Performance · Production
Michael Angelo Batio
Chicago, United States • b. 1956-02-23
Michael Angelo Batio is credited on 51 releases across 22 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1982–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
51
Pressings credited
22
Albums
5
Decades active
14
In collections
Biography
Michael Angelo Batio ( BAY-tee-oh; born June 12, 1956), also known as Michael Angelo, Mike Batio or MAB, is an American heavy metal guitarist. He was the lead guitarist for the glam metal band Nitro in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is currently the permanent guitarist for the band Manowar. He is best known for playing heavy metal and its subgenres such as neoclassical metal and speed metal.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
51 releases · 22 albums · active 1982–2026
- Performance · 78
- Production · 15
- Engineering · 8
- Other credits · 2
- Mastering · 2
Studios: Front Page Productions, Costa Mesa, CA · Record Plant, Los Angeles · The Pasha Music House · Sound Summit
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Holland (6)
- Various
- Nitro (25)
- Vivaldi Metal Project
- Dirge Within
- Shout (5)
- Michael Angelo
- Jim Gillette's Proud To Be Loud
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