Burning View – This Is Over
8th June, 2007 by Chewbacca
Four-piece band Burning View from Daytona Beach, Florida make no allusions to a grand story for their band – “we met, we all clicked, it works” – and it certainly does! Burning View is a good ol’ hard rock tune to get you pumping. Unfortunately, the name of the song is all too ironic for the band – it seems the band is well over – having seen nothing new for 3 years. Still, the four tracks they’ve released on their Garage Band profile are good enough to make you wonder where they lost their exposure. This is my favourite of the four tracks, “This Is Over”:
So for our first entry, a traditional classic rock/metal influenced band sounding like they could be dragging the genre, kicking and screaming, back into the limelight of popularity. In recent years, styles of rock music that first found popularity back in the early 70s and re-emerged subsequently in the early 80s have been making a strong comeback; it’s almost as if Priest, Sabbath, Purple and yes, even Zep never really went away. This is especially true in the “underground” it seems, with a number of bands re-discovering classic blues-based rock and metal. However, lets not get too caught up in nostalgia; this is “classic rock” with a modern edge for a 21st century audience. It’s hard, hairy, melodic, massive, and the musicianship is utterly fantastic, as you will hear if you listen to this track; the major debut single “Closer to God”. The band do shows mainly in Staffs but also regularly try to venture out, across the country. If you get a chance, see them, before they make it big; currently they are in negotiations over a suitable record deal.