Powerflo is an American heavy metal band from

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, formed in 2016. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist Senen Reyes, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Rogelio "Roy" Lozano, rhythm guitarist and vocalist

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, and bassist and backing vocalist

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History

The band's history can be traced back to the 1990s, where the band members would often collaborate - such as Senen "Sen Dog" Reyes and Billy

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performing on Biohazard's State Of The World Address album with the hit single How it is, or Wolbers and Lozano appearing in Cypress Hill albums '' Skull & Bones'' and '' Stoned Raiders''. In 2015, Roy Lozano played some demos to Senen Reyes on a ride to the airport, setting the foundations for Powerflo. The name of the band comes from a comment Lozano made about Reyes's vocal tracking for the upcoming album. Describing their sound as a "cross between

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and

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", they first unveiled the band on March 1, 2017 while recording their self-titled debut album. On May 2, 2017, they released the first single "Resistance" via Metal Injection. In launching the first single, Reyes indicated that this is a long term project and that future Powerflo albums will be released after their self-titled Produced by Billy Graziadei and Josh Lynch is released, while also announcing a June 23 release date. On June 2, 2017, Powerflo released their next music video (directed by Graziadei) for "Victims of Circumstance", a song influenced by the TV series ''

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''. At the same time, they announced their first show at The Viper Room in

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on June 15. On May 31, "Resistance" was chosen as the official theme song for WWE NXT's programming. In July 2017, Powerflo released another video for the single Where I Stay (directed by Jeremy Danger and Travis Shinn) which quickly reached over 1 million views within weeks of release. The band spent the summer and fall touring with friends from San Diego

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and LA family

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Powerflo released the next video for "Less than Human" (directed by Graziadei) in December 2017 and went on tour with

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in the spring of 2018.

Members

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History

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