Black Light Burns is an Alternative Rock band with Industrial Metal influences, formed by Limp Bizkit guitarist / Ensemble Dark Horse Wes Borland, who is its sole constant member.
Previously involved in ill fated solo projects Big Dumb Face (with his brother Scott Borland, which put out an album that sounded like it was written after listening to nothing but Ween), Eat the Day, and The Damning Well, Borland started BLB after leaving Limp Bizkit for a second time in 2005. Assuming multiple instrumental duties (guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion) and taking over vocals, he began to write a solo album, enlisting Danny Lohner, Charlie Clouser, Josh Freese, and Josh Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv as contributors. The resulting album: Cruel Melody, was released in 2007 and received good reviews. Borland then assembled a new lineup for touring.
During a break in touring, the new lineup released an album of covers and instrumental B-sides, Cover Your Heart and the Anvil Pants Odyssey. The album came with a DVD that included a tour documentary and the music videos for "Mesopotamia," "4 Walls," and "Lie."
The band is currently on hiatus due to Borland rejoining Limp Bizkit, but he announced in February 2012 that the second album: The Moment You Realise You're Going to Fall, will be released in September - October through the Rocket Science Ventures/THC:Music/RED label.
Current Members:
- Wes Borland - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, programming
- Nick Annis - guitars
- Dennis Sanders Jr. - bass (replacing former bassist Sean Fetterman)
- Marshall Kilpatric - drums
Albums:
- Cruel Melody (2007)
- Cover Your Heart and the Anvil Pants Odyssey (2008)
- The Moment You Realise You're Going to Fall (2012)
Tropes:
- Cover Album: Cover Your Heart and the Anvil Pants Odyssey. Artists covered include Lard, Duran Duran, PJ Harvey, Fiona Apple, The Sisters of Mercy, Swans, Love and Rockets, Wes' previous band Big Dumb Face and The Stooges.
- Epic Rocking: "I Am Where It Takes Me" is largely atmospheric in style, and "Iodine Sky" is an extended ambient instrumental.
- I Am the Band: Wes Borland is the principal songwriter and only constant member.
- Record Producer: Contrary to what you'd expect from a side project, Cruel Melody is actually produced by Danny Lohner — Wes only has a mixing credit on "Iodine Sky."
- Start My Own: Wes Borland started the band as a solo project a few years after his departure from Limp Bizkit.
