Zakk Cervini

Zakk Cervini
Birth name	Zachary Joseph Cervini
Born	(1993-06-02) June 2, 1993 (age 32) Monroe, Connecticut, U.S.
Genres	Rock pop heavy metal alternative rock
Occupations	Record producer mixing engineer songwriter
Years active	2008–present

Zachary Joseph Cervini (born June 2, 1993) is an American record producer, vocal producer, songwriter, and mixing engineer. Cervini's work includes collaborations with Simple Plan, Limp Bizkit, Blink-182, Parkway Drive, All Time Low, Machine Gun Kelly, Yungblud, Bring Me the Horizon, 5 Seconds of Summer, Avicii, Halsey, Good Charlotte, Three Days Grace, Grimes, Bishop Briggs, Poppy, Bad Omens, Architects, Waterparks, and Sleeping with Sirens.^[1] His work on Blink-182's California landed him his first Grammy Nomination for Best Rock Album in the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.

Career

Cervini began taking guitar lessons at age nine and used his skills to write and produce for New England hardcore/punk bands throughout the late 2000s. In 2013, Cervini relocated to Los Angeles, CA. Many of his productions/mixes began gaining popularity, and he signed with MDDN management in 2018. Zakk mainly works out of MDDN studios in Burbank.^[2]

Production style

Zakk works mainly in rock, pop and hip hop using guitars and keys along with production software with custom plug-ins.

Production discography

Zakk Cervini produced or provided additional production (e.g., mixing, engineering) to the following projects:^[3][4][5]

• Chasing Ghosts by The Amity Affliction (2012)
• Sports by Modern Baseball (2012)
• Earth Rocker by Clutch (2013)
• Singularity by Northlane (2013)
• 5 Seconds of Summer by 5 Seconds of Summer (2014)
• The Nights by Avicii (2014)
• In Between by Beartooth (2014)
• 35xxxv by One OK Rock (2015)
• Disobedient by Stick To Your Guns (2015)
• Future Hearts by All Time Low (2015)
• Madness by Sleeping With Sirens (2015)
• Sounds Good Feels Good by 5 Seconds of Summer (2015)
• The Shadow Side by Andy Black (2016)
• Aggressive by Beartooth (2016)
• California by Blink 182 (2016)^[6]
• Youth Authority by Good Charlotte (2016)
• Ambitions by One OK Rock (2017)
• Cities in Search of a Heart by The Movielife (2017)^[7]
• Mosaic by 311 (2017)
• Mis•an•thrope by DED (2017)
• The Knife by Goldfinger (2017)
• Awful Things by Good Charlotte (2018)
• Summer Is a Curse by The Faim (2018)
• Disease by Beartooth (2018)
• Generation RX by Good Charlotte (2018)
• Vale by Black Veil Brides (2018)
• We Appreciate Power by Grimes feat. Hana (2018)
• In Our Wake by Atreyu (2018)
• Am I a Girl? by Poppy (2018)
• 11 Minutes by Yungblud with Halsey & Travis Barker (2019)
• Bloodlust by Nothing,Nowhere (2019)
• Champion by Bishop Briggs (2019)
• The Underrated Youth by Yungblud (2019)
• I Think I'm Okay by Machine Gun Kelly feat. Yungblud & Travis Barker (2019)
• How It Feels to Be Lost by Sleeping with Sirens (2019)
• Loner by Yungblud (2019)
• Strength In Numb333rs by Fever 333 (2019)
• Nine by Blink-182 (2019)
• Fandom by Waterparks (2019)
• Strange Love by Simple Creatures (2019)^[8]
• Everything Opposite by Simple Creatures (2019)
• Time in a Bottle from Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw by Yungblud (2019)
• Bad Guy by The Interrupters (2019)
• Meet You There Tour Live by 5 Seconds of Summer (2019)
• Proxy: An A.N.I.M.O. Story by Being as an Ocean (2019)
• bandaids by Keshi (2020)
• I Disagree by Poppy (2020)
• The Bastards by Palaye Royale (2020)
• All Distortions Are Intentional by Neck Deep (2020)
• Wake Up, Sunshine by All Time Low (2020)^[9][10]
• Weird! by Yungblud (2020)^[11]
• Tickets to My Downfall (Sold Out Edition) by Machine Gun Kelly (2020)
• Post Human: Survival Horror by Bring Me the Horizon (2020)
• For Those That Wish to Exist by Architects (2021)
• Greatest Hits by Waterparks (2021)
• None of the Above (EP) by Structures (2021)
• Still Sucks by Limp Bizkit (2021)
• Bad Life by Sigrid and Bring Me the Horizon (2022)
• The Death of Peace of Mind by Bad Omens (2022)
• Harder Than It Looks by Simple Plan (2022)
• Scoring the End of the World by Motionless in White (2022)
• Reaching Hypercritical by Palisades (2022)
• Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind by Coheed and Cambria (2022)
• Hotel Kalifornia by Hollywood Undead (2022)
• Unwanted by Pale Waves (2022)
• Darker Still by Parkway Drive (2022)
• Complete Collapse by Sleeping With Sirens (2022)
• Stagger by Poppy (2022)
• The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit by Architects (2022)
• Remember That You Will Die by Polyphia (2022)
• The End of Yesterday by Ellegarden (2022)
• "Crossfire" by Skillet (2023)
• Tell Me I'm Alive by All Time Low (2023) (tracks 3, 6-8, 10-13)
• TZIA by Meg Myers (2023)
• Intellectual Property by Waterparks (2023)
• A Call To The Void by Hot Milk (2023)
• EndEx by 3Teeth (2023)^[12]
• Soul Elegy by Termina (2023)^[13]
• Bleed Out by Within Temptation (2023)
• Zig by Poppy (2023)^[14]
• The Fear of Fear (EP) by Spiritbox (2023)^[15]
• "Keeping Secrets" by Fit for a King (2024)
• Vol. 1 (EP) by The Plot in You (2024)^[16]
• For Keeps by Too Close to Touch (2024) (track 1)^[17]
• Searching for Solace by The Ghost Inside (2024)^[18][19]
• Vol. 2 (EP) by The Plot in You (2024)^[20]
• Post Human: Nex Gen by Bring Me the Horizon (2024)^[21]
• Concrete Jungle [The OST] by Bad Omens (2024)^[22]
• Stigma by Wage War (2024)^[23]
• Carnal by Nothing More (2024)^[24]
• Was Here by Stand Atlantic (2024)^[25]
• GALORE (EP) by House of Protection (2024)^[26]
• Reincarnate: 10 Year Anniversary (EP) by Motionless in White (2024)^[27]
• "A Work of Art" (feat. SHAVO) by Ice Nine Kills (2024)^[28]
• "Awaken" by Breaking Benjamin (2024)^[29]
• Vol. 3 (EP) by The Plot in You (2024)^[30]
• Negative Spaces by Poppy (2024)^[31]
• "Even If It Kills Me" by Papa Roach (2025)^[32]
• The Sky, the Earth & All Between by Architects (2025)^[33]
• Tsunami Sea by Spiritbox (2025)^[34]
• Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe by Coheed and Cambria (2025)^[35]
• Big Ole Album Vol. 1 by A Day to Remember (2025)^[36]
• What Remains by Pop Evil (2025)^[37]
• "Afterlife" by Evanescence (2025)^[38]
• Surrender (EP) by Amira Elfeky (2025)^[39]
• "Sacred" by Parkway Drive (2025)^[40]
• "Hand That Feeds" by Halsey & Amy Lee (2025)^[41]
• Afterglow by Sleep Theory (2025)^[42]
• Outrun You All (EP) by House of Protection (2025)^[43]
• "Fight Like a Girl" feat. K.Flay by Evanescence (2025)^[44]
• "The Great Unknown" by Ice Nine Kills (2025)^[45]
• Lo-files by Bring Me the Horizon (2025)^[46]
• "Specter" by Bad Omens (2025)^[47]
• Metal Forth by Babymetal (2025)^[48]
• Alienation by Three Days Grace (2025)^[49]
• All Is Beautiful... Because We're Doomed by We Came as Romans (2025)^[50]
• "End of You" by Poppy, Amy Lee & Courtney LaPlante (2025)^[51]
• "Impose" by Bad Omens (2025)^[52]
• "Silence" by The Plot in You (2025)
• Silos by Starset (2025)^[53]
• The Wheel by I See Stars (2025)^[54]
• Violent Nature by I Prevail (2025)^[55]
• King of Terrors (EP) by President (2025)^[56]
• Creature in the Black Night by Dayseeker (2025)^[57]
• Cut.Turn.Fade.Back by Hail the Sun (2025)^[58]
• Flowers by The Devil Wears Prada (2025)^[59]

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Award is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the mainly English-language music industry. Cervini received one nomination for his involvement.^[60]

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2017	California	Best Rock Album[61]	Nominated[62]

Record certifications

Title	Year	Certification
5 Seconds of Summer	2015	RIAA: Gold[63]
California	2017	RIAA: Gold[64]
"11 Minutes" (featuring Halsey & Travis Barker)	2019	RIAA: Gold[65]
"Monsters"		RIAA: Gold[66] MC: Platinum[67]

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