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Structural Defect
Background information
Also Known As	Death:Exhaled (2020-2021)
Origin	Batavia, New York, US
Genres	Industrial Metalcore Groove Metal Heavy Metal
Years active	2019-2022, 2023-Present
Labels
Associated Acts	Fractured Fortune, Lord Loss
Members	Aric MacDonald Damon Finegan II Mike Marion John Logan James Kunz
Former Members	Dan “Gus” MacDonald Mitchell Markowitz Clark Dasson
Website

Structural Defect was started by Aric MacDonald in late 2019, and had several songs written, and after putting a band together to perform the songs, which consisted of Aric’s brother, Dan (also known as Gus) on Bass, Mike Marion on Drums, and eventually Damon Finegan II and Mitch Markowitz on Rhythm and Lead Guitar, respectively. At sometime in 2020, the band started going by Death:Exhaled

The band slowly dissolved over the course of 2021 due to the stresses of COVID-19 as well as creative differences, leaving vocalist Aric and guitarist Damon as the remaining duo to continue the project. Damon formed Fractured Fortune in August 2021, and put the majority of his focus into that, while still occasionally working on music with Aric, though this music was not considered a part of Structural, and the project had been deemed defunct in 2022.

Upon having written upwards of 15 songs on his own, Aric came to Damon in late 2023, with the hopes of having him produce the material. Damon not only agreed, but also offered to help with playing Bass live. They then ultimately wrote another few, bringing the total to over 20 songs, but cut down 11 and decided to release a full-length album.

After Fractured Fortune went on hiatus in 2024, Damon and Aric restarted the project full-time, now going by Structural Defect, an homage to the Static-X song, and this time with Damon on Bass and Backing Vocals. In November 2024, they brought in Clark Dasson to perform keyboards and clean vocals for the project, and in early 2025, drummer Mike Marion rejoined full-time.

On June 17th, the band announced their first single, “Become Death”, which was released on July 11th. Clark was let go from the band on July 29th following several months of being unable to contact him, and at the same time Damon reverted to Lead and Rhythm Guitars.

On September 5th, the band announced their second single alongside a teaser, entitled “Don’t Hug Me (I Hate You)”, which was released a week later.

On November 7th, the band announced that they had brought in two new members, in bassist John Logan, as well as rhythm guitarist and clean vocalist James Kunz, thus completing the band’s lineup for the first time since 2020. On the same day, the band also announced that they will be releasing a new single on December 5th via a teaser. After a month of teases, the single “CULTURE VULTURE” was released. Alongside this release, the band announced the full track listing for it’s debut album, titled “This Is Just The Beginning”, scheduled for release on January 30th, 2026.

Aric MacDonald- Lead Vocals (2019-Present), Programming, Synths (2019-2026), Rhythm Guitar (2019-2020, 2021-2022, 2023-2025), Lead Guitar (2019-2020)

Damon Finegan- Lead and Rhythm Guitar, Backing and occasional Lead Vocals (2020-2022, 2025-Present), Bass Guitar, Guitars (Studio) (2023-2025), Clean Vocals (2020-2022)

Mike Marion- Drums, Percussion (2019-2021, 2025-Present)

James Kunz- Rhythm and Lead Guitar, Clean and Backing Unclean Vocals (2025-Present)

John Logan- Bass Guitar, occasional Backing Vocals (2025-Present)

Unknown Keyboardist- Pianos, Keyboards, Synths, Programming, Clean Vocals (2026-Present)

Dan “Gus” MacDonald- Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals (2019-2021)

Mitch Markowitz- Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals (2020-2021)

Clark Dasson- Pianos, Keyboards, Synths, Clean Vocals (2024-2025)

• Covers EP 1 (2027)
• EP 1 (2030)

Released: January 30th, 2026

Recorded: 2023-2025

Genre: Industrial Metalcore, Heavy Metal

Labels: Independent

Produced by: Damon Finegan, Aric MacDonald

Singles:

