Metal and gothic mastering that starts with a written audio audit of your mix, so you know what was wrong before anything gets processed. Black, death, doom, gothic, metalcore and djent, mastered online from Germany with unlimited revisions.
I'm Tim Borchert, mastering engineer at Polished, an online studio in Germany for metal and gothic.
Every project starts with a written audio audit of your mix: spectrum, dynamics and loudness, stereo image and phase, compared against references from your subgenre. You get the report and a mastering plan before anything is processed, then the master, with unlimited revisions.
Background: two years of event-technician training, live mixing for a rock band, own releases on labels in Mexico, India and Turkey, tracks played at a festival in Australia, and time at the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben. Now studying Systematic Musicology and Media Studies at the University of Hamburg.
Raw black metal stays raw, death metal keeps its weight, doom keeps its dynamics, metalcore gets a controlled low end.
You get 24-bit WAV, 16-bit AIFF, 320 kbps MP3, streaming and Bandcamp versions. Vinyl master on request, stem mastering when the mix needs it.
Send 24/32-bit WAV or AIFF, 3–6 dB headroom, no limiter on the master bus, plus 1–2 reference tracks.
Turnaround: single 48–72 h, EP 5–7 days, album 7–14 days.
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Click the 'Contact' above to get in touch. Looking forward to hearing from you.
- Mastering EngineerAverage price - $70 per song
Every master starts with a written audio audit of your mix (spectrum, dynamics/loudness, stereo/phase, genre references) and a mastering plan. Unlimited revisions until it's right.
Planning a release? Book 3 singles together and pay €73 per single instead of €79 — written audio audit and unlimited revisions included.