Sky van Hoff

Sky van Hoff (born 1986) is a German record producer, songwriter and musician. He works primarily with acts in the metal and rock genres, including Rammstein, Emigrate, Till Lindemann, Kreator, Enslaved and Sleep Token. Before becoming a producer, van Hoff was a guitarist for metal band Machinemade God and toured extensively with the band until opening his own studio in 2008. 
==Career==
In 2003, van Hoff joined metal band Machinemade God as a guitarist and signed his first record deal as a band member with Metal Blade Records in 2005. He wrote and produced the band's next album, Masked, released in 2007. After receiving requests to produce other German metal acts, van Hoff opened his own studio in 2008. In the years that followed, he worked with Kreator, The Sorrow and Caliban. In 2012, van Hoff appeared on the third season of the German version of The X Factor as a musical director for Sandra Nasić's team, where he supervised and produced the "Groups and Bands" category. He was a producer for the folk duo Mrs. Greenbird, the winner of the season, and subsequently produced their self-titled debut album released the same year.
In 2018, van Hoff contributed to Rammstein guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe's solo project Emigrate and their third album, A Million Degrees, with production, recording and mixing. He was later brought in by Kruspe to record and edit guitar parts for Rammstein's Untitled studio album. Following the album's release in 2019, van Hoff joined the band on their stadium tour as Kruspe's monitoring engineer. In 2021, van Hoff produced and composed the music for Rammstein singer Till Lindemann's first solo single, "Ich Hasse Kinder", and was a producer on Emigrate's fourth studio album, The Persistence of Memory. He received notable praise for his work on Lindemann's single from YouTube personality and music producer Rick Beato. van Hoff rejoined Rammstein in the studio for their next studio album, Zeit, contributing guitar production, recording and editing. After the album's release in 2022, van Hoff continued touring with the band as a monitoring engineer until the end of the tour the following year. He again collaborated with Lindemann on the singer's upcoming first solo album, Zunge, as a producer and songwriter.
==Production, writing and instrumental credits==
Year	Artist 	Title 	Notes
2006	Caliban 	The Undying Darkness 	Guitar
2006	Machinemade God 	The Infinity Complex 	Guitar
2007	Machinemade God 	Masked 	Producer, songwriter, engineer, guitar, vocals, mandolin
2009	Caliban 	Say Hello To Tragedy 	Engineer, guitar
2010	Kreator 	Terror Prevails - Live At Rock Hard Festival 	Mixing
2010	Arma Gathas 	Dead To This World 	Producer, recording, mixing, arrangements, composer, synths, piano
2010	The Sorrow 	The Sorrow 	Co-producer, mixing
2012	Kreator 	Terror Prevails - Live at Rock Hard Festival, Pt. 2	Mixing
2012	Kreator 	Phantom Antichrist 	Recording, programming
2012	The Sorrow 	Misery Escape 	Producer, composer, mixing, electronics, strings
2012	Mrs. Greenbird 	Mrs. Greenbird 	Producer, recording, mixing, bass, piano
2015	Dikta 	Easy Street 	Producer, mixing
2015	Unleash The Sky 	Youth 	Producer, engineer, recording, mixing, programming, vocals, synths
2016	Drescher 	Erntezeit 	Producer, mixing
2018	Emigrate 	A Million Degrees 	Engineer, recording, mixing, bass, synthesizer
2018	Hannah Trigwell 	Red 	Producer, engineer, recording, mixing, arrangements, guitar, instruments
2018	Hopelezz 	Stories Of A War Long Forgotten 	Producer
2019	Rammstein 	Untitled 	Additional production, recording
2019	Mental Cruelty 	Inferis 	Producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
2019	Une Misère 	Sermon 	Producer, songwriter, engineer, mixing, backing vocals
2019	Kassogtha 	The Call 	Mixing
2019	Eskimo Callboy 	Rehab 	Producer, songwriter, mixing, arrangements, synths, electronics
2020	Aborted 	La Grande Mascarade 	Recording
2020	Eskimo Callboy 	MMXX 	Songwriter
2020	Enslaved 	Utgard 	Engineer, technician
2020	Ghøstkid 	Ghøstkid 	Producer, engineer, mixing, editing, guitar, bass, synth
2020	Shape Of Water 	Great Illusions 	Mixing
2021	Der Weg einer Freiheit	Der Weg einer Freiheit 	Recording
2021	Sleep Token 	This Place Will Become Your Tomb 	Mixing, editing, programming, synth
2021	Emigrate 	The Persistence Of Memory 	Producer, recording, mixing, editing, bass
2022	Rammstein 	Zeit 	Additional production, recording, editing
2023	Till Lindemann 	Zunge 	Producer, composer
Category:1986 births
Category:German people
Category:Record producers
Category:Songwriters
Category:Musicians