1. “Become Death” Released: July 11th, 2025
2. “Don’t Hug Me (I Hate You)” Released: September 12th, 2025
3. “CULTURE VULTURE” Released: December 5th, 2025
4. “Heavy Hands” Released: January 23rd, 2026

Structural Defect was started by Aric MacDonald in late 2019, and had several songs written, and after putting a band together in 2020, to perform the songs, the band slowly dissolved over the course of 2021 due to COVID-19, as well as creative and personal differences, leaving Aric and guitarist Damon Finegan as the remaining duo to continue the project. Damon formed Fractured Fortune in August 2021, and put majority focus into that, while still occasionally working on music with Aric. After Fractured Fortune went on hiatus in 2024, Damon came back to Structural Defect full-time, and the band was slowly rebuilt as Damon and Aric finished the music’s recording and production, with their first new members since 2021, Bassist John Logan and Guitarist James Kunz, and the return of Mike Marion on drums, providing writing to the sessions at the end of the recording process.

Aric had most of the songs started or finished before approaching Damon with the music during his time with Fractured Fortune, and gave Damon freedom to change or tweak the parts as needed to fit the songs, if not write new material entirely. Songs such as “Become Death”, had the guitars written by Damon after Aric sent a demo with reference sections over drums he wanted to use for the song.

“CULTURE VULTURE” was a song written by Aric sometime in 2021, during their later time as Death:Exhaled, and has seen several re-writes with Damon, including several lyric changes, with the only original part of the song being the song’s main/chorus riff.

“Don’t Hug Me (I Hate You)” was a song Damon wanted to write that was more focused on bringing the electronic elements to the forefront, while also not sacrificing the heavier tone the rest of the songs have.

Mike Dennies and Aric wrote “Scorched” sometime in 2023, before the full-time restart of the band had materialized. The song was meant to be a one-off track with a guest writer/performer, and not meant to be a major part of the band’s sound, as is “The Demon Seed of Davy Jones”, which was written by Damon as a way to pay homage to his former band, Fractured Fortune, while also focusing on a more production-heavy song. The band has also stated that they have no intention of playing the songs live, though they could pull them out as needed.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length	Tunings
1.	“Heavy Hands”	Aric MacDonald, Damon Finegan II	3:57	D Standard
2.	“Escalation”	MacDonald, Finegan II	4:16	Drop C
3.	“D.M.W. (Dead Man Walking)”	Finegan II, MacDonald, James Kunz	3:58	Drop A#
4.	“The Demon Seed of Davy Jones”	Finegan II	2:52	Drop C
5.	“Don’t Hug Me (I Hate You)”	MacDonald, Finegan II	5:05	D Standard
6.	“CULTURE VULTURE”	MacDonald, Finegan II	3:00	D Standard
7.	“Won’t Listen”	MacDonald, Finegan II	3:18	Drop C
8.	“For Your Mind”	MacDonald, Finegan II, Kunz	3:10	D Standard
9.	“Become Death”	MacDonald, Finegan II, Mike Marion	3:20	Drop A#
10.	“Parasite”	MacDonald, Finegan II	3:51	D Standard
11.	“Scorched” (with Mike Dennies)	Mike Dennies, MacDonald	4:15	Drop C
Total Length:			40:11

Aric MacDonald- Lead Vocals, Programming, Synths

Damon Finegan- Lead and Rhythm Guitars (1-10), Backing Vocals, Co-Lead Vocals (3-5)

James Kunz- Rhythm Guitars (1-10), Lead Guitar (3, 8)

John Logan- Bass Guitar (1-10)

Mike Marion- Drums, Percussion

Mike Dennies- Guitars, Bass Guitar, Composer on “Scorched”

