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Andy Sneap
Sneap with Judas Priest in 2018
Sneap with Judas Priest in 2018
Background information
Born (1969-07-18) 18 July 1969 (age 54)
Belper, Derbyshire, England
GenresHeavy metal, thrash metal
Occupation(s)Musician, record producer, composer, audio engineer
Instrument(s)Guitar
Years active1984–present

Andy Sneap (born 18 July 1969) is an English guitarist, record producer and composer with over 100 albums to his name, most of which have been produced at his Backstage Recording studios in rural Derbyshire. Some of the most critically acclaimed production work on albums include Deliverance by Opeth and Disarm the Descent by Killswitch Engage; for which he earned a Swedish Grammis and a US Grammy nomination, respectively. As a performer, he first built his reputation as one of the guitarists in the British thrash metal band Sabbat, and played with them up until their disbanding. He is currently one of the co-guitarists of the British heavy metal band Hell.[1] In 2018, Sneap joined Judas Priest as a touring guitarist, following long-time lead guitarist Glenn Tipton's diagnosis of Parkinson's disease which conflicts with his touring abilities,[2] and while not an official member of the band, he contributed guitar work to their upcoming nineteenth studio album Invincible Shield (2024).[3]

He is one of the most active music producers in the heavy metal music genre and has worked with bands such as Judas Priest, Accept, Blaze Bayley, Dream Theater, Saxon, Opeth, Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, Exodus, Megadeth, Kataklysm, Kreator, Nevermore, Testament, Carcass, Fear Factory, Overkill and DevilDriver.[4][5][6] Of his production career, Sneap holds the distinction of having been credited as a producer, mixer or engineer on all six of Testament's albums since The Gathering (1999) – including the collection of re-recorded material First Strike Still Deadly (2001) – as well as all nine of Exodus' releases since the live album Another Lesson in Violence (1997).[6] He also mixed Megadeth's show from the DVD The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria, also featuring Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax.[6]

Biography

Andy Sneap was born on 18 July 1969 in Belper, Derbyshire. He got his first guitar and amplifier from his parents at age 12 as a Christmas present. He started learning guitar with founding Hell member Dave Halliday, who had a huge effect on Andy and left him all the rights to all his songs and equipment in his will following his death.[7] Sneap joined a British heavy metal band called Hydra as the second guitarist when he was 15 years old. But two weeks later, the original guitarist and drummer quit, Simon Negus joined them, and the band's name changed to Sabbat.[8]

After disbanding Hydra and forming a new band, they chose Sabbat as the new name, which came from a book on witchcraft.[8] After one year of rehearsing, they recorded a four-track demo tape, Fragments of a Faith Forgotten. Sneap distributed the demo tape to many record companies, but on listening, Berlin-based recording company Noise Records showed interest and asked for more material. In 1987, Noise Records offered the band a recording contract, but the contract could not be signed until Sneap turned 18 years old in July 1987. So they made a plan to start recording the band's first full studio album, History of a Time to Come. Andy wrote all the music while Martin Walkyier was responsible for the lyrics.[9] Sabbat released the album on 20 April 1988 via Noise Records, which received positive attention from journalists and fans alike.

In January 1989 Sneap and the other band members entered Sky Trak Studio in Berlin to start recording their second album, Dreamweaver, which was a concept album based on the 1983 book by Brian Bates – The Way of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer. Andy wrote almost all of the music except three songs, which Simon Jones also wrote with Andy. The album has come to be regarded as a classic of the thrash metal genre, which reflects Andy's predilection at that time for increasingly lengthy and progressively technical thrash metal songs.

Discography

As a band member

Band Album details Role Source
Sabbat History of a Time to Come
  • Label: Noise Records
  • Release date: 20 April 1988
Composer, Guitar, Remastering
Dreamweaver
  • Label: Noise Records
  • Release date: 15 May 1989
Composer, Guitar, Remastering
Mourning Has Broken
  • Label: Noise Records
  • Release date: 26 March 1991
Composer, Guitar
Hell Human Remains
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 13 May 2011
Engineer, Guitar, Mixing, Producer [10]
Curse and Chapter
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 22 November 2013
Composer, engineer, Guitar, Mixing, Producer [7]

