Holy Moses

He began his career in 1980 as a guitarist

Guitarist

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 for the German thrash metal

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

 band Holy Moses

Holy Moses

Holy Moses is a German thrash metal band. They are well noted for being fronted by Sabina Classen and for being one of the very first German thrash metal bands.-Formative years: 1980-1985:...

, fronted by his ex-wife Sabina Classen

Sabina Classen

Sabina Classen is a German thrash metal singer, most known as lead vocalist of Holy Moses and Temple of the Absurd.- Biography :...

. In 1989 the band bought a house in the village of Borgentreich

Borgentreich

Borgentreich is a municipality in Höxter district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Geography :Borgentreich lies roughly 20 km south of Brakel and 10 km northeast of Warburg....

-Bühne in the vicinity of Warburg

Warburg

Warburg is a town in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia on the river Diemel near the three-state point shared by Hessen, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is in Höxter district and Detmold region...

, North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

. In 1990 they founded a record label

Record label

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 named 'West Virginia Records' and opened the Stage-One-Studio in their new house (so named because "Bühne" is German for "stage").

He remained lead guitarist in Holy Moses till 1994. Creative differences that had arisen during the production of the Holy Moses album No Matter What's the Cause (1994) with bassist Dan Lilker

Dan Lilker

Dan Lilker is a musician from the United States, most known as a bass player, but also guitarist, pianist, drummer and vocalist...

 and Ryker's drummer Meff lead to Andy Classen leaving the band. Ultimately he and Sabina divorced, and West Virginia Records was dissolved.

Holy Moses was inactive till 2001 when it was revived by Sabina Classen, with Andy Classen acting as occasional songwriter and producer. In 2005 Holy Moses recorded the album Strength Power Will Passion

Strength Power Will Passion

Strength Power Will Passion is the ninth studio album by German thrash metal band, Holy Moses. It was released in May, 2005 on Armageddon Music...

.

Producer

Andy Classen became producer and engineer in Stage-One-Studio in 1990. Among his first productions were the albums When War Begins... by the German thrashcore

Thrashcore

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 band Warpath and Mc Gillroy the Housefly by the German psychedelic death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band Incubator, both of which were critically acclaimed, with the latter still having a cult following in the death metal underground. He also became influential in the German hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

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 scene, being the producer for bands like Ryker's and Brightside.

In 1994 he took over the studio completely and produced for other labels like Nuclear Blast

Nuclear Blast

Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic...

, Century Media Records

Century Media Records

Century Media Records is an Independent record label with offices in the United States, Germany, Australia, France, Italy, Sweden, Finland, and the United Kingdom.- Background :...

, Gun Records

GUN Records

GUN Records was a record label located in Bochum, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany and was founded 1992 by Bogdan Kopec and Wolfgang Funk....

, Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...

, AFM-Records, Massacre Records

Massacre Records

Massacre Records is an independent record label based in Abstatt, Germany.The label was founded in 1991 by Torsten Hartmann. The label is specialized on bands of the harder varieties of metal...

, Season of Mist

Season of Mist

Season of Mist is a record label and record distributor with subsidiaries in France and the United States. The record label was founded in 1996 by Michael S. Berberian in Marseille, France. From the start releasing black metal, pagan metal and death metal records, the label moved on to releasing...

, Armageddon Music etc.

During the nineties Andy Classen established himself as one of the premier producers for hardcore, thrash metal and death metal music in Europe. His sound aesthetics

Aesthetics

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 usually are described as aggressive and powerful, yet transparent. Among others he produced records for the bands Dew-Scented

Dew-Scented

Dew-Scented is a German thrash metal, death metal band. They have released eight studio albums and are currently signed to Metal Blade Records and Prosthetic Records . Their name is inspired by the writings of Edgar Allan Poe...

, Tankard

Tankard (band)

Tankard is a thrash metal band from Frankfurt am Main, Germany, founded in 1982. After losing their guitarist because of their image as a bunch of drunks, they moved on to issue their first record in 1986. From that point on, the band has continuously made songs and records in the same style they...

, Disbelief

Disbelief

Disbelief is a metal band from Hesse, Germany. Their music is rooted in death metal, but has melancholic tendencies.- Biography :...

, President Evil (all from Germany), Asphyx

Asphyx

Asphyx is a Dutch death/doom band that was formed in Overijssel in 1987.-Biography:The band was formed in 1987 by Bob Bagchus and Tonny Brookhuis. Eric Daniels was found as a second guitarist and Chuck Colli joined on vocals and bass guitar; this line up released the Enter the Domain demo...

 (Netherlands), Legen Beltza (Basque Country

Basque Country (autonomous community)

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), The Old Dead Tree

The Old Dead Tree

The Old Dead Tree was a Progressive death metal band from the city of Paris, France active between 1997 and 2009.-Musical style:Their musical style is a mixture of death metal elements, such as double bass drumming and heavy guitar riffing, and more mellow, progressive, gothic metal and doom metal...

 (France), Graveworm

Graveworm

Graveworm is a symphonic black metal band from Bruneck, Italy with strong influences from gothic metal .-History:...

 (Italy) and Deafness by Noise (Croatia).