Engineered by: Damon Finegan, Aric MacDonald

Mixed and Mastered by: Damon Finegan

Produced by: Damon Finegan, Aric MacDonald

Artwork by: ___________

Fractured Fortune
Fractured Fortune performing live in 2023 (L to R; Damon Finegan, Dante Lebron, Andrew Laffan, Kevin Roelle, Zack Day)
Background information
Origin	Rochester, New York, US
Genres	Metalcore Deathcore Heavy Metal Hard Rock Groove Metal
Years active	2021-2024, 2026-Present
Labels
Associated Acts	Structural Defect, Glasswaves, Amatera, Hollow Kingdom
Members	Damon Finegan II Josh Sherwood Daniel Courtney Michael Nash John Logan Matthew Collins
Former Members	Brendan Curtis Dante Lebron Zack Day Kevin Roelle Andrew Laffan
Website

In August of 2021, vocalist/guitarist Damon Finegan was on hiatus with Structural Defect, and was looking to start a project of his own, following more in the lines of Ice Nine Kills and Of Mice & Men. He put an ad on Craigslist, looking for a band or members to start a project with. Guitarist Brendan Curtis replied, with Brendan later recruiting his friend and drummer Kevin Roelle to the fold, completing the band’s initial lineup, and the trio would begin to work on writing songs together. The band at this time had started going by Falling Face First.

In late May of 2022, the band had announced it would be partaking in its first live performance in September, alongside Invictra, though details for the show were not finalized until July. At this time, Kevin would quietly leave the band to focus on college, leaving the band a duo of Damon and Brendan.

On June 13^th, 2022, the duo announced both the joining of their third member, Dante Lebron, as well as their Debut single, “Creatures of Habit”, which would be released on June 17^th. A day later, on June 14^th, the band announced they were renaming, now going by Fractured Fortune. During this time, they had also recruited Robert Riepe, also known as Robby Rabbit, to assist live with bass guitar and backing vocals. He was never made an official member.

On July 29^th, 2022, the band announced a 2^nd show for September 23^rd, alongside Gainer, Anthropic, Stone Thrower, and An Easy Death.

On October 2^nd, 2022, the band announced both a new single, “Cruella de Vil”, which was set to release on October 28^th, 2022, as well as announcing their Debut EP, “Never Trust The Living”, set to release on December 16^th, 2022.

The band then announced 3 shows for 2023, One on February 3^rd, as co-headliner alongside The Kamilsons, one for March 9^th, opening for Awake at Last and Versus Me, and one April 29^th, alongside Gainer and several others, then later announced they had accepted a 4^th show, opening for Inferi on May 21^st. On June 10^th, 2023, the band announced a new member, bassist Zack Day, as well as the return of Kevin Roelle, this time as guitarist. In the same post, they also announced that Brendan would be stepping down after their next show from his role after 2 years to join Glasswaves, and that Damon would be taking over Brendan’s role full-time as lead guitarist, while still remaining involved vocally in a backing vocalist role as opposed to lead. Brendan’s last show with the band was August 4^th, 2023.

Throughout late August and early September, the band then began teasing a “new era” of the band, with a logo change and several teases about their new singer, who was going to debut with them at their show on September 16^th.

On September 17^th, 2023, the day after their first show as a quintet, it was announced that Andrew Laffan would be filling the empty role of Lead Vocals, as well as providing Pianos and Keyboards to round out their sound. They also teased that new music involving Andrew would be coming in the near future.

After playing 2 more shows to finish out 2023, on February 16^th, 2024, the band released their first single as a quintet, titled “Malevolence”, and featured Justin Williamson from INVERITY providing Clean Vocals. To coincide with the release of the song, Damon announced that given the eventual birth of his son in May of that year, he would be taking a short hiatus from the band at that point to spend time with him, though this was not to be a full-time departure, and he would still appear on their upcoming releases.

On August 16^th, 2024, the band played their final show, after which Zack, Dante, Kevin and Andrew all left the band, citing creative differences as the main reason. Damon then announced the following day that the band would be on hiatus due to “choices I made that led to the separation of this band”, but would look to return to release music in 2025. Fractured Fortune would instead stay on hiatus throughout 2025 and into 2026 as Damon focused on his other project, Structural Defect, which released an album in January 2026.

On June 10th, 2026, a video of the former lineups shattering followed by a redesigned logo was posted to the band’s social media accounts, hinting at a return. Following a few more teases throughout July, on July 31st, 2026, the band released their first new music since “Malevolence”, a self-titled song. Along with the surprise release, they also announced their comeback, with Damon returning as lead guitar and co-lead vocals alongside an all-new lineup, consisting of vocalist Joseph Sherwood, rhythm guitarist and clean vocalist Dan Courtney, bassist John Logan (who also performs in Structural Defect alongside Damon), multi-instrumentalist Michael Nash, and drummer Matthew Collins. On September 25th, 2026, the band released a second single, “Singularity”, November 20th, 2026, they released a third single, titled “Abdicate”. Alongside this release, they announced their self-titled debut album with it’s full track listing, which includes the previous 2 singles, and is set to release on March 12th, 2027. On January 8th, 2027, the band released the fourth single, a cover of “Anemia” by Sincere Engineer. On February 5th, 2027, the fifth and final single, “Given Up”, was released.

Damon Finegan II- Programming, Synths (2021-2024, 2026-Present), Lead Guitar, Co-Lead Vocals (2023-2024, 2026-Present), Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Bass Guitar (2021-2023)

Joseph Sherwood- Lead and Backing Vocals (2026-Present)

Dan Courtney- Rhythm and Lead Guitar, Clean Vocals (2026-Present)

Michael Nash- Pianos, Keyboards, Programming, Synths, Cello, Backing Vocals (2026-Present)

Matthew Collins- Drums, Percussion (2026-Present)

John Logan- Bass Guitars (2026-Present)

Brendan Curtis- Lead Guitars, Clean and Backing Unclean Vocals (2021-2023)

Zack Day- Bass Guitar (2023-2024)

Kevin Roelle- Rhythm and Lead Guitars (2023-2024), Drums, Percussion (2021-2022)

Andrew Laffan- Lead Vocals, Piano, Keyboards (2023-2024)

Dante Lebron- Drums, Percussion (2022-2024)

Never Trust The Living EP
Background information
Release Date	December 16th, 2022
Recorded	2021-2022
Genres	Metalcore Deathcore Heavy Metal Hard Rock Groove Metal
Labels
Producer	Damon Finegan, Brendan Curtis
Singles	“Creatures of Habit” released: June 17th, 2022 “Cruella de Vil” released: October 28th, 2022 “B.E.E.R.” released: December 9th, 2022

“Never Trust The Living” `was written with the premise of Beetlejuice’s #1 rule: Never Trust The Living. The band applied that concept to the lyrics, with much of their substance referring to the political, religious, and/or self-inflicted turmoil of the world. “Creatures of Habit” was the first single of the EP, released on June 17^th, 2022. “Cruella de Vil”, the second single from the EP, was announced on October 2^nd, 2022, alongside the release date of the EP, December 16^th. Cruella was released on October 28^th, alongside it’s accompanying lyric video. On December 9th, 2022, the band released “B.E.E.R.” as the third single, as a way to promote the release of the EP the following week.

The EP was almost entirely written from the fall of 2021 to the summer of 2022, with “The Last Time” and “Cruella de Vil” having been initially written in 2020, for Structural Defect, and later finalized during the writing process for “Never Trust The Living”. The entire EP was self-produced and published, with programmed drums being used, due to the band not having a drummer until Dante’s arrival in June of 2022. Dante is still credited with drum performance despite not having written the material.

