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Andy Sneap

Andy Sneap

Real/full name:
Andy Sneap
Age:
55 (born Jul 18th, 1969)
Place of birth:
United Kingdom (Belper, Derbyshire, England)
Gender:
Male

Biography

Andy Sneap is a guitarist and songwriter, though mostly known these days as a producer. He founded Sabbat at the age of 16, wrote all the music and released three albums with them, producing the latter two himself. After the initial splitting up of Sabbat and failing to achieve similar success with Godsend, he decided to focus on a career as a producer and has found great success in this field, ...

Trivia

He owns, runs and is the resident producer at Backstage studios in Derbyshire, UK, which he founded in 1994. Backstage studios currently have Megadeth's old live set-up as one of the studio kits. Hell's "Curse and Chapter" was recorded using that equipment.

He received a (Swedish) Grammy for his work on Opeth's "Deliverance" album, and a (US) Grammy nomination for his work on Megadeth's ...

Godsend

Guitars

1994 Godsend (EP) Guitars

Hell

Guitars (2008-2018)

2011 Save Us from Those Who Would Save Us / On Earth as It Is in Hell (Single) Guitars
2011 Human Remains Guitars
2013 The Age of Nefarious (EP) Guitars
2013 Curse & Chapter Guitars
2014 End ov Days (Single) Guitars

Hydra

Guitars (1984-1985)

Sabbat

Guitars (1985-1991, 2006-2010)

1985 Magick in Theory and Practice (Demo) Guitars
1986 Fragments of a Faith Forgotten (Demo) Guitars
1987 Stranger than Fiction (Demo) Guitars
1987 Blood for the Blood God (Single) Guitars
1988 History of a Time to Come Guitars, Songwriting
1988 A Cautionary Tale / And the Brave Man Fails (Split) Guitars
1989 Wildfire / The Best of Enemies (Single) Guitars
1989 Dreamweaver Guitars (lead, rhythm, acoustic), Songwriting
1990 Mourning (Demo) Guitars
1990 The End of the Beginning (Video) Guitars
1990 Thrashing East (Split video) Guitars
1990 Doomsday News III - Thrashing East Live (Split) Guitars
1991 Mourning Has Broken Guitars, Songwriting (tracks 1-8), Lyrics (tracks 1-3, 5-8)
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The Scintilla Project

Guitars (2013-2014)

2014 The Hybrid Guitars

Acid Reign

Guitars (1990)

Fozzy

Guitars (rhythm) (2002-2004)

Judas Priest

Guitars (2018-2022, 2022-present)

Dimmu Borgir

2010 Gateways (Single) Guitars (lead)
2010 Abrahadabra Guitars (lead) (tracks 3, 9)

Face of Anger

1999 Faceless Guitars, Vocals (backing)

Fozzy

2000 Fozzy Guitars (lead) (track 8)
2002 Happenstance Guitars (as "Lord Edgar Bayden Powell")

Hellbastard

2015 Feral Guitars (lead) (track 5)

Iron Monkey

As Sneap:

1999 We've Learned Nothing (EP) Guitar Solo (3)
1999 We've Learned Nothing / Murder Company (Split) Guitar Solo (1)

Killswitch Engage

2004 The End of Heartache (Single) Guitars

Mindfeed

1997 Perfect Life? Guitars (slide, last solo) (track 6)
1998 Ten Miles High Guitars (lead) (second and fourth solo on track 6)

Saxon

2019 The Eagle Has Landed 40 (Live) (Live album) Guitars (20,000 FT.)

Skinlab

1999 Disembody: The New Flesh Vocals (additional)

The Clan Destined

2006 In the Big Ending... (Demo) Guitars (lead)

Accept

2010 The Abyss (Single) Producer, Mixing, Mastering, Engineering
2010 Blood of the Nations Producer, Mixing, Mastering, Engineering
2012 Stalingrad: Brothers in Death Mastering, Mixing, Producer, Engineering
2014 Blind Rage Mixing, Producer, Mastering
2017 Restless and Live (Blind Rage - Live in Europe 2015) (Live album) Mixing
2017 The Rise of Chaos (Single) Producer, Mixing, Mastering
2017 The Rise of Chaos Producer, Recording, Mixing, Mastering
2018 Symphonic Terror - Live at Wacken 2017 (Live album) Mixing, Mastering
2021 Too Mean to Die Producer, Mixing
2024 Humanoid / The Reckoning (Single) Producer, Mastering, Recording, Mixing
2024 Humanoid Mastering, Recording, Mixing, Producer
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Amon Amarth