From the year 2000, he has found increasing recognition for his work in the international scene, with bands like Rotting Christ

Rotting Christ

Rotting Christ is a Greek black metal band formed in 1987. They are noted for being one of the first black metal bands within this region, as well as a premier act within the European underground metal scene.- Line-up :...

 from Greece, Criminal from Chile/Great Britain, Dark Embrace from Spain, Krisiun

Krisiun

Krisiun is a Brazilian death metal band, founded by Alex Camargo , Moyses Kolesne , and Max Kolesne . Since its formation, in 1990, the group recorded two demos, Evil Age in 1991, and Curse of the Evil One in 1992, and self-released an extended play titled Unmerciful Order in 1993...

 from Brazil as well as Mantic Ritual

Mantic Ritual

Mantic Ritual is a thrash metal band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The band released their debut album through Nuclear Blast Records.-Origin :...

 and Solace of Requiem from the USA recording with him.

Charts

In 2003, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter is a Weimar, Germany based heavy metal band signed to Nuclear Blast in Europe and The End Records in North America...

's Have a Nice Trip was the first album produced by Andy Classen to enter the charts, reaching number 95 in Germany.

Since 2007, Legion of the Damned

Legion of the Damned (band)

Legion of the Damned is a thrash metal/death metal band from the Netherlands. The band was formed in 2004 following the demise of Occult and the departure of former singer Rachel Heyzer. Lyrically the band tend to focus on horror motifs, dark occult and religious themes and apocalyptic events...

 from the Netherlands have been able to chart regularly with Andy Classen-produced albums in Germany. Sons of the Jackal

Sons of the Jackal

Sons of the Jackal is a 2007 album by thrash metal/death metal band Legion of the Damned. Lyrical themes on the album include horror motifs, the devastation of nuclear war and occult and religious ideas and actions...

reached number 54 and in the following year, 2008, they even charted twice, reaching number 70 with Feel The Blade

Feel the Blade

Feel the Blade is a 2008 album by thrash metal/death metal band Legion of the Damned. It is actually a re-release of Elegy for the Weak, originally released under the name of Occult, the prior incarnation of Legion of the Damned under singer Rachel Heyzer, and contains an altered tracklist...

(and number 64 in Austria) and number 60 with Cult of the Dead

Cult of the Dead

Cult of the Dead is a 2008 album by thrash metal/death metal band Legion of the Damned. In common with previous albums, the lyrics heavily reference the dark side of the occult. The special edition comes with an item unique in metal merchandising , being a cheese block, emblazoned with their logo....

.

Austrians Belphegor

Belphegor (band)

Belphegor is a blackened death metal band from Salzburg, Austria. They originally formed in 1991 under the name Betrayer before changing their name in 1993. They are named after the demon Belphegor.-Early years :...

 also charted in 2008 (with Bondage Goat Zombie

Bondage Goat Zombie

Bondage Goat Zombie is the seventh studio album by the Austrian blackened death metal band Belphegor.- History :Some of the tracks deal with the writings of the Marquis de Sade. The album was, like its predecessor, Pestapokalypse VI, recorded and produced with German producer Andy Classen...

) and 2009 (with Walpurgis Rites - Hexenwahn

Walpurgis Rites - Hexenwahn

Walpurgis Rites – Hexenwahn is the eighth studio album by the Austrian blackened death metal band Belphegor. It was released in 2009 on Nuclear Blast Records .-History:...

), reaching number 99 and 81 in Germany and even number 42 and 60 in Austria.

Credits

Year	Artist	Album	Recorded	Mixed	Mastered
1990	Howlin' Mad	Insanity	•	•
1991	Holy Moses Holy Moses Holy Moses is a German thrash metal band. They are well noted for being fronted by Sabina Classen and for being one of the very first German thrash metal bands.-Formative years: 1980-1985:...	Terminal Terror Terminal Terror Terminal Terror is the fifth full-length album release by the german Thrash metal band Holy Moses.-Track listing:...	•	•
1991	Incubator	Symphonies of Spiritual Cannibalism	•	•
1991	Jumpin' Jesus	The Art of Crucifying	•	•
1992	Deathrow	Life Beyond	•	•
1992	Holy Moses Holy Moses Holy Moses is a German thrash metal band. They are well noted for being fronted by Sabina Classen and for being one of the very first German thrash metal bands.-Formative years: 1980-1985:...	Reborn Dogs Reborn Dogs Reborn Dogs is the sixth studio album by the German Thrash metal band Holy Moses, released in 1992. The album was re-issued March 1st, 2006.-Track listing:# "Clash My Soul" - 2:26# "Decapitated Mind" - 3:31# "Welcome to the Real World" - 3:32...	•	•
1992	Holy Moses Holy Moses Holy Moses is a German thrash metal band. They are well noted for being fronted by Sabina Classen and for being one of the very first German thrash metal bands.-Formative years: 1980-1985:...	Too Drunk to Fuck Too Drunk to Fuck (album) Too Drunk to Fuck is a compilation album by the German Thrash metal band Holy Moses, released in 1993.-Track listing:...	•	•
1992	Incubator	McGillroy the Housefly	•	•
1992	Obscenity	Suffocated Truth	•	•
1992	Polluted Inheritance Polluted Inheritance Polluted Inheritance is a Dutch technical death metal band formed in 1989 from the remnants of Sacrement and Pollution . They were quickly joined by singer Jean-Paul Hoorman. A 1991 demo, Afterlife, led to a deal with West Virginia Records. Nevertheless, Hoorman leaves the band and Camonier sings...	Ecocide	•	•
1993	Incubator	Hirnnektar	•	•
1993	Warpath	Massive	•	•
1993	Warpath	When War Begins... Truth Disappears	•	•
1994	Asphyx Asphyx Asphyx is a Dutch death/doom band that was formed in Overijssel in 1987.-Biography:The band was formed in 1987 by Bob Bagchus and Tonny Brookhuis. Eric Daniels was found as a second guitarist and Chuck Colli joined on vocals and bass guitar; this line up released the Enter the Domain demo...	Asphyx Asphyx (album) Asphyx is the third album by Asphyx. It was released by Century Media Records in 1994.-Track listing:# "Prelude of the Unhonoured Funeral" – 3:54# "Depths of Eternity" – 7:01# "Emperors of Salvation" – 4:59# "'Til Death Do Us Apart" – 6:17...	•	•	•
1994	Brightside	Face the Truth	•	•
1994	Holy Moses Holy Moses Holy Moses is a German thrash metal band. They are well noted for being fronted by Sabina Classen and for being one of the very first German thrash metal bands.-Formative years: 1980-1985:...	No Matter What's the Cause No Matter What's the Cause No Matter What's the Cause is the seventh full-length studio album by the German Thrash metal band Holy Moses.-Track listing:...	•	•
1994	Ryker's	Brother Against Brother	•	•
1994	Warpath	Against Everyone	•	•
1995	Approach to Concrete	...failures?	•	•
1995	Belphegor Belphegor (band) Belphegor is a blackened death metal band from Salzburg, Austria. They originally formed in 1991 under the name Betrayer before changing their name in 1993. They are named after the demon Belphegor.-Early years :...	The Last Supper	•	•	•
1995	Brightside	Punchline	•	•
1995	Lunar	Lunar		•	•
1995	Ryker's	First Blood	•	•
1995	Sanctimonium	Pathetique: The Beryllian Throne	•	•
1995	Sleeping Gods	Above and Beyond	•	•
1996	Brightside	No Policy	•	•
1996	Crack Up	Blood is Life	•	•
1996	Croon	Just	•	•	•
1996	Rotting Christ Rotting Christ Rotting Christ is a Greek black metal band formed in 1987. They are noted for being one of the first black metal bands within this region, as well as a premier act within the European underground metal scene.- Line-up :...	Triarchy of the Lost Lovers	•	•	•
1996	Ryker's	Ground Zero	•	•
1996	Ryker's	Low Life EP	•	•
1996	Shit for Brains	Vortex Cordis	•	•
1997	Burden of Grief	Haunting Requiems	•	•
1997	Burden of Grief	Above Twilight Wings	•	•	•
1997	Crack Up	From the Ground	•	•
1997	Disbelief Disbelief Disbelief is a metal band from Hesse, Germany. Their music is rooted in death metal, but has melancholic tendencies.- Biography :...	Disbelief	•	•	•
1997	Mis.Divine	Angsttriaden	•	•	•
1997	Nagelfar Nagelfar Nagelfar were a German black metal band founded in 1993 by Zorn and Rhyktius V. Grhabakk von Meilenwald . After a long search for a lead vocalist, Smaug was selected; Sveinn von Hackelnberg became acquainted with Smaug and Rhyktius at a party and entered the band's lineup as bassist in 1995...	Hünengrab im Herbst Hünengrab im Herbst Hünengrab im Herbst was the first album by the German black metal band Nagelfar.-Track listing:#"Intro" – 0:26#"Seelenland" – Land of the Souls – 5:21#"Schwanengesang" – Swan Song – 14:16...	•	•	•
1997	Richthofen	Seelenwalzer	•	•	•
1997	Ryker's	A Lesson In Loyality	•	•
1997	Ryker's	Cold Lost Sick EP	•	•
