12 Stones. The demo quickly got recognition and eventually led to a record deal with Wind Up Records. Wind Up hired Jay Baumgardner and Fortman to co-produce their debut album. In 2002 Wind Up's owners Alan and Diana Meltzer hired Fortman to produce Evanescence, a then unknown band from Little Rock, Arkansas. In March 2003 Evanescence's album Fallen was released and went on to sell 17 million copies worldwide with 4 Grammy nominations including Song of the Year for "Bring Me to Life" and Record of the Year. The album has been certified platinum in 33 countries. In the summer of 2004 Fortman produced Mudvayne's Lost and Found which debuted at number 2 on the billboard charts and sold over 1 million copies. It is the band's most successful album to date. Later that same year he went into the studio with Amy Lee to make the second Evanescence record The Open Door. The album was released in 2006 and debuted at number 1 in the US, Australia, Germany, Greece, and Switzerland and went on to sell more than 7 million copies worldwide. In late 2007 Fortman was hired to produce Slipknot's All Hope Is Gone which upon its release in 2009 spawned 5 singles including "Snuff" and "Psychosocial". The album went on to sell over 1 million copies in the US and over 2 million worldwide. In late 2009 Fortman was reunited with Ugly Kid Joe drummer Shannon Larkin, now drummer of Godsmack, when he was hired to produce Godsmack's record The Oracle. The Oracle was certified gold in 2011. He reunited with Godsmack in 2014 for the follow up album 1000 HP as well as producing vocals and mixing Godsmack frontman Sully Erna's solo album entitled Hometown Life in 2016. Selected discography References External links Official Website Record producers from Florida Living people American rock guitarists American heavy metal guitarists American male guitarists Ugly Kid Joe members Place of birth missing (living people) 1967 births 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians