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Artist
Burning Human
12+ albums
death metalBrutal Death Metalmetalamericandeathcore
about
Hear the name “Burning Human” and your brain likely cooks up some harsh, literal images: monks on fire, people leaping from blazing buildings—you get the idea. Where Troy, New York’s Burning Human is concerned, however, the name just as well suits the creative firestorm that lights the band’s on-again, off-again 14-year path. With its long-awaited full-length debut, appropriately titled Resurrection through Fire, Burning Human makes good on both points: The album’s mere existence is a testament to the band’s inner mounting flame, while the songs within are a veritable feast of napalm for the ears. Produced and mixed by death-metal guitar legend James Murphy (Obituary, Death, Testament, Disincarnate), who also lays down a handful of solos, Resurrection through Fire is a master’s class in velocity, groove and blunt-force trauma. Certainly, having acclaimed Shadows Fall drummer Jason Bittner on the kit raises Burning Human’s penchant for rhythmic destruction, but having literally years to refine their craft (some of Resurrection’s tracks first germinated in the band’s early days) also has Burning Human collectively crushing all comers. Opening with an ominous, mood-setting instrumental, “Throes of Dementia,” Resurrection through Fire quickly explodes into action and stays there. The album’s 10 songs range from dark tech-grind assaults (the Bittner-penned, Charles Manson-inspired 1:32 “Mass Murder”) to brutal old-school death metal (“Tormented Mind”) to complex metal/hardcore
