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Biography

The "Stainless Steel band was founded in 1994. Except the first year, two-guitarists have been playing classical heavy metal music since the beginning.Although this style was not very popular in the middle of the 90’s, the band kept its direction. In the beginning the band participated in more and more concerts and successful festivals, but some members have been changed, too.

The first demo of the band was made in 1997 called "Tuzproba" (in English "Baptism of fire"). It contains 8 songs, that took the attention of the profession and the public.

At the beginning of 1998 an idea rose to compose music for the literary piece of the "Song of Nibelungen". Since then, the lyrics have been written in English, and in December a new demo was ready to launch: "The Fable Of Prowess". This material containing 5 songs brought fame to the band all over country. The media talked about the demo with acknowledge, and the public have welcomed the "Song of Nibelungen"’s story and the melodies with enthusiasm. The band was invited to play on stage more and more often, and the number of fans was growing.

The time to prepare the first album came in 2000. The CD called "Wigant" contains the whole "Song of Nibelungen".
As early as making the demo "Fable Of Prowess" the german company "SOD Records" took notice of the band, and with their help "Wigant" was released in whole Europe. By gaining fame through the record’s success in Hungary, the band was regularly on stage in different festivals. The reborn heavy-metal fever has helped the band to improve, too.

The following period under the sign of creative work, in spite of the fact that the band was playing in concerts more than it had ever done. Among the large number of shows, the greatest ones were maybe in 2000 in the Petöfi Hall or on the Pepsi "Sziget" in Budapest in 2001. In the meantime one guitarist has been changed: the new one is Dominik DIÓSZEGI, and his play has added a new impulsion to the band’s style.

The second album’s recording has been finished in December 2001, under the direction of Miklós KÜRONYA, in the P-studio in a small town called Törökbálint. The record, called "Red Heat Within", was released abroad again by SOD Records, and was introduced in Hungarian shops in April. There is no story on it, but the songs are linked to each other with some kind of thoughts. After the release, the band have introduced the new songs in the frame of a national tour, and later in summer festivals.

Concerts after concerts, in Februar 2003 the band expanded with a keyboarder, named Csaba SIPKA. New possibilities appeared in composing music, and the public liked the new sound.

Unfortunately in the summer 2003 the singer Dániel JURÁSEK left the band, but soon at the end of the summer a new singer was found: called Philippe BREUIL.

Unfortunately in the autumn 2004 the basser Gergely MAROS left the band, but soon at the end of the year a new basser was found: called Zoltán KASSAI.
Unfortunately in the february 2005 the vocalist Philippe BREUIL left the band, but a new vocalist is the guitarist called József KREISZ.

Among other objectives the band would like to record and release the third album, and of course take part in a lot of concerts.

Line-up:
József Kreisz – Guitar/Vocals
Dominik Diószegi – Guitar
Zoltan Kassai – Bass
Csaba Sipka - Keyboards
Péter Kovács – Drums

Discography:
Red Heat Within LP 2002
Wigant LP 2000
The Fable Of Prowess demo 1999
Tuzpróba demo 1997