Eric Ratz is a Canadian producer, engineer, and mixer. He has won multiple

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and Juno awards. Throughout his career, Ratz has worked with some of Canada's most successful and influential rock bands, including

Arkells Arkells is a Canadian rock band, formed in Hamilton, Ontario. In 2006, they signed with Dine Alone Records, and have since signed with Universal Records Canada and Last Gang Records. They are managed by Last Gang Management. They have released s ...

, Big Wreck,

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, Cancer Bats, Danko Jones, and Monster Truck. He has been nominated for 11 Juno awards in both the

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and

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categories. He has won the Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award, two Recording Engineer of the Year Juno Awards, and a Grammy award.

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

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, rowspan="2" , Best Latin Pop Album , , - !scope="row", 1998 , Enrique Iglesias - Vivir ,

Juno Awards

The

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s are administered by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS).

Music awards

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- Hemi-Vision - Engineer/Mixer , Rock Album of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2000 , Danko Jones - My Love Is Bold - Engineer/Mixer , Best Alternative Album , , - !scope="row", 2001 , Sarah Harmer - You Were Here - Mixer , Best Pop Album , , - !scope="row" rowspan="4", 2005 , Sarah Slean - Day One - Mixer , rowspan="2" , Adult Alternative Album of the Year , , - , Sarah Harmer - All Of Our Names - Engineer/Mixer , , - , Thornley - Come Again - Engineer , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - , The Tea Party -

Seven Circles ''Seven Circles'' is the seventh studio album by Canadian band The Tea Party, released in 2004. It was the band's last album prior to their split in 2005. The album continues the style of the band's two previous offerings (''The Interzone Mantra ...

- Engineer , , - !scope="row" rowspan="3", 2007 , Billy Talent -

Devil In A Midnight Mass "Devil in a Midnight Mass" is the first single released from Billy Talent's second album, ''Billy Talent II''. Song information There are two differing versions of the song: the album version, and an unpolished demo version released in December ...

- Engineer , Single of the Year , , - , rowspan="2" , Billy Talent - Billy Talent II - Engineer , Rock Album of the Year , , - , Album of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2008 , Billy Talent - 666 Live - Audio Producer , Music DVD of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="4", 2010 ,

Stereos Stereos are a Canadian pop band from Edmonton, Alberta, formed in 2008. Their musical style fuses aspects of electronic music, rock, and pop. Their breakout came from appearing on the MuchMusic original series, '' disBAND''. In October 2009, ...

- Engineer , Pop Album of the Year , , - , Metric -

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- Engineer , Alternative Album of the Year , , - , rowspan="2" , Billy Talent - Billy Talent III - Engineer , Album of the Year , , - , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2011 , Cancer Bats - Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones - Producer , , - !scope="row" rowspan="5", 2013 , Billy Talent -

Viking Death March "Viking Death March" is the first single by Billy Talent from their fourth studio album, ''Dead Silence''. It was released on May 25, 2012. Song Information On May 14, 2012, the band announced in a video announcement on their YouTube channel that ...

- Engineer , Single of the Year , , - , Cancer Bats -

Dead Set On Living ''Dead Set on Living'' is the fourth studio album by the Canadian hardcore punk band Cancer Bats. It was released on April 16, 2012 through Hassle Records in Europe, April 17 through Distort Entertainment in Canada, April 20 through Shock Recor ...

- Producer , Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year , , - , Billy Talent - Dead Silence - Engineer , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - , Big Wreck -

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- Producer , , - , Monster Truck - Producer , Breakthrough Group of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2014 , Monster Truck - Furiosity - Producer , Rock Album of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="4", 2015 ,

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- Chasing the Dream - Mixer , Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year , , - , Big Wreck - Ghosts - Producer , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - , Arkells - High Noon - Producer , , - , Arkells - Producer , Group of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2016 ,

Diemonds Diemonds is a Canadian hard rock band formed in 2006 in Toronto and fronted by Priya Panda. History ''In The Rough'' ''Diemonds'' independently released their debut EP "In the Rough" in October 2008. Diemonds subsequently toured Canada & the Unit ...

Never Wanna Die ''Never Wanna Die'' is the second full-length album by Canadian hard rock band Diemonds, released on August 14, 2015. The album was recorded at Phase One Studios and Vespa Studio in Toronto, Ontario with JUNO Award-winning producer Eric Ratz. The ...

- Producer , Heavy Metal Album of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="4", 2017 , Monster Truck - Sittin' Heavy - Producer , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - , Billy Talent - Afraid of Heights - Engineer , , - , Billy Talent - Engineer , Group of the Year , , - ,

Mandroid Echostar Mandroid Echostar is a six-piece heavy metal band from Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The band's sound has been described as a combination of melodic technical guitars, progressive metal, and heavy metal. The band won the Juno Award for Metal/Hard Mus ...

- Coral Throne - Producer , Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="3", 2018 ,

Splash'N Boots Splash'N Boots is a Canadian children's music duo consisting of Nick Adams (Splash) and Taes Leavitt (Boots). Adams and Leavitt formed Splash'N Boots in 2003 as a class project while studying at Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario. In 2014 ...

- Love, Kisses and Hugs - Producer , Children's Album of the Year , , - , rowspan="2" , Arkells - Knocking at the Door - Producer , Video of the Year , , - , Single of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="4", 2019 , Arkells - Producer , Group of the Year , , - , Cancer Bats - The Spark That Moves - Engineer , Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year , , - , Monster Truck - True Rockers - Engineer , rowspan="2" , Rock Album of the Year , , - , Arkells - '' Rally Cry'' - Producer ,

Producer and recording engineer awards

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Devil in a Midnight Mass "Devil in a Midnight Mass" is the first single released from Billy Talent's second album, ''Billy Talent II''. Song information There are two differing versions of the song: the album version, and an unpolished demo version released in December ...

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" by Big Wreck and " Surprise, Surprise!" By Billy Talent , , - !scope="row" rowspan="2", 2014 , rowspan="2" , "Sweet Mountain River" and "The Lion" by Monster Truck , , - , Jack Richardson Producer of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="2", 2015 , "Ghosts" by Big Wreck and "Satellite Hotel" by

One Bad Son One Bad Son is a Canadian rock band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, consisting of Shane Connery Volk (vocals), and Kurt Dahl (drums), Tara McLeod (lead), Ryan Kuly (bass). Kurt Dahl is an entertainment lawyer in Canada. Shane Connery Vol ...

, Recording Engineer of the Year , , - , "Leather Jacket" by Arkells and "Ghosts" by Big Wreck , Jack Richardson Producer of the Year , , - !scope="row" rowspan="2", 2017 , "Afraid of Heights" by Billy Talent and "Don't Tell me How to Live" by Monster Truck , Recording Engineer of the Year , , - , "The Enforcer" by Monster Truck and "Fever" by Royal Tusk , Jack Richardson Producer of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2018 , "Knocking at the Door" by Arkells and "My Little RnR" by Danko Jones , Recording Engineer of the Year , , - !scope="row", 2019 , "People's Champ" and "Relentless" by Arkells , Jack Richardson Producer of the Year , , style="text-align:center;,

References

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