Origin: Hamburg, Germany  
Genres: Hard Rock
Page online: July 29, 2005
Last update/review: August 6, 2023

Velvet Viper

Velvet Viper was essentially the continuation of Zed Yago, a German band who had a reasonably successful run in the late eighties. That band disbanded some time after their 1988 Pilgrimage album, but the record label wanted more, and so leader/singer Jutta Weinhold recruited a new lineup and Velvet Viper was born. Two albums were released in the early nineties, with the style being anthemic Germanic metal similar to Zed Yago. Upon their breakup in 1993, bassist Lars Ratz went on to form Metalium, and Jutta pursued a solo career for a time, before eventually putting together a new lineup in 2017.

Current Members

Jutta Weinhold

vocals (ex-Zed Yago)

Holgar Marx

guitars

Johannes Möllers

bass

Micha Fromm

drums

Former Members/Guests

Peter Szigeti

guitars (ex-U.D.O., ex-Warlock)

David Moore

guitars

Roy Last

guitars

Lars Ranzenberger

bass (ex-Metalium, ex-Viva) RIP: April 18, 2021, personal plane crash, age 53

Uwe Seemann (guest)

bass

Fabian Ranft

bass (Mad Max)

Corvin Bahn (guest)

keyboards

Franco Zuccaroli

drums

Bubi (Claus Reinholdt)

drums (ex-Zed Yago) RIP: January 2, 2018, age 59

Michael Ehré (guest)

drums


Discography


Velvet Viper  
1991
  1. Merlin
  2. Brainsuckers: Tommyknockers
  3. Perceval
  4. HM Rebels
  5. Parsifal
  6. Millstone Of Rage
  7. Hammerhouse
  8. World Behind The World
  9. Icebreaker
  10. King Arthur
  11. Lost Children
  12. Ring Of Stonehenge
  • Jutta Weinhold
  • Peter Szigeti
  • David Moore
  • Lars Ranzenberger
  • Franco Zuccaroli


The 4th Quest For Fantasy  
1992
  1. The Valkyrie
  2. Savage Dream
  3. Highland Queen
  4. Modern Knights
  5. Mother Of All Voices
  6. Forefather
  7. Stella
  8. Ancient Warriors
  9. Horsewoman
  10. Valkyries
  11. Trojan War
  • Jutta Weinhold
  • Roy Last
  • Lars Ranzenberger
  • Bubi


Respice Finem  
2018 GMR
  1. Don't Leave Before Wintertime
  2. Shadow Ryche
  3. Respice Finem
  4. Fraternize with Rats
  5. Eternally Onwards
  6. Ogaydez
  7. Dangerous
  8. Raven Evermore
  9. Stormy Birth
  10. Law of Rock
  11. Loherangrin - Lohengrin
  • Jutta Weinhold
  • Holgar Marx
  • Uwe Seemann
  • Corvin Bahn
  • Michael Ehré


The Pale Man Is Holding A Broken Heart  
2019 Massacre
  1. Things Behind
  2. Götterdämmerung
  3. All By Yourself
  4. One-Eyed Ruler
  5. Samson And Delilah
  6. Confuse And Satisfy
  7. Something Is Rotten
  8. Keep Your Head Up
  9. Hide Your Fire
  10. The Wheel Has Come Full Circle
  11. One Day (digipak CD bonus track)
  • Jutta Weinhold
  • Holgar Marx
  • Fabian Ranft
  • Micha Fromm


From Over Yonder  RE-ISSUE
2020 Massacre
Remastered re-release of Zed Yago's first album.


Pilgrimage  RE-ISSUE
2020 Massacre
Remastered re-release of Zed Yago's second album.


Cosmic Healer  
2021 Massacre
  1. Sword Sister
  2. Let Metal Be Your Master
  3. Cosmic Healer
  4. Holy Snake Mother
  5. Voice Of An Anarchist
  6. Sassenach
  7. Osiris
  8. On The Prowl
  9. Long Shadows
  10. Darkness Of Senses
  11. Götterdämmerung (Acoustic Version)
  • Jutta Weinhold
  • Holgar Marx
  • Fabian Ranft
  • Johannes Möllers
  • Micha Fromm


Nothing Compares To Metal  
2023 Massacre
  1. Nothing Compares to Metal
  2. Invisible Danger
  3. Urd Wardande Skula
  4. Blood on the Moon
  5. Speak Truth to Power
  6. Sorcerer's Apprentice
  7. Heroic Hearts
  8. Rise from the Fallen
  9. The 4th Part
  10. New World Child
  11. Ess kommt die Zeit
  • Jutta Weinhold
  • Holgar Marx
  • Johannes Möllers
  • Micha Fromm



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