Can you tell us about the origin of the band name, a history of the band and a little bit about the various members?

Leo: Hello there!! BreaKdowN BKN was inspired like Destruction, Overkill, Massacre, Devastation etc….we wanted a name that would get us on this direction!

The band started officially in 98, with me and my brother, we were playing covers and started to create music…it was  a magic moment. The band went through some changes , and today it me since the start, then we have Tati, my wife, on the bass…she loves bass and had one for years but on the pandemic times she would say “I will play and join the band” and there she is with this monstrous thunder bass now, and Edu does the drums Edu recorded the first Album and fun fact is he was like 10 years without playing and for the EP he took the drums and nailed it!

Are you all from the same area? How did you get together as a band?

Leo: well, the band started like this, same area etc, today this line up is together because of musical taste purely.

Who are your favourite artists/bands and how have they influenced your own sound?

Leo: We love the honest aggressive music, the rage of punk bands, the metal sound of the 80s and 90s, pointy guitars, walls of Marshalls,  killer riffs and inspiring melodies, too many bands to mention…lets say Kreator, Sepultura, Judas Priest, Testament, Accept, Th Exploited …to mention a few

Did you always have the ambition to be a musician and in a band or did you originally have other plans?

Leo: yes I always had, and I have been somehow in between worlds, as we have parallel jobs as well.But if you love music it never leaves you.

What songs or albums are on your current playlist?

Leo: right now I have some albums from U.D.O, King diamond, Latin music, and some new and underground bands

Do you sing in the shower?

Leo: Sometimes to be honest, life is getting so fast these days!!

Do you have any plans for the band for this year and into next year?

Leo: This year we are releasing “Divide and Konquer” a new EP after years without release, and working on concerts preparation, for the next year or so we will release more music,

Do you currently have any new songs/albums ready to be released?

Leo: in Addition to “Divide and Konquer” that was on 08SEP2024, we are just writing and getting ideas together.

If you could play at any venue in the world where would you choose?

Leo: I believe we all dream about playing these big festivals…as I do, but I believe something epic like The Troubadour

Do you have a favourite album? If so, what is it?

Leo: If I pick one would be Painkiller, it has everything including the best guitar solo in the world, if an Alien arrives on Earth and ask what Metal is, I would play this album.

Do you have any guilty pleasure songs/albums?

Leo: well, I have been listening to a lot of Latin music and world music lately,

If you were putting together the greatest show on earth, who would be playing?

Leo: Wow that is a hard question, I would go to perhaps 91, and get Death, Sepultura, UDO and Judas Priest with their albums from these times!

Can you remember the first album you bought with your own money? What was it and do you still have it?

Leo: I was into Metal and Iron Maiden, but only listening to the Radio songs, I went to a local shop and bought the first two albums in vinyl, I went home and played it loud for like months.

As your fans will be reading this, is there any message you would like to send out to them?

Leo: yes, I would say, Hey I know you are just a few but don’t worry hopefully the family will grow haha, seriously we appreciate all the support received from all the globe, it is a fantastic community  

Finally, let us know all your social media sites so your fans, old and new, can find and follow/like you!

Leo: Yeah, we have all centralized onto our website, where you can find all the links to every social media out there, don’t be a stranger and come say hello!

We, at Metal Planet Media, would like to thank you for your time. Is there is anything further that you would like to add?

Leo: Hey, yeah, thanks for the space, your work supporting small artists is Fantastic!! Check our new EP @divide and Konquer” and let the metal flow!

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