Death SS

Ever since their inception in the late 1970s, Italy's Death SS (i.e. "Death of Steve Sylvester") has been synonymous with the subgenre known as horror metal -- a concept they helped pioneer and have since explored to greater lengths than arguably any other band in this, or any other world. Simply put, if the work of B-movie directing legend Roger Corman has a direct parallel in music, then Death SS is it. Founded by the enigmatic Sylvester (aka "The Vampire"), reputedly as far back as 1977, Death SS toiled in total obscurity until 1981, when their evocatively titled Horned G...