Daniel Patrick Lohner, frequently known as Renholdër, is an American musician and record producer best known for his work with Nine Inch Nails and A Perfect Circle.
He has produced albums for Trust Company, Korn guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer's solo project Fear and the Nervous System, Howerdel, Black Light Burns, Hollywood Undead, and Pentakill.
His most recent work includes live performances and production for solo projects from Howerdel, Rammstein singer Till Lindemann and NOFX members Fat Mike and Eric Melvin.
Danny Lohner co-founded the crossover thrash band Angkor Wat in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1986 while he was still in high school.
After moving to Austin, Lohner and Angkor Wat frontman Adam Grossman recorded a new album with an industrial metal sound.
[2] The first Skrew album, Burning in Water, Drowning In Flame, was produced by Revolting Cocks and Skatenigs member Phildo Owen and engineered by Paul Barker and Al Jourgensen of Ministry.
He called then Nine Inch Nails manager John Malm Jr. and asked to work with the band, possibly as a guitar tech.
While recording with Skrew in Chicago, Lohner also met former Nine Inch Nails drummer Chris Vrenna, who was in town working with Die Warzau, and enlisted the help of Al Jourgensen's then-wife and manager Patty Jourgensen to help him write a letter to Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor.
Lohner provided additional guitar on "Big Man With a Gun" on The Downward Spiral[4] and performed live with the band throughout the touring cycle for the album.
[5] After touring for The Downward Spiral ended, Lohner co-wrote the Nine Inch Nails song "The Perfect Drug", which appeared on the Lost Highway soundtrack and as a single.
[6] Lohner formed a side project called Tapeworm with Reznor and then Nine Inch Nails keyboardist Charlie Clouser.
[12] He also performed alongside NIN alumni Chris Vrenna, Charlie Clouser, and Richard Patrick at a show in Cleveland, Ohio in 2022.
[20] A two disc companion to eMOTIVe called aMOTION was released in 2004, featuring a CD of remixes and a DVD of music videos and live material.
[15] Lohner also worked with Richard Patrick of Filter, Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit and Black Light Burns, and Josh Freese of A Perfect Circle and Nine Inch Nails, on music for the soundtrack using the band name The Damning Well.
[15] In 2005 and 2006, Lohner was involved further with Borland in a project called Black Light Burns, taking on the role of producer as well as playing guitar, bass, synth, programming, and more.
[39] Lohner did some of his first credited production work on Trust Company's first album The Lonely Position of Neutral, which was mixed by A Perfect Circle co-founder Billy Howerdel.
In 2014 he produced and mixed the song "The Hex Core" for the fictional League of Legends band Pentakill's album Smite and Ignite.
[45] Other artists Lohner has worked with or remixed include Thirty Seconds to Mars, Angels & Airwaves, Dååth, Genghis Tron, Filter, Marion Raven, Secondhand Serenade, and Kat Von D. Lohner contributed to A Perfect Circle bandmate Billy Howerdel's solo album What Normal Was in 2022, providing guitar on "Free and Weightless", plus programming on "Free and Weightless", "Ani", and "The Same Again".