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The band was founded by keyboardist Ryan Patane and drummer Scott Genovese on the day of their undergraduate orientation at LIU Post in the summer of 2007. Almost a year later, and after a handful of temporary members, they met Steve Christopher, who would become their guitar player and primary lyricist. The three spent over year mostly just jamming, and writing songs, a handful of which would later be on official releases. In the summer of 2009, Michael Intrieri joined the band on bass. This allowed the band to finally bring their music to the stage. Steve and Ryan would briefly fill in for the vocalist position, but the search was already on for a lead singer. Kenny Mahoney, a long time friend of the band, would joke, “At this rate, I’ll end up being your singer”. He was not wrong. His voice provided a certain character to the music read more...
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Iris In
Progressive Metal 2013

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Drown the Earth
Progressive Metal 2011

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