| Sascha Paeth | |
| Birth Name: | Sascha Paeth |
| Birth Date: | 9 September 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Wolfsburg, West Germany |
| Years Active: | 1989–present |
| Current Member Of: | Avantasia |
Sascha Paeth (born 9 September 1970) is a German guitarist, bassist, record producer and mixer known for working with heavy metal bands such as Avantasia, Edguy, Angra, Shaman, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, After Forever and Epica. He owns the "Gate Studios", Wolfsburg previously used for recordings with his former band Heavens Gate.[1]
Sascha Paeth has produced many albums along with Miro. In 2004, he produced Aina, a metal opera featuring a number of guests.[2] In 2007, Paeth and Miro also helped to rebuild Tobias Sammet's metal opera Avantasia, producing the albums of The Wicked Trilogy (with Paeth being the main guitarist). He also assisted Sammet with putting together a band, enabling Avantasia to tour.[3]
| Year | Artist | Album/Single | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Heavens Gate | In Control | musician | |
| 1990 | Heavens Gate | Open the Gate and Watch (EP) | musician | |
| 1991 | Heavens Gate | Livin' in Hysteria | co-producer, musician | |
| 1992 | Heavens Gate | More Hysteria (EP) | co-producer, musician | |
| 1992 | Heavens Gate | Hell for Sale! | co-producer, musician | |
| 1992 | Viper | Evolution | backing vocals | |
| 1992 | Viper | Vipera Sapiens (EP) | backing vocals | |
| 1993 | Heavens Gate | Live for Sale! | musician | |
| 1993 | Angra | Angels Cry | producer with Charlie Bauerfeind, engineer, musician | |
| 1993 | Gamma Ray | Insanity and Genius | engineer, musician | |
| 1994 | Black Hand Inn | engineer, programming | ||
| 1995 | Gamma Ray | Land of the Free | musician | |
| 1996 | Heavens Gate | Planet E. | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, musician | |
| 1996 | Angra | Holy Land | producer with Charlie Bauerfeind, engineer | |
| 1996 | Angra | Freedom Call (EP) | producer with Charlie Bauerfeind, engineer | |
| 1997 | Rhapsody | Legendary Tales | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, musician | |
| 1998 | Angra | Fireworks | keyboards and computer programming | |
| 1998 | Rhapsody | Symphony of Enchanted Lands | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 1999 | Kamelot | The Fourth Legacy | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 1999 | Luca Turilli | King of the Nordic Twilight | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 1999 | Heavens Gate | In the Mood (EP) | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 1999 | Heavens Gate | Menergy | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 1999 | Mob Rules | Savage Land | mixing, mastering | |
| 2000 | Kamelot | The Expedition | producer, engineer, mixing, mastering | |
| 2000 | Rhapsody | Dawn of Victory | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, mastering | |
| 2000 | Rhapsody | "Holy Thunderforce" (CD5") | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, mastering | |
| 2000 | Mob Rules | Temple of Two Suns | mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2000 | Avalon | Eurasia | producer, engineer, mixing, mastering | |
| 2000 | Brainstorm | Ambiguity | mixing, mastering | |
| 2001 | Kamelot | Karma | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2001 | Rhapsody | Rain of a Thousand Flames | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, mastering | |
| 2001 | Ambeon | Fate of a Dreamer | mastering | |
| 2001 | Gun Barrel | Power Dive | mastering | |
| 2001 | Virgo | Virgo | producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2001 | Gigantor | Back to the Rockets! | engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2001 | Various Artists | Tribute to Helloween: Keeper of Jericho | musician | |
| 2002 | Rhapsody | Power of the Dragonflame | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2002 | Luca Turilli | Prophet of the Last Eclipse | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2002 | Luca Turilli | Demonheart (EP) | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2002 | Shaman | Ritual | producer, engineer, mixing, musician | |