1997	Surface	To Millenium... and Beyond	•	•	•
1998	Brightside	Bulletproof	•	•	•
1998	Crack Up	Heads Will Roll	•	•	•
1998	Disbelief Disbelief Disbelief is a metal band from Hesse, Germany. Their music is rooted in death metal, but has melancholic tendencies.- Biography :...	Infected	•	•	•
1998	Drecksau	Brecher	•	•
1998	Eisregen Eisregen Eisregen is a German death metal / black metal band which formed in 1995. The members are from Tambach-Dietharz, a village in Thuringia.- History :In English, Eisregen translates to "Ice Rain"...	Krebskolonie	•	•
1998	Nagelfar Nagelfar Nagelfar were a German black metal band founded in 1993 by Zorn and Rhyktius V. Grhabakk von Meilenwald . After a long search for a lead vocalist, Smaug was selected; Sveinn von Hackelnberg became acquainted with Smaug and Rhyktius at a party and entered the band's lineup as bassist in 1995...	Srontgorrth Srontgorrth Srontgorrth: Die Macht erfaßte das meine wie die Angst das Blut der anderen is the second album by the German black metal band Nagelfar, released in 1999. It is a loose concept album, with the first four tracks focusing on the four seasons...	•	•	•
1998	Niederschlag	Scrotum	•	•
1998	Waylander Waylander (band) Waylander is a Northern Irish band influential in the realms of Celtic folk metal. Formed in 1993, the band blends traditional Irish folk with 1990s heavy metal.-Biography:...	Reawakening Pride Once Lost	•	•	•
1999	Drecksau	Schmerz	•	•
1999	Kadath	Cruel!	•	•	•
1999	Path of Debris	The Eyes of the Basilisk	•	•	•
1999	Ryker's	Life is a Gamble	•	•
1999	Suidakra Suidakra SuidAkrA is a melodic death metal band from Germany with Celtic folk influences. During their fourteen-year career, they have performed over 200 live shows for several European and Russian tours, as well as a North American tour...	Lays From Afar Lays from Afar Lays From Afar is the third studio album by the German melodic death metal band Suidakra.- Track listing :# A Darksome Path - 04:35# Chants of Lethe - 04:31# The Well of Might - 04:03# The Hidden Quest - 03:52# Morrigan - 03:49# Peregrin - 01:24...	•	•	•
1999	Temple of the Absurd	Mother, Creator, God	•
1999	Zonata Zonata Zonata was a power metal band originating from Borås, Sweden. They formed in 1998 and recorded 3 albums with label Century Media before splitting up in 2003. Their lyrics are heavily based around mythology and life struggles. The band never made it big due to receiving very little recognition...	Tunes of Steel	•	•	•
2000	Anfall	Feuer, Eis & Energie	•	•	•
2000	Blue Valentine	Seelen Taetowierung	•	•	•
2000	Crack Up	Dead End Run	•	•
2000	Die Apokalyptischen Reiter Die Apokalyptischen Reiter Die Apokalyptischen Reiter is a Weimar, Germany based heavy metal band signed to Nuclear Blast in Europe and The End Records in North America...	All You Need Is Love	•	•	•
2000	Dogma IVS	Dunkelheit und Licht	•	•	•
2000	Final Breath	Flash Burnt Crucifixes	•	•	•
2000	Krisiun Krisiun Krisiun is a Brazilian death metal band, founded by Alex Camargo , Moyses Kolesne , and Max Kolesne . Since its formation, in 1990, the group recorded two demos, Evil Age in 1991, and Curse of the Evil One in 1992, and self-released an extended play titled Unmerciful Order in 1993...	Conquerors of Armageddon Conquerors of Armageddon Conquerors of Armageddon is the third album by Krisiun and their first under the Century Media label.-Track listing:# "Intro - Ravager" – 3:52# "Abyssal Gates" – 5:16# "Soul Devourer" – 3:19# "Messiah's Abomination" – 3:56...	•	•	•
2000	Mindfield Mindfield The thrash metal band Mindfield began in Germany in the year 1994. The band started when guitarist Rainer Sickler joined with four other musicians. However the band line-up altered frequently for the following two years, it was then, in 1996 that the band released its first demo titled "Fields Of...	Deviant	•	•	•
2000	Ryker's	From the Cradle to the Grave	•	•
2000	Suidakra Suidakra SuidAkrA is a melodic death metal band from Germany with Celtic folk influences. During their fourteen-year career, they have performed over 200 live shows for several European and Russian tours, as well as a North American tour...	The Arcanum	•	•	•
2001	Brightside	True Force	•	•	•
2001	Burden of Grief	On Darker Trails	•	•	•
2001	Callenish Circle Callenish Circle Callenish Circle was a melodic death metal band from the Netherlands. They recorded three of their albums for Metal Blade Records, and broke up in February 2007. In the early 2000s things were going well for the band. In 2002 they toured with God Dethroned, played at the Dutch version of Ozzfest...	My Passion // Your Pain My Passion // Your Pain My Passion // Your Pain is the fourth studio album by the melodic death metal band Callenish Circle.-Track listing:# "Soul Messiah" − 3:54# "Dwelling in Disdain" − 4:10# "Forsaken" − 4:55# "What Could Have Been..." − 7:13...	•	•	•
2001	Dark at Dawn	Crimson Frost	•	•	•
2001	Disbelief Disbelief Disbelief is a metal band from Hesse, Germany. Their music is rooted in death metal, but has melancholic tendencies.- Biography :...	Worst Enemy	•	•	•