Selected production

Year Album details Role Source
1994 English DogsBow to None
  • Label: Impact Records
  • Release date: 1994
Assistant, Mixing [11]
1996 Dearly Beheaded – Temptation Engineer [12]
1997 ExodusAnother Lesson in Violence Producer [13]
SkinlabBound, Gagged and Blindfolded
  • Label: Century Media
  • Release date: 8 July 1997
Engineer, Mixing, Producer [14]
Napalm DeathInside the Torn Apart Mixing [15]
Machine HeadThe More Things Change...
  • Release date: 25 March 1997
Mixing [16]
1998 English DogsAll the World's a Rage
  • Label: Impact Records
  • Release date: 25 August 1998
Producer [17]
Earth CrisisBreed the Killers Audio Engineer, Audio Production, engineer, Mixing, Producer [18]
ObituaryDead Mixing [19]
1999 SkinlabDisembody: The New Flesh
  • Label: Century Media
  • Release date: 23 February 1999
Mixing, Producer, Vocals (Additional) [20]
TestamentThe Gathering
  • Label: Burnt Offerings, Spitfire (1999), Prosthetic (2008)
  • Release date: 28 June 1999
Engineer, Mixing [21]
ArtilleryB.A.C.K.
  • Label: Die Hard music
  • Release date: October 1999
Mixing [22]
2000 B L A Z ESilicon Messiah
  • Label: SPV
  • Release date: 22 May 2000
Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer [23]
NevermoreDead Heart in a Dead World
  • Label: Century Media
  • Release date: 17 October 2000
Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer [24]
FozzyFozzy
  • Label: Palm Pictures / Megaforce Records
  • Release date: 24 October 2000
Mastering, Mixing [25]
2001 Testament – First Strike Still Deadly Audio Engineer, Mixing [26]
KreatorViolent Revolution
  • Label: Steamhammer Records/SPV
  • Release date: 25 September 2001
Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer [27]
Arch EnemyWages of Sin
  • Label: Century Media
  • Release date: 2 April 2001
Mastering, Mixing [28]
2002 B L A Z ETenth Dimension
  • Label: SPV
  • Release date: 15 January 2002
Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer [29]
Killswitch EngageAlive or Just Breathing
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 21 May 2002
Mastering, Mixing [30]
Arch EnemyBurning Angel
  • Label: Century Media
  • Release date: 6 March 2002
Mastering, Mixing [31]
SkinlabRevolting Room
  • Label: Century Meda
  • Release date: 27 May 2002
Additional tracking, Mixing [32]
Living SacrificeConceived in Fire Mastering, Mixing [6]
OpethDeliverance
  • Label: Koch, Music for Nations
  • Release date: 12 November 2002
Mixing [33]
MasterplanEnlighten Me
  • Label: AFM Records
  • Release date: 18 November 2002
Engineer, producer [34]
2003 B L A Z EAs Live as It Gets
  • Label: SPV
  • Release date: 25 March 2003
Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer [35]
NevermoreEnemies of Reality
  • Label: Century Media
  • Release date: 29 July 2003, 2005 (reissue)
Remastering, Remixing (2005 reissue) [6]
Arch EnemyAnthems of Rebellion
  • Label: Century Media
  • Release date: 23 August 2003
Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Pre-Production, Producer [36]
Masterplan – Masterplan Engineer, producer [37]
MTV2 Headbangers Ball
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 7 October 2003
Mixing, producer [38]
Machine HeadThrough the Ashes of Empires
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 31 October 2003
Technician [39]
2004 ExodusTempo of the Damned Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer [6]
36 CrazyfistsA Snow Capped Romance
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 16 March 2004
Mastering, Mixing [40]
B L A Z EBlood & Belief
  • Label: SPV/Steamhammer
  • Release date: 26 April 2004
Audio Engineer, Audio Production, engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Photography, Producer [41]
Killswitch EngageThe End of Heartache
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 11 May 2004
Mastering, Mixing [6]
CalibanThe Opposite from Within
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 17 October 2004
Audio Engineer, Mastering, Mixing [42]
Bullet for My ValentineBullet for My Valentine Mastering [43]
2005 KreatorEnemy of God
  • Label: SPV/Steamhammer
  • Release date: 10 January 2005
Audio Production, Mixing, Producer [6]
TriviumAscendancy
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 15 March 2005
Mastering, Mixing, Vocals [44]
As I Lay DyingShadows Are Security Mastering, Mixing [6]
Arch EnemyDoomsday Machine
  • Label: Century Media
  • Release date: 26 July 2005
Mastering, Mixing [6]
NevermoreThis Godless Endeavor
