{"id":7071,"date":"2016-03-16T15:32:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T14:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powerofmetal.dk\/?p=7071"},"modified":"2016-03-16T15:32:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T14:32:55","slug":"burning-nightmares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/reviews\/burning-nightmares","title":{"rendered":"Burning – Nightmares"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a big chance that a lot of Danish readers and other metal fans from outside\u00a0the Netherlands are not familiar with the band Burning. Well, the band started in 2013 and released\u00a0the single “Lurking in the\u00a0Dark” (added as bonustrack)\u00a0in 2014. The 300 copies were sold rather fast and many viewed the videoclip of the track on YouTube.<\/p>\n

The 5 members of todays line-up are:<\/p>\n

vocalist: Hugo Koch (Rise &\u00a0Burn, Rumbones) and organizer of Very\u00a0‘Eavy Festival
\nbass: Andy Haandrikman (The Wounded)
\ndrums: Jan Engelkes (ex-Chainz)
\nguitar: Renee Knegt and Johnny Kars<\/p>\n

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What I like most of\u00a0the band\u00a0is that not only their music is old school heavy metal, but the complete package\u00a0has that charisma. The lyrics, the new video, the artwork it all\u00a0has the old school look and feel. Opener “Razors and Reasons” is an uptempo track in which\u00a0influences of Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden\u00a0 are mixed together. What’s also special is that the lyrics of this track and the first 2 parts\u00a0of the lyricss of “Anthem For the Lost Souls” are written by a Dutch known thriller book-writer Bronja Hoffsslag. After she had seen the video clip of the band’s first single she got very excited and\u00a0so they decided to work\u00a0together. Being present they also asked her for posing on the artwork and as you can see with success.<\/p>\n

Next track “Trials of 1613” is a lot slower, a doomy track in which Hugo sometimes sings in a kind of Ozzy Osbourne style. Below you can see the video of the song. “Nightmare” is again a mid tempo track with a nice roling and rumbling\u00a0bass line and a contagious rhytmn. Hugo\u00a0perhaps isn’t one of the top 10\u00a0singers in heavy metal, but he has the kind of sound that sticks perfectly to this old school music. The guitar riffs in the songs are catchy and effective, not too complex, just right.<\/p>\n

My personal favorite is “Stuck”, probably the fastest song, in which influences of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Black Sabbath merge and the singing lines are great. A nice solo finishes it off. The almost 13 minutes long\u00a0“Anthem\u00a0For the Lost Souls”\u00a0consists of 3 parts and is the most epic track.\u00a0The three parts are\u00a0musically rather different, but definitely form a unity.\u00a0With spoken\u00a0words in a kind of Manowar (“Defender”)\u00a0style , the parts are linked together.\u00a0The\u00a0second spoken part\u00a0is a kind of Burning version of the Lord’s\u00a0Prayer. Their 2014 single closes\u00a0the album, a real NWOBHM track!<\/p>\n

Besides some bands I already mentioned also influences of Trouble, Witchfinder General, Saxon, Picture\u00a0and a more modern band like Ghost can be added. For our Dutch\u00a0and our German readers close to the border: the releaseparty is 25 March 2016, location: FOX Nightlife, Stadskanaal, with opener You’re Dead (S.O.D.\/M.O.D. tributeband) and headliner Tygers Of Pan Tang!<\/p>\n

If you are into\u00a0NWOBHM with some doom influences, interesting lyrics all packed in nice metal songs, check them out!<\/p>\n

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