2001	Holy Moses Holy Moses Holy Moses is a German thrash metal band. They are well noted for being fronted by Sabina Classen and for being one of the very first German thrash metal bands.-Formative years: 1980-1985:...	Master of Disaster	•	•	•
2001	Nagelfar Nagelfar Nagelfar were a German black metal band founded in 1993 by Zorn and Rhyktius V. Grhabakk von Meilenwald . After a long search for a lead vocalist, Smaug was selected; Sveinn von Hackelnberg became acquainted with Smaug and Rhyktius at a party and entered the band's lineup as bassist in 1995...	Virus West Virus West Virus West is the German black metal band Nagelfar's third and last album before they broke up. The track "Hellebarn" contains a sample from the 1982 film The Thing.-Track listing:#"Hellebarn" – 10:23...	•	•	•
2001	Rebaelliun Rebaelliun Rebaelliun was a Brazilian death metal band that was founded in 1998. Musically they are similar to their country mates Krisiun. After the release of their promo tape, the band was contracted by the Dutch label Hammerheart Records, who released their debut album Burn the Promised Land in 1999. The...	Annihilation	•	•	•
2001	Semen Datura	This Love is Dead	•	•	•
2001	Sleeping Gods	Regenerated	•	•
2002	Dark Age	The Silent Republic	•	•	•
2002	Dew Scented	Inwards	•	•	•
2002	Final Breath	Mind Explosion	•	•	•
2002	Holy Moses Holy Moses Holy Moses is a German thrash metal band. They are well noted for being fronted by Sabina Classen and for being one of the very first German thrash metal bands.-Formative years: 1980-1985:...	Disorder of the Order Disorder of the Order - Track listing :...	•	•	•
2002	Mourning Caress	Imbalance	•	•	•
2002	Rotting Christ Rotting Christ Rotting Christ is a Greek black metal band formed in 1987. They are noted for being one of the first black metal bands within this region, as well as a premier act within the European underground metal scene.- Line-up :...	Genesis	•	•
2002	Suidakra Suidakra SuidAkrA is a melodic death metal band from Germany with Celtic folk influences. During their fourteen-year career, they have performed over 200 live shows for several European and Russian tours, as well as a North American tour...	Emprise to Avalon Emprise to Avalon Emprise to Avalon is the fifth studio album by the German melodic death metal band Suidakra.- Track listing :# "Darkane Times" – 5:47# "Dinas Emrys" – 1:54# "Pendragon's Fall" – 5:32# "The High King" – 4:00# "The Spoils of Annwn" – 1:48...	•	•	•
2002	Tankard Tankard (band) Tankard is a thrash metal band from Frankfurt am Main, Germany, founded in 1982. After losing their guitarist because of their image as a bunch of drunks, they moved on to issue their first record in 1986. From that point on, the band has continuously made songs and records in the same style they...	B-Day	•	•
2003	Callenish Circle Callenish Circle Callenish Circle was a melodic death metal band from the Netherlands. They recorded three of their albums for Metal Blade Records, and broke up in February 2007. In the early 2000s things were going well for the band. In 2002 they toured with God Dethroned, played at the Dutch version of Ozzfest...	Flesh Power Dominion Flesh Power Dominion Flesh Power Dominion is the third studio album by Callenish Circle. It was released in 2002 along with a digipak edition that contained two bonus tracks...	•	•	•
2003	Dew Scented	Ill-Natured & Innoscent			•
2003	Dew Scented	Impact	•	•	•
2003	Die Apokalyptischen Reiter Die Apokalyptischen Reiter Die Apokalyptischen Reiter is a Weimar, Germany based heavy metal band signed to Nuclear Blast in Europe and The End Records in North America...	Have a Nice Trip Have a Nice Trip (album) Have a Nice Trip is the fourth studio album by the German heavy metal band Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, released by Nuclear Blast Records on 17 March 2003...	•	•	•
2003	Disbelief Disbelief Disbelief is a metal band from Hesse, Germany. Their music is rooted in death metal, but has melancholic tendencies.- Biography :...	Spreading the Rage	•	•	•
2003	Graveworm Graveworm Graveworm is a symphonic black metal band from Bruneck, Italy with strong influences from gothic metal .-History:...	Engraved In Black Engraved in Black Engraved in Black is the fourth studio album by the symphonic black metal band Graveworm, released in 2003 through Nuclear Blast. This is the first Graveworm album to feature guitarist Eric Righi, who also played bass on this recording.-Track listing:...	•	•	•
2003	Mindfield Mindfield The thrash metal band Mindfield began in Germany in the year 1994. The band started when guitarist Rainer Sickler joined with four other musicians. However the band line-up altered frequently for the following two years, it was then, in 1996 that the band released its first demo titled "Fields Of...	Below	•	•
2003	Suidakra Suidakra SuidAkrA is a melodic death metal band from Germany with Celtic folk influences. During their fourteen-year career, they have performed over 200 live shows for several European and Russian tours, as well as a North American tour...	Signs for the Fallen	•	•	•