| 2002 | At Vance | Only Human | mixing | |
| 2002 | Avantasia | The Metal Opera Part II | engineer | |
| 2003 | Kamelot | Epica | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2003 | Epica | The Phantom Agony | producer, engineer, mixing | |
| 2003 | Aina | Days of Rising Doom | producer, engineer, mixing, songwriter, musician | |
| 2003 | After Forever | Exordium (EP) | mixing | |
| 2003 | Edguy | Burning Down the Opera | engineer | |
| 2003 | Taraxacum | Rainmaker | mixing, mastering | |
| 2003 | Galloglass | Legends from Now and Nevermore | mastering | |
| 2003 | Invictus | Black Heart | mastering | |
| 2004 | Gigantor | Giant Robot Spare Parts Vol. 1 | co-producer, engineer | |
| 2004 | Rhapsody | The Dark Secret (EP) | co-producer, engineer, mixing | |
| 2004 | Rhapsody | co-producer, engineer, mixing | ||
| 2004 | Lunatica | Fables & Dreams | producer, mixing, mastering | |
| 2004 | After Forever | Invisible Circles | vocal producer with Miro, mixing | |
| 2004 | Edguy | King of Fools (EP) | engineer | |
| 2004 | Edguy | Hellfire Club | engineer | |
| 2004 | Shaman | RituAlive | musician | |
| 2004 | Heavenly | Dust to Dust | mixing, mastering | |
| 2004 | Dol Ammad | Star Tales | drums producer and engineer | |
| 2004 | Asrai | Touch in the Dark | engineer, mixing | |
| 2005 | Epica | We Will Take You with Us | audio mixing | |
| 2005 | Epica | Consign to Oblivion | producer with Olaf Reitmeier, engineer, mixing, musician | |
| 2005 | Shaman | Reason | producer, engineer, mixing, mastering | |
| 2005 | Kamelot | The Black Halo | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, mastering | |
| 2005 | Felony | First Works | engineer, mixing, mastering | |
| 2005 | Epica | The Score – An Epic Journey | co-producer, engineer, mixing | |
| 2005 | Rhapsody | "The Magic of the Wizard's Dream" (CD5") | co-producer, engineer, mixing | |
| 2005 | After Forever | Remagine | vocal producer, engineer, mixing | |
| 2005 | Edguy | Superheroes (EP) | producer, engineer, mixing, mastering | |
| 2005 | Hartmann | Out in the Cold | producer with Oliver Hartmann, engineer, mixing, mastering | |
| 2006 | Edguy | Rocket Ride | producer, engineer, mixing, mastering | |
| 2006 | Lunatica | The Edge of Infinity | producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, composer | |
| 2006 | Luca Turilli | The Infinite Wonders of Creation | co-producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2006 | Luca Turilli's Dreamquest | Lost Horizons | co-producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2006 | Rhapsody | producer, engineer, mixing | ||
| 2006 | Redkey | Rage of Fire | producer with Thomas Rettke, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2006 | Kamelot | One Cold Winter's Night | mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2006 | Rhapsody of Fire | Triumph or Agony | co-producer, engineer, mixing, mastering | |
| 2007 | Hartmann | Home | producer with Oliver Hartmann, engineer, mixing, mastering | |
| 2007 | Kamelot | Ghost Opera | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2007 | Epica | The Divine Conspiracy | producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, vocal arrangements, backing vocals | |
| 2007 | Andre Matos | Time to Be Free | producer with Roy Z, mixing | |
| 2007 | Rhapsody of Fire | Visions from the Enchanted Lands (DVD) | producer, engineer, mixing | |
| 2007 | Asrai | Pearls in the Dirt | producer, mixing, mastering, backing vocals | |
| 2007 | Avantasia | Lost in Space Part I (EP) | producer with Tobias Sammet, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2007 | Avantasia | Lost in Space Part II (EP) | producer with Tobias Sammet, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2008 | Brainstorm | Downburst | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing | |
| 2008 | Avantasia | The Scarecrow | producer with Tobias Sammet, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2008 | Edguy | Tinnitus Sanctus | producer, engineer, mixing, mastering | |
