Steffen Kummerer

Steffen Kummerer was born in Chemnitz (Karl-Marx-Stadt then) on 1 June 1985. He started playing Piano at the age of 9 and received a scholarship for gifted musicians one year later. Kummerer studied singing solo, in a choir, and performing solo pieces and Piano four hands at the boarding school of world-known Regensburger Domspatzen, the world's oldest choir in Regensburg, Germany. Under the guidance of Georg Ratzinger and Roland Büchner Kummerer achieved a broad understanding of music theory and performing concerts. At the age of 16, he learned to play guitar and founded the progressive death metal band Obscura in late 2002.

Steffen Kummerer studied media technology at DIT, Deggendorf Institute of Technology, and Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, between 2007 and 2013. Steffen Kummerer passed with a degree as Master of Engineering in media production and technology, followed by studies in economics and project management.[2] With major subjects in room acoustics, psychoacoustics and audio production Kummerer worked for clients such as Rolls-Royce, BMW and Bayerischer Rundfunk in the following years.

In 2002 Steffen Kummerer begun to study electric guitar and founded the technical death metal band Obscura. The band released five full-length records with world-wide chart entries through American based label Relapse Records, before the band signed to the world's biggest heavy metal label, Nucelar Blast Records, in 2019. Respected by press and fans alike, Obscura became one of the most popular bands in their genre.

In 2003 Kummerer created the black metal band Thulcandra which released three full-length albums through Austrian major label Napalm Records. Supporting their albums, the band performed multipe tours in Europe and reached a cult status in the genre black metal.

In 2012 Steffen Kummerer became a member of "Death to All", the official tribute act to American death metal pioneers Death, to replace their original singer and guitarist, Chuck Schuldiner. With "Death to All", Kummerer toured in Europe, Central- and South America alongside former members Steve DiGiorgio (Testament, Sadus), Gene Hoglan (Dark Angel, Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend, Fear Factory, Dethklok and Testament), Paul Masvidal (Cynic), Sean Reinert (Cynic) and Bobby Koelble. In 2015, Kummerer received a Metal Hammer Award in Berlin, Germany as representative to the late Chuck Schuldiner who passed away in 2001.

In 2017 a collaboration with Panzerballett under direction of Jan Zehrfeld featuring Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa, Joe Satriani), Jen Majura (Evanescence) and Mattias IA Eklundh was released.

Steffen produced various music videos "Anticosmic Overload", "Akroasis", "Ten Sepiroth", graphic concepts, books and stage productions for various artists. In 2018, he started to become a professional actor with roles in several music productions, such as "Mortification of the Vulgar Sun", "Diluvium" and "Emergent Evolution".

• RAN SK signature 6-string guitar (2003) with EMG 81 pickup
• RAN SK signature 7-string guitar (2010) with EMG 707 pickup
• RAN SK signature 7-string guitar (2011) with EMG 81-7 pickup

• ESP Japan Custom SK 7-string guitar (2020)
• ESP Japan Custom MII 7-string guitar (2017)
• ESP Japan EII Horizon 7-string guitar (2017)
• ESP Japan EII Flying-V 6-string guitar (2017)
• ESP Japan EII Eclipse 6-string guitar (2013)

• Illegimitation (Demo) - (2003)
• Retribution - (2006)
• Cosmogenesis - (2009)
• Omnivium - (2011)[3]
• Illegimitation (Compilation) - (2012)
• Akróasis - (2016)
• Diluvium - (2018)

• Perishness Around Us - (2004)
• Fallen Angel's Dominion - (2010)
• Under a Frozen Sun - (2011)
• Ascension Lost - (2015)

• guest vocals on Panzerballett (Germany) X-Mas Death Jazz - (2017)
• guest solo on Stortregn (Switzerland) Singularity - (2016)
• guest solo on Mynded (Germany) Nuclear Downfall - (2015)
• guest solo on Wraithcult (Germany) Gestalt - (2013)
• guest solo on Over Your Threshold (Germany) Facticity - (2012)
• guest vocals on Pequod (Germany) Forgotten - (2011)
• guest vocals on Hokum (Germany) The Creation of Pain (2011)
• guest solo on Disdained (Serbia) The Last Opus EP - (2010)

• bass, Black Horizons (Germany) - (2003-2004)
• guitar, Festering Saliva (Germany) - (2005-2006)
• guitar, Helfahrt (Germany) - (2006-2007)
• vocals & guitar, Death (USA) - (2012 - present)
• bass, Secrets of the Moon (Germany) - (2016)

• Cosmogenesis - Official Tablature Book (2010)
• Omnivium - Official Tablature Book (2012)
• Guitar Anthology - Official Tablature Book (2015)
• Death - Best of 1987 - 1998, Official Tablature Book (2015)
• Akróasis - Official Tablature Book (2016)
• Diluvium - Official Tablature Book (2018)

• Anticosmic Overload - Official Music Video (2009)
• Akróasis - Official Music Video (2015)
• Ten Sepiroth - Official Music Video (2016)
• Diluvium - Official Music Video (2018)
• Mortification of the Vulgar Sun - Official Music Video (2018)
• Emergent Evolution - Official Music Video (2019)