2003	The Old Dead Tree The Old Dead Tree The Old Dead Tree was a Progressive death metal band from the city of Paris, France active between 1997 and 2009.-Musical style:Their musical style is a mixture of death metal elements, such as double bass drumming and heavy guitar riffing, and more mellow, progressive, gothic metal and doom metal...	The Nameless Disease	•	•	•
2003	Vollrausch	Wirkstoff: Adrenalin	•	•
2004	Blow Job	Unboned		•	•
2004	Dementor	God Defamer	•	•	•
2004	Dies Ater	Out of the Dark	•	•	•
2004	Final Breath	Let Me Be Your Tank	•	•	•
2004	Occult	Elegy for the Weak	•	•	•
2004	Path of Golconda	Destination: Downfall	•	•	•
2004	Reckless Tide	Repent Or Seal Your Fate			•
2004	Tankard Tankard (band) Tankard is a thrash metal band from Frankfurt am Main, Germany, founded in 1982. After losing their guitarist because of their image as a bunch of drunks, they moved on to issue their first record in 1986. From that point on, the band has continuously made songs and records in the same style they...	Beast of Bourbon Beast of Bourbon -Line up:*Andreas "Gerre" Geremia - vocals*Andy Gutjahr - guitar*Frank Thorwarth - bass, backing vocals*Olaf Zissel - drums*Additional backing vocals by Chris Luft, Alex Wenzel, and Harald Maul....	•	•	•
2005	Criminal	Sicaro	•	•	•
2005	Dew Scented	Issue VI Issue VI Issue VI is the sixth full-length album by the German thrash metal band Dew-Scented.A special edition, limited to 5000 worldwide, comes with a bonus DVD, with 17 live tracks from various shows between 2002-2005, and a video clip for the song "Turn to Ash"...	•	•	•
2005	Graveworm Graveworm Graveworm is a symphonic black metal band from Bruneck, Italy with strong influences from gothic metal .-History:...	(N)utopia (N)utopia utopia is the fifth studio album by the symphonic black metal band Graveworm, released in 2005 through Nuclear Blast.-Track listing:Bonus DVD#Liveshow 1#Liveshow 2#Photogallery-Credits:* Stefano Fiori – Vocals* Eric Righi – Guitar...	•	•	•
2005	Legion of the Damned Legion of the Damned (band) Legion of the Damned is a thrash metal/death metal band from the Netherlands. The band was formed in 2004 following the demise of Occult and the departure of former singer Rachel Heyzer. Lyrically the band tend to focus on horror motifs, dark occult and religious themes and apocalyptic events...	Malevolent Rapture Malevolent Rapture Malevolent Rapture is a 2006 album by thrash metal/death metal band Legion of the Damned. It was their first album since the demise their preceding band Occult with the loss of previous lead singer Rachel Heyzer. In common with later albums the lyrics heavily reference the dark side of the occult...	•	•	•
2005	Neaera Neaera (band) Neaera is a melodic death metal band from Münster, Germany, currently signed to Metal Blade Records. Recently, they have completed their fifth album, Forging the Eclipse, which was released on October 22/25, 2010 in Europe and on October 26, 2010 for the rest of the world.-Musical style:Tobias Buck...	The Rising Tide of Oblivion	•	•	•
2005	President Evil	Evil Goes to Hollywood	•	•	•
2005	Sencirow	Perception of Fear	•	•	•
2005	Spellbound	Incoming Destiny	•	•	•
2005	The Old Dead Tree The Old Dead Tree The Old Dead Tree was a Progressive death metal band from the city of Paris, France active between 1997 and 2009.-Musical style:Their musical style is a mixture of death metal elements, such as double bass drumming and heavy guitar riffing, and more mellow, progressive, gothic metal and doom metal...	The Perpetual Motion	•	•	•
2006	Belphegor Belphegor (band) Belphegor is a blackened death metal band from Salzburg, Austria. They originally formed in 1991 under the name Betrayer before changing their name in 1993. They are named after the demon Belphegor.-Early years :...	Pestapokalypse VI Pestapokalypse VI Pestapokalypse VI is the sixth studio album by Austrian blackened death metal band Belphegor. It was produced by Andy Classen at Stage One Studio and released in 2006.- Track listing :#"Belphegor - Hell's Ambassador" - 4:24#"Seyn Todt in Schwartz" - 3:22...	•	•	•
2006	Clobberin Time	The Dawn of a Dying Race	•	•	•
2006	Death Will Score	From the Ashes	•	•	•
2006	Dos Dias De Sangre	Bound By Honor / Mini CD	•	•	•
2006	Drone	Head-On Collision	•	•	•
2006	Edgecrusher	Forever Failure	•	•	•
2006	Krisiun Krisiun Krisiun is a Brazilian death metal band, founded by Alex Camargo , Moyses Kolesne , and Max Kolesne . Since its formation, in 1990, the group recorded two demos, Evil Age in 1991, and Curse of the Evil One in 1992, and self-released an extended play titled Unmerciful Order in 1993...	AssassiNation AssassiNation AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. It is dedicated In Memory of Doc and Dimebag.-Track listing:# "Bloodcraft" – 5:49# "Natural Genocide" – 4:29# "Vicious Wrath" – 3:54# "Refusal" – 4:49# "H.O.G...	•	•	•
2006	My Darkest Hate	Combat Area	•	•	•
2006	Path of Golconda	The Threshold Diaries	•	•	•
2006	President Evil	The Trash'n'Roll Asshole Show	•	•	•
2006	Shorts & Churchbells	Reason to Complain		•	•
