Joe Rickard

Joe Rickard
Joe Rickard
	Rickard with In Flames in 2017
Background information
Born	Joseph Robert Rickard; April 12, 1987 (age 39)
Genres	Alternative metal; melodic death metal; alternative rock; Christian rock;
Occupations	Musician; record producer; engineer;
Instruments	Drums; keyboards;
Years active	2004–present
Formerly of	Red; In Flames;
Website	joerickardproductions.com

Joe Rickard (born April 12, 1987) is an American record producer, mixing engineer, and drummer. He was a member of the rock band Red from 2008 through 2014 and Swedish heavy metal band In Flames from 2016 through 2019.^[1] He then began primarily writing, mixing and producing, often working with music producer Howard Benson.^[2]

Biography

Rickard is the former drummer for Swedish heavy metal band In Flames and Grammy Award-nominated band Red.^[3] He has performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno^[4] and The Conan O'Brien Show,^[5] and was voted one of the Up & Coming Drummers of 2010 by Modern Drummer Magazine.^[6] He also recorded all of the live drums for Mötley Crüe's 2019 biographical film, The Dirt.^[7] In November 2007, Rickard replaced Hayden Lamb as the drummer of Red. In 2014, after spending six years, three albums and numerous tours with Red, Rickard decided to leave the band.^[8] He joined Swedish metal band In Flames in 2016.^[1] Rickard was the drummer for In Flames until 2019.^[9]

After touring in several bands and performing on various albums, Rickard has now become a full time producer, mixer, and writer. He has worked with Three Days Grace, Apocalyptica, 10 Years, Starset, Another Day Dawns,^[10] Love And Death, Brian Welch, Diamante, Keith Wallen of Breaking Benjamin, Rob Graves, Trevor McNevan of Thousand Foot Krutch, Manafest, The Wedding, and Islander. He also works with music producer Howard Benson on a regular basis, mixing several of his recent releases.^[11]

