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Fate Breaks Dawn
7+ albums
Progressive metalPower metalheavy metalthrash metalUS MEtal
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Fate Breaks Dawn, situated in New York City, is a metal band that strives to encompass all the traits and sounds that has made the genre what it is today. The prelude before it's founding began with the meeting of it's two guitarists and aspiring shredders, Lance Barnewold and Juan Ortiz, at their high school talent show in May of 2011. They also took part in an EMG Metallica challenge during that summer. On one side of the coin, Lance, brought up by the sounds of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, picked up the electric axe at the age of thirteen. Fueled by his idols such as James Hetfield, Paul Gilbert and Marty Friedman, genres ranging from the Blues to Death Metal, his goal is to keep the old school Metal sound alive by putting a modern twist to it. On the other side, Juan, who started playing guitar at 9, was initially influenced by Metallica. From there, his tastes evolved to new sounds ranging from August Burns red to Guthrie Govan. He hopes to further expand his knowledge in the realm of music, from songwriting to music engineering. Together, they are a force to be reckoned with, rivaling duos such as Dave Murray and Adrian Smith. From there, in November of the same year, they met Mike Cotoia, lead vocalist and who was at the time the drummer for the growing group. His musical venture began with the drums at the age of four, later to develop an impeccable sense for rhythm and feel, influenced by the styles of Neil Peart, Scott Rockenfield and then Jason Rullo. He began s
