Piet Sielck (born 14 November 1964) is a German

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and producer. He is member of the

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band

Iron Savior Iron Savior is a German power metal band that was formed in Hamburg in 1996. Following a period of several years working behind the scenes in music production, multi-instrumentalist and producer/engineer Piet Sielck joined with former Helloween ...

as well as owner of the studio Powerhouse in Hamburg.

Early years

Born in

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, Germany, Piet started playing piano at the age of eight and bass at the age of ten, but realized after half a year that bass was not his favourite instrument and took up the guitar.

Career and development

Sielck's first band was Gentry, which he formed along with

Kai Hansen Kai Michael Hansen (born 17 January 1963) is a German musician who is the founder, lead guitarist and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray. He is also one of the co-founders of metal band Helloween, which he rejoined in 2016. He is a prominent ...

. In 1982, he left the band and worked first as a technician, then traveled for one year to Los Angeles. After his return, he began his career as a producer; his first production was ''

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'', the debut album of

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, the new band of his old friend Hansen. Other bands with which he cooperated are Uriah Heep,

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, and

Blind Guardian Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in 1984 in Krefeld, West Germany. They are often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in the power metal and speed metal subgenres.Iron Savior Iron Savior is a German power metal band that was formed in Hamburg in 1996. Following a period of several years working behind the scenes in music production, multi-instrumentalist and producer/engineer Piet Sielck joined with former Helloween ...

, together with Hansen and Blind Guardian's then-drummer Thomen Stauch. Those two would step out later, but Sielck continued the band with new musicians. In 2004, he agreed to produce and participate as a guitarist/bassist in Stauch's new band

Savage Circus Savage Circus is a German/Swedish power metal band originally formed as a side project by Thomas "Thomen" Stauch before leaving Blind Guardian. History Formation and ''Dreamland Manor'' Savage Circus began when Stauch asked his friend Piet ...

. He left

in December 2011 to focus on

exclusively again.

Discography

Iron Savior

* ''

'' (1997) * '' Coming Home'' ( EP, 1998) * '' Unification'' (1998) * ''

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'' ( EP, 1999) * '' I've Been to Hell'' (

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, 2000) * ''

Dark Assault ''Dark Assault'' is the third studio album by the German power metal band Iron Savior. It continues the science fiction story that the band introduced on their debut album ''Iron Savior'' and continued on '' Unification'' and the ''Interlude'' EP. ...

'' (2001) * '' Condition Red'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2004) * ''

Megatropolis ''Megatropolis'' is Iron Savior's sixth full-length album, released on June 4, 2007. It was recorded, mixed and engineered at Powerhouse Studios in Hamburg in February 2007 with the drums being recorded at HammerMusic in January 2007. The album w ...

'' (2007) * '' The Landing'' (2011) * ''

Rise of the Hero ''Rise of the Hero'' is the eighth studio album by German heavy metal band Iron Savior which was released on 28 February 2014 via AFM Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Powerhouse Studio in Hamburg from June - December 2013 with the ...

'' (2014) * ''

Titancraft ''Titancraft'' is the ninth studio album by German heavy/power metal band Iron Savior. It was released on 20 May 2016 by AFM Records and on 25 May 2016 by Japanese-based record label Avalon. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Powerhouse Studi ...

'' (2016) * ''

Reforged – Riding on Fire ''Reforged – Riding on Fire'' is the tenth studio album by German heavy/power metal band Iron Savior, which was released on 22 November 2017 in Japan and on 8 December 2017 in Europe as a 2-CD package. The album consists of re-recorded material ...

'' (2017) * ''Kill or Get Killed'' (2019)

Savage Circus

* ''

Dreamland Manor ''Dreamland Manor'' is the debut album of German power metal band Savage Circus. The album sounds similar to older classic Blind Guardian. Writing The band wrote most of the album together. Three songs, however, were written solely by Thomen fo ...

'' (2005) * ''

Of Doom and Death ''Of Doom and Death'' is the second full-length album by the Germany, German power metal band Savage Circus. It was released on October 23, 2009 via Dockyard 1 Records. Track listing ''All music and lyrics written by'' Savage Circus Credits ...

'' (2009)

Guest recording

: '' Sigh No More'' backing vocals (1991) * Hansen – ''XXX : 30 Years of Metal'' (2016)

References

External links

Official Iron Savior homepage

Official Savage Circus homepage
1964 births Living people German heavy metal guitarists German male guitarists German heavy metal singers German male singers Iron Savior members Savage Circus members {{Germany-guitarist-stub