On September 11th, 2027, the band announced that a full re-recording and release of their first EP, Titled “Never Trust the REDUX”, would be releasing on the 5-year anniversary of the EP. On this new version, every song had been re-recorded with new guitars, drums, new synths which were previously not in the songs provided by keyboardist Michael Nash, as well as featuring vocals from new vocalist Josh Sherwood. The cleans on “The Last Time” were re-sung by Damon. “The Last Time” also features harsh vocals from original co-writer and Structural Defect singer Aric MacDonald, while still featuring Josh Zalar during the solo section. The re-release also features a re-recorded version of “Learn Your Place”, which was the single released a few months after the original EP, and like the rest of the re-release, features Josh on vocal duty.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length	Tunings
1.	“Creatures of Habit”	Damon Finegan, Brendan Curtis	3:07	Drop A
2.	“Never Trust The Living”	Finegan, Curtis	4:13	Drop F
3.	“Tortured By The Blessed”	Curtis, Finegan	4:39	Drop A
4.	“Cruella de Vil”	Finegan, Curtis	3:23	Drop B
5.	“The Last Time” (feat. Josh Zalar)	Finegan, Aric MacDonald, Josh Zalar	4:13	Drop A
6.	“B.E.E.R.”	Finegan	3:19	Drop A
Total Length:			22:56

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length	Tunings
1.	“Creatures of Habit”	Damon Finegan, Brendan Curtis	3:07	Drop A
2.	“Never Trust The Living”	Finegan, Curtis	4:13	Drop F
3.	“Tortured By The Blessed”	Curtis, Finegan	4:39	Drop A
4.	“Cruella de Vil”	Finegan, Curtis	3:23	Drop B
5.	“The Last Time” (feat. Aric MacDonald & Josh Zalar)	Finegan, Aric MacDonald, Josh Zalar	4:13	Drop A
6.	“B.E.E.R.”	Finegan	3:19	Drop A
7.	“Learn Your Place”	Curtis, Dante Lebron, Finegan	2:32	Drop F
Total Length:			25:28

Damon Finegan- Lead Vocals, Guitars, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Programming, Production

Brendan Curtis- Guitars, Co-Lead Vocals on “Creatures of Habit” and “Tortured By The Blessed”, Clean Vocals on “The Last Time”

Dante Lebron- Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals on “Tortured By The Blessed”

Josh Schirmer- Backing Vocals on “Tortured By The Blessed”

Josh Zalar- Guest Lead Guitar, Production on “The Last Time”

Aric MacDonald- Lyrics on “The Last Time”

Joseph Sherwood- Lead Vocals

Daniel Courtney- Rhythm Guitars, Backing Vocals

Damon Finegan- Lead Guitars, Programming, Synths, Backing Vocals, Clean Vocals on “The Last Time”

Michael Nash- Pianos, Keyboards, Programming, Synths, Cello

John Logan- Bass Guitars

Matthew Collins- Drums, Percussion

Josh Schirmer, Dante Lebron, Brendan Curtis- Backing Vocals on “Tortured By The Blessed”

Josh Zalar- Guest Lead Guitar, Production on “The Last Time”

Aric MacDonald- Lyrics, Guest Vocals on “The Last Time”

Engineered by: Fractured Fortune

Mixed and Mastered by: Damon Finegan

Produced by: Fractured Fortune

Artwork by: Brendan Curtis

Fractured Fortune
Released	March 12, 2027
Recorded	2023-2026
Genres	Metalcore Deathcore Alternative Metal Hard Rock
Labels
Producer	Fractured Fortune
Singles	“Fractured Fortune” released: July 31st, 2026 “Singularity” released: September 25th, 2026 “Abdicate” released: November 27th, 2026 “Anemia” released: January 8th, 2027 “Given Up” released: February 5th, 2027

Fractured Fortune is the Debut Album released by the band, and is the first release to feature the band after it’s hiatus which left Damon as the sole member. He is the only constant member between both full-length releases. Damon had also noted that the album was intentionally focused around introducing more clean vocals into the sound, as opposed to previous releases where clean vocals were kept to a minimum, and that this ideology and direction was where the creative differences that led to the hiatus came from, stating:

“I was so adamant on bringing a lot more of the ‘radio-friendly’ elements to the sound, you know, the clean vocals, the heavily synth-driven sections, so on, while the other guys wanted to go stupid heavy, bands like Thrown, Currents, and Knocked Loose, which I was cool with doing, as songs like Calcify and the self-titled song showcase, but I felt uncomfortable going in just one singular direction and being typecast to one genre, to the point I made some rather selfish and tunnel visioned mistakes in fighting for that duality that I wanted, and ultimately, that’s what drove everyone away.”

The band aimed to push its songwriting boundaries with bigger, more melodic choruses, drawing from bands such as Breaking Benjamin and Starset on songs such as “Stereotypical” and “Singularity”, while also digging deeper into more heavier influences such as Currents and Spiritbox, with songs such as “Calcify”, “Descent to Madness”, and the eponymous track, “Fractured Fortune”, which are considered the heaviest songs on the album, as well as the heaviest songs the band has released.

In order to achieve that goal, the band brought multiple vocalists to the album to share the load, including lead harsh vocalist Josh Sherwood, as well as guitarist Dan Courtney providing additional clean vocals, while Damon provided cleans on “Anemia” and the closing track “Mindless Trepidation”. Songs such as “Mindless Trepidation”, “Stereotypical” and “Given Up” are songs where the clean vocals are featured in a more prominent role, while “Abdicate” features exclusively clean vocals.

The album features the band’s first officially recorded cover, a cover of the song “Anemia” by Sincere Engineer. Damon has stated that the song is a favorite of his, and decided to cover the song after seeing the band perform live in Ithaca in September of 2025. The song is mostly reworked, with the intro being the only unchanged portion of the cover.

Structural Defect vocalist Aric MacDonald features as a writer/programmer on “Given Up”. The song previously written for Structural Defect during it’s COVID-era formation, but was later brought to Fractured Fortune by Damon, as it was thought to be a better fitting song for the band’s sound.

The album also features writing credits from previous members Dante Lebron, Andrew Laffan and Brendan Curtis. Brendan features on multiple songs that were left from the “Never Trust The Living” sessions, while Laffan and Lebron feature on songs that were either written or re-worked from those sessions, or were brand new songs written for this record.

Josh Schirmer is featured as a writer and backing vocalist on the closing track, “Mindless Trepidation”. He and Damon co-wrote the song in 2020 during COVID, but it later became a song for Fractured Fortune. Josh was previously featured as a backing vocalist on the band’s “Never Trust The Living” EP, as a backing vocalist on the song “Tortured By The Blessed”.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length	Tunings
1.	“Fractured Fortune”	Damon Finegan, Dominic Rodriguez	4:00	Drop D#
2.	“Uprooted”	Finegan, Brendan Curtis, Joseph Sherwood	3:52	Drop G
3.	“Rebirth (Of Hate)”	Finegan, Sherwood	3:51	Drop A#
4.	“Resurfacing”	Finegan, Sherwood, Dan Courtney		Drop D#
5.	“Given Up”	Finegan, Aric MacDonald	4:10	Drop G
6.	“Anemia” (Sincere Engineer cover)	Deanna Belos		Drop E
7.	“Calcify”	Finegan, Dante Lebron, Sherwood	3:18	Drop A
8.	“Stereotypical”	Finegan, Curtis, Sherwood	5:10	Drop A#
9.	“Descent to Madness”	Finegan, Sherwood	3:02	Drop F
10.	“Singularity”	Finegan, Sherwood, Courtney	4:55	Drop A#
11.	“Abdicate”	Finegan	5:09	Drop G
12.	“Mindless Trepidation”	Finegan, Lebron, Andrew Laffan, Josh Schirmer	3:39	Drop A
Total Length:			41:07

Joseph Sherwood- Lead Vocals

Damon Finegan II- Lead Guitars, Programming, Synths, Co-Lead Vocals

Dan Courtney- Rhythm Guitars, Clean Vocals

John Logan- Bass Guitars

Michael Nash- Pianos, Keyboards, Programming, Synths, Cello, Backing Vocals

Matthew Collins- Drums, Percussion

Josh Schirmer- Additional Vocals, Composer on “Mindless Trepidation”

Brendan Curtis- Composer on “Uprooted” and “Stereotypical”

Aric MacDonald- Composer, additional Programming on “Given Up”

Dante Lebron, Andrew Laffan- Composer on “Calcify” and “Mindless Trepidation”

Deanna Belos- Composer on “Anemia”

Engineered by: Damon Finegan II

Mixed and Mastered by: Damon Finegan II

Produced by: Damon Finegan II

Artwork by: Damon Finegan II

Keen for Blood
Background information
Also Known As	Breaking Static (2012-2013) BreakDown Love (2013-2019)
Origin	Rochester, New York, US
Genres	Alternative Metal Hard Rock Heavy Metal Nu Metal (early) Rap Metal (early)
Years active	2012-2019, 2028-Present
Labels
Associated Acts	Fractured Fortune, Structural Defect
Current Members	Damon Finegan II Unknown Vocalist Unknown Guitarist Unknown Keyboardist Unknown Drummer
Former Members	Josh Schirmer KJ Haubner Trevor Johnson Mike Marion Quinn Driscoll-Mathers Daniel Desano Jacob Mesi Benjamin Scott Damon Cassada Brittany Barnhardt Ashton Fantigrossi Sean Dempsey Allyson Carney Nathan Enright Corby VanSon Cameron Acker Luis Matos Joseph Gadomski John Ceneviva Graham Freeman Garrett Mack

Keen for Blood is an American alternative metal band from Rochester, NY. The band started as a rap group in 2012, and quickly transitioned to a more traditional metal sound in 2013. The band was defunct from 2019 to 2028, after several years of unstable lineups, before being restarted by co-founder Damon Finegan in 2028.

BreakDown Love was formed in Avon, NY in late November 2012 by Damon Finegan, Sean “Shades” Dempsey, Corbin “Corby” VanSon, and several rap vocalists: Joseph Gadomski, Graham Freeman, Garret Mack, Johnny Ceneviva. All of the rap vocalists dropped out shortly after reading Damon’s first couple of songs, which were heavy and very violent. So Damon, Corby, and Dempsey were left as a trio, and decided to make the band more rock oriented, instead of rap, with Corby as bass, keyboards and unclean vocals, Sean as guitars and vocals, and Damon as drums and lead vocals. Corby would drop shortly therafter due to personal issues. In early 2013, Allyson Carney, Luis Matos and Nathan Enright joined as lead vocals, bass and backing vocals, and guitars and backing vocals, respectively. Corbin also joined back for this short period, making the band 2 guitars, 2 basses, drums and 2 lead vocalists. Then, in March 2013, after 2 months, Allyson, Nathan, Luis, and Corby all left due to schedule conflicts with band meetings or personal issues, so Damon and Sean were left as a duo. In the summer of 2013, Damon asked his cousin Ashton Fantigrossi to do guitar for his band, and the band is now set for recording its debut album. At this time, they also decided to rename to BreakDown Love.

In April 2013, after the lineup shift, Damon wrote a song entitled “Think Twice,” and Sean and Damon decided to record at least an EP with this and 2 other songs, but it never happened, due to Damon’s summer plans were booked until mid August. In late August 2013, Micah Bloom saw an ad on Craigslist Damon posted, wanting a drummer for the band, and called Damon to see if it was still open. However, Damon explained that he only wants to do live performances, as if he is full time, he would not be able to be in the studio due his side project, Forest242. Micah would be involved with the band until the following year, when he stepped away in May. In January 2014, Damon asked the band to be prepared for the summer and early fall 2014, as he hopes to record their debut album, Love Isn’t Given, It’s Shared. This never happened though, as in July, Sean would leave the band, leaving Damon the only remaining original member left. A month later, Ashton would also leave the band. A day later, the band brought in Jacob Mesi and Benjamin Scott to perform Lead Guitars and Keyboards respectively.