  • Label: Century Media
  • Release date: 26 July 2005
Engineering, Mastering, Mixing, Producer [6]
ExodusShovel Headed Kill Machine
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 4 October 2005
Mastering, Mixing [6]
Bullet for My ValentineHand of Blood
  • Label: Trustkill
  • Release date: 22 August 2005
Audio Production, Mastering [45]
Bullet for My Valentine – The Poison
  • Label: Visible Noise
  • Release date: 3 October 2005
Mixing, Producer (track 6) [46]
2006 Kerrang Album
  • Release date: 11 September 2006
Producer [47]
CalibanThe Undying Darkness
  • Label: Abacus
  • Release date: 4 April 2006
Mastering, Mixing [6]
As I Lay DyingA Long March: The First Recordings
  • Label: Metal Blade
  • Release date: 16 May 2006
Mixing (tracks 1 and 3) [48]
36 CrazyfistsRest Inside the Flames Mastering, Mixing [49]
Into EternityThe Scattering of Ashes
  • Label: Century Media
  • Release date: 3 October 2006
Mastering, Mixing [50]
Cradle of FilthThornography
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 17 October 2006
Mastering, Mixing [6]
2007 Rise to Addiction – A New Shade of Black for the Soul Audio Production, engineer, Mixing, Producer [51]
OnslaughtKilling Peace Mixing, Producer [52]
ChimairaResurrection
  • Label: Ferret Music (U.S.), Nuclear Blast (Worldwide)
  • Release date: 6 March 2007
Audio Engineer, Engineer, Mixing [6]
AnnihilatorMetal
  • Label: SPV/Steamhammer
  • Release date: 16 April 2007
Mixing, Producer [53]
Job for a CowboyGenesis
  • Label: Metal Blade
  • Release date: 15 May 2007
Mastering, Mixing [54]
MegadethUnited Abominations
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 15 May 2007
Audio Engineer, Audio Production, engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer [55]
Despised IconThe Ills of Modern Man
  • Label: Century Media
  • Release date: 22 May 2007
Mastering, Mixing [54]
DevilDriverThe Last Kind Words
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 31 July 2007
Mastering, Mixing [6]
As I Lay DyingAn Ocean Between Us
  • Label: Metal Blade
  • Release date: 21 August 2007
Technician (guitar re-amping) [56]
ExodusThe Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 26 October 2007
Engineer, Mixing, Producer [6]
2008 TestamentThe Formation of Damnation Engineer, Mixing [6]
36 CrazyfistsThe Tide and Its Takers Mastering, Mixing [57]
SoulflyConquer
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 29 July 2008
Mixing [6]
UnearthThe March Mastering, Mixing [58]
NevermoreThe Year of the Voyager
  • Label: Century Media
  • Release date: 20 October 2008
Mastering, Mixing [6]
Cradle of FilthGodspeed on the Devil's Thunder
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 28 October 2008
Audio Engineer, Audio Production, Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer [6]
ExodusLet There Be Blood
  • Label: Zaentz Records
  • Release date: 28 October 2008
Mastering, Mixing [54]
2009 Iron MonkeyOur Problem Engineer, Mixing, Producer [59]
DevilDriverPray for Villains
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 14 July 2009
Guitar Producer, Mastering, Mixing, Mixing Advisor [60]
MegadethEndgame
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 14 September 2009
Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer [61]
Arch EnemyThe Root of All Evil
  • Label: Century Media
  • Release date: 28 September 2009
Mastering, Mixing [6]
2010 Living SacrificeThe Infinite Order Mastering, Mixing [6]
ExodusExhibit B: The Human Condition
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 7 May 2010
Mastering, Mixing, Producer [6]
NevermoreThe Obsidian Conspiracy
  • Label: Century Media
  • Release date: 8 June 2010
Mastering, Mixing [6]
36 CrazyfistsCollisions and Castaways
  • Label: Ferret, Roadrunner
  • Release date: 27 July 2010
Mastering, Mixing [62]
AcceptBlood of the Nations Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer [63]
Dimmu BorgirAbrahadabra Guest Artist, Mixing [64]
Megadeth – "Sudden Death"
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 28 September 2010
Mixing [65]
SlayerThe Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Label: Warner Bros. (U.S.), Vertigo/Mercury (Europe)
  • Release date: 29 October 2010
Mixing [66]
Cradle of FilthDarkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa
  • Label: Peaceville (Europe), Nuclear Blast (U.S.)
  • Release date: 1 November 2010
Assistant Engineer, Mastering [6]
2011 DevilDriverBeast
