{"id":4675,"date":"2017-11-23T18:20:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T18:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kkdowning.net\/steelmill\/?p=4675"},"modified":"2017-11-28T20:52:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T20:52:30","slug":"andy-sneap-steel-mill-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kkdowning.net\/steelmill\/andy-sneap-steel-mill-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Sneap &#8211; A Steel Mill Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary producer <strong>Andy Sneap<\/strong> really needs no introduction but we will give it to you anyway. The man who also plays guitar in<strong> Hell<\/strong> has produced every major metal band out there and of course has worked with <strong>Judas Priest<\/strong> and<strong> Saxon<\/strong> on both of their upcoming releases scheduled for early 2018. His CV also includes <strong>Accept,<\/strong> <strong>Amon Amarth<\/strong>, <strong>Arch Enemy,<\/strong> <strong>Exodus<\/strong>, <strong>Megadeth<\/strong>, <strong>Kreator<\/strong>, <strong>Nevermore<\/strong> and <strong>Testament.<\/strong> He played guitar with British legends <strong>Sabbat<\/strong> in late 1980\u2019s and\u00a0has been a member\u00a0of his\u00a0biggest influence Hell for the past decade, since group\u2019s reformation.<\/p>\n<p>Steel Mill\u2019s <strong>Jari Asell<\/strong> and <strong>Heather Williams<\/strong> talked to Andy among other things\u00a0about Hell, Judas Priest and his methods as a producer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kkdowning.net\/steelmill\/Interviews\/earth-hell-andy-sneap-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/kkdowning.net\/steelmill\/Interviews\/earth-hell-andy-sneap-interview\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary producer Andy Sneap really needs no introduction but we will give it to you anyway. The man who also plays guitar in Hell has produced every major metal band out there and of course has worked with Judas Priest and Saxon on both of their upcoming releases scheduled for early 2018. 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