# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andy-sneap
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:54:21.745Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andy-sneap"
name: "Andy Sneap"
slug: "andy-sneap"
description: "Andy Sneap 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 mixing-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. 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."
tagline: "British record producer and guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andy_Sneap.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1969-07-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.8
  momentum:             1.634446397188049
  historical:           14.84425466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/andysneap/"
    handle:    "andysneap"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.andysneap.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "اندى سنايپ"
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    title: "اندی اسنیپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andy Sneap"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Sneap"
    title: "Andy Sneap"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Sneap"
    title: "Andy Sneap"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Sneap"
    title: "Andy Sneap"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%BE"
    title: "اندی اسنیپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Sneap"
    title: "Andy Sneap"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Sneap"
    title: "Andy Sneap"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Sneap"
    title: "Andy Sneap"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97"
    title: "アンディ・スニープ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andy Sneap"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Sneap"
    title: "Andy Sneap"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Sneap"
    title: "Andy Sneap"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andy Sneap"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Sneap"
    title: "Andy Sneap"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2b9aed4d-769e-4c38-96e4-586ac59ce668"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump