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Local alternative metal band Fading Radiance

by KRISTIN GUGLIETTI
There ’ s an alternative metal band with Hammonton roots playing music throughout New Jersey and Philadelphia . Formed in 2017 , the band called Fading Radiance includes the following members : Dean Netelkos ( vocals / guitar ), David Shaba ( bass guitar ), Anthony Mazzochette ( guitar )

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and Zach Wines ( drums ). “ We call ourselves alternative metal ,” Netelkos said .
Fading Radiance ’ s sound is influenced by early 2000s alternative and nu metal bands such as Breaking Benjamin , Korn and My Chemical Romance .
The friends are also fans of The Early November , another band with Hammonton roots . Last summer , Netelkos and Mazzochette made an appearance in The
THE BAND FADING RADIANCE IS MADE UP OF DEAN NETELKOS ,
DAVID SHABA , ANTHONY MAZZOCHETTE AND ZACH WINES .
Early November ’ s “ Make It Happen ”
rently resides in Sicklerville .
music video and their faces are on the
Netelkos ,
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thumbnail .
“ I ’ m looking dead at the camera . It ’ s such an awkward picture . I love it ,” Netelkos said .
Netelkos and Shaba started playing together during their sophomore year of high school in 2017 .
Before they were an official band , Shaba said Netelkos introduced him to heavy metal bands during middle school .
“ We met in TV production in middle school and he was introducing me to Sabbath , Led Zepplin and all the ‘ 60s heavy metal and all that . Started from there and I ended up getting a lefthand bass ,” Shaba said .
Shaba eventually got rid of the lefthanded bass guitar and switched to a right-handed one .
Shaba used to live in New York and moved to New Jersey in 2011 . He cur-
School graduate , was a Hammonton resident for five years . He currently resides in Absecon .
“ I went to Hammonton High School , and about right after high school I moved out of town . Zach and Tony both still live here ,” Netelkos said .
In 2018 , Wines joined Fading Radiance and they were a three-piece band until they added Mazzochette as a second guitar player .
“ Me and Dave were friends in middle school , and it was just me and him and a door of other people and then we found Zach . Got him on drums permanently , and we just stuck it out , the three of us , for a good long period of time . I was friends with Zach in high school . That ’ s how I met him . He recommended Tony ,” Netelkos said .
Mazzochette and Wines have known
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