Country of origin: Italy Location: Pesaro, Marche (early); Florence, Tuscany (later) Status: Active Formed in: 1977 Genre: Heavy/Doom Metal (early); Industrial Metal (later) Lyrical themes: Evil, Horror, Satan, Perversions Current label: Skol Records Years active: 1977-1984, 1987-1992, 1992-1993 (as Sylvester's Death), 1993-2009, 2012-present The SS in the band's name are the initials of their singer, Steve Sylvester. Founded in 1977 by Paolo Catena (guitars) and Stefano Silvestri (vocals), the line-up was soon complete with the addition of Daniele Ugolini (bass) and Tommaso Castaldi (drums). All four members took as artistic names the way their names would be in English: Paul Chain, The Death (guitars), Steve Sylvester, The Vampire (vocals), Danny Hughes, The Mummy (bass) and Tommy Chaste (I), The Werewolf (drums). Paul Chain and Steve Sylvester soon started to compose their first songs: "Terror" (1977), "Zombie" (1977), "Horrible Eyes" (1978), "Murder Angels" (1979), "The Hanged Ballad" (1979), etc. Death SS was founded in 1977 by Steve Sylvester with the aim of forming a band that encloses inside of itself all its particular interests for occultism, horror films, erotic comics and rock music, in an original manner. After disbanding in 1982, Sylvester relaunched the band in 1988, whose discography includes albums such as In Death of Steve Sylvester, Heavy Demons, Do What Thou Wilt and Panic, with influences ranging from dark metal to cyberpunk. Line-up: Steve Sylvester - vocals Freddy Delirio - keyboards Ghiulz - guitars Demeter - bass Unam Talbot - drums Dahlila & Jessica - performers