HËSSLER Bio:

HËSSLER is a Chicago based female fronted heavy metal band boasting a deadly twin guitar attack. A musical and visual roller-coaster created to ignite your soul and seduce your mind. Word and sightings of their explosive live performances are quickly establishing their place in today’s music.

In April 2011 HËSSLER released “Bad Blood”, their first EP, and have since put out three music videos. A new full length album “Comes With the Territory” was recorded in the fall of 2012 with Chuck Macak at Electrowerks Music Production and released on November 27 to worldwide positive reviews. A December 2012 Southwest U.S. tour followed including their Los Angeles debut at the Viper Room.

HËSSLER provided the soundtrack to the first documentary on legendary wrestler “The Dynamite Kid” Tom Billington. In March-April 2013, the band embarked on another US tour in support of the new album following a return to SXSW in Austin, TX, and the band’s NYC debut at The Bowery Electric. For the second year in a row, HËSSLER is confirmed for another performance at Rocklahoma on May 24 w/ Guns N’ Roses, Alice in Chains, Korn, and many more. The rest of 2013 includes continued touring, summer festivals, and new recordings.

HËSSLER has performed at SXSW and Rocklahoma in 2012 and 2013, Summerfest in 2012, and shared the stage with Cinderella, W.A.S.P., Steel Panther, U.F.O., Buckcherry, Sebastian Bach, Loudness, Mushroomhead, Dokken, Skid Row, Doro Pesch, Warrant, L.A. Guns, Wednesday 13, Blaze Bayley (Iron Maiden), Crashdiet, Sister Sin, The Last Vegas, All That Remains, Otep, Vampires Everywhere!, Butcher Babies, and many more.


HËSSLER are:

Name:  Lariyah Daniels

Role:  Lead Vocals

Origin: Poland (Dziwnow/Szczecin)

Endorses: Sennheiser USA

Favorite Bands:  Rammstein, Nightwish, Marylin Manson, Dimmu Borgir, W.A.S.P.

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Name:  Igz Kincaid

Role:  Lead & Rhythm Guitars & Vocals

Origin: SFRJ

Uses: Killer Guitars & Engl Amps

            Dunlop Picks / D’Addario Strings / Sennheiser Wireless

Favorite Bands:  Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Accept, W.A.S.P., Rammstein

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Name:  Erik Michael

Role:  Bass Guitars & Vocals

Origin: Bismarck, AR,  United States

Uses: B.C. Rich Basses / Acoustic Amps / Dunlop Picks / D’Addario Strings

Favorite Bands:  Slayer, Dimmu Borgir, Motley Crue, The Darkness, Down

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Name:  Frankie Snakes Sripada

Role:  Lead & Rhythm Guitars & Backing Vocals

Origin: Chicago, IL

Uses: B.C. Rich & Charvel Guitars / Randall Amps

            Dunlop Picks / DR Strings / Sennheiser Wireless

Favorite Bands:  Guns ‘N Roses, Queen, X-Japan, Motley Crue

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Name:  Derek Spiteri

Role:  Drums & Percussion

Origin: The Dirty Mitten

Uses: Pearl Drums / Sabian Cymbals / Vader Sticks

            Evans Heads

Favorite Bands:  Four Year Strong, Airbourne, Thin Lizzy, KISS, Alice Cooper

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