Death Mask
New York City, New York, United States
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"One day Death Mask's music will make millions of people happy"
- Raven Radio - Raven Radio
Out of Breath by Viewer Discretion Films, featuring music from our album Evil Doers, was the winner of Best Musical Score in the 2006 New York City 48 Hour Film Festival. - 48 Hour Film Festival
Death Mask
Evil Doers
Bring out your dead and dance to the rollicking and completely uncommon
sound of Death Mask, the very alive quartet whose style is one of those that
is hard to place into anyone's dead generic category. The band fuses
together a mix of rock, jazz and surf, all with an upbeat yet melancholy
overtone that would shake and rattle even the driest bones.
Death Mask is comprised of the alluringly beautiful singer Katy Cunningham,
guitarist Mike Biskup, bassist Boris Veysman and drummer Steve Dans,
together forming one of the most unique bands in the New York City region.
Evil Doers, the band's first full-length album, sets the perfect tone with
the haunting Boat, a vibrating fantasy trip accompanied by Cunningham's
smooth textured vocals, and an unexpected hard rock twist that breaks up the
down-tempo flawlessly. That boat flows gently along down Hades' river of
doom with the up and down Threat and Promise, the eerily seductive Safe, and
the slow and steady summer-on-the-beach feel of We Won't Sleep. Then there
is Old World, which takes a wonderful classic waltz and spins it in a
spidery web of modern rock, while the aptly placed Goodbye puts us in a room
with ghostly visions of tango dancers serenading the living with their eerie
visions of how much fun one could have in the afterlife.
And Death Mask does just that, gives us fun, gives us great songs and drags
the music world out of the grave and into the ballroom.
- JG - Perpetual Toxins
The Beginning of the End by Don Wrinkles Productions, featuring music by Death Mask, was an entry to the 2006 Howard Stern Film Festival and was featured on Howard TV On Demand in Summer 2006 - Howard Stern Film Festival
The Beginning of the End by Don Wrinkles Productions, featuring music by Death Mask, was an entry to the 2006 Howard Stern Film Festival and was featured on Howard TV On Demand in Summer 2006 - Howard Stern Film Festival
Discography
-self titled EP
-'Evil Doers' full length LP
-‘wonderful’ to be released March 7, 2008
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Bio
DEATHMASK New York's deadliest rock band spins dark tales around lounge and rock sounds. The result is alarmingly sweet - you’ll dance right into the light!
In 2002, boy band sensations Mike Biskup and Boris Veysman summoned the souls of singer, Katy Cunningham and drummer, Steve Dans. The séance yielded heat and rock.
Deathmask has been haunting New York night Life ever since. There have been deathmask sightings at world famous clubs such as Arlene's Grocery and The Knitting Factory. Some say they even caught a glimpse of the band on stage at the legendary Continental during its last week in the live music business.
Others have claimed to have had near deathmask experiences across the Hudson at Kroghs and The Stanhope House; and throughout the Northeast including Philly, Boston, and Cape Cod. They rocked new fans on their Road To Wonderful Tour from Georgia’s Willow Oak Festival all the way to The Elbo Room in Chicago.
Deathmask’s first full length album, Evil Doers, was recorded and produced by deathmask and Kenny Cummings (Aretha Franklin, Elvis Costello, Midnight Oil, Shelby), and mixed by Tom Dekorte (Fat Joe, Luna). Both Kenny and Tom helped to capture the feel of deathmask's powerful live shows in the studio. Fred Kevorkian (Dave Mathews Band, White Stripes) mastered the album at Avatar Studios.
With Their second album wonderful to be released March 7, 2008 at Fontanas in Manhattan, deathmask seeks to further expand its already growing audience. Deathmask lives, and deathmask loves you!
Katy Cunningham, Steve Dans, Michael Biskup and Boris Veysman
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