Records that have been recorded by Austin Enterprise have appeared in such fine publications as Unrestrained, Metal Maniacs, Terrorizer, Hit Parader, Mix, Spex Magazine, Alternative Press, Thrasher, Big Brother, Pit, Heckler, Transworld, Wormgear, Hard and Heavy, Scream, Guitar, Grand Royal, Melody Maker, CMJ, Rolling Stone, Guitar World, Metal Edge, Close UP, Kerrang, Pulse, Chord, Village Voice, and RIP.
Mix Magazine
Steve Austin: Master of the Underground
"A lot of people who record with me are not necessarily the most together or stable, and the music they make is often disturbing and heavy," laughs noted underground sound sculptor steve austin. " In fact, during the first night of a recording with one band, who had been on a major label and opened for Pantera, blood was spilled by two different people, furthermore, my shirt was ripped off my back, and some of the heaviest music on earth was committed to tape all in the space of a few hours."
Article by Pat Kennedy
Unrestrained
"one of the most intimidating and intriguing entities within the metal scene"
"Steve Austin is a man on a mission with a message"
"Austin delivers a dose of pure reality with every release, one that striked hard and grabs the listener by the throat relentlessly and without mercy."
Article by Chris Bruni
Metal Maniacs
"Sadness Will Prevail is a unique, authentic, eclectic powerful piece of work"
"i simply cannot wait to hold "Sadness Will Prevail" in my hands"
"Sadness Will Prevail" sneaks quietly through my speakers and quickly dominates my mind!! Unadulterated power"
Article by Wade Gosselin
Metal Maniacs
Ichabod "living through the end" cd review
"The production renders the sound magnificent. It was recorded by Today is the Day front man Steve Austin, so you get the drift."
Article by Dave Brenner
Terrorizer
"Setting up those very mics on "new american gospel", to no little avail, was none other than Steve Austin, from everyone's fave psychedelic neuromancers Today is the Day. His contributions extended beyond the producer's chair into a collaboration with the band on what is possibly the album's stand-out cut, "terror and hubris in the house of frank pollard", wherein his inimitable acidic screech does battle with blyth's bellow in stirring style. "He gave 110%, and by now it has got to a stage where we couldn't imagine him not being there- he's almost like a sixth member of the band."
Lamb of God interview
Alternative Press
"In Today is the Day's eight year existence, founder Steve Austin has functioned as a cultish robert fripp/john mclaughlin hybrid; a noise-rock auteur known as much for his off-kilter, damaging riffs and vocals, as for his soaring david gilmour-style leads. With five albums under the group's belt, austin treads daringly into the live arena with live till you die. The cover art is a stark, black and white appropriation of the famous close-up photo of charles manson, using austins visage instead. The photo seems to function as a bold declaration- " this is my band, this is precisely what i stand for."
Article by Pat Kennedy
Metal Maniacs
"For seven years now Today is the Day has been consistently refining its tortuous music onslaught. Steve Austin has explored many avenues of aggression throughout five albums to proudly soar a middle finger in the face of an oppressive society."
Article by Marty Rytkonen
Terrorizer
Writer's poll, 1997; Today is the Day Temple of the Morning Star, #7 metal album of the year. Produced by Steve Austin at Austin Enterprise.
Writer's poll, 1999; Today is the Day In the Eyes of God, #9 metal album of the year. Produced by Steve Austin at Austin Enterprise.
Top ten noise albums of the decade 1990-2000; In the Eyes of God and Temple of the Morning Star.
Today is the Day appeared on the Terrorizer CD with S.O.D., Mercyful Fate, and many others.
Alternative Press
"Atom splittin' feedback meshes with screamings, rumblings, free-form noise jams - and that's the mellow shit." "Make them feel," Austin says slowly. "Somehow, some way, after everything that has been done to them because no one feels anything anymore."
Article by Johnny Peccorrelli
Rolling Stone
Kittie: Top Five Albums
Morgan: 1.Today is the Day, Temple of the Morning Star. 2. Van Halen, Van Halen ii. 3. Gary Numan, Tubeway Army. 4. Pantera, Far Beyond Driven 5. Silverchair Neon Ballroom.
Article by Mark Healy
Guitar
Today is the Day pushing the envelope with Steve Austin "led by guitarist/producer Steve Austin, the trio hammers head-scratching art-rock, hardcore fury and extreme metallic insanity into a startling lean-to of neo-90's brilliance."
Interview by Bob Gulla
Rip
"Nashvilles three-man aural-nightmare squad, Today is the Day pummel with a sound like grind core stripped of the metal damage, launching into each number as if they've got battery acid in their veins rather than adrenaline." "Mainman Steve Austin literally destroys his larynx by the finish of every number, and the likes of silver tongue, with its black hole of chords and the disquieting alien powertronics of Blind Man at Mystic Lake suggest prog-rock of the strangest, spaciest sort."
Article by Mike Gitter
Thrasher
"Steve Austin is the unabomber of rock 'n' roll, and his latest manifesto is Temple of the Morning Star, Today is the Day's fourth album, conceived when Austin and his accomplices-keyboardist and sample technician Chris Reeser, and drum god Mike Hyde were holed up in Austin's recording studio last summer." "The album is an incredibly dense, super connected, intricate piece of work." "I see you've utilized the latest in digital recording hardware."
Interview by Morgan Walker
Grand Royal
#1 metal album of the year "Today is the Day, Today is the Day (Amphetamine Reptile, 1996) real anger. Real hatred. Real songs. Their willpower lp was the best record of 1995, hands down. Heaviness that must be heard to be believed. Watch for Steve Austin as the next monster of heavy. He gets it both musically and production-wise."
Article by Mark Thompson and Ian Rogers
Melody Maker
"Their live show is frightening in its intensity, viscerally painful."
Article by Everrett True
Pulse
"One of the most heaviest, most challenging releases in recent memory."
Review by Jon Wiederhorn
Resound
"One of the most sought after producers in extreme music."
Interview by Chris Dallas
Tailspins
"Has anyone ever called you a guitar god?"
Interview by Franz Gruber