2013 Under the Influence (EP) Mastering, Producer, Engineering, Mixing
2013 Deceiver of the Gods Mixing, Mastering, Producer, Engineering
2016 Live at La Laiterie (Video) Mixing
2016 Jomsviking Recording, Mixing, Producer
2016 Jomsviking Mixing (DVD)
2022 Get in the Ring (Single) Producer, Mixing, Mastering
2022 The Great Heathen Army Producer, Mixing, Mastering

Annihilator

2007 Metal Engineering
2022 Metal II Re-amping (guitars (rhythm))

Arch Enemy

2001 Wages of Sin Mixing, Mastering
2002 Burning Angel (EP) Mixing (tracks 1-2 & 4), Mastering (tracks 1-2 & 4)
2003 Anthems of Rebellion Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering
2004 Dead Eyes See No Future (Japanese Tour EP 2004) (EP) Mastering, Engineering, Producer, Mixing, Recording
2005 Doomsday Machine Mastering, Mixing
2006 Live Apocalypse (Video) Mixing
2008 Tyrants of the Rising Sun: Live in Japan (Live album) Mixing, Mastering
2009 The Root of All Evil Mastering, Mixing
2011 Khaos Legions Mixing, Mastering
2017 As the Stages Burn! (Live album) Mixing, Mastering

Artillery

1999 B.A.C.K. Mixing
2000 Jester (Single) Mixing

As I Lay Dying

2005 Shadows Are Security Mixing, Mastering
2006 The Darkest Nights (Single) Remixing
2006 A Long March: The First Recordings (Compilation) Mixing
2007 An Ocean Between Us Guitar re-amping

Benediction

1998 Grind Bastard Producer
2001 Organised Chaos Producer
2008 Grind Bastard / Organised Chaos (Compilation) Producer

Biomechanical

2005 The Empires of the Worlds Co-Producer, Mixing, Mastering

Blaze Bayley

2000 Silicon Messiah Engineering, Mixing, Producer
2002 Tenth Dimension Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Photography
2004 Blood & Belief Photography, Mixing, Producer, Mastering, Engineering
2007 Alive in Poland (Video) Producer

Cabala

1994 Extracting the Knowledge (Demo) Recording, Mixing
1994 Death Twitch (Demo) Producer

Caliban

2004 The Opposite from Within Mastering, Mixing
2006 The Undying Darkness Mixing, Mastering

Carcass

2013 Captive Bolt Pistol (Single) Mixing, Mastering
2013 Surgical Steel Mastering, Mixing
2013 Zochrot (Single) Mixing, Mastering
2014 Surgical Remission / Surplus Steel (EP) Mixing, Mastering

Chimaira

2007 Resurrection Engineering, Mixing

Consumed

1998 Breakfast at Pappa's (EP) Engineering, Mixing
1999 Hit for Six Producer, Recording, Engineering, Mixing
2002 Pistols at Dawn Producer, Engineering, Mixing

Cradle of Filth

2006 Thornography Mastering, Mixing
2006 Temptation / Dirge Inferno (Single) Mixing, Mastering
2007 The Foetus of a New Day Kicking (Single) Mixing, Mastering
2008 Honey and Sulphur (Single) Producer, Mixing, Mastering, Engineering
2008 Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder Engineering, Mixing, Mastering, Producer
2010 Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa Engineering

Dååth

2007 The Hinderers Recording (additional)

Dearly Beheaded

1996 Temptation / Between Night and Day (Single) Engineering
1996 Temptation Engineering

Despised Icon

2007 The Ills of Modern Man Mixing, Mastering
2016 Beast Mixing, Mastering

DevilDriver

2007 The Last Kind Words Mixing, Mastering
2009 Pray for Villains Producer (additional guitars), Mixing
2011 Dead to Rights (Single) Mixing
2011 Beast Mixing, Mastering

Dew-Scented

2007 Incinerate Mixing (Disc 2, tracks 1 & 6), Mastering (Disc 2, tracks 1 & 6)
2007 Incinerate Mastering, Mixing
2007 Incinerate Mixing (Disc 2, tracks 1 & 6), Mastering (Disc 2, tracks 1 & 6)
2007 Incinerate Mastering (Disc 2, tracks 1 & 6), Mixing (Disc 2, tracks 1 & 6)

Dimmu Borgir

2010 Gateways (Single) Mixing, Mastering
2010 Abrahadabra Mixing, Mastering

Elegant Weapons

2023 Horns for a Halo Mixing, Mastering, Engineering, Producer

English Dogs

1994 Bow to None Mixing assistant
1995 All the World's a Rage Producer, Mixing
1995 What a Wonderful Feeling... to Be Fucked by Everyone (EP) Mixing, Producer

