RateYourMusic.Com gives "Echoed In Red' 4 out of 5 stars!

Echoed in Red is a strong and compact EP with 6 energetic power metal tracks. Powder Burn gets you started with the title track "Echoed in Red", it contains an enormous catchy drive. All of the songs are quite lyrics orientated and some of them do remind me of Linkin Park, when it comes to the explosive energy. There are even some moments on Echoed in Red that make the 80s hardrock come alive for a short while.

The guitar playing is overall quite indestructible , but it has it's lush moments also. These lush moments make Echoed in Red a well balanced album for those who like to hear instruments being "tortured" on one hand and on the other hand also like to hear exceptionally refreshing sounds from the guitars and percussion.

All the songs are written before there were lyrics, except the song "Oceans" where the lyrics came first. The intro of "Oceans" is kind of a short break, what seems to be a resting point on the cd, but in fact it's a prelude to another outrageous outburst, I think it has something to do with the story behind the lyrics. Well just watch the DVD and you'll know what I mean ;-)

Though there are no keyboards credited on Echoed in Red there is a marvelous intro on "Here and After" something that asks for more.....

:-)

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2/2007 - Band Interview - Insite Magazine

Powderburn
Explodes Into 2007 with Echoed In Red

Written by Sean Claes
  

In 1998, Austin’s Powderburn was formed
when guitarist Josh Klayman and
vocalist/guitarist Ken Lockman met and
decided to bring their signature heavy metal
sound to the masses. A little over eight
years later, in 2007, Powderburn is hot off
the January release of their third release,
Echoed In Red.

Along the way they have had some major
achievements, playing alongside such metal
masters as Slayer, The Misfits, Sepultura,
and Anthrax. They’ve also played Austin’s
South By Southwest for the past three years
running. In addition, the guys have been
awarded the title of best metal band in
Austin for three of the last four years (The
Edge Magazine Awards), and hundreds of fans
turn out for their shows and sing the lyrics
word-for-word.

The road to today has not been without
it’s bumps. They’ve had to contend with a
couple of line-up changes, including losing
their original lead vocalist. The current
line up has become solid with bassist Greg
Enkler and drummer Patrick Swift. The band
took some time between beers and
Jagermeister shots to talk with INsite
Managing Editor Sean Claes about the band
and the new release, Echoed In Red, a
combination CD and DVD.

Sean Claes: How did Powderburn form?

Ken Lockman: The band started in
1999 with Josh and a bunch of random dudes.
I originally joined it as a side project,
Greg was forced to audition by his roommate,
and we most recently rescued Pat from his
crap band in NYC. Here we are years later,
and I couldn't be happier with this
accidental forming of Powderburn.

 

Claes: How many shows has Powderburn
played?

Lockman: We started off playing at
what is now a tiny gay bar in Austin and got
paid $11 and 6 lone stars. Since then we've
played all over TX and in various states in
the country... so that's… carry the 2…
account for Jager shots... 4834.5 shows.

Patrick Swift: Yeah, the .5 is
from that midget biker rally we played. I
don't remember much.

 

Claes: What does the title of your new
EP/DVD Echoed In Red mean?

Lockman: Without saying too much,
the phrase came up in a conversation at the
practice room, and we decided it made a good
title for a song.

Swift: Yeah, we gave it a meaning,
and so should you. We don't like to effect
people's interpretations of our songs too
much.

 

Claes: How did a release/listening
party at The Yellow Rose materialize?

Swift: From my love/hate
relationship with strippers. I love them,
and then they hate me six months later.

Lockman: We play rock music.
Strippers like rock music. Guys like rock
music. Guys also like boobs. Do the math.

Greg Enkler: If you could have a
CD-listening party somewhere, where would
YOU go?

 

Claes: Your last CD, Powderburn, was
released in 2003. Why did we wait 3 years
before a new CD?

Swift: Gross incompetence.

Enkler: Most of it had to do with
getting Pat into the band from New York and
up to speed with the stuff.

Lockman: Every band writes songs,
records them, and then 6 months later has
better songs. We took the time to write 30
songs and pick the best 6.

 

Claes: Who would be the ultimate band
line-up of a Powderburn Tour?

Lockman: Dope, because they're fun
guys, Metallica, because they have a few
fans, and Justin Timberlake.

Enkler: The original lineup of
Guns 'N' Roses. Motley Crue . . . you want
fun?

Swift: Ken stole my Justin
Timberlake idea, so I'm going to go with
Iron Maiden, The Cure, and Metallica,
because there is nothing funnier than 40
year old people in leather pants. I do like
all those bands, though.

 

Claes: Who are your favorite
local/area bands to play with?

Lockman: Anyone who doesn't take
themselves too seriously . . . and doesn't
suck.

Enkler: Mevyn, Shrapnel,
Quartershackle, that's all I can remember
right now.

Swift: I don't like playing with
bands so much as I like drinking with them
in the green room and making fun of the band
who's on at the moment. It's really an art
form . . .someone should make a documentary.

 

Claes: Do you have a day job? What is
it?

Enkler: Yes. My day job is
ROCKING.

Lockman: I put in long hours at
Bodog.com.

Swift: I play a taut, pre-teen
Swedish boy on Young and the Restless.

Lockman: Josh turns wrenches on
East Seventh Street.

Claes: What are some of the previous
bands you've been a member of?

Swift: Hey Greg - weren't you in
Armored Saint, or Sacred Reich, or one of
those poofy hair bands?

Enkler: Ohh . . it was something
between Sacred Reich and Fates Warning… It
was Sacred Oath! I was nineteen and playing
with a bunch of forty-year old dudes.

Swift: And I was in a crap band in
NYC.

Claes: Give us a tour story...

Lockman: I won't say which one of
us it was, but things were getting pretty
hot and heavy on MySpace one day, and this
young lady made large promises about an
upcoming show. To our surprise, when she
arrived, she still wanted to fulfill those
promises, never mind the seventh-month
pregnancy. Go METH!

Swift: We're in Houston, at Jake's
Bar. We're good friends with the bar staff,
and one of the bartenders heard that I'd
started wearing underwear after a ten-year
hiatus. So, in the spirit of good
friendship, she gave me the wedgie from
hell, pulling me off my barstool completely.

Not to be outdone, when I recovered from
the trauma to my groin, I got up and reached
into her pants with both hands, and pulled
her thong completely out of her pants. It
hangs in the van to this day to celebrate my
conquest.

Enkler: Awhile back, we were
playing at a strip club. And to not
incriminate the guys, I won't name names…
but there were at least two members of the
band working hard on some of the girls in
the club. So hard, in fact, that they loaded
out gear faster at this show than at any
other in history, in order to get back to
the hotel in time to make something happen.

When all was said and done, when we were
done packing up, their moms had called them
to come home and take care of their
children. And the guys in the band drank
themselves unconscious.

Klayman: I once peed next to Adam
Dutkiewicz from Killswitch Engage.

 

Claes: What's your favorite dirty
joke?

Swift: This band is my favorite
dirty joke.

Lockman: What's the best thing
about twenty eight year olds? There's TWENTY
of them!

Enkler: Why do you put a baby in a
blender feet first? So you can see its
expression!

Lockman: That's not dirty though…

Swift: Yeah, that's just fuckin
gross.

Enkler: Blow me.

 

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