Buried in Your Black Heart by Burden Brothers

Buried in Your Black Heart, the first full-length from Dallas hard rockers Burden Brothers, came out on Kirtland Records in November 2003 after a run of EPs. The band began in 2002 as a side project for singer and guitarist Vaden Todd Lewis and drummer Taz Bentley, and this was the first time they recorded with a settled lineup. It hits like a fist wrapped in a velvet glove: grinding, heavy riffs with big, sing-along choruses, and the Dallas Observer heard in it early Soundgarden crossed with vintage arena rock.

A demo of "Beautiful Night" was already making the rounds on Texas radio before the album was even recorded; the finished song reached 24 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and the Dallas Stars used it to open their games. "Shadow" followed, lower on the charts. It became their most successful album, passed 100,000 copies by January 2007 and sent them out opening for Velvet Revolver, Papa Roach and Finger Eleven.

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