Exodus

1997 Another Lesson in Violence (Live album) Mixing, Producer, Engineering
2003 War Is My Shepherd (Single) Producer, Mixing, Engineering, Mastering
2004 Tempo of the Damned Producer, Mixing, Engineering, Mastering
2005 Shovel Headed Kill Machine Mixing, Mastering
2007 The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A Producer, Engineering, Mixing
2008 Riot Act (Single) Mixing, Producer, Engineering
2008 Let There Be Blood Mixing, Mastering
2010 Hammer and Life (Single) Producer, Mixing, Engineering
2010 Exhibit B: The Human Condition Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering
2014 Blood In, Blood Out Mastering, Engineering (drums), Tracking (drums), Mixing
2018 Gathered at the Altar of Blast (Split) Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering
2021 Persona Non Grata Mixing, Mastering
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Face of Anger

1999 Faceless Mixing, Producer, Engineering

Fall.Out

2006 Eradication (Demo) Engineering

Fear Factory

2015 Genexus Mastering, Mixing
2021 Aggression Continuum Mixing, Mastering

Fozzy

2000 Fozzy Mastering, Mixing
2002 Happenstance Mastering, Mixing

Godsend

1994 Godsend (EP) Producer

Hell

2011 Save Us from Those Who Would Save Us / On Earth as It Is in Hell (Single) Engineering, Producer, Mixing
2011 Human Remains Producer, Engineering, Mixing
2013 Curse & Chapter Engineering, Mixing, Producer

Hellfighter

2010 Damnation's Wings Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer

Holosade

2015 Hell House Mastering

Into Eternity

2006 The Scattering of Ashes Mixing, Mastering

Iron Monkey

1996 Iron Monkey Mixing, Producer, Recording
1998 Our Problem Producer, Engineering, Mixing
1999 We've Learned Nothing (EP) Producer, Engineering, Mixing (as "Andy "The Rock And Roll Doctor" Sneap")
1999 We've Learned Nothing / Murder Company (Split) Producer, Engineering, Mixing

Job for a Cowboy

2007 Genesis Mixing, Mastering

John Petrucci

2020 Terminal Velocity Mastering, Mixing

Judas Priest

2018 Firepower / Breaking the Law (Single) Producer (Side A)
2018 Firepower Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering
2024 Crown of Horns / Painkiller (Single) Producer (Side A)
2024 Invincible Shield Mixing, Producer, Engineering

Kalisia

2009 Cybion Engineering (guitars)

Kataklysm

2015 Of Ghosts and Gods Mixing, Mastering

Kill II This

1996 Kill II This (Demo) Producer, Mixing
1998 Deviate Mastering, Digital Editing, Mixing
2000 Trinity Producer, Mixing, Mastering

Killswitch Engage

2002 Roadrunner Roadrage 2002 (Split) Mixing (tracks 1 & 2)
2002 Alive or Just Breathing Mixing, Mastering
2004 The End of Heartache Mixing, Mastering
2013 Disarm the Descent Mixing, Mastering
2019 Atonement Mixing, Mastering

Kreator

2001 Violent Revolution Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering
2003 Live Kreation (Live album) Engineering, Mixing
2003 Live Kreation - Revisioned Glory (Video) Engineering, Mixing
2005 Enemy of God Mixing, Producer, Engineering
2008 At the Pulse of Kapitulation - Live in East Berlin 1990 (Video) Remixing
2020 666 - World Divided (Single) Producer
2020 666 - World Divided / Checkmate (Split) Producer

Lawnmower Deth

1987 It's a Lot Less Bover than a Hover (Demo) Producer
1988 Mowdeer (Demo) Producer

Living Sacrifice

2002 Conceived in Fire Mixing, Mastering
2010 The Infinite Order Mixing

Lock Up

1999 Pleasures Pave Sewers Producer, Engineering
2011 Necropolis Transparent Mixing, Mastering

Machine Head

1997 The More Things Change... Engineering, Mixing
2000 Year of the Dragon: Tour Diary Japan (Compilation) Mixing (tracks 2, 4, 5)

Masterplan

2002 Enlighten Me (EP) Producer (1-5), Engineering (1-5), Mixing (4)
2003 Masterplan Recording, Producer
2004 Back for My Life (EP) Producer, Engineering
2005 Aeronautics Producer, Engineering

Megadeth

2006 Gears of War (Single) Mixing, Mastering
2007 Washington Is Next! (Single) Mixing, Mastering
2007 À tout le monde (Set Me Free) (Single) Mixing, Mastering
2007 United Abominations Producer, Mixing, Engineering, Mastering, Recording
2007 Warchest (Boxed set) Mixing, Mastering
2009 Head Crusher (Single) Producer, Mixing, Mastering, Engineering
2009 Endgame Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering
2010 The Right to Go Insane (Single) Producer, Mastering, Engineering, Mixing
2010 Sudden Death (Single) Engineering
2010 The Big 4: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria (Split video) Mixing
2011 Never Dead (Single) Engineering
2011 Public Enemy No. 1 (Single) Engineering
2011 Th1rt3en Engineering
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Mindfeed

