SANKT VELTEN announce new line-up; single “What If” and lyric video released

Sankt Velten is the musical alter ego of Arnd, guitarist and founding member of the German thrash band Darkness from Essen. Sankt Velten releases a new single and announces a changed line-up with a new bassist (formerly Holy Moses).

Sankt Velten’s debut album, The Discreet Charm Of Evil, released in 2019, received consistently good reviews. After a five-year pandemic-related break and various line-up changes that made new productions, concerts and tours impossible, the band has found a new member in Arnd and original member Eldar Ibrahimovic (War-Head, Definat).

The new man on bass is none other than Tom Becker, who recorded the successful album “The New Machine Of Liechtenstein” as bassist for the German thrashers Holy Moses, was bassist for Angel Dust and played with greats such as Jörg Michael (including Running Wild, Saxon, Stratovarius), Matthias Moser (SADO) and Leszek Szpigiel (Mekong Delta, Scanner).

Tom and Sankt Velten alias Arnd already know each other from the Darkness times; they recorded the Darkness album Defenders Of Justice together.

“What If” is the first single from Sankt Velten in the new line-up as a trio, recorded and produced by Eldar and Tom. Sankt Velten stay true to their style and can best be classified as speed and power metal with a pinch of NWOBHM. Watch the official lyric video below: