18-469: [REDACTED] Look up shellback in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shellback may refer to: Shellback (record producer) , from Karlshamn, Sweden Shellback Wilderness , White Pine County, Nevada, U.S., wilderness area Shellback Island , Victoria, Australia a sailor who has participated in a line-crossing ceremony Topics referred to by
36-505: A year later. After parting ways with Scarlet Records, Blinded Colony announced the departure of the band's original vocalist, Niklas Svensson, and the addition of new vocalist Johan Schuster . The band would then record 2005's Promo Demo and release it in early April 2005. The demo would catch the attention of U.S.-based upstart record label Pivotal Rockordings . After signing with Pivotal Rockordings, Blinded Colony began recording their second full-length album, Bedtime Prayers , in
54-479: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Shellback (record producer) Karl Johan Schuster ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjûːan ˈɧʏ̌sːtɛr] ; born 1 February 1985), known professionally as Shellback , is a Swedish record producer and songwriter. He was listed as the No. 1 producer of 2012 on Billboard magazine's year end chart, and he also topped
72-593: The Swedish music magazine Stim-magasinet , Schuster's taste in music was "too cool for school" and he had no interest in pop music whatsoever. Julius kept sending Schuster's indie rock-death metal demos to Martin, who became curious about what it would sound like if Schuster were to make pop music. So in 2006 Martin invited Schuster to his studio in Stockholm to record a demo with him, and since 2007 Schuster has been signed to Martin's production company Maratone . Among
90-399: The band was known as Stigmata. In June 2000, the band began recording their first demo, Painreceiver , and two new members were recruited: Christoffer Nilsson to play drums and Annika Haptén, a singer. Later that summer, Staffan Franzén was officially announced as the bass player. After finishing the recording of Painreceiver , the band performed shows around Sweden, but began to lose faith in
108-406: The endeavor. Due to lack of interest, they went on hiatus. Six months later, drummer Christoffer Nilsson decided to leave the band and Staffan Franzén switched from bass to drums. Shortly after Nilsson's departure, Blomstrom and Olssonsfound a new bass player, Roy Erlandsson. After reforming, Annika Haptén quit the band due to musical differences. In 2002, the band's second demo, Tribute to Chaos ,
126-511: The first songs Schuster co-wrote with Martin are Pink 's 2008 single " So What " and Britney Spears ' 2008 single " If U Seek Amy ". In 2012 Schuster won the STIM Platinum guitar prize. In 2014, Schuster produced " Problem " alongside Martin and Ilya . In 2015, Shellback collaborated with Swedish hardcore punk band Refused , as he is both a fan of the band's music and friends with the band's drummer David Sandstrom. Sandstrom sent him
144-486: The hardcore-metal scene as a vocalist in 2004 for Blinded Colony , with whom he recorded 2005's Promo Demo and 2006's Bedtime Prayers , drawing comparisons to fellow Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames , before leaving in 2007. In 2005, he also performed as a guest musician on the Faith album Sorg . At the age of 16, Schuster met Max Martin through a mutual friend. By that time, according to an interview in
162-715: The list of their "Top 10 Songwriters Airplay Chart" the same year; he has won four Grammy Awards . Shellback initially started his career as a heavy metal guitarist before transitioning into pop music production and songwriting. Shellback regularly collaborates with songwriter Max Martin and together they have produced, written, or co-written songs for various artists such as P!nk , Taylor Swift , Adam Lambert , Britney Spears , Usher , Avril Lavigne , Ariana Grande , Adele and Maroon 5 . Shellback has also collaborated with fellow producer Benny Blanco and has produced songs by himself, including " Want U Back " by Cher Lloyd and " Animals " by Maroon 5. He co-wrote and co-produced
180-454: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Shellback . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shellback&oldid=1183320461 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
198-763: The song " Can't Stop the Feeling! " along with Martin and Justin Timberlake for the animated film Trolls (2016), earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2017. Karl Johan Schuster was born and raised in Karlshamn , Sweden. He started as a drummer in local indie rock bands in Karlshamn, as well as recording all instruments on the 2003 Meriah demo ...Turn Him Your Other Cheek (a strictly black metal recording), before joining
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#1732776816216216-414: The spring of 2006. The band chose once again to produce and record the album themselves at their home studio, SoundPalace. Bedtime Prayers , was warmly received by underground metal circles and was compared to the works of other established melodic death metal bands like In Flames and Soilwork . A music video for the song "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" was made, but the proposed music video for the song "Heart"
234-530: The versions of the songs "Elektra" and "366" that Refused had recorded with producer Nick Launay , and Shellback replied with his own arrangements of the two songs. Refused frontman Dennis Lyxzen explained in June 2015 that Shellback's versions were "far more Refused than our versions" and "were better" than the Launay-produced versions. The two songs appear on Refused's comeback album Freedom —"Elektra"
252-522: Was announced as "professional differences". After a quiet winter spent with the band writing new material, another replacement was announced, as Tobias Olsson moved from guitar to bass and the band added new guitarist Martin Bergman to fill the slot left by the switch. Although Pivotal Rockordings never released a press release about the departure of the band, they are currently unsigned and are writing new material for their third full-length studio album. It
270-584: Was announced in October 2008 that vocalist Denny Axelsson and the band had parted ways citing "professional differences" as the reason. In May–June 2010, Blinded Colony announced that they had found a replacement for Johan & Axelsson, and that there would from now on be two vocalists in Blinded Colony. The new vocalists are Linus and Joel. After releasing new songs, it was announced that Blinded Colony would change its name to The Blinded. This change
288-522: Was cancelled. In 2007, Blinded Colony completed the 'Outcasts Over Europe' tour in support of Ektomorf and former Scarlet Records label-mates Kayser . They also shared the stage with notable acts such as former Pivotal Rockording label-mates Sonic Syndicate , and Dark Tranquillity . After touring, Blinded Colony took part in summer festivals for 2007. In late August 2007, it was announced that vocalist Johan Schuster and bassist Roy Erlandsson had been replaced by Denny Axelsson and Johan Olsson. The split
306-539: Was released as a single on 27 April 2015—which was released on the label Epitaph Records on 26 June 2015. Grammy Awards Bedtime Prayers The Blinded (formerly known as Stigmata and Blinded Colony ) is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Karlshamn . Formed in 2000, they have released two studio albums and four EPs. Blinded Colony was formed in January 2000 by guitarists Johan Blomstrom and Tobias Olsson and singer Niklas Svensson. At that point,
324-474: Was released. Tribute to Chaos caught the attention of Italy-based Scarlet Records . Coinciding with their new record deal, the band officially changed their name to Blinded Colony. Blinded Colony's debut studio album, Divine , was self-produced and released in 2003 through Scarlet Records throughout Europe and was distributed in Japan through Soundholic Records. Blinded Colony and Scarlet Records parted ways
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