How The Band StartedThe diverse and extraordinary efforts of Devoted Fusion started off when Sean Cusack and Steve Santoriello, two long time friends from Long Island, New York, started jamming in 2015 thus creating their first demo song to release in the same year of October. The two, along with bassist Vinny Rotondo, were originally in a five piece metal project in 2014, but differences arose and thus the original band did not continue after the summer of 2015. Shortly after, Sean came up with song ideas and was originally going to create a self-titled project, but when bassist Vinny Rotondo joined after the demo release in 2015, the band was created and named Devoted Fusion in January of 2016.
Our music is expressed primarily under the progressive metal genres and we like to add some blues and melodic rock to the mix as well when possible! The biggest band influences to us are Rush, Tool, TesseracT, Queensryche, Mastodon, and Dream Theater. However, we do have wide variety of other music that we love to listen to! We try to expand our horizons with diverse technicalities, different time signatures, and key changes in our music. The excitement is what we look for when we play shows and record our music. We continue to prove it with the members that helped us through this with every show and practice we achieve! Our bassist Vinny left Devoted Fusion in late 2016 due to his actions of heading to law school in NYC. As much as we wanted Vinny to stay with us in the band, Sean and Steve understood his departure. Vinny has done really well with helping us get a few shows done as well as our debut EP! Devoted Fusion is far from done.. as for all these events are the beginning of a wonderful... "Adventure"! Devoted Fusion now has a new bassist, Jack Digiacomo, who has made a splendid appearance in 2018. He gave us a massive upgrade to our practice time and live shows by assisting us with our brand new in-ear monitor setup! He will be helping us with future recordings and shows. Devoted Fusion released a brand new album in early 2022 called "Hill Valley 88". It is the first time that Devoted Fusion released a full album of eight songs, and it is officially the first concept album released. Unlike the previous music released, Hill Valley 88 is more towards the progressive metal style tone. So if you enjoy bands like Tool, Dream Theater, Opeth, Queensryche, Mastodon, or any bands similar to them, you would really enjoy the work of our concept album, Hill Valley 88. This album was also recorded in Westfall Studios in Long Island, New York, which has arguably the highest quality engineers on the Island that helped us out! Shortly after the album release, we went into the studio again to record and release a newer version of "King Of Equality", which was originally released from our "A Ride Earthbound" EP. This newer version, now called "King Of Equality (Re-Recorded)" includes a massive improvement on the mixing end and the vocals. Additionally, the drums were more crystal clear to hear. Sadly, as amazing as this release was, our drummer Steve Santoriello had departed in March of 2023 due to his move to Pittsburgh. He is still, however, a HUGE fan of our current work, whether he is in or out of any band. In early 2024, we acquired a new drummer named Brett Senzer. Brett recently graduated from SUNY Oneonta in the music industry, and at a young 23 years of age he’s had over 14 years of drumming experience! He is heavily influenced with music from Dream Theater, Tool, and Rush, so the genre of music that he listens to matches perfectly to our style of music! Stay tuned to our news on the HOME page of this website and/or follow our social media pages for more info! |
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Current Members:
Sean Cusack - Guitar / Vocals / Manager & Producer (2016-Current)
Jack Digiacomo - Bass (2018-Current)
Brett Senzer - Drums (2024-Current)
Past Members:
Steve Santoriello - Drums (2015-2023)
Vinny Rotondo - Bass (2015-2016)
Sean Cusack - Guitar / Vocals / Manager & Producer (2016-Current)
Jack Digiacomo - Bass (2018-Current)
Brett Senzer - Drums (2024-Current)
Past Members:
Steve Santoriello - Drums (2015-2023)
Vinny Rotondo - Bass (2015-2016)