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Refimprove|date=September 2011Infobox musical artist| | name = Death SS| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Italy | genre = Heavy metal music|Heavy metal (old), Crossover (music)|crossover (new)| years_active = 1977 - 1984 1988 - present| label = Minotauro Records Discomagic Records Contempo Records Lucifer Rising Records Live Global | associated_acts = Paul Chain | website = http://www.deathss.com deathss.com| current_members = Steve Sylvester Al De Noble Francis Thorn Glenn Strange Freddy Delirio Ross Lukather| past_members = Death SS (In Death of S teve S ylvester) is an Italian Heavy metal music|heavy metal band.
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Death SS was formed in 1977 by Steve Sylvester, who was a member of the Ordo Templi Orientis .Yiva Asker: Death SS . In: Metalion|Jon Kristiansen : Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries . Brooklyn, NY: Bazillion Points Books 2011, p. 472ff. The band combined elements of horror, occultism and heavy metal music|heavy metal to become a pioneerCitation needed|date=May 2010 in horror metal and black metal ; Emperor . In: Jon Kristiansen: Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries . Brooklyn, NY: Bazillion Points Books 2011, p. 274. the musical style is called “horror music” by the band.Jean: http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showinterview.php? id=1382 Death SS . The original line-up also featured Paul Chain , who would later play doom metal with his solo project, Paul Chain Violet Theatre. Death SS split in 1984 but reformed in 1988 (with Sylvester being the only original member). This new incarnation of the band recorded their first full-length album, ...In Death of Steve Sylvester . There would be many line-up changes in the years to come, with Sylvester once again being the only constant (except a short time in the early 1980s when Paul Chain would front the band on the Evil Metal EP ).
The album Panic was partially recorded in the USA, with Neil Kernon as a producer, because the band liked his work for artists like Queensr˙che , Judas Priest , Dokken , Nevermore , David Bowie , Rush (band)|Rush and Skrew and had, according to Sylvester, “a particular touch in the dark side of Heavy Metal … that we were looking for”. The band’s management contacted Kernon, who accepted after listening to the band’s demos of the new songs. The album was released in 2000 by Sylvester’s own label, Lucifer Rising, and Dream Cather.
http://www.deathss.com/cursed_coven/ Cursed Coven , official fan site
http://www.stevesylvester.com Steve Sylvester’s official website
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