Sabina Classen
{{short description|German singer}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Sabina Classen
| image = Holy Moses Metal Frenzy 2018 35.jpg
| caption = Classen with Holy Moses at Metal Frenzy 2018
| birth_name = Sabina Hirtz
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|12|27|df=y}}
| death_date =
| birth_place = Aachen, West Germany
| genre = Thrash metal
| occupations = Singer, songwriter
| years_active = 1981–present
| label =
| past_member_of = Temple of the Absurd
| website = {{url|holymoses.net}}
}}
Sabina Classen ({{née}} Hirtz; born 27 December 1963) is a German thrash metal singer, best known as lead vocalist of Holy Moses{{cite news |last1=Lawson |first1=Dom |title=Holy Moses revolutionised the 80s thrash scene. Why don't more people know about them? |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/holy-moses-revolutionised-the-80s-thrash-scene-why-dont-more-people-know-about-them |access-date=28 April 2021 |work=Metal Hammer |date=25 September 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Franco |first1=Nicholas |title=Album review: HOLY MOSES Redefined Mayhem |url=https://metalinjection.net/reviews/album-review-holy-moses-redefined-mayhem |access-date=28 April 2021 |work=Metal Injection |date=12 May 2014}} and Temple of the Absurd.{{cite news |title=Friday Top: 25 Best Female Vocalists in Metal |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/friday_top_25_best_female_vocalists_in_metal-77647 |access-date=28 April 2021 |work=Ultimate Guitar |date=27 July 2018}}
Biography
In 1981, Classen joined Holy Moses, where her then-husband Andy Classen was playing guitar, and in 1988 presented the heavy metal television program Mosh. After the break-up of Holy Moses in 1994, she formed the band Temple of the Absurd. The band released two albums and was disbanded in 2000. The same year, Holy Moses was reformed and remained functional until 2023.
Discography
= With Holy Moses =
- Queen of Siam (1986)
- Finished with the Dogs (1987)
- The New Machine of Lichtenstein (1989)
- World Chaos (1990)
- Terminal Terror (1991)
- Reborn Dogs (1992)
- No Matter What's the Cause (1994)
- Master of Disaster (2001)
- Disorder of the Order (2002)
- Strength Power Will Passion (2005)
- Agony of Death (2008)
- Redefined Mayhem (2014)
- Invisible Queen (2023)
= With Temple of the Absurd =
- Absurd (1995)
- Mother, Creator, God (1999)
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.holymoses.de/ Official Holy Moses website]
- [http://www.rockxpress.ro/galerii/holymoses.html Holy Moses on stage 2008]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081211211538/http://heavymetal66.free.fr/index.php?%2Fcategory%2F71%2F show photos 2008]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081211211521/http://heavymetal66.free.fr/index.php?%2Fcategory%2F12%2F show photos 2006]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081211211524/http://heavymetal66.free.fr/index.php?%2Fcategory%2F32%2F show photos 1990]
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Category:German heavy metal singers