Bricktop Recording

Riffs Bricktop Recording is a unique, fully equipped recording studio located in Chicago's Northeast Pilsen neighborhood.

Founded in 2007 by Pete Grossmann & Andy Nelson, they set out to create a studio that was both comfortable and conducive to creativity. Throughout their 18 years of experience engineering and touring in bands, Andy & Pete have worked on albums released through esteemed labels such as Relapse, Pure Noise, Southern Lord, Prosthetic, Epitaph, Triple Crown, Equal Vision, Run for Cover Records as well

02/28/2024
02/26/2024

Pete sat down with the Working Class Audio podcast with Matt Boudreau! Andy will be following up in the next couple weeks. Links to listen and subscribe in the comments below

02/09/2024

On The Wheel is streaming wherever you listen to music. The amount of love since the label announcement yesterday has been unreal. Check it out, learn the words, and let us know what you think. Thank y’all so much. Torture Realm 2024.

Recorded at MoreSound
Mixed by Like Minded Company
Mastered by Bricktop Recording
Artwork .jackal
Photo by Ron Ballweber

01/01/2024

Thanks for another awesome year. Here’s some select releases of 2023 to come out of Bricktop -
(Pictured Left to right, top to bottom)

Pain Of Truth - Not Through Blood
Fireworks - Higher Lonely Power
PRIMITIVE MAN / Full of Hell - Suffocating Hallucination
- Outcry
Mouth For War - Bleed Yourself
High Priest - Invocation
Gates to Hell - S/T
LURK - Natural Causes
Crowning / Frail Body - Balladeers, Redefined Compilation

10/30/2023

fallfiftyfeet 🤝 Andy Nelson

08/24/2023

https://mouthforwar.ffm.to/underthegun

M4W has signed with MNRK Heavy

You can now watch the music video for our new song "UNDER THE GUN" and listen it to it wherever you stream music

Violent nature. This is only step one. Stay tuned.

https://mouthforwar.ffm.to/underthegun

Photos from Idol Throne's post 07/31/2023
redtemplepray | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok | Linktree 07/31/2023

redtemplepray | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok | Linktree View redtemplepray’s Linktree. Listen to their music on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music here.

Photos from Red Temple Pray's post 05/26/2023
05/12/2023

Streaming everywhere today is our single ‘Sleep A Cicada Would Envy’ which also includes several live tracks from our tour in the UK last October recorded by .buildings while we were there. Listen anywhere now or go watch the music video for the title single thanks to KNOTFEST (link in comments).

FFO: Poison the Well, Botch, Finch, Zao, Hopesfall

Recorded by Bricktop Recording
Mastered by AUDIOSIEGE
Artwork by
Released by Smartpunk
PR by Wordless PR

Photos from Huntsmen's post 05/01/2023
Photos from High Priest's post 03/29/2023

New single, video & pre-orders from High Priest’s upcoming LP “Invocation”

Divinity video: https://youtu.be/FjtNK87xsC0

Pre-orders/streaming links: http://lnk.spkr.media/highpriest-invocation

Produced/mixed by Pete Grossmann
Mastered by AUDIOSIEGE

03/17/2023

👏👏👏👏

Thank you to everyone that supports our bands all over the world. Getting to record and tour together is a true gift and we appreciate you all and Closed Casket Activities for letting us do our thing. We are on tour right now. See you out there ✌️

03/11/2023

Drums and vocals for album 3 are done. Shout out and for helping us make this the most insane piece of music we’ve put together.

02/03/2023

Our new record ‘Died Down’ is out Friday, March 3. Stream the first single ‘Some of its Parts’ now: linktr.ee/barrenheir

Preorders for physical copies (cassettes + digipaks) and a new long sleeve are all live today for Bandcamp Friday.

THANK YOU

DIED DOWN was engineered and Mixed by Andy Nelson at Bricktop Recording and mastered by Brad Boatright, AUDIOSIEGE

01/17/2023

PRIMITIVE MAN / Full of Hell collab “SUFFOCATING HALLUCINATION”
Engineered/mixed by Andy Nelson

https://open.spotify.com/track/7EMTXHBfxLa6MzRSn7o0R7?si=EAi8wlegQfGUqN5kXHrjuA&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A7A8E7nZgoKwaCErhqndtpj

Proud to present SUFFOCATING HALLUCINATION, the new collaborative full length from FULL OF HELL and PRIMITIVE MAN. Click the link in our bio to stream the lead single “Rubble Home”, pre-order vinyl and apparel. Available March 3rd from Closed Casket Activities.

“Today a cherub, whose hand I held, spit in my face..”

http://Orcd.co/suffocatinghallucination

01/06/2023

Thanks for for the fridge & stocking us up 🍻

01/03/2023

Check out this new compilation from Weedian showcasing stoner/doom from IL. Many of the bands or tracks have been recorded here-
High Priest, Cokegoat, Blunt, Canyyn, Faces of the Bog, Scientist, Stondar, Plague of Carcosa, Dead Sun Rising, the HŸSS

Much like the range of desolate landscapes, from dilapidated small towns to oppressive cities, Illinois doomers capture the variety of the state through their sound. From crushing, fast paced riffs to monolithic walls of sound, the bands reflect the darkness inherent to the Inland Empire State. Weedian offers a curated selection of the heaviest hitters, from state staples to unknown gems, sure to please fans of all sorts of doom. Come take a 'Trip To Illinois' with us!

https://weedian420.bandcamp.com/album/trip-to-illinois

Photos from Bricktop Recording's post 12/03/2022

Slowly updating the acoustic treatments in the live room:

So far the ceiling has been drywalled, hung a drum cloud, installed deeper traps behind the drums, installed panels with scatter plates & beefed up the corner trap along the east wall.

11/07/2022

New Severance USA single mastered by Pete Grossmann

https://open.spotify.com/track/47u9kbPE6V0I9VLflUqBvp?si=esn2jcE0R92GkhNw8oOTKw

SPINELESS IS LIVE ON SPOTIFY AND APPLE MUSIC. GO CHECK IT.

Huge thank you to Trae Roberts of Like Minded Company for the Mix, Bricktop Recording for Mastering, and for the super sick artwork!

Photos from Meteor Gem's post 11/07/2022
King's Gambit - Grasping (Official Music Video) 10/28/2022

King's Gambit - Grasping (Official Music Video) King's Gambit - Grasping (Official Music Video)From the EP - Sight of HandsMusic written and recorded by King's GambitMixed by Trae Roberts at Like Minded Co...

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