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The FANS matter, NOT the press! We WILL not manipulate the press just to have something to put on our resume. If ya like us, you'll find us, but we ain't promoting it...fans show up and ROCK and THAT is what counts - BURNING EARTH NEWSLETTER
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Burning Earth- High Voltage Rock from Pennsylvania
August 5th, 2006 16:40 EST
Lonny Stewart
With a name like Burning Earth, the quartet from Fayette Nam, Pennsylvania may mislead many into thinking they’re a Death or Doom Metal band. After all, when your band’s moniker sounds right at home next to names like Slayer, Cannibal Corpse and Killswitch Engage, it’s only natural to think about busting out the Icy-Hot for those muscles in your neck that are desperately going to need it after banging your head for an hour straight. Fear not, because Burning Earth is nothing of the sort.
Let’s not give the impression that they’re sissies, either. Burning Earth demonstrates their ability to make accessible rock music that makes use of deep, brooding vocals, heavy distortion and crisp drumming. Several songs have fairly mellow beginnings with calmer vocals that lead up to the hook. For these reasons, they have more in common with Staind, Creed and Default than with the aforementioned groups.
Bubsy, the lead singer, has a surprisingly larger vocal range than many of his contemporary vocalists. For example, he can actually hit notes and sustain them. There aren’t any moments during the tracks where he’s painfully off-key like so many Emo singers of today. His distinctive voice often reminds listeners of Layne Staley from Alice in Chains, which is a fairly significant compliment considering that Layne was the definitive voice for the post-grunge era. Bubsy’s ability to stretch notes is on par with Staley’s.
The acoustic tracks are where Burning Earth really shines. The track “Mold” was especially memorable due to its impressive guitar hook in the beginning. Listening to acoustic versions of their songs give a more complete picture of Burning Earth’s musical talent. The acoustic versions allow listeners to pick up the subtle nuances of the guitar and vocals that normally would be drowned out by the drums and bass.
Burning Earth will be a welcome addition to fans of post-grunge and modern rock. Their appeal to many mainstream rock fans should be great, too.
- The Student Operated Press
Discography
"ONE DAY" the first full lenghth cd. Produced by Dean Davidson and Grammy Winner, Phil Nicolo. Songs such as "Fear Alone" "Slow Burn" and the internet radio smash "If I Ask" are just the tip of the iceburg.
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The band is made up of professional musicians that have been influenced from everything from the delta blues to Nu-Metal. The songs are emotionally driven with a bombastic beat. This is a band that has found a way to put their metal roots to top 40 radio. There is no line when it comes to the music of BURNING EARTH.
Each member brings their own flavor to the table from bands like Sevendust, Queen, Guns N' Roses, Staind, Black Sabbath, Stone Temple Pilots, Stryper, Rod Stewart, Johnny Cash for a lethal mixture giving the listener a full throttle mind assault on the brain AND ears.
Band members have played in various bands for several years without fullfilling their full potential. The year 2006 brought the current members together and the songwriting has been constant. You have the hard rocking tunes, the melodic "jazz metal" tunes, the ballads, each one better than the last.
BURNING EARTH has had the privilege of opening for acts such as Saliva, Buckcherry, Days of the New, The Dreaming, MercyFall, Crossfade, Quiet Riot, Jani Lane of WARRANT, The BulletBoys, Jackyl and a slew of others. Saliva frontman, Josie Scott commented about the band after their performance that he couldn’t believe they were only on the local circuit. His quote, “These boys are LOCAL!? Damn son, someone better keep an eye on you! You’re damn good, you should be proud.” Once again not taking the accolades too lightly or too serious the band kept plugging away playing more shows and writing more material.
The band got their music in the hands of singer/songwriter Dean Davidson. Upon hearing the rough demo of “If I Ask” and “Slow Burn,” Dean contacted their manager to discuss getting them in the studio to record the tunes “the RIGHT WAY, to make a REAL record.” Dean also informed them that they’d be working with the legendary Phil Nicolo (multi Grammy winner and multi-platinum album recipient) who would be helping produce, but also mixing and mastering the CD.
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