Powderburn wins "Best Metal Band" for the 4th time

Powderburn Wins 4th Austin Music Award
Photo by: Tobias Robertson



Austin, Texas (March 18th, 2007) - Hard rock artist POWDERBURN is pleased to announce that the band has won Best Metal Band in their native Austin's annual Music Awards event for the fourth time.

The Austin Music Awards are held every year on March 15th, to coincide with the start of the world-famous South By Southwest Festival, a four-day event that brings bands, industry people, filmmakers, and thousands of fans from all corners of the world into Austin to celebrate music, art, and films of every genre.

With so much focus on out-of-town bands during South By Southwest, the Austin Music Awards are Austin's way of putting the spotlight on native bands, and POWDERBURN was in the spotlight again, accepting the first award of the night for Best Metal Band. "The award is given out solely based on fan voting through the Austin Chronicle," says drummer Patrick Swift, "which makes it that much better to have won four times now. We love our fans, and they support us right back. It's just amazing."

POWDERBURN accepted their award and had to immediately leave the festivites to make it to their show at the Heart of Texas Quadrupule Bypass stage at Spill Bar.

Video of POWDERBURN accepting their award and briefly hanging out in the backstage area is available at YouTube.com, following this link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfSPUTrt7a8




Fresh off the Austin Music Award win and the completion of South By Southwest, POWDERBURN is rehearsing for their inclusion in the Jagermeister Spring Tour with Stone Sour, Lacuna Coil, and Shadows Fall.

To view the winners in all categories check out the Austin Chronicle at:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Awards/MusicAwards?Year=2006&mode=awards&MPCategory=Best%20Performing%20Bands

To find out more about POWDERBURN, go to:
www.powderburn.net or www.myspace.com/powderburn

Powderburn invited to play at the "Get Thrashed" Movie Premiere!

"Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", is the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, will have its North American premiere on Sunday, March 11 at 8:00 p.m. as part of the 2007 Texas Rock Fest. This will be a free rooftop screening at the Wave in Austin, Texas, which is located at 406 E 6th St. After the screening, Austin's finest local metal bands, such as Powderburn, Course of Ruin, and Force Fed will be performing. The sreening will be followed with Q&A with director Rick Ernst from MTV2.

"Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" had its world premiere at the 2006 Raindance Film Festival in London. The documentary screened on October 3 at the CineWorld, Trocadero Centre, Piccadilly, London. Director Rick Ernst, a longtime freelance producer for MTV, was on hand at the event. Check out pictures from the screening at www.getthrashed.com. An interview with Ernst can be found here.

"Get Thrashed" will include interviews with the following musicians/music industry personnel:
METALLICA
MEGADETH
SLAYER
ANTHRAX
EXODUS
TESTAMENT
OVERKILL
DEATH ANGEL
SHADOWS FALL
LAMB OF GOD
KILLSWITCH
HATEBREED
MESHUGGAH
GODSMACK
IN FLAMES
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD
DARK ANGEL
KREATOR
DESTRUCTION
SODOM
STONE SOUR
SLIPKNOT
Phil Anselmo (PANTERA)
VIO-LENCE
NUCLEAR ASSAULT
D.R.I.
CHIMAIRA
BIOHAZARD
Chris Jericho (FOZZY)
SEPULTURA
KITTIE
THE HAUNTED
SOILWORK
HEATHEN
HIRAX
Brian Slagel (Metal Blade Records)
Jon & Marsha Zazula (Megaforce Records)
Ian Christe ("Sound of the Beast")
Steven Blush ("American Hardcore")
Eddie Trunk (VH1 Classic)
Ron Quintana (Rampage Radio)
The film also features the music of METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER, EXODUS, ANTHRAX, KREATOR, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, PANTERA, ULYSSES SIREN, WARNING SF, OSMIUM, CONCRETE COFFIN, THE LAW, STEVE CONE, VISCID, NOCTURNAL FEAR, EXIT TO ETERNITY, KAOS, RESPONSE NEGATIVE, URTO and KRONIN.

For more info on Get Thrashed: www.getthrashed.com
For more info on Powderburn: www.powderburn.net

Powderburn nominated for Best Local Austin Band by Study Breaks Magazine

Powederburn has been nominated for Best Local Austin Band by Study Breaks Magazine. Readers determine who wins by voting online at www.studybreaks.com.

The contest is called the Tongue Award. Readers must register at studybreaks.com before they can vote.

Click the link below to vote for Powderburn:
http://www.studybreaks.com/austin/

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.....

:-)

Powderburn featured at SafeConcerts.com

The band has been featured this month at the UK based website www.safeconcerts.com

Check out the article here:
http://www.safeconcerts.com/bands/powderburn.asp

Trivium, Shadows Fall, Megadeth, Powderburn, Metallica and more!

Powderburn's single "Echoed In Red" was chosen for the newest podcast from The Auditory Display Of Power, a website that features "The Best Heavy Metal Podcast. From Old School To The New Breed"

Check out the playlist here, Powderburn is played in between Demon Hunter and Type O Negative:
http://www.auditorydisplayofpower.blogspot.com/

Beyonce and Powderburn

Insite Magazine, based in Austin, TX has published an entertaining Powderburn interview in their February 2007 issue which features