STASS is a new band created by Felix Stass, vocalist from Crematory and Rogga Johansson, guitar player from Paganizer. The official video for the first single “Warriors Land” was released.
STASS was formed after Felix and Rogga met at a Paganizer gig in Germany 2012. Paganizer was playing a minitour and at a gig in Ludwigshafen near Mannheim where Felix resides, they bumped into eachother. Sharing a mutal love for metal and drinking aswell as eating, there couldnt be much question that they would enjoy eachothers company. After keeping in touch and Felix guesting on a song on the second Megascavenger album they both thought it would be cool to work on a whole album together, combining their talents in the best possible way. And then the idea of STASS was born. To make an album together that showcases both the heavy and the dark and also the melodic sides to both their main bands Crematory and Paganizer. A total of fifteen songs were written and recorded and produced by Demiurg bassplayer Johan Berglund, who also plays bass on the album. On lead guitars Paganizers Kjetil Lynghaug stepped in and excels in some awesome solowork. The album that contains ten of the fifteen written songs is a vortex of melodic dark death metal, oozing of the vibe and the voice of Crematory but merged with the heaviness of Swedish death metal.
Recorded at The Rotpit, Sweden and Empire Studios, Germany Mixed and mastered by Johan Berglund at MountainCove Studios All music and lyrics by STASS Artwork by Mark Erskine Bandphoto editing by Turkka Rantanen. A&R by Michael H. Andersen
The debut album “The Darkside” will be released 15th of September on Mighty Music.
You can watch the official lyric video for “”Wairrors Land” here:
STASS line-up
Felix Stass – Vocals
Rogga – Johansson – Guitars
Kjetil Lynghaug – Lead Guitars
Johan Berglund – Bass
Erik R Bevenrud – Drums