The band-James Hart (vocals), Joey Roxx (guitar), Brandon Lynn (guitar), Aaron Boehler (bass), Dillon Ray (drums)-is already receiving early radio support for the first single, “Tear It Down,” from stations such as SiriusXM’s “Octane,”  WIIL (Chicago), KHTQ (Spokane), WCCC (Hartford) and WJJO (Madison).  A video for the song will be hitting the TV and Internet airwaves before the end of the month.  A behind-the-scenes teaser clip was recently posted on the band’s YouTube page here:  http://bit.ly/iOriSG.

“We wanted our own identity,” says singer James Hart. To achieve that, BURN HALO would collaborate in the studio for the first time.  “This album is us.  This is BURN HALO,” states guitarist Brandon Lynn.  Bassist Aaron Boehler was the first to initiate the writing process with drummer Dillon Ray.  Brandon and lead guitarist Joey Roxx quickly followed suit and began compositions of their own.  It was Brandon who was the real architect in the musical direction of the new album.  “Most of the songs we were writing early on were very standard rock songs,” says James.  “I had written an old song called ‘Dakota’ that was much more aggressive and a lot heavier,” says Brandon.  “To me, ‘Dakota’ is the most important track on the album,” explains James.  “Without that track, we don’t have the album we have.”  The path was clear and what they would pave out from there would be 11 bone-crushing rock songs that touch on every edge of the rock/metal spectrum.

On the touring front, the band has already racked up a slew of dates with bands such as Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Buckcherry & Papa Roach.  They’ll be hitting the U.S. concert trail this summer, with dates currently being confirmed.

Here’s the complete track listing for UP FROM THE ASHES:

1. Tear It Down
2. Up From the Ashes
3. Stranded
4. Threw It All Away
5. Alone
6. Stuck in a Rut
7. Give Me a Sign
8. Dakota
9. Rest My Soul
10. I Won’t Back Down
11. Shine

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• Album Review: Burn Halo

Release Date: March 31, 2009
Record Label: Rawkhead Rekords

Review:

Many tend to classify Rock and Roll bands by how they sound compared to the bands which came before them.  Using that methodology, Burn Halo’s music could be placed into the Guns N’ Roses, Saving Abel, or Tantric category of bands.

If you favor straight-forward riff-oriented hard rock, you might like this album a lot.  The guitar driven tunes are catchy, and this group certainly knows how to rock-out.  This is great music to crank up the volume and roll the windows down in your car for a cruise.  The band plays well and the production is tight.

My issues with Burn Halo are rooted in the near demise of the hard rock/metal scene in the early 1990′s.  The bands and the music had become so decadent and shallow that they nearly killed the entire genre.  Some would rather blame the grunge movement, but the reality is that people craved something different, and with more substance.

George Santayana once wrote “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”  I see many trends in today’s music that mimic what was going on in the late 1980′s.  This album, unfortunately, highlights some of those trends.  The lyrics for “Dirty Little Girl” are so archaic that it’s almost as if Kip Winger wrote them for the band.

I think Burn Halo has a great sound for a band.  James Hart has a killer voice, and the rest of the band plays the hell out of their instruments.  They just need to stop trying to write the next cookie-cutter song about drugs or sex, because we already have one Buckcherry, and one is enough.

Track Listing:

1. Dirty Little Girl
2. Save Me
3. Here With Me
4. Too Late To Tell You Now
5. So Addicted
6. Dead End Roads & Lost Highways
7. Saloon Song
8. Our House
9. Fallin’ Faster
10. Anejo
11. Back To The Start
12. Gasoline

Links:

www.myspace.com/burnhalo

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