Artist description AGGRESSIVE CROSSOVER OF METAL & HIP-HOP

Music Style Alternative Metal

Musical Influences Korn, Sevendust, Rage, Deftones, Soulfly, Wu.

Artist History Formed in June 1998 the members of STEMM came together after being is such acts as Hatebreed, Despair, Grotesque Infection, Zero Tolerance, and Infestation.**** STEMM has performed with various national acts such as Run-DMC, Sevendust, Our Lady Peace, Sepultura, Cold, Static-X, Sum 41, Taproot, Stereomud, Snapcase, Hatebreed, Reveille, Primer 55, Flaw, Puya, Insolence, Jimmy Eat World, Gravity Kills, Nothingface, Vision of Disorder, Five Pointe 0, Slaves on Dope, The Sheila Divine, Finger Eleven, Good Charlotte, Dog Fashion Disco, Darwins Waiting Room, The Lunachicks, and Mindless Self Indulgence, among others

Group Members Jimi-Drums, Joe-Guitar/Vocals, Russ-Bass, Rich-Guitar, Louis-Vocals.

Instruments Guitars, Bass, Drums.

Albums 2 Song Demo, 5 Song EP

Press Reviews 'STEMM pushes out a big fat sound that is amped up with more pure aggression than a European soccer brawl'—Dickey/Rockstar Magazine '. . . raw emotion matched with technical proficiency. STEMM is one of the most interesting aggressive/hardcore bands I’ve heard in a while' —Rob Fagliano/ArtVoice 'Dead to Me bursts alive with a grizzled, take-no-prisoners assault on the senses.'—Toni Ruberto/Buffalo News 'STEMM makes no butts about their intentions to lay down some crushing, heavy music that is deep-rooted within various different genres.'—Wookabus/theprp.com 'STEMM has arrived—and they’re winning over audiences with their explosive sound'—Niagara Gazette '. . .an impressive crossover of hardcore and hip-hop style vocals over pounding rhythms that are intensely moving.'—Rusty James/ USGIGTV.NET 'It’s easy to define STEMM in a few words: raw, dynamic and explosive.' —Niagara Gazette 'STEMM is hardcore in the tradition of Korn and Rage Against the Machine. . . a hot act.'—Mike Kurilovitch/Night and Day 'In-your-face. . .solid hardcore players'—Nancy Parisi/ArtVoice '...delve deeper into STEMM’s own twist of nu core sauce' —Nigel Roberts/extreamradio.com (STEMM) blends metal, hard rock, with hip hop and virtual death metal vocals, and smartly avoids the downfall of other bands of this style by making the vocals clear.'—Kevin Hosey/Night-Life Magazine

Location Niagara Falls, NY - USA

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