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My City Burning (EP out now)

More hardcore than Jenna Jameson!

About Me


CURRENTLY
..working our butts off for more shows and more exposure. If you organize shows: book us, if you run a 'zine of some kind: review us, if you're a label: sign us!
VIDEOS
"The Great Escape" (Live at Paradiso - supporting Raging Speedhorn):
"Out With The Negative" (Live at Paradiso - supporting Raging Speedhorn):
"Black Hearts Unite" (Live at Melkweg - supporting Poison the Well):
BIO
Maarten + Ramon + Igor + July 2006 = fast, loud, aggressive hardcore metal. Yes, we have all been in bands before and yes, you may have heard of those bands, you might have been a groupie or seen them live even. However, this is something new, something fresh, something that kicks ass like none of the previous bands did (no offense, guys).
In our short lifespan we have already been fortunate enough to share stages in Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Italy with a lot of kickass bands, including POISON THE WELL (USA), INTEGRITY (USA), COLISEUM (USA), PENKNIFELOVELIFE (UK), SAMARITAN (NL) and NO TURNING BACK (NL).
We also supported RAGING SPEEDHORN (UK) on their final European tour.
PRESS
About our debut EP "White Lies, Black Eyes":
"Het gromt, het bijt, het doet pijn op de goede plekken en er wordt op de juiste momenten een catchy stuk ingebouwd. [...] Als de hardcorelabels wakker worden lijven ze My City Burning snel in en zetten ze deze mannen in een goede studio. Wedden dat er een dijk van een plaat uitkomt?"
(Translation:) "It growls, bites and hurts in all the right places. It has the catchy stuff where needed. [...] When will the hardcore labels wake up and realize they have to put these guys into a studio to get a killer album out of them?"
- OOR magazine (October 2008)
"My City Burning laat op de debuut-EP "White Lies, Black Eyes" een aardig staaltje muzikaal kunnen horen, waarbij rauwe hardcore wordt verweven met voortrazende metal. [...] Vooral "The Catalyst", waarbij zanger Igor op overtuigende wijze zijn keel binnenstebuiten lijkt te schreeuwen, en het catchy "Black hearts Unite" tonen een hoop potentie."
(Translation:) "My City Burning displays a nice piece of musical skill on their debut EP "White Lies, Black Eyes", where raw hardcore is intertwined with raging metal. [...] Especially "The Catalyst", where singer Igor appears to scream his throat inside out in a convincing manner, and the catchy "Black Hearts Unite" show a lot of potential."
- Aardschok magazine (November 2008)
About our live shows:
"Als ik maar een moment niet oplette bevond mijn vuist zich weer in de lucht en zat ik teksten mee te schreeuwen die ik nog nooit eerder had gehoord... en dan weet je dat je een vette band aan het ervaren bent. [...] Op de terugweg klonk het nog steeds door m'n hoofd: "We are the sound of the underground..."
- punksquad.nl
"Their formula is clear and effective: straight in your face, simple and loud modernized (thrash) metal. If you bring along fans (a.k.a. friends) and create one hell of a party people will go along and have a lot of fun. My City Burning really knows what to do to get the crowd moving."
- metalrage.com
MERCHANDISE
BOOKINGS
For bookings, please send a mail to partyscars@gmail.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/9/2006
Band Website: mycityburning.com
Band Members:

The Dudes

Maarten - drums
Ramon - Guitar
Igor - vocals
Spit - Bass
Influences: Terror, Walls of Jericho, Chain of Strength, Figure Four, Hatebreed, Machine Head, Raised Fist, Strife, Twelve Tribes, Evergreen Terrace, Sick of it All
Sounds Like: you will most likely die at a show
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Lyrics for the EP

01. The Catalystslash through my jaded heartdamn sure I felt thattook all my dreams from mewith no remorseI'll take your knifefrom my back nowgave it alland you took it all away from meand when my wo...
Posted by My City Burning (EP out now) on Wed, 14 May 2008 11:53:00 PST

Recordings

Hey people,Just to let you know what's up, we are starting the recordings for the EP this sunday! Tracking the drums first and then the rest (you know the drill).Expect some kickass music in the begin...
Posted by My City Burning (EP out now) on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:06:00 PST

"My City Burning": What's in a name?

"My City Burning" was inspired by the disastrous war in Lebanon right now between Israel and the Hezbollah. The world watches and does relatively nothing while innocent people lose their life, their c...
Posted by My City Burning (EP out now) on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:52:00 PST