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Artist
Envied by Angels
12+ albums
rockalternativepost-hardcorealternative rock
about
In early 2020, after pursuing several different music projects, guitarist/producer Adam Blackner made a return back to his roots in rock music. With initial ambitions of creating a solo, instrumental rock project with sounds pulling from the 2000’s alternative, emo, and post-hardcore genres, Adam began writing and recording songs under the band name “Envied by Angels” (EBA). During the recording process, Adam began exploring the idea of finding a vocalist and began his search on the music collaboration website soundbetter.com to see if there was a vocalist that would be a good fit for the music. After searching through a long list of singers, Adam came across the profile of vocalist/producer Alfonso “Fonz” Cervantes, noticing that they shared some of the same heavy rock influences. After hearing a demo showcasing Fonz’s vocal ability in heavier genres, Adam was convinced and decided to move forward with Fonz to finish vocals on the last 2 songs of the Valor EP. The two clicked immediately both professionally and personally. It became quickly apparent that the two shared an intense creative chemistry, primarily born out of a shared history of listening to the same bands in the rock/alternative music scene, which made for an intuitive songwriting process. In the following weeks after their debut EP release, a pivotal phone call was had between the two to discuss the future of EBA. It was then that Fonz was established as an official member of EBA and made plans to fly out
