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SACRED STEEL

Fotos J.E. Gómez (Indyrock) Piorno Rock 24-02-2001

Gerrit P. Mutz - Lead Vocals
Jörg M. Knittel- Lead Guitar
Oliver Grosshans- Rhythm Guitar
Jens Sonnenberg - Bass Guitar
Mathias Straub - Drums
SACRED STEEL rose from the ashes of TRAGEDY DIVINE in August 1996. With just 5 demo songs in their back SACRED STEEL got a deal with Metal Blade Records in the beginning of 1997. Their debut album "Reborn In Steel" was released in the end of 1997 and got excellent reviews like e.g. "A must have for any True Metal fan!" (Götz Kühnemund, Rock Hard, 8,5 out of 10 points) or "An ass-kicking album! Don´t miss it!" (Detlef Dengler, Heavy oder was!?, 10 out of 12 points).

In July 1998 the band recorded their second album "Wargods Of Metal" in the famous Mohrmann Studios in Bochum together with cult producer and living legend Bill Metoyer (SLAYER, W.A.S.P., FLOTSAM & JETSAM etc.). Right after the recordings SACRED STEEL played in front of 15.000 maniacs at the Wacken Open Air. Needless to say that the critics regarding "Wargods Of Metal" again were overwhelming!
Early 1999 saw them conquer Europe together with NEVERMORE, LEFAY and NOCTURNAL RITES. After playing several festival gigs in summer (like the "Mind over Matter" festival in Austria) SACRED STEEL again played the Wacken Open Air. In August SACRED STEEL headlined a tour through Germany, Holland and Belgium supported by DESTINY´S END and WARDOG. More and more gigs followed with the likes of SODOM, SUBWAY TO SALLY etc.
In January 2000 the time had come to finally record their third Album "Bloodlust" with engineer Achim Köhler (PRIMAL FEAR, SINNER etc.) in "House Of Music" Winterbach. The album was produced by SACRED STEEL themselves with Achim Köhler and the result is mindblowing. Allthough they have, of course, stayed true to their roots, "Bloodlust" is more varied than the first two efforts, yet HEAVIER THAN EVER BEFORE! Having already built a reputation in Europe for being THE 100% heavy metal band, it´s time for this bunch of metal addicts to take over the world!