10 Facts About Steffen Kummerer

Steffen Kummerer was born on 1 June 1985 and is a German guitarist and vocalist.

Steffen Kummerer is the leader, main songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist of the death metal band Obscura, as well as the black metal band Thulcandra.

Steffen Kummerer was born in Chemnitz on 1 June 1985.

Steffen Kummerer started playing piano at the age of nine and received a scholarship for gifted musicians one year later.

Steffen 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.

Under the guidance of Georg Ratzinger and Roland Buchner, Steffen Kummerer achieved a broad understanding of music theory and performing concerts.

In 2002, Steffen Kummerer begun to study electric guitar and founded the death metal band Obscura.

In 2003, Steffen Kummerer created the black metal band Thulcandra which released four full-length albums through Austrian major label Napalm Records.

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.

In 2015, Steffen Kummerer received a Metal Hammer Award in Berlin as representative to the late Chuck Schuldiner, who died in 2001.