BURNING POINT

Burning Point - Empyre (2009)

BURNING POINT was founded in the Fall of 1999 in Oulu, Finland.  After the recordings of only one promotional CD, the band managed to get a record deal with a well-known German based metal label who released the albums "Salvation By Fire" (2001) and "Feeding The Flames" (2003). Despite massive legal problems which ended up in fights through lawyers and the loss of their record deal, the band managed to get live slots on some big festivals such as Tuska Metal Festival and Sweden Rock. In 2004 the band took a new, fifth member to the band. Jussi Ontero was chosen to take over the keyboards and the the band went straight to the studio to record the single "To Hell And Back" which was released only in Finland and Sweden by Poison Arrow Records. Between the late 2004 and early 2006, two members of the original line-up went their own ways. Jukka (guitars) continued his own band NNS and Jöpe (bass) joined Catamenia.

In 2005 BURNING POINT recorded another promotional CD. It was brought to the attention of Metal Heaven in Germany and they offered the band a record deal. Spring 2006 the remaining members, Pete, Jussi & Jari started to record the new album. In the middle of the sessions they asked one of their long-time friends, Pekka Kolivuori to step in and fill the 2nd guitarists place. The line-up was completed by the new bassist, Jukka Jokikokko (who also did the engineering of the album in the HelGate studios) at the end of 2006. "Burned Down The Enemy" (2007) marked the end of an era but also the beginning of something new. The band played extensively nationally after the release of the album, but they also made a quick visit to Romania's Maximum Rock Festival.

In the spring of 2008 BURNING POINT started the recordings of a new album, "Empyre" at the HelGate studios. The band's line-up also changed as Jari stepped out of the band to focus on his other band and Jussi took over the drums. Pasi Hiltula (ex-Kalmah, ex-Eternal Tears of Sorrow), who also played on the first two albums, was chosen to be the new keyboardist. Between the recording sessions the band also did few chosen gigs like supporting ex-Skid Row vocalist Sebastian Bach.

Empyre is without a doubt  "back to the roots" album and you'll definitively hear a strong "80's vibe" on the album. Naturally the cover songs and the guests, which are inlcuded on the Limited Edition, just prove the point. Running Wild's "Gods of Iron" (feat. Majk Moti, ex- Running Wild), The Rods’ "Nuclear Skies" (feat. David "Rock" Feinstein), Q5's "Let Go" (feat. Jonathan K).  An additional cover song from one of the biggest artist in Finland, Kirka, "I'll Be Yours" from Kirka's album R.O.C.K. (1986) features vocals by Taage (Kilpi & ex-Altaria) and lead guitars by ex-Kirka guitarist Riku Kukkonen can be found on the regular edition of “Empyre”. The new album also marks a big point on what comes to the songwriting. Four members of the band took part to the writing of the songs on the album, first time in the band's history! The "top notch" production on the album is from the band's own hands and the great mastering was done by Minerva Pappi at the famous Finnvox Studios. The cover artist, Felipe Machado Franco, is also known from his artwork to bands like Iced Earth, Blaze Bayley, Axel Rudi Pell etc.

The plans for 2009: A big  tour with Cryonic Temple (SWE) and Tragedian (DE) is already laid and the dates will be announced soon. 2009 will also see the first ever DVD release of BURNING POINT– a perfect way to celebrate the band’s 10th anniversary!


Track list: 01. Intro (The Godfather theme), 02. Empyre, 03. Manic Merry-Go-Round ,04. Face the Truth, 05. Fool`s Parade, 06. Was it Me, 07. Walls of Stone, 08. Sacrifice, 09. Cruel World, 10. Blinded by the Darkness, 11. Only the Wrong will Survive, 12. I’ll be Yours
 

Burned Down The Enemy (2007)

BURNING POINT was founded in the Fall of 1999 in Oulu, Finland. After the recordings of a promotional CD, the band managed to get a record deal with a well-know German based metal label where they released the albums “Salvation By Fire” (2001) and “Feeding The Flames” (2003) plus the single “To Hell And Back” (2004) on Poison Arrow Records (Finland/ Sweden only).

Despite massive legal problems which ended up in fightings with lawyers and the loss of their record deal, the band nevertheless managed to get some live slots on some big festivals such as Tuska Metal and Sweden Rock.

In 2005, BURNING POINT recorded another promotional CD which was brought to the attention of Metal Heaven in Germany who offered the band a record deal. “Burned Down The Enemy” both marks the end of an era but also the beginning of something new. The “new” BURNING POINT line-up is packed with energy and all band members now are totally standing behind the band. 

Musically, “Burned Down The Enemy” is by far the most heaviest and aggressive album in the band’s history, altough they haven’t forgotten the great melodies and huge choruses. The album was recorded at Hellgate studios in Oulu, mixed in Tonebox studios and mastered in Finnvox studios.

The limited version of this release will include 3 bonus tracks: “My reign, my fire”, “Heart of gold (Demo)”, “The road to hell”

Line-Up: Burned Down The Enemy

Pete Ahonen / vocals & guitars
Jussi Ontero / keyboards
Pekka Kolivuori / guitars
Jari Kaiponen / drums
bass on the album: Pete Ahonen (2 tracks ) and Jukka "hesus" Jokikokko (12 tracks )

Line-Up: Empyre

Pete Ahonen / vocals & guitars
Pekka Kolivuori / guitars
Jukka Jokikokko / bass
Pasi Hiltula / keyboards
Jussi Ontero / drums
 

Releases:

Empyre (2010)

Burned Down The Enemy (2007)

Official website:

www.burningpoint.net

www.myspace.com/burningpointband

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