From Left To Right:

Jonas-Guitars  Mathias-Drums  Gerrit-Vocals  Jens-Guitars  Kai-Bass

Gerrit P. Mutz - Vocals

 

Year of Birth: 1969

 

Got into Heavy Metal in 1979/1980 with AC/DC, Kiss, Motörhead, Saxon, Scorpions, Judas Priest etc.

First self-bought Metal record: Whitesnake – Come An' Get It

 

Favorite SACRED STEEL song: Open Wide The Gate

 

Other bands:

 

   * 1984 - 1985 Vanguard (Demo only)

   * 1988 Astral Door (Demo only)

   * 1990 - now Dawn Of Winter (several releases)

   * 1991 - 1996 Variety Of Arts/Tragedy Divine (several Demos, one CD on T&T Records)

   * Also active in Battleroar, Angel Of Damnation, Throne Of Isolation, The Thirteenth Of November

 

Top 5 Metal albums:

 

  1. Saint Vitus - Hallows Victim

  2. Mercyful Fate - Don´t Break The Oath

  3. Trouble - The Skull

  4. Pentagram - Relentless

  5. Bal-Sagoth - Starfire Burning Upon The Ice-Veiled Throne Of Ultima Thule

 

 

Jens Sonnenberg - Guitars

 

Year of Birth: 1973

 

Got into Heavy Metal in 1985 with Iron Maiden

First self-bought Metal record: Iron Maiden – Live After Death

Metallica - Ride The Lightning

 

Favorite SACRED STEEL song: Dark Forces Lead Me To The Brimstone Gate

 

Other bands:

 

   * 1989 - 1990 Zadok (as guitarist; Thrash Metal)

   * 1990 - 1997 Cavillator (as guitarist; Power/Speed Metal)

   * 1994 - 1995 Baphomet (as guitarist and singer; Thrash Metal)

   * 1996 - 2006 Stikky Fykk (as guitarist; Glam/Poser Metal parody)

 

Top 5 Metal albums:

 

  1. Holy Terror - El Revengo

  2. Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis

  3. The Crown - Deathrace King

  4. Lizzy Borden - Menace To Society

  5. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound

 

 

Jonas Khalil - Guitars

 

Year of Birth: 1983

 

Got into Heavy Metal in 1997 with Megadeth, Metallica, Sacred Steel, Iron Maiden,etc

First self-bought Metal record: Metallica - ...and justice for all

 

Favorite SACRED STEEL song: The Bloodshed Summoning

 

Other bands:

 

   * 1995-1998: first band

   * 1999: Eternal Glory ("True" Metal)

   * 2000-2003(?): Stikki Fykk

   * 2000-2001: Final Excess (Power/Thrash Metal with members from Baphomet)

   * 2001-2004: Serpent Speech ( Metal,same line-up as Final Excess but different singer)

   * 2004-now: Chapel of Gore (Death Metal Project with Gerrit)

   * 2007-2008: Disbelief

 

Top 5 Metal albums:

 

  1. Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime

  2. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

  3. Death - Human

  4. Vicious Rumours - Vicious Rumours

  5. Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding

 

 

Kai Schindelar - Bass

 

Year of Birth: 1973

 

Got into Heavy Metal in the mid-80's with Bands like Accept, JudasPriest, Dio and Helloween

First self-bought Metal record: Scorpions: World Wide Live

 

Favourite SACRED STEEL Song: Wargods of Metal

 

Other bands:

 

   * 1987-1992 Necrology (two demo-tapes)

   * 1992-1994 Darkland

   * 1994-1996 Lanfear (one demo-tape)

   * 1996-1998 Thalia's Mirror

   * 1998-now Lanfear

 

Top 5 Metal albums:

 

  1. Helstar - A distant thunder

  2. Heathen - Victims of deception

  3. Crimson Glory - Transcendence

  4. Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force

  5. Woods Of Ypres - Woods IV - The Green Album

 

 

Mathias Straub - Drums

 

Year of Birth: 1977

 

Got into Heavy Metal in 1990 with Anthrax, Iron Maiden etc.

First self-bought Metal record: Anthrax - State Of Euphoria

 

Favorite SACRED STEEL song: No God / No Religion

 

Other bands:

 

   * 1989 first bands at school (Troubadicks, United Artists Against Neighbours)

    * 2005 – 2008 Mystic Prophecy (2 albums: SAVAGE SOULS + SATANIC CURSES)

   * 1991 – 99, 2012 – now Naevus (Doom Rock; three demos, two 7-inches, one CD)

 

Top 5 Metal albums:

 

  1. EXXPLORER – Symphonies Of Steel

  2. MOTÖRHEAD - Bastards

  3. JUDAS PRIEST – Screaming For Vengeance

  4. SAVATAGE – Gutter Ballet

  5. PENTAGRAM - Relentless