Throughout 2015, the band went through several member changes, including a brief stint with another female vocalist, Brittany Barnhardt, as well as bassist Damon Cassada, both of whom were quickly ousted from the band in June. Cassada was replaced by Daniel Desano a few days after his removal. Nathan Enright also rejoined the band for the summer before then leaving in August to go to college. Shortly before Nathan’s rejoining, Damon also began performing rhythm guitar duties, making the band a 3-guitar band for the first time. In February 2016, the band brought in 3 new members; guitarist KJ Haubner, drummer K. Hamler, and the band’s 3rd female vocalist in its history, Quinn Driscoll-Mathers. KJ and Hamler were let go within a month of joining, however, due to conflicts with one another. The band remained a 5-piece until June 27th, when Ben and Jacob both left the band, as they along with Damon had graduated high school, and were preparing for college.
After this, the band remained unchanged, with no new members and minimal activity until April of 2018, when Damon asked Quinn and Daniel to leave the band, as both had become unavailable due to scheduling conflicts with either school or work. Damon would then briefly bring Mike Marion in to play drums, though would lose contact until 2020, when Damon joined Structural Defect. Shortly after Mike’s arrival, KJ Haubner returned, this time as lead guitar, and Josh Schirmer was brought in as rhythm guitar and backing vocals. In February 2019, Trevor Johnson was in talks with the band to provide drums, though no demoing ever happened, and the band was officially disbanded in July 2019.

In March of 2028, a page was created on Facebook and Instagram under the name Keen Vengeance. After the band released its first single in May, titled “_________”, the band initially appeared to be a new project, but in an interview, Damon confirmed this was a reformation of the project, with the new name being a reference to the characters Elizabeth Keen and Raymond Reddington from the show The Blacklist.

Damon Finegan II- Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Synths, Backing and occasional Lead Vocals (2018-2019, 2028-Present) Lead Vocals (2012-2016, 2018-2019), Lead Guitar, Unclean and Backing Vocals (2016-2018), Rhythm Guitar (2015-2019), Drums (2012-2014)

Unknown Vocalist- Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar (2028-Present)

Unknown Guitarist- Lead and Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals (2028-Present)

Unknown Keyboardist- Pianos, Keyboards, Synths, Percussion, Co-Lead Vocals (2028-Present)

Unknown Drummer- Drums, Percussion (2028-Present)

John Ceneviva- Rap Vocals (2012)

Joseph Gadomski- Rap Vocals (2012)

Graham Freeman- Rap Vocals (2012)

Garrett Mack- Rap Vocals (2012)

Sean Dempsey- Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals (2012-2014) Co-Lead Vocals (2012)

Corbin VanSon- Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Co-Lead Vocals (2012-2013)

Allyson Carney- Lead Vocals (2013, 2014-2015)

Luis Matos- Bass Guitar (2013)

Nathan Enright- Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals (2013, 2015)

Ashton Fantigrossi- Rhythm Guitar (2013-2014)

Micah Bloom- Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals (2013-2014)

Benjamin Scott- Pianos, Keyboards, Synths (2014-2016) Unclean Vocals (2015-2016)

Jacob Mesi- Lead Guitar, Pianos, Keyboards (2014-2016)

Brittany Barnhardt- Lead Vocals (2015)

Damon Cassada- Bass Guitar (2015)

Quinn Driscoll-Mathers- Lead Vocals (2016-2018)

Daniel Desano- Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals (2015-2018)

K. Hamler- Drums, Percussion (2016)

Mike Marion- Drums, Percussion (2018)

KJ Haubner- Lead Guitar (2018-2019), Rhythm Guitar (2016)

Josh Schirmer- Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals (2018-2019)

Trevor Johnson- Drums, Percussion (2018-2019)