2006	Sinister Sinister (band) Sinister is a death metal band from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, assembled in 1988, disassembled in 2003, and reassembled in 2005 by Adrie Kloosterwaard on vocals and Alex Paul on guitar...	Afterburner	•	•	•
2006	Sniper	Seducer of Human Souls		•	•
2006	Tankard Tankard (band) Tankard is a thrash metal band from Frankfurt am Main, Germany, founded in 1982. After losing their guitarist because of their image as a bunch of drunks, they moved on to issue their first record in 1986. From that point on, the band has continuously made songs and records in the same style they...	The Beauty and the Beer The Beauty and the Beer The Beauty and the Beer is the twelfth studio album by German thrash metal band Tankard.-Track listing:-Line Up:*Andreas "Gerre" Geremia - vocals*Andy Gutjahr - guitar*Frank Thorwarth - bass, backing vocals*Olaf Zissel - drums...	•	•	•
2007	Ancient Existence	Hate is the Law	•	•	•
2007	Cripper	Freak Inside			•
2007	Dark Embrace	The Rebirth of Darkness	•	•	•
2007	Dies Ater	Odiums Spring	•	•	•
2007	Graveworm Graveworm Graveworm is a symphonic black metal band from Bruneck, Italy with strong influences from gothic metal .-History:...	Collateral Defect Collateral Defect Collateral Defect is the sixth studio album by the symphonic black metal band Graveworm, released in 2007.-Track listing:...	•	•	•
2007	Inzest	Grotesque New World	•	•	•
2007	Legion of the Damned Legion of the Damned (band) Legion of the Damned is a thrash metal/death metal band from the Netherlands. The band was formed in 2004 following the demise of Occult and the departure of former singer Rachel Heyzer. Lyrically the band tend to focus on horror motifs, dark occult and religious themes and apocalyptic events...	Sons of the Jackal Sons of the Jackal Sons of the Jackal is a 2007 album by thrash metal/death metal band Legion of the Damned. Lyrical themes on the album include horror motifs, the devastation of nuclear war and occult and religious ideas and actions...	•	•	•
2007	Nine XI	The Opening	•	•	•
2007	Requiem	Premier Killing League	•	•	•
2007	Revolting Breed	Rise Against		•	•
2007	Solace of Requiem	Utopia Reborn			•
2007	Spellbound	Nemesis 2665	•	•	•
2007	Tankard Tankard (band) Tankard is a thrash metal band from Frankfurt am Main, Germany, founded in 1982. After losing their guitarist because of their image as a bunch of drunks, they moved on to issue their first record in 1986. From that point on, the band has continuously made songs and records in the same style they...	Best Case Scenario: 25 Years in Beers	•	•	•
2007	The Old Dead Tree The Old Dead Tree The Old Dead Tree was a Progressive death metal band from the city of Paris, France active between 1997 and 2009.-Musical style:Their musical style is a mixture of death metal elements, such as double bass drumming and heavy guitar riffing, and more mellow, progressive, gothic metal and doom metal...	The Water Fields	•	•	•
2007	Tough Motion	Delta	•	•	•
2008	Aavas	Sepulcretum	•	•	•
2008	Belphegor Belphegor (band) Belphegor is a blackened death metal band from Salzburg, Austria. They originally formed in 1991 under the name Betrayer before changing their name in 1993. They are named after the demon Belphegor.-Early years :...	Bondage Goat Zombie Bondage Goat Zombie Bondage Goat Zombie is the seventh studio album by the Austrian blackened death metal band Belphegor.- History :Some of the tracks deal with the writings of the Marquis de Sade. The album was, like its predecessor, Pestapokalypse VI, recorded and produced with German producer Andy Classen...	•	•	•
2008	Daksinroy	Dystopia	•	•	•
2008	Davidian	Hear Their Cries	•	•	•
2008	Grave Desecrator	Sign of Doom			•
2008	Hatred	Madhouse Symphonies			•
2008	Krisiun Krisiun Krisiun is a Brazilian death metal band, founded by Alex Camargo , Moyses Kolesne , and Max Kolesne . Since its formation, in 1990, the group recorded two demos, Evil Age in 1991, and Curse of the Evil One in 1992, and self-released an extended play titled Unmerciful Order in 1993...	Southern Storm Southern Storm Southern Storm is the seventh studio album by Brazilian death metal band Krisiun. The album was recorded at Stage One Studios in Borgentreich, Germany, with producer Andy Classen. The album also features a cover of the Sepultura song "Refuse/Resist"...	•	•	•
2008	Legion of the Damned Legion of the Damned (band) Legion of the Damned is a thrash metal/death metal band from the Netherlands. The band was formed in 2004 following the demise of Occult and the departure of former singer Rachel Heyzer. Lyrically the band tend to focus on horror motifs, dark occult and religious themes and apocalyptic events...	Cult of the Dead Cult of the Dead Cult of the Dead is a 2008 album by thrash metal/death metal band Legion of the Damned. In common with previous albums, the lyrics heavily reference the dark side of the occult. The special edition comes with an item unique in metal merchandising , being a cheese block, emblazoned with their logo....	•	•	•
