Burning Realm - Face The Fire CS
Tapes Of Wrath (an offshoot of SuperFi Records, who have done records with the likes of Boris, Melt Banana, Taint, Moss, Army Of Flying Robots, Art Of Burning Water over their 24-year existence) are very proud to present the upcoming release of a tape by the Dublin band Burning Realm! Having moved to Ireland a few years ago, I have only been to a handful of gigs post-pandemic and merely skimmed the surface of the vibrant close-knit scene here. I was lucky to catch Burning Realm in a support slot and really enjoyed their set, so I offered to do a tape and here we are!
Burning Realm are an Irish trio on the stoner-rock spectrum with direct, low-end riffing and pounding drums augmented by hefty doses of psychedelic freakouts. They formed in 2022 as a three-piece of two guitars and drums, and features quite the current and ex-member list, including No Spill Blood (Svart / Sargent House Records), Venus Sleeps, Wizards of Firetop Mountain, Mongolia, Realistic Train, and Puget Sound.
The band cites myriad influences, including Thin Lizzy, The Damned, Danava, Earthless, Sleep, Yawning Man, Big Business, Rudimentary Peni, and Annihilation Time. I would personally add High On Fire and early Floor to that list. In their current writing, the band draw conceptual influence from a mix of Celtic and Mesoamerican mythology (if you're really interested in that kind of stuff - you can read about this in greater detail further below).
Their debut EP is a four-track tape due out at the end of March 2024. It was recorded by Shaun Cadogan at Last Light Recording and mastered by James Plotkin.
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