Charlie Bauerfeind


Karl Rudolf "Charlie" Bauerfeind is a German sound engineer and record producer who has worked mostly with power metal bands such as Angra, Blind Guardian, Helloween, Primal Fear, Rage, HammerFall and Saxon.

Career highlights

Since 1989, Bauerfeind has been active as a producer and engineer, working in studios worldwide. He is best known for his collaborations with bands such as:
His extensive discography also includes collaborations with HammerFall, Gamma Ray, Rage, Saxon, and many others.

Works

Production

Angra

Angels Cry1993Holy Land – 1995/1996Freedom [Call (EP)|Freedom Call] – 1996

Blind Guardian

Nightfall in Middle-Earth – 1997/1998 A [Night at the Opera (Blind Guardian album)|A Night at the Opera] – 2000/2001A Twist in the Myth2006At the Edge of Time2010Beyond the Red Mirror – 2015

Freedom Call

Stairway to Fairyland1999Crystal Empire – 2001Eternity – 2002

Gamma Ray

Insanity and Genius – 1993 Land of the Free – 1994/1995Somewhere Out in Space – 1997

Gotthard

Bang! 2014

HammerFall

Crimson Thunder – 2002Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken2005Threshold – 2006No Sacrifice, No Victory – 2009

Helloween

The Dark Ride – 2000Treasure Chest – 2002Rabbit [Don't Come Easy] – 2003Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy – 2005Gambling with the Devil – 2007Unarmed – Best of 25th Anniversary – 20097 Sinners – 2010Straight Out of Hell2013My God-Given Right – 2015Helloween2021Giants & Monsters - 2025

Joacim Cans

Beyond the Gates – 2004

Molly Hatchet

Silent Reign of Heroes – 1998

Rage

Saxon

Metalhead – 1999Lionheart – 2004The Inner Sanctum – 2007Into the Labyrinth – 2009

ShadowIcon

Empire in Ruins2011Smoke and Mirrors – 2014

Tamas

The Dreamlake – 1994

Van Canto

Viper

Evolution1992Vipera Sapiens – 1992