Andy La Rocque Guitarist, Engineer & Producer

As well as playing with some of the biggest names in the field, Andy La Rocque has turned his Sonic Train Studios into a metal Mecca.

JILLIAN DRACHMAN

Across a music career spanning 40 years, King Diamond’s Andy La Rocque has become not only a metal guitar icon, but also one of the genre’s leading producers and engineers. The list of acts he’s worked with is near endless, and includes Shining, At The Gates, Tsjuder, HammerFall, King Of Asgard, Lord Belial, Evergrey, Falconer, Einherjer, Tulus and In Flames, as well as his historic instrumental contributions to Death’s groundbreaking 1993 album Individual Thought Patterns. When embarking upon his career as a performer, La Rocque didn’t envision himself in the parallel role that he now occupies. “In the beginning, I thought it was really boring to listen to Mikkey Dee soundchecking the drums in the studio. When you’re like 22 years old, you just want to play, have a good time,…

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