rain" Atlantic 1994 (Engineer)
• Coroner - "Grin" Futurist 1993 (Assistant Engineer)
• Savatage - "Edge Of Thorns" Atlantic 1993 (Assistant Engineer)
• Kreator - "Renewal" Noise Records 1992 (Engineer, Second Engineer)
• Obituary - "The End Complete" Roadrunner 1992 (Assistant Engineer)
• Autodrive - "Autodrive" Long Island Records 1991 (Drums, Vocals)

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