| 2008 | Symphonity | Voice from the Silence | mixing | |
| 2008 | Hartmann | Handmade – Live in Concert | mastering | |
| 2008 | Amanda Somerville | Windows | producer, engineer, mixing and mastering with Miro, musician | |
| 2009 | Epica | The Classical Conspiracy | producer, mixing, mastering | |
| 2009 | Brainstorm | Memorial Roots | co-producer with Miro, engineer, mixing | |
| 2009 | Epica | Design Your Universe | producer, engineer, mixing, vocal lines author, backing vocals | |
| 2009 | Andre Matos | Mentalize | producer, engineer, mixing, backing vocals | |
| 2009 | Tribe | Pray for Calm... Need the Chaos | producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, arrangements | |
| 2009 | Lunatica | New Shores | producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, arrangements, songwriter | |
| 2009 | Edguy | Fucking with F***: Live | mixing, mastering | |
| 2009 | Hartmann | 3 | producer with Oliver Hartmann, engineer, mixing | |
| 2009 | Infinity Overture | Kingdom of Utopia | producer with Miro and Niels Vejlyt, mixing, mastering | |
| 2010 | Avantasia | The Wicked Symphony | producer with Tobias Sammet, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2010 | Avantasia | Angel of Babylon | producer with Tobias Sammet, engineer, mixing, songwriter, musician | |
| 2010 | Kamelot | Poetry for the Poisoned | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2010 | Rhapsody of Fire | The Cold Embrace of Fear – A Dark Romantic Symphony (EP) | engineer, mixing, musician | |
| 2010 | Rhapsody of Fire | The Frozen Tears of Angels | engineer, mixing, musician | |
| 2010 | Catharsis | Светлый Альбомъ | producer, engineer, mixing | |
| 2010 | Diabulus in Musica | Secrets | mastering | |
| 2011 | Avantasia | The Flying Opera | co-producer, sound engineer, mixing, musician | |
| 2011 | Edguy | Age of the Joker | producer, engineer, mixing, musician | |
| 2011 | Rhapsody of Fire | From Chaos to Eternity | engineer, mixing | |
| 2011 | MaYaN | Quarterpast | producer, engineer, mixing, mastering | |
| 2011 | Beyond the Bridge | The Old Man and the Spirit | mastering | |
| 2011 | Infinity Overture | The Infinite Overture Part 1 | mixing, mastering | |
| 2011 | Trillium | Alloy | musician, producer, engineer, mixing | |
| 2012 | Epica | Requiem for the Indifferent | producer, engineer, mixing, vocal lines author | |
| 2012 | Kamelot | Silverthorn | producer with Miro, engineer, mixing, mastering, musician | |
| 2013 | Avantasia | The Mystery of Time | musician, producer, engineer, mastering | |
| 2013 | Sascha Paeth | Hard on the Wind | musician, producer, engineer, mastering | |
| 2014 | Edguy | producer, engineer, mixing, mastering | ||
| 2015 | Beyond the Black | Songs of Love and Death | producer, musician | |
| 2015 | Kamelot | Haven | producer, engineer | |
| 2016 | Avantasia | Ghostlights | musician, producer, engineer, mixer | |
| 2016 | Beyond the Black | Lost in Forever | producer | |
| 2016 | Symphonity | King of Persia | mixing | |
| 2017 | Ayreon | The Source | Recording engineer for Tobias Sammet's parts | |
| 2017 | Exit Eden | Rhapsodies in Black | musician | |
| 2018 | Kamelot | The Shadow Theory | producer, engineer, musician, mixing | |
| 2018 | Beyond the Black | Heart of the Hurricane | producer, mixing | |
| 2019 | Avantasia | Moonglow | musician, producer, engineer, mixer | |
| 2019 | Turilli / Lione Rhapsody | Zero Gravity (Rebirth and Evolution) | bass guitar on "Oceano" | |
| 2019 | Sascha Paeth's Masters of Ceremony | Signs of Wings | ||
| 2020 | Kamelot | I Am the Empire – Live from the 013 | guest on "RavenLight", production, mixing, mastering | |
| 2021 | Epica | Omega | songwriter | |
| 2021 | Adrian Benegas | Diamonds in the Dark | musician, production, mixing, mastering | |
| 2022 | Docker's Guild | The Mystic Technocracy – Season 2: The Age of Entropy | musician | |
| 2023 | Kamelot | The Awakening | producer, engineer, musician | |
| 2023 | Adrian Benegas | Arcanum: El Mantra Secreto de los Espíritus) | mixing, mastering |