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Novacaine (sometimes stylized as novacaine.official) is a progressive metalcore band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Its current lineup consists of Ethan Balsinde-Diaz on guitar, Vivek Talwalker on guitar, Eric Souza on drums, and Christian Hancock on bass.

Early days
Most members of Novacaine met each other through School of Rock West Broward, FL, but two of the members knew each other well beforehand.

In 2014 Ethan Balsinde-Diaz and Vivek Talwalker met each other in their school’s band class. They both had fifth period! A beautiful friendship then grew. The two had a friemds group made up of them, Jerry Burke, Zachary Putter, Gianni Angelone, and a few other stragglers. The two stayed friends well after graduating middle school, and as they entered tenth grade they joined School Of Rock West Broward, where they would meet Eric Souza and Christian Hancock. Christian Hancock’s best friend at the time, Jay Amaya, would become the group’s photographer and cinematographer.

Status as Polyphia’s only fan
Novacaine is notorious for being Polyphia’s only fan; although there are four members, they are all counted as a single, absolute unit.

Skycarver
Skycarver is a progressive metal band made up of Novacaine members Christian Hancock and Vivek Talwalker. They currently have no original music, however they have uploaded two covers to Instagram.

‘’Vae Victis’’
An interview in July 2018 with drummer Eric Souza prompted that EP ‘’Vae Victis’’ would be coming out “soon (”. However, no new information has been provided.

The EP’s first single, Fly, was releasef on September 9th 2018. It garnered 200 views on YouTube in its first 24 hours.