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 22 February 2011
Mastering, Mixing [6]
Arch EnemyKhaos Legions
  • Label: Century Media
  • Release date: 30 May 2011
Mastering, Mixing [67]
MegadethThirteen
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 1 November 2011
Additional engineering [68]
2012 TestamentDark Roots of Earth
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 27 July 2012
Additional Footage, engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer [69]
AcceptStalingrad
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 6 April 2012
Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer [70]
2013 SaxonSacrifice
  • Label: UDR
  • Release date: 1 March 2013
Mastering, Mixing, Producer [71]
Killswitch EngageDisarm the Descent
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Release date: 2 April 2013
Mastering, Mixing [6]
Amon AmarthDeceiver of the Gods
  • Label: Metal Blade
  • Release date: 25 June 2013
Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer [6]
CarcassSurgical Steel
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 13 September 2013
Mastering, Mixing [72]
XXX: Three Decades of Roadrunner Records Mixing, Producer [73]
2014 Ronnie James Dio – This Is Your Life
  • Label: Rhino
  • Release date: 25 March 2014 (Japan), 31 March 2014
Engineer [74]
AcceptBlind Rage
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 15 August 2014
Mastering, Mixing, Producer [75]
ExodusBlood In, Blood Out
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 14 October 2014
Engineer (drums), Mastering, Mixing, Tracking [6]
Machine HeadBloodstone & Diamonds
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 10 November 2014
Additional tracking, editing, and mixing [76]
CarcassSurgical Remission/Surplus Steel
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 11 November 2014
Mastering, Mixing [6]
2015 KataklysmOf Ghosts and Gods
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 31 July 2015
Mastering, Mixing [6]
Fear FactoryGenexus
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 7 August 2015
Mastering, Mixing [77]
SaxonBattering Ram
  • Label: UDR
  • Release date: 16 October 2015
Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer [54]
2016 Amon AmarthJomsviking
  • Label: Metal Blade
  • Release date: 25 March 2016
Engineer, Mixing, Producer [6]
Despised IconBeast
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 22 June 2016
Mastering, Mixing [54]
TestamentBrotherhood of the Snake
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release Date: 28 October 2016
Mastering, Mixing [6]
2017 OverkillThe Grinding Wheel
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 10 February 2017
Mixing [78]
AcceptThe Rise of Chaos
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 4 August 2017
Mastering, Mixing, Producer [79]
2018 SaxonThunderbolt
  • Label: Silver Lining
  • Release Date: 2 February 2018
Engineer, Mixing, Producer [54]
Judas PriestFirepower Co-Producer (Along with Tom Allom) [6][80]
2019 OverkillThe Wings of War
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 22 February 2019
Mastering, Mixing [6]
XentrixBury the Pain Mixing [81]
Killswitch EngageAtonement
  • Label: Metal Blade
  • Release date: 16 August 2019
Mastering, Mixing [6]
2020 TestamentTitans of Creation
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release Date: 3 April 2020
Mastering, Mixing [6]
Kreator – "666 - World Divided"
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • 10 April 2020
Producer [82]
John PetrucciTerminal Velocity
  • Label: Sound Mind Music/The Orchard
  • Release Date: 28 August 2020
Mastering, Mixing [83]
2021 AcceptToo Mean to Die
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 29 January 2021
Mixing, Producer [54]
Fear FactoryAggression Continuum
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 18 June 2021
Mastering, Mixing [6]
Dream TheaterA View from the Top of the World Mastering, Mixing [84]
ExodusPersona Non Grata
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Release date: 19 November 2021
Mixing [85]
2022 SaxonCarpe Diem
  • Label: Silver Lining
  • Release date: 4 February 2022
Mastering, Mixing, Producer [54]
Amon AmarthThe Great Heathen Army
  • Label: Metal Blade
  • Release date: 5 August 2022
Mastering, Mixing, Producer [54]
XentrixSeven Words
  • Label: Listenable
  • Release date: 4 November 2022
Mixing [54]
2024 Judas PriestInvincible Shield Producer, Guitar [3]

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