BURNING BLACK
Treviso, Veneto, Italy | INDIE
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3 out of 5 - KK Downing's Steel Mill
7.5 out of 10 - Heavysounds (France)
7.5 out of 10 - Hall of Metal (Spain)
8.5 out of 10 - Metallus (Italy)
4 out of 6 - Imothep (Norway)
5 out of 5 - Festival Photo (Sweden)
8 out of 9 - Imperiumi (Finland)
5 out of 5 - FFM Rock (Germany)
7.5 out of 10 - Rock Hard Germany
Discography
MECHANICHELL (2009 - Limb Music/Soulfood)
BURNING BLACK add some spice to the remainder of 2009 with this excellent Power Metal album. "MechanicHell" consists of brilliantly arranged Power Metal with the necessary melodies - without being too kitschy. Stylistically, fast up-tempo songs such as "Hero Of The Century" or "Our Sentence" sound like a mixture of Judas Priest, Malice, Hammerfall and Brainstorm, and the catchy melody lines sail on the sharp riffs with gracious ease. This Power Metal output bristles with Metal power (sic!), emotion and energy, and turns versatile songs like the title track ("MechanicHell" - reminding you of Malice now and then), or aggressive, double bass-laden "Messengers Of Hell" into genuine, pure Metal anthems. Vocalist Dan Ainlay is lucky to have all the assets of a pure, unaffected Metal voice - imagine his voice being a love child of Lion’s Kai Swan and Malice's James Neal: just check out epic "Victims And Torturers"... Powerful "Purgatory Child" overwhelms you with a mighty dramatic riff and a classy melody, reminding you of the early days of short-lived US-Metal legends Lion. "Secrets To Hide" is a melting pot of anthemic, "European" sounding melodies with those tight and hefty riff barrages US Power Metal is known for. With "MechanicHell", BURNING BLACK have created a gem: an exciting compromise of melody and power.
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PRISONERS OF STEEL (2008 Sweet Poison/Self)
Between July and August 2007, the band records its first full length album, entitled “Prisoners Of Steel”, produced by Tony Fontò (White Skull) and Nick Savio (Hollow Haze), who is also a special guest in the album. This work represents a perfect picture of BURNING BLACK’s evolution since their birth in 2004, with great care of sounds and arrangements, but always with their typical mark: total and faithful dedication to the rules of pure Heavy Metal, from 80s NWOBHM to the modern German scene, with American and European Hard Rock influences. BURNING BLACK never took their inspiration from one particular band, but have always tried to make a synthesis of the best of “Classic” Heavy Metal of the last 30 years. The result is a strong and powerful album, whose tunes are only connected by two themes: passion for music and life on the road!
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Bio
2004, John Morris (guit) and Dan Ainlay (voc) establish BURNING BLACK - they manage to attract the attention of the worldwide Metal underground just shortly after with their two demo CDs "Smell The Fire" (2005) and "Fight To Dream" (2006).
The demos are the perfect door openers - very soon, the boys have a record contract. In the meantime, while the line-up has become a steady one, with AJ Simons (bass) and Will Oswin (drums), first gigs are played. In the summer of 2007, the band records their first album "Prisoners Of Steel", an epitome of uncompromising Heavy Metal.
After the release of this debut in April 2008, great reviews are almost everyday routine, they are offered to tour with national and international acts, and the experience turns them into seasoned musicians who have already played with U.D.O., Primal Fear, Volbeat, Bonfire, White Skull, Rage, etc (to name just a few)... Besides all these activities, they record some demos for the second album, demonstrating their maturity regarding songwriting and arrangements.
At the end of 2008, they start recording, and finish in January 2009: a new album including fresh elements, and considerably more rough & tough sounds than before is ready. Before the release of the new album, BURNING BLACK get the chance to go on a European tour with Circle II Circle and Manticora. Another line-up change, a smooth and easy one with the new entries Eric Antonello and Stephen Moore (guit), and they are on their way. Somewhere in between all this, the band has signed a deal with LIMB MUSIC - the label has released the new BURNING BLACK album internationally.
In December 2010 the band joins Finnish monster rockers Lordi for their European tour, playing throughout 7 countries in front of thousands of enthusiastic fans.
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