Kane Churko


Kane Gregory Churko is a Canadian record producer and sound engineer, best known for his work with artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Papa Roach, Cory Marks, Modern Science, Five Finger Death Punch, Gemini Syndrome, In This Moment, Hellyeah, and Skillet. He is the son of Canadian record producer, Kevin Churko.

Career

Kane Churko is a Canadian-born, Las Vegas–based songwriter, producer, and audio engineer who has contributed to recordings by artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Five Finger Death Punch, In This Moment, and Jake E. Lee’s Red Dragon Cartel. He works primarily out of the Hideout Recording Studio in Henderson, Nevada, and has been active in recording studios and the music industry since the age of 14.
Raised in a musical family, Churko received informal training through professional guidance from his father and through early studio experience. A multi-instrumentalist and programmer proficient with Pro Tools, he has worked with producers including Mutt Lange and Eric Valentine and has participated in projects involving artists such as Bob Dylan, Shania Twain, Maroon 5, Smash Mouth, Hinder and The Corrs.
Churko’s first co-writing credit on a released rock track appeared on Ozzy Osbourne’s elventh studio album, Scream, which debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and sold more than 375,000 copies. He later co-wrote with Five Finger Death Punch for their 2011 album "American Capitalist" which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart. The single “Remember Everything,” their first collaboration, peaked at number two on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart and sold over 325,000 copies. He also co-wrote “Blood” for In This Moment’s 2012 album of the same name; the song reached number nine on the Active Rock chart and became one of Century Media Records’ best-selling singles, with more than 275,000 copies sold.
In addition to his studio work, Churko has contributed to music-production education. In 2024, he appeared on the Nail the Mix platform to teach a mixing class focused on Papa Roach’s single “Face Everything and Rise.”
Churko has also collaborated with audio-software developers on commercial production tools. He partnered with STL Tones to create the “Kane + Kevin Churko ControlHub Expansion Pack,” featuring a collection of his mix settings and signal-chain configurations. In addition, he contributed preset content for Drumforge’s Kickforge virtual instrument.

Awards and achievements

In 2013 Churko became the youngest recipient of the Juno Award for "Engineer of the Year" for his work on In This Moment's "Blood" and Five Finger Death Punch's "Coming Down". He shared the award, as well as a producer nomination, with his father, who that year set a record with his fourth win in the engineering category. In 2015, Churko co-wrote, produced, engineered, and mixed “Face Everything and Rise” by Papa Roach, his first number-one song on the Active Rock chart. He has been the frontman and songwriter for the Juno-nominated pop/funk band Modern Science since 2007 and has released solo material under the name Mr. Kane since the early 2000s. He has also co-written and co-produced tracks for rapper MattyB, whose videos for those songs each reached more than five million views on YouTube. Churko’s remix and production work has included projects for Five Finger Death Punch, In This Moment, Rob Zombie, and Tech N9ne.

