Sandra van Eldik

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Sandra Völkl, 2011 in Strasbourg

Sandra van Eldik (born Sandra Völkl on May 2, 1986 in Munich ) is a German heavy metal musician and alternative practitioner for psychotherapy. Until 2015 she was the bass player of the pagan metal band Equilibrium, which she co-founded, and has been working as a naturopath and hypnotherapist in Veitsbronn-Siegelsdorf since leaving the band .

Life

Sandra Völkl was born in Munich in 1986. Together with her brother Andreas Völkl (guitar), the singer Helge Stang and the second guitarist René Berthiaume, she founded the pagan metal band Equilibrium in 2001 , with which she was active until 2013. In 2012 she married Sebas van Eldik, who was active as a guitarist in the bands Heidevolk, Chariovalda and Vrankenvorde . In March 2014, Sandra van Eldik was listed by Metal Hammer magazine in a list of the 30 most important women in heavy metal. In March 2014, she and her brother announced that they were leaving the band in order to devote themselves to other tasks.

She studied social work in Coburg until 2010 and then completed a therapeutic training as a hypnotherapist at the Thermedius Institute in Munich and at Omnihypnosis.net. Sandra van Eldik has been working as a non-medical practitioner for psychotherapy and hypnotherapist in Veitsbronn-Siegelsdorf in her own practice since 2013 and offers hypnomental birth preparation, birth trauma resolution and parenting coaching. In 2015 and 2017 she became the mother of two daughters.

Discography

with equilibrium
  • 2003: Demo 2003 (in-house production)
  • 2005: Turis Fratyr (Black Attakk)
  • 2008: Sagas (Nuclear Blast)
  • 2010: Recreature (Nuclear Blast)
  • 2013: Waldschrein (EP, Nuclear Blast)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sebastian Kessler: Exit: Sandra and Andi leave Equilibrium. metal-hammer.de, March 31, 2014; accessed on May 3, 2019
  2. ↑ Sebastian Kessler: The 30 most important women in metal. metal-hammer.de, March 13, 2014; accessed on May 3, 2019
  3. ↑ About me at Sandra van Eldik's alternative practitioner practice; accessed on May 3, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Eldik, Sandra van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Völkl, Sandra (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German heavy metal musician and hypnotherapist
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich , Federal Republic of Germany