Salvation by Fire

Salvation by Fire

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
All the material was composed by Pete Ahonen and Jukka Kyrö, and the ten tracks (plus a bonus track) of Salvation By Fire were recorded in the "Neo Studio" in Oulu, the musicians' hometown in Finland. Kari Vähäkuopus, with whom Burning Point have worked for the past three years, was the album's producer . Guest musician on the album was their friend Pasi Hiltula, the keyboarder of the well-known Finnish band Eternal Tears Of Sorrow. Furthermore, Sape from the newcomer band Myon, who have just released their own highly praised debut album, came into the studio as background singer.

The attractive cover artwork is the handicraft of the American comic artist Bob Eggleton, whom Burning Point contacted via the Internet. It was a surprising request for Eggleton to be asked to do the cover artwork for a metal band.

The first traces of the band can be found in the year 1997 when guitarist Jukka Kyrö and singer / guitarist Pete Ahonen recorded a demo tape with guest musicians and sent it, under the name of Planet Caravan to several Scandinavian magazines. The press gave the four songs, the basis of which were reminiscent of early Black Sabbath, very positive reviews. Thus encouraged, Kyrö and Ahonen began the search for permanent band members and, in the form of drummer Jari Kaiponen they found a perfect partner. With Kaiponen's help contact was also made to bass player Toni "Jöpe" Kansanoja who joined the band as the fourth member. With the new line-up they changed their band name to Burning Point and immediately began to write new song material. After only two rehearsal sessions together Burning Point were able to present two hot metal songs, "Under The Dying Sun" and "Higher", which shortly after, together with "Fall Of Thy Kingdom", were burned onto a demo CD in Autumn 1999. The fantastic reviews in Finnish magazines and rotation on numerous rock radio stations led to the band receiving an offer from a small Scandinavian label to finance a complete album, in order to help Burning Point climb the international ladder. At the band's first concert in Winter 2000, at which they had around 600 metal fans headbanging themselves to the point of dizziness, Burning Point also underlined their terrific talent as a live band. Only a few months later the quartett returned to the "Neo Studio" in Oulo in order to work on the songs for their debut album, Salvation By Fire with producer Kari Vähäkuopus. The recordings alone took three weeks, the mix required two weeks more. The result sounded so promising that the Hamburg melodic metal label, Limb Music Products (Rhapsody, Mob Rules etc.) promptly offered the four Finns a contract and secured the rights for Salvation By Fire. Following the release in October 2001 Burning Point will tour Finland and will hopefully soon be on the road through Germany and neighbouring countries.

Product Description
The volcano rumbles and erupts with deafening thunder into sky-high fountains of fire: With their debut album Salvation By Fire the Finnish metal band Burning Point set free a measure of energy that is usually found in the most spectacular of Mother Nature's free shows. The four musicians cleverly combine kick-down guitar riffs with memorable vocals, culminating in exciting choruses which grab the listener from the first note onwards. Warning: Heavy metal is being forged using the highest of volcanic heat.

The musical style of Salvation By Fire ranges from fast speed metal compositions, like the opener "Under The Dying Sun" and "Signs Of Danger", over grooving midtempo songs such as "Finally Free" and "The One", to epic and intelligently arranged tracks like the 6-minute long "Salvation By Fire". Burning Point describe their style as "classical heavy metal" and audibly orientate themselves on great names such as Accept, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath and Malmssteen, yet still manage to put a very individual stamp on the entire album.

Tracks:

The Burning Point
Under The Dying Sun
Lake Of Fire
Fall Of Thy Kingdom
Higher
Black Star
Stealer Of Light
The One
Signs Of Danger
Salvation By Fire
hidden bonus track

Album Description

The volcano rumbles and erupts with deafening thunder into sky-high fountains of fire: With their debut album Salvation By Fire the Finnish metal band Burning Point set free a measure of energy that is usually found in the most spectacular of Mother Nature's free shows. The four musicians cleverly combine kick-down guitar riffs with memorable vocals, culminating in exciting choruses which grab the listener from the first note onwards. Warning: Heavy metal is being forged using the highest of volcanic heat.

Customer Reviews:

Needs work........2002-01-07

Very simply put; they need a seasoned lead vocalist and another element of instrumentation. The muscianship is good and the song-writing is fairly good as well.
However, I think Mr. Ahonen needs to concentrate on his primary instrument, the guitar and find a front-man. Hell, if I thought he might entertain the idea of a short-haired lead singer, even I would audition.
Primal Scream and Metalium are two examples of bands without a lot of texture, but at the least, they do have strong front-men. One of which is totally bald by the way. Nuff said.