Credits

  • Cory Marks - Sorry for Nothing
  • *Co-Producer, Engineer, Songwriter
  • In This Moment - Godmode
  • * Producer, Engineer, Mixer
  • Velvet Chains - Morbid Dreams
  • * Producer, Co-Writer, Engineer, Mixer & Masterer on 3 Songs "Last Drop", "Can't Win", "Time Stood Still".
  • Skillet – Dominion
  • * Producer, Additional Producer, Songwriter, Mixer, Engineer
  • Cory Marks – Who I Am
  • *co-producer, songwriter
  • In This Moment - Mother
  • * Producer, Engineer
  • Santa Cruz – Katharsis
  • *producer, composer.
  • Memphis May Fire – Broken
  • *producer, composer.
  • Vamps – Underworld
  • *Produced, co-wrote eight songs
  • Skillet – Unleashed
  • *Co-wrote "Out of Hell" and "Undefeated"
  • Gemini Syndrome – Memento Mori
  • *Produced, engineered & mixed album and co-wrote "Eternity" and select tracks.
  • 9ELECTRIC – The Damaged Ones
  • *Co-produced, mixed, additional engineering, & mastered album and co-wrote "Toxic Angel"
  • Disturbed – Immortalized
  • *Engineering, Pro Tools
  • Five Finger Death Punch – Got Your Six
  • *Engineering, Pro Tools
  • Papa Roach – F.E.A.R.
  • *Producer, Co-Writer, Engineer, Mixer & Masterer On 7 Songs "Face Everything And Rise", "Love Me Till It Hurts", "Falling Apart", *"Never Have To Say Goodbye", "Devil", "Warriors", "Hope For The Hopeless". Co-Engineer, Additional Programming On The Rest Of The Album.
  • In This Moment – Black Widow
  • *Co-Wrote "Bloody Creature Poster Girl" &"Bones", Additional Engineering
  • Art of Dying – Rise Up EP
  • *Produced, Mixed & Engineered The Song "Everything"
  • One Ok Rock – Ambitions
  • *Produced, Cowrote, Mixed, Engineered Two Songs.
  • Bleeker – Ep
  • *Mixed "Highway", Background Vocals, Additional Programming & Percussion
  • Escape The Fate – Hate Me
  • *Co-Wrote "Breaking Me Down"
  • Falling In Reverse – Tba
  • *Co-Wrote One Track
  • Flyleaf – Between The Stars
  • *Mixed & Mastered "Set Me On Fire " & Thread
  • New Years Day – Malevolence
  • *Co-Wrote "Suffer"
  • Otherwise – Peace At All Costs
  • *Co-Wrote Two Tracks "Coming For The Throne" &"The Other Side Of The Truth"
  • Grimsley Rose – Truth To Power Ep
  • *Mastered
  • 3Align – Elevate
  • *Mixed & Mastered, Vocal Production, Co-Wrote "In The Beyond", "Feel Love" &"Little Bit Better"
  • Hellyeah – Blood For Blood
  • *Additional Engineering, Pro Tools
  • Chiodos – Devil
  • *Co-Wrote "Under Your Halo"
  • Gus G. - I Am The Fire
  • *Co-Wrote "Long Way Down Featuring Alexia Rodriguez From Eyes Set To Kill"
  • In This Moment – Blood Live At The Orpheum DVD
  • *Co-Wrote "Blood" &"Beast Within", Assistant Mixing, Pro Tools
  • Jake E. Lee's Red Dragon Cartel – Red Dragon Cartel
  • *Co-wrote "Big Mouth", "Feeder", "Deceived", "Slave" and "War Machine"
  • Five Finger Death Punch – The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2
  • *Co-wrote "A Day In My Life", additional engineering, Pro Tools, remixer, mixed and mastered live DVD audio on bonus disc.
  • Gemini Syndrome – Lux
  • *Additional engineering, Pro Tools
  • Eyes Set to Kill – Masks
  • *Co-wrote "Haze" and "Infected"
  • Five Finger Death Punch – The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1
  • *Co-wrote "M.I.N.E ", additional engineering, Pro Tools
  • Five Finger Death Punch – Purgatory
  • *Mixed and mastered entire live album, co-wrote "Remember Everything"
  • Butcher Babies – Goliath
  • *Co-wrote two unreleased tracks
  • Rob Zombie – Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor
  • *Mix assistant, assistant mastering
  • Heavy Honey – Crushing Symphony
  • *Mixed and mastered entire album, vocal production on select tracks, produced and engineered "Soul Selling"
  • Speaking the King's – Carousel
  • *Co-wrote "Choke" and "Worthless"
  • Jason Hook – American Justice
  • *Mixing, additional production, mastering Heavy Honey – Crushing Symphony
  • *Mixed and mastered entire album, vocal production on select tracks, produced and engineered "Soul Selling"
  • Billy J White – Damn Fool Thing to Do
  • *Mixed, mastered
  • Chris Buck Band – Buck Wild
  • *Mixed and mastered "Caribbean Dream" and "Ain't No Trouble"
  • In This Moment – Blood
  • *Co-wrote "Blood", "You're Gonna Listen", "Beast Within", "Comanche", engineer, programming and additional production, assistant mastering, additional guitar on "Whore", remixed "Adrenalize "
  • Kobra and the Lotus – Kobra and the Lotus
  • *Co-wrote "Forever One", Co-producer on 4 tracks, additional engineering, Pro Tools, assistant mastering
  • Conflict of Interest – Conflict of Interest EP
  • *Co-wrote and co-produced "No Pain No Pleasure", Pro Tools, programming
  • Arising Tide – Arising Tide EP
  • *Mixed "Guns In This Town", "Fire", "Move Along", mastered entire EP
  • The Dirty Hooks – Electric Grit
  • *Mixed, mastered
  • Five Finger Death Punch – American Capitalist
  • *Co-wrote "Remember Everything", 2nd engineer, remixed "Under And Over It", "The Pride", "100 Ways to Hate" and "Remember Everything"
  • Modern Science – How the World Ends EP
  • *Producer, writer, engineer, performer, label
  • Emerson Drive – Let Your Love Speak
  • *Additional engineering, Pro Tools
  • Hinder – All American Nightmare
  • *Additional engineering, Pro Tools
  • Ozzy Osbourne – Scream
  • *Co-wrote "Crucify", additional engineering, Pro Tools
  • In This Moment – A Star-Crossed Wasteland
  • *Assistant engineer, Pro Tools
  • Five Finger Death Punch – War Is the Answer
  • *Assistant engineer, Pro Tools
  • Modern Science – Modern Science
  • *Producer, writer, engineer, performer, label
  • Scott Leigh – Scott Leigh
  • *Co-writer, co-producer
  • Drive A – Loss of Desire
  • *Pro Tools
  • Simon Collins – U-Catastrophe
  • *Pro Tools
  • In This Moment – The Dream
  • *Pro Tools
  • Ozzy Osbourne – Black Rain
  • *Pro Tools, acoustic guitar on "Lay Your World on Me"
  • Patricia Conroy – Talking to Myself
  • *Pro Tools
  • Mr. Kane – Mr. Kane
  • *Producer, writer, engineer, performer, label
  • Bob Dylan – Modern Times
  • *Additional engineering on "Thunder on the Mountain"
  • JParis – Call It What You Want
  • *Pro Tools
  • Lorenzo – Love Shape Bruise
  • *Pro Tools
  • Cardinal Trait – You Already Know