2008	Legion of the Damned Legion of the Damned (band) Legion of the Damned is a thrash metal/death metal band from the Netherlands. The band was formed in 2004 following the demise of Occult and the departure of former singer Rachel Heyzer. Lyrically the band tend to focus on horror motifs, dark occult and religious themes and apocalyptic events...	Feel The Blade Feel the Blade Feel the Blade is a 2008 album by thrash metal/death metal band Legion of the Damned. It is actually a re-release of Elegy for the Weak, originally released under the name of Occult, the prior incarnation of Legion of the Damned under singer Rachel Heyzer, and contains an altered tracklist...	•	•	•
2008	Mindead	Abandon All Hope			•
2008	Morpheus	Extermination of the Dominant Species			•
2008	Postmortem	Constant Hate			•
2008	President Evil	Hell in a Box			•
2008	Prostitute Disfigurement Prostitute Disfigurement - Biography :Prostitute Disfigurement started out as a 3-piece near the end of 2000, under the name of Disfigure. They were joined by Roel van Kruysdijk on guitars, just before making their demo recordings...	Descendants of Depravity	•	•	•
2008	Sencirow	The Nightmare Within	•	•	•
2008	Sniper	Your World is Doomed		•	•
2008	Subterfuge Carver	Deathcore		•	•
2008	Thytopia	Bleeding Earth			•
2009	Archgoat Archgoat Archgoat is a black metal group that formed in Finland in 1989. There are three band members: Angelslayer , Ritual Butcherer and Blood Desecrator . Their first demo, Jesus Spawn, was released in 1992...	The Light-Devouring Darkness			•
2009	Arckanum Arckanum Arckanum is a Swedish black metal project formed in 1993 by Johan "Shamaatae" Lahger, who is the only constant member. Shamaatae is also an author of occult literature. His first published work titled PANPARADOX was released the 13th of July 2009 and is published by Ixaxaar...	11 Thorns			•
2009	Belphegor Belphegor (band) Belphegor is a blackened death metal band from Salzburg, Austria. They originally formed in 1991 under the name Betrayer before changing their name in 1993. They are named after the demon Belphegor.-Early years :...	Walpurgis Rites - Hexenwahn Walpurgis Rites - Hexenwahn Walpurgis Rites – Hexenwahn is the eighth studio album by the Austrian blackened death metal band Belphegor. It was released in 2009 on Nuclear Blast Records .-History:...	•	•	•
2009	Cryptic Wintermoon	Fear			•
2009	Damned Creed	Enslaved Thoughts		•	•
2009	Distorted Impalement	Bodyslam		•	•
2009	Graveworm Graveworm Graveworm is a symphonic black metal band from Bruneck, Italy with strong influences from gothic metal .-History:...	Diabolical Figures	•	•	•
2009	Hyades	The Roots of Trash		•	•
2009	Insanity Reigns Supreme	Occultus Insanus Damnatus	•	•	•
2009	Maithungh	Lust in the Kingdom of God			•
2009	Mantic Ritual Mantic Ritual Mantic Ritual is a thrash metal band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The band released their debut album through Nuclear Blast Records.-Origin :...	Executioner	•	•	•
2009	Mastic Scum	Dust			•
2009	Misticia	Sickness of the Earth		•	•
2009	Mor Dagor	Mk. IV	•	•	•
2009	Pandemia	Feet of Anger	•	•	•
2009	Path of Golconda	Return	•	•	•
2009	Punish	Raptus	•	•	•
2009	Requiem	Infiltrate... Obliterate... Dominate...	•	•	•
2009	Shadows Far	As Black Turns Red		•	•
2009	Tankard Tankard (band) Tankard is a thrash metal band from Frankfurt am Main, Germany, founded in 1982. After losing their guitarist because of their image as a bunch of drunks, they moved on to issue their first record in 1986. From that point on, the band has continuously made songs and records in the same style they...	Thirst Thirst (Tankard album) -Line up:*Andreas "Gerre" Geremia - vocals*Andy Gutjahr - guitar*Frank Thorwarth - bass, backing vocals*Olaf Zissel - drums...	•	•	•
2009	VeiL	Blinkers Define the Spasm			•
2010	Deafness by Noise	Aim to Please	•	•	•
2010	Debt of Nature	Crush, Kill and Burn		•	•
2010	Disbelief Disbelief Disbelief is a metal band from Hesse, Germany. Their music is rooted in death metal, but has melancholic tendencies.- Biography :...	Heal			•
2010	Legen Beltza	Need to Suffer			•
2010	Malignant Tumour	Earthshaker	•	•	•
2010	Neaera Neaera (band) Neaera is a melodic death metal band from Münster, Germany, currently signed to Metal Blade Records. Recently, they have completed their fifth album, Forging the Eclipse, which was released on October 22/25, 2010 in Europe and on October 26, 2010 for the rest of the world.-Musical style:Tobias Buck...	Forging the Eclipse	•
2010	Obszoen Geschoepf	Symphony of Decay	•	•	•
2010	Odium	Stop My Anger		•	•
2010	Punish My Heaven	First Punishment	•	•	•
2010	Refugium	Unknown			•
2010	Sentimentalistic Bitches	Down Below			•
2010	Singstars of Death	The Pink Album		•	•
2010	Solace of Requiem	The Great Awakening	•	•	•
2010	Spheron	To Dissect Paper		•	•
2010	Unholy Ritual	Finis Origine Pendet		•	•
2010	Varg	Blutaar	•	•	•
2011	Desecrated Sphere	The Unmasking Reality		•	•
2011	Kaerbholz	100 Prozent		•	•
2011	Requiem	Within Darkened Disorder	•	•	•
2011	Varg	Wolfskult	•	•	•

External links

• Stage-One-Studio - Andy Classen's official studio website
• official myspace - with sample songs from Andy's own new project 'Nine XI'