Steven Lee Kleisath
Rhythm is in the air. For over 30 years,
My Mind, Body, and Soul has been open as a vessel to create art through percussion.


My first professional recording in a studio with Legenday Producer Scott Burns, (Tampa Death Metal royalty) who broadened his horizons in us with this Experimental, unorthodox, yet melodic group "PULL"
Regret, 4 song 7 inch, released by Stiffpole Records in 1992. Thanks to the Florida Punk Archivist for archiving this on Youtube.
My tenure ended with PULL early in 1995, as I was asked to join a group in South Florida, that I had been friends with for a few years already. This is the first recording I did with Strongarm. Trials 7 Inch on Solidstate/Tooth And Nail Records, 1995. I would go on to track the drums for the full length "The Advent Of A Miracle" to be released in 1997 by the same label. And I started to split time with another group, recording and touring wise......
Originally asked to fill in, I became a permanent fixture of the band Shai Hulud, for a time, starting with the tracking of drums on the "A Profound Hatred Of Man" 7 inch record on Crisis Records in 1997, and then the full length "Hearts Once Nourished With Hope And Compassion"
  on Revelation Records, which this video for the song "My Heart Bleeds The Darkest Blood" is on. We would tour with my other group Strongarm, among other tours until the summer of 1998, as far as my involvement.
Around the summer of 1998, the guys in Strongarm alerted me to a new vision, musically, that was a more Rock direction, and even though we were on a couple ep's and comps before the following song, Further Seems Forever became my main gig for a while to come and currently active with from time to time. Here is a collage of videos from the albums "The Moon Is Down" "How To Start A Fire", "Hide Nothing" and "Penny Black", on Tooth And Nail Records and Rise Records.
In Between playing and recording with Further Seems Forever, I was proud to be a part of some other projects that I believe was some amazing and creative music that I wish would have gotten more attention, so... better late than never to write and show these to you here. Enmasse "Alarm" 7 inch release in 2006 with my friend Jake Brown(238, Moments In Grace) and producer J. Robbins of Jawbox, Burning Airlines, etc.. fame. This song is called "Vollman". And some live footage with the artist David Stone, who went under different names(Comanche, Nakota, Lions Tigers and Bears) and was definitely one of the most eclectic artists I ever collaborated with. Song is "Growl" under the name Comanche....
I'm human, lol. I almost forgot another project with some good friends. Comprised of John Ralston, Joe Kiser, Gregg Moore and Rafael Solarzano, the band "Useless Things" was born for an ep that has a song that I tried my hand at writing the guitar for as well as the drums. Not too shabby and overall with the aforementioned musicians, became a great song and ep. This song is the same name of the band. "Useless Things" in 2018...
My most recent band I was a part of started not so recently. In 2018 I was asked to collaborate with "The Darling Fire" and was together with them to track drums for the albums "Dark Celebration" in 2019 and "Distortions" in 2022. We played live as much as we could. They continue on without me. The following video is an amazing visual, dark and ominous song in "Rituals"
Brilliant performance from longtime friend Autumn Kioti. Both records released on Iodine Recordings...

THE JOURNEY CONTINUES...

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