1997 Perfect Life? Producer, Mixing
1998 Ten Miles High Arrangements, Producer

Morhörr

2020 Pach krvi (EP) Producer, Engineering

Napalm Death

1997 Inside the Torn Apart Mixing
1997 Breed to Breathe (EP) Mixing

Nevermore

2000 Dead Heart in a Dead World Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering
2005 Enemies of Reality Remixing, Remastering
2005 Enemies of Reality Remixing, Remastering
2005 This Godless Endeavor Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering
2008 The Year of the Voyager (Live album) Mixing
2008 The Year of the Voyager (Video) Mixing
2010 The Obsidian Conspiracy Mixing, Mastering
2011 Enemies of Reality Remixing, Remastering

Obituary

1998 Dead (Live album) Mixing

Onslaught

2007 Killing Peace Producer, Mixing
2009 Live Damnation (Live album) Mixing

Opeth

2002 Deliverance Mixing
2003 Lamentations - Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire (Video) Recording, Mixing
2006 Lamentations - Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire (Live album) Recording, Mixing

Overkill

2016 Mean, Green, Killing Machine (Single) Mixing
2017 The Grinding Wheel Mixing, Mastering
2019 The Wings of War Mixing, Mastering (track 11)

Pissing Razors

1998 Pissing Razors Producer, Engineering
1999 Cast Down the Plague Mastering, Producer, Engineering

Race Against Time

2015 Time Waits for No Man (Compilation) Executive producer

Revoker

2011 Stay Down (Single) Mastering
2011 Revenge for the Ruthless Mastering

Rise to Addiction

2004 Rise to Addiction (EP) Producer
2007 A New Shade of Black for the Soul Producer, Recording, Mixing

Sabbat

2007 Dreamweaver Remastering
2007 History of a Time to Come Remastering

Saxon

2013 Sacrifice Producer
2013 Unplugged and Strung Up (Compilation) Mixing (tracks 6, 8), Mastering, Remixing (tracks 1-4)
2014 St. George's Day Sacrifice - Live in Manchester (Live album) Mixing, Mastering
2015 Battering Ram Mixing, Producer, Mastering, Engineering
2016 Let Me Feel Your Power (Live album) Mixing
2018 Thunderbolt Producer, Engineering, Mixing
2019 Thunderbolt: The Singles (Boxed set) Engineering, Mixing
2021 Inspirations Technical adviser
2022 Carpe Diem Producer, Recording (guitars), Mixing, Mastering
2024 Hell, Fire and Damnation Mixing, Mastering, Producer

Skin Limit Show

1995 Walking Knife (EP) Producer

Skinlab

1997 Bound, Gagged and Blindfolded Producer, Engineering, Mixing
1999 Disembody: The New Flesh Producer, Mixing
2002 Revolting Room Additional tracking, Mixing

Soulfly

2005 Dark Ages Mixing (on "Seek'n'Strike (live)")
2008 Conquer Mixing

Spiritual Beggars

2002 On Fire Mixing (tracks 2, 3, 6)
2005 Live Fire! (Video) Mixing

Stampin' Ground

2003 A New Darkness upon Us Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering

Tenet

2009 Sovereign Mastering

Testament

1999 The Gathering Mixing, Engineering (additional), Mastering
2001 First Strike Still Deadly Mixing
2005 Live in London (Live album) Mixing
2005 Live in London (Video) Mixing
2008 The Formation of Damnation Recording, Engineering, Mixing
2012 True American Hate (Single) Producer, Mixing, Recording, Engineering, Mastering
2012 Native Blood (Single) Producer, Mixing, Recording, Engineering, Mastering
2012 Dark Roots of Earth Recording, Engineering, Producer, Mixing, Mastering
2016 Brotherhood of the Snake Mastering, Mixing
2018 The Gathering Remastering
2018 The Gathering Remastering
2018 The Gathering Remastering
2020 Titans of Creation Mixing, Mastering
(show all)

The More I See

2003 Don't Look Now...I'm Living (EP) Producer, Mixing, Mastering
2004 The Wolves Are Hungry Mixing, Mastering
2008 The Unholy Feast Mixing, Mastering, Tracking

The Scintilla Project

2014 The Hybrid Producer, Mixing, Mastering

Trivium

2005 Ascendancy Mixing, Mastering

Unearth

2008 The March Mastering, Mixing

United

2001 Infectious Hazard Mixing, Mastering

Witchery

2016 In His Infernal Majesty's Service Recording (Nicholas Barker's vocals)

Wraith

2017 Revelation Mastering

Xentrix

2019 Bury the Pain Mixing, Recording (drums), Producer
2022 Seven Words Mixing, Mastering
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