EARTHBURNER has arrived! For BROKEN HOPE fans 'in the know', EARTHBURNER is the grindcore entity that Jeremy Wagner first created in 2002 when BH was entering it’s 'metal hibernation' period. The band went on hiatus, which ended up being longer than Wagner had hoped, as was their complete incarnation and long-term game plan.
As the saying goes, 'you can't keep a good man down' and with this as their mantra, EARTHBURNER are pleased to announce their official arrival. The guys have have both an audio and visual treat to to introduce themselves with too - listen to their first EP and watch the official music video for 'Total War', here: earthburner.com.
...And expect the full length album later this year!
Jeremy Wagner explains how the band came about below:
“I’m happy to announce that EARTHBURNER finally has legs and now has material for the whole world to hear and see. I originally planned to make EARTHBURNER a full-time successor to BROKEN HOPE years ago. In fact, I announced it to the masses in 2002, and immediately received positive responses from fans and press-plugs in almost every metal mag available at the time. However, some things in life side-tracked me (like focusing on being a novelist and getting married and moving), and that all caused EARTHBURNER to be put on the ‘back-burner.’
That said, EARTHBURNER was always on my mind…I was still writing and demoing riffs and extreme music that no one had yet heard, and with each passing year, some fans would ask whatever was I going to do with EARTHBURNER (and I yearned to do something to finally answer that question). The fact that anyone was still interested delighted me and also made me anxious to get it going again.
I’m intensely passionate about pure grindcore and had always wanted to a genuine grindcore band that would be a separate monster from BROKEN HOPE in terms of style, genre, tuning, vocals, and pure blasting ferocity. It was my love for bands like TERRORIZER, NAPALM DEATH, NASUM, REPULSION, GENERAL SURGERY, and CRIPPLE BASTARDS who all inspired me for decades and really drove me to do something faithful to this über-extreme genre.
Fast-forward to 2011…a dream came true when my debut novel, “THE ARMAGEDDON CHORD,” was published and became a bestseller that year. That success provided me with the opportunity to pursue more artistic desires. So, I decided to get back into music and concentrate on making EARTHBURNER a real goddamn band. I soon hooked up with drummer, Mike Miczek (who later joined BROKEN HOPE), and vocalist, Ryan Richards (from Chicago grind maniacs, EVERYTHING MUST DIE), and we began writing our asses off. We wrote a dozen songs and later decided to use 3 of them for an official EP (which is released today) and we even did a sick music video for one of the tracks, “TOTAL WAR,” that I feel is a perfect companion to this EP that listeners will dig.
Why did it take a little longer for this EP and video to come out? Well, 2 things happened: 1.) I had to file the name, trademark, and all copyrights to the EARTHBURNER name with lawyers and sit on this material. And, 2.) BROKEN HOPE came back into my life FULL-TIME in 2012, and because of BH, I had little time for anything else - be it writing new books or doing EARTHBURNER.
Now, with the arrival of this New Year, the legalities are straightened out, I have more time on my hands, and I’m in the position to properly release EARTHBURNER material for the first time!
I hope you’ll all enjoy this EP and the VIDEO that goes with it. Moreover, this EP is just a sample of what to expect from an EARTHBURNER album. Mike Miczek and I have demoed around 15 more songs at my home studio, and we are hoping a legit record label will sign us on so that EARTHBURNER can record and release a FULL-LENGTH album this year. We already have tons of songs ready to go—we just need a label home to put it out.
Until then, enjoy this new EARTHBURNER EP and VIDEO, and cheers to you all!”
EARTHBURNER is:
Ryan Richards - Vocals Jeremy Wagner - Guitars Mike Miczek - Drums
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