Kushtaka

Rising up from sunny San Diego, Kushtaka is a death metal trio consisting of Gabe Fonseca on guitar, Wayne Price on vocals, and AJ Belluto on drums. The three of them have been playing in local southern California bands since they were young teens. Wayne did vocals in Downspell for many years. Gabe played guitar in a local band called Stiletto Silhouette. AJ has played guitar and banjo in Lexington Field, bass in Horde of Sirens, drums in both Fall of Monroe and Beira. Gabe and AJ also currently play bass and guitar in Desert Suns. AJ and Gabe started jamming Kushtaka songs sometime early 2018. Wayne joined the band maybe a year later.

Covid put a little pause on their momentum but on Jan 7th 2022, they released their first EP called Into the Woods. It consists of four face melting songs that sound like a blend of melodic, technical, and progressive death metal. With Gabes hard rocking guitar solos and headbanging riffs, AJ's groovin rhythms and lightning fast drum fills, topped off by wicked vocals telling stories from Wayne's dark imagination. There's a little something for every metal fan in KUSHTAKA