Discography

Year	Artist	SONG / ALBUM	Role
2026	Dream Beard	VOID (featuring Sada Baby)	Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Stitched Up Heart	GLITCH BITCH (featuring Conquer Divide)
		CANNIBAL (featuring Heidi Shepard of Butcher Babies)
		BEAST (featuring Nonpoint)
		MEET ME AFTER LIFE (featuring NOAPOLOGY)
	Alien Ant Farm	Actitud
	Alien Ant Farm	Reasons
	12 Stones	Golden Child	Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
	12 Stones	World So Cold (featuring Lyric Noel)	Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
	Veda & Bobby Amaru	Running Up That Hill	Producer, Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
	Lyric Noel	Shades of Black	Atmos Mixing
	Butcher Babies	Lost In Your Touch	Producer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
		Black Dove	Producer, Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
		Blame It On The Wind	Producer, Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
	LYLVC	Starless	Producer, Drum Programming, Mixing Engineer, Synthesizer Programming, Atmos Mixer
	Dream Beard	HIGH LIFE (featuring Dropout Kings)	Atmos Mixer
	Saliva	Cope (featuring Trevor McNevan of Thousand Foot Krutch)	Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Saliva	Sadistic Love
	Emily Wolfe	Crave Me
	Emily Wolfe	Lips (featuring Eagles of Death Metal)
	Caleb Hyles	Not Your Savior (Acoustic)	Producer, Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Stitched Up Heart	"MEDUSA"	Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Hoobastank	"How Do You Sleep?"	Co-Producer, Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Saliva	"Edge of a Knife"	Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	GORODA	"Do Something Wrong" (featuring Bobby Amaru of Saliva)	Mastering, Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
	Saliva	"Longshot" (featuring Johnny Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd)	Atmos Mixer
	Emily Wolfe	"Power"	Mixing Engineer
2025	Limp Bizkit	"Making Love To Morgan Wallen"	Immerse Mixing Engineer
	Three Days Grace	Alienation	Assistant Engineer
	Three Days Grace	Apologies	Assistant Engineer, Composer
	Starset	Silos	Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Programmer, Studio Drummer
	Saliva	Revelation: Retold	Producer (tracks 1-5) Mixing Engineer (tracks 1-5) Programming (tracks 1 & 2) Recording Engineer (tracks 2 & 3) Atmos Mixer (tracks 1 - 5)
	Silos	APOCALIPS	Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Silos	APOCALIPS 2.0	Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Caleb Hyles	The Darkness Before The Dawn	Songwriter (track 6) Producer (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10) Drums (tracks 1, 3, 4, 8, 10) Mixing Engineer (tracks 1 - 10) Programming (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10) Recording Engineer (track 5) Vocal Engineer (track 6) Atmos Mixer (tracks 1 - 10)
	Dead Rabbitts	Redefined	Producer, Mixing Engineer, Programming (track 10), Atmos Mixer
	Saliva	They Don't Really Care About Us	Producer, Mixing Engineer, Programming, Recording Engineer, Atmos Mixer, Vocal Engineer
		Hit 'Em Where It Hurts	Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
		Too Broke To Fix	Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
	Veda & Bobby Amaru	Somebody That I Used To Know	Producer, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
		Just Pretend	Producer, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
		Somewhere I Belong
		Somebody's Watching Me	Producer, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
		Last Resort	Producer, Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
	LYLVC	Barely Human	Atmos Mixer
	Butcher Babies	Insincerity	Producer, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
	Dream Beard	SPRAY (featuring Sada Baby)	Atmos Mixer
	Fallen Within	Worlds Apart	Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
	Stitched Up Heart	SICK SICK SICK (featuring Lauren Babic, Eyes Set To Kill)	Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Thrower	Happy When We're Bleeding (featuring Craig Mabbitt, Escape the Fate)	Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
	Alien Ant Farm	Bad Attitude	Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
2024	Ashes Remain	"Lost Light"	Mixer, Recording Engineer
	Ashes Remain	"Don’t Let Go"	Mixer, Recording Engineer
	Three Days Grace	"Mayday"	Assistant Recording Engineer
	Starset	"Dystopia"	Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Songwriter
		"TokSik"	Producer, Programmer, Engineer
		"DEGENERATE"	Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Programmer
		"Brave New World"	Producer, Programmer, Engineer
	Breaking Benjamin	"Awaken"	Recording Engineer, Vocal Recording Engineer
	Manafest	Learning How To Be Human	Producer, Songwriter
	POKMINDSET	"JEK"	Mixer, Mastering
	The Black Moods	"Heaven"	Mixer, Mastering, Engineer
	Silos	Gaslight	Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
		Insatiable Remixes, Vol. 002
		Black Mold (featuring Craig Mabbitt of Escape The Fate)
	Caleb Hyles	Never Back Down	Songwriter, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Programming, Vocal Engineer
		DARKNESS BEFORE THE DAWN!	Producer, Programming, Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
		UNPARALYZED (featuring Trevor McNevan of Thousand Foot Krutch)	Producer, Programming Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Dead Rabbitts	Mistake (featuring Lauren Babic)	Producer, Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Dead Rabbitts	Oxygen (featuring Chris Fronzak of Attila)	Producer, Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Veda	Wannabe Me	Producer, Drums, Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Veda	I Breakdown	Producer, Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
	Judge & Jury	The Urge (featuring Tyler Connolly of Theory of a Deadman)	Co-Producer, Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Judge & Jury	Euphoria (featuring Trevor McNevan of Thousand Foot Krutch)	Producer, Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Saliva	Time Bomb (featuring Peyton Parrish)	Producer, Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
	Butcher Babies	Sincerity	Producer, Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
2023	Red	Rated R	Co-writer, Mixer
	Kala	Diary of a Depressed Creative	Producer (track 7), Mixer, Atmos Mixer
	In Flames	Foregone	Mixer, Programmer, Studio Keyboards
	Caleb Hyles	Darkness Before The Dawn (featuring Lacey Strum)	Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Left to Suffer	Noah	Atmos Mixer,
	HEIRLOOM	ROMANTICIZE	Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Silos	Insatiable
		Insatiable Remixes, Vol 001
		Lighthouse (featuring Crazy Town)
	Jonathan Young	Children of Night	Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Judge & Jury	Disarm (featuring Edge Of Paradise, Caleb Hyles)	Mixing Engineer, Programming, Atmos Mixer
	Judge & Jury	Eventually	Mixing Engineer
2022	Mitch Jones	West Coast Tragedy (Judge & Jury Mix) (featuring Kala	Mixing Engineer
	Mitch Jones	Darkness (featuring Craig Mabbitt of Escape the Fate)	Mixing Engineer
	Jonathan Young	Wolf Within (featuring Caleb Hyles)	Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
	Jonathan Young	Children of Night (featuring Barry Stock of Three Days Grace)
	Caleb Hyles	Just One Step
	Caleb Hyles	Idolize
	Starset & Breaking Benjamin	"Waiting on the Sky to Change"	Producer, Mixer, Atmos Mixer
	HEIRLOOM	WE ARE NOT THE SAME	Mixing Engineer
	HEIRLOOM	PASSENGER SEAT
	Left to Suffer	Snake
	Kala	Broken Hearted
2021	Keith Wallen	This World or the Next	Producer, Mixer, Co-writer, Studio Drummer, Engineer, Programmer, Editor
	Starset	Horizons	Producer, Mixer
	Love and Death	Perfectly Preserved	Producer, Mixer
	Jonathan Young	Land of the Living	Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
		Divided	Mixing Engineer
		Damage Done (featuring RichaadEB)	Mixing Engineer, Atmos Mixer
		Rebel Yell (featuring Lukas Rossi)	Mixing Engineer
	Edge Of Paradise	Love Reign O'er Me	Atmos Mixer
2020	Bella Thorne	"SFB"	Mixer
	HOUNDS	"Shake Me Up"	Mixer
	Apocalyptica	"Talk to Me" (featuring Lzzy Hale)	Mixer
	10 Years	Violent Allies	Mixer
	Another Day Dawns	Stranger	Producer, Mixer, Co-writer, Engineer, Programmer, Editor
	Diamante	American Dream	Mixer
	JunkBunny	Down the Rabbit Hole	Mixer
	Three Days Grace	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Mixer
	Red	Declaration	Co-writer, Mixer, Mastering
2019	Joyous Wolf	Place in Time	Mixer
	Issues	Beautiful Oblivion	Co-editor
	Starset	Divisions	Producer, Co-writer, Studio Drummer, Engineer, Programmer, Editor
	In Flames	I, the Mask	Studio Drummer, Drum Programmer
2018	Diamante	Coming in Hot	Studio Drummer, Drum Programmer, percussion
2018	Palisades	Erase The Pain	Mixer
2017	All That Remains	Madness	Drum Programmer
	Warbringer	Woe to the Vanquished	Drum Technician
	Starset	Vessels	Studio Drummer, Editor
	Red	Gone	Co-writer, Studio Drummer
2016	In Flames	Battles	Studio Drummer, Drum Programmer
2015	Islander	"Wake Up!" (featuring Jonathan Davis)	Producer, Co-mixer Co-writer, Studio Drummer, Programmer, Editor
2014	Caleb Johnson	Testify	Studio Drummer
2014	Starset	Transmissions	Co-writer, Studio Drummer, programmer
2013	Love and Death	Between Here & Lost ("Paralyzed" only)	Studio Drummer, Engineer
2013	Red	Release the Panic	Co-writer, Studio Drummer, programmer
2012	Disciple	O God Save Us All	Editor
2011	Red	Until We Have Faces	Co-writer, Studio Drummer
2010	Kerrie Roberts	Kerrie Roberts	Studio Drummer, Percussion
2009	Red	Innocence & Instinct	Studio Drummer
2009	Pillar	Confessions	Studio Drummer
2007	The Wedding	Polarity	Studio Drummer

References

1 2 "IN FLAMES - Presenting Our New Drummer! (OFFICIAL) - YouTube". www.youtube.com. October 3, 2016.
↑ "Joe Rickard - Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
↑ "Recording Academy Grammy Awards: Red - Release The Panic". Recording Academy Grammy Awards. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
↑ "All Access Industry Snap: Red". All Access. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
↑ "Setting off Panic - Red drummer Joe Rickard hard the best seat in the house". HM Magazine. May 5, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
↑ "Full text of "Modern Drummer Issue 368"". Archive. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
↑ "Joe Rickard - IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
↑ Jones, Kim (February 1, 2014). "Joe Rickard Says Goodbye To RED". Music Times.
↑ "In Flames Guitarist Björn Gelotte Devastated Over Sudden Drummer Change". Ultimate Guitar. March 9, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
↑ "ANOTHER DAY DAWNS FRONTMAN DAKOTA SEAN ON THEIR FEROCIOUS NEW EP AND BRIGHT FUTURE!". Icon Vision. March 24, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
↑ "Credits for Joe Rickard". Tidal. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

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[auto-1] 1 2 "IN FLAMES - Presenting Our New Drummer! (OFFICIAL) - YouTube". www.youtube.com. October 3, 2016.

[2] "Joe Rickard - Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

[3] "Recording Academy Grammy Awards: Red - Release The Panic". Recording Academy Grammy Awards. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

[4] "All Access Industry Snap: Red". All Access. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

[5] "Setting off Panic - Red drummer Joe Rickard hard the best seat in the house". HM Magazine. May 5, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

[6] "Full text of "Modern Drummer Issue 368"". Archive. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

[7] "Joe Rickard - IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved July 10, 2024.

[musictimes-8] Jones, Kim (February 1, 2014). "Joe Rickard Says Goodbye To RED". Music Times.

[9] "In Flames Guitarist Björn Gelotte Devastated Over Sudden Drummer Change". Ultimate Guitar. March 9, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

[10] "ANOTHER DAY DAWNS FRONTMAN DAKOTA SEAN ON THEIR FEROCIOUS NEW EP AND BRIGHT FUTURE!". Icon Vision. March 24, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

[11] "Credits for Joe Rickard". Tidal. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

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v t e The Wedding
Matt Shelton Trevor Sarver Adam Thron Matt Jameson Cody Driggers Clint Robinson Joe Rickard Jeremy Ervin Kevin Kiehn
Studio albums	The Wedding (2005) Polarity (2007)
EPs	Rumble in the South (2005) The Sound, The Steel (2008)

v t e Red
Anthony Armstrong Randy Armstrong Dan Johnson Michael Barnes Andrew Hendrix Hayden Lamb Jasen Rauch Joe Rickard Brian Medeiros
Albums	End of Silence Innocence & Instinct Until We Have Faces Release the Panic of Beauty and Rage Gone Declaration Rated R
Singles	"Ordinary World" "Breathe Into Me" "Faceless" "Lie to Me (Denial)" "The War We Made"
Related articles	Discography

v t e In Flames
Björn Gelotte Anders Fridén Chris Broderick Liam Wilson Anders Iwers Carl Näslund Mikael Stanne Daniel Erlandsson Johan Larsson Glenn Ljungström Jesper Strömblad Daniel Svensson Peter Iwers Joe Rickard Niclas Engelin Bryce Paul Tanner Wayne
Studio albums	Lunar Strain The Jester Race Whoracle Colony Clayman Reroute to Remain Soundtrack to Your Escape Come Clarity A Sense of Purpose Sounds of a Playground Fading Siren Charms Battles I, the Mask Foregone
EPs	Subterranean Black-Ash Inheritance Trigger
Singles	"The Quiet Place" "The Mirror's Truth" "Where the Dead Ships Dwell"
Live albums & videos	The Tokyo Showdown Used & Abused: In Live We Trust Sounds from the Heart of Gothenburg
Related articles	Discography A Sense of Purpose Tour The Halo Effect

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