Customer Reviews

Burn Halo

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This a great rock and roll album. But how can you not mention the guitars? Synester Gates from Avenged Sevenfold and Neal Tiemann of MWK and David Cook's band. If you like good old fashioned rock and roll, you will love this record.

Why are people ignoring this cd? It is an amazing collection of rock. There are no bad songs, seriously not one to skip. It has a good mix of loud songs and slower ones. You will not be disappointed at all!

I am not one to leave reviews on things, but I love this CD - I have not said that in a long time **almost 20 years (with few exceptions AIC, Buckcherry, etc) I really hope this band gets more exposure. Anyone who has not listened to this is really missing out - Thank You Burn Halo :)

I saw them when I was home on R&R from Iraq and was a awesome concert so I knew I had to get there cd as soon as I could!

The Good

"Dirty Little Girl" is dominated by meaty guitar riffs and gritty vocals. Driving guitars set the steady pace for "Save Me." Vocalist James Hart delivers an empowering performance here. The chorus hook is sure to draw you in. "Here With Me" is a little more glossy than the tracks that preceded it. It still has that rock edge, but is clearly a song set up for the radio. Hart shows his vocal diversity here. "So Addicted" sound like it was plucked right from the Alice in Chains or Stone Temple Pilots catalog. "Saloon Song" is undeniably catchy, and tells the tale of a bar hook up that lead to a long love affair. Burn Halo comes with all barrels blazing on "Our House." "Falling Faster" is a predominately acoustic ballad with an over-the-top chorus. "Anejo" brings the energy level back up.

The Bad

Nothing notable

The Verdict

Vocalist James Hart said he wanted to go out there and create a straight-up rock record with commercial appeal. Well, Hart hits the nail on the head with Burn Halo's debut. This album is pure modern-era rock with plenty of heavy riffs and melodic vocals. Burn Halo reminds me the current rock sound being put forth by Hinder or Rev Theory. Halo is in great company indeed.

Burn Halo is awesome band. I heard one of their songs featured on WWE's 2009 Smackdown vs Raw video game, which is 'Save Me.' Which is awesome song. I enjoy listening the cd. My favorites songs on the album are 'Save Me,' 'So Addicted,' 'Here With Me, and 'Gasoline.' This album is one to pick up and give a listen to.

Do not own the cd yet, have only listened to the samples over and over again on Amazon. Excellent album!

Loved the CD. Especialy the first two tracks. Dirty Girl and Save me. I would most definately buy more music from this artist. I've listened to the CD several times and it keeps getting better. I would recommend this to friends.

After listening to a cd for many times, a person usually has a few songs that you skip. You listen to a few seconds then press next song. This cd does not really have the "skip songs". Very good from beginning to end.

Never listened to 18 visions, but this cd is good enough to make give it a try.Essentially a solo album, the new vehicle for former 18 Visions vocalist James Hart hasn't been without its setbacks. Unceremoniously dumped by Island /Def Jam after Hart was originally signed by the label, the debut album will finally see a release on the Rawkhead label, a label specifically created by Burn Halo's manager to get the album heard.

Originally recorded during 2007 and produced and co-written with songwriter Zac Maloy, Burn Halo's debut calls upon an army of seasoned session musicians including Daniel Adair and guitarist Neil Tiemann; the latter now forms part of David Cook's touring band. Hart has now finally assembled a band that should be capable of touring in support of the album.

For an album that has essentially been in the can for nearly two years, it sounds remarkably fresh. 18 Visions was always an uncomfortable amalgam of synthetic eighties melodic rock and contemporary tendencies, but Burn Halo's debut is a different beast entirely.

Rough edged un-burred hard rock with a core reminiscent of Guns and Roses is the order of the day. From Tiemann's Slash-like guitar forays on the crunching `Dirty Little Girl'-and indeed throughout the album-thru to Hart's wavering vocals on songs like the emotionally charged `Here With Me' or the double tracked harmonies on the vintage rock ballad `To Late To Tell You Now', it all gels into a memorable album. `Save Me', `Our House' and `Anejo'-Hart comes over like a hard rock version of Brandon Flowers-are all excellent hard rock songs. Of the less outstanding songs on offer `So Addicted' feels like a clumsy attempt at a more modern genre; lacking a pay off hook it feels like a wasted opportunity to maintain the consistency. Similarly with `Fallin Faster', a ballad so weak it perhaps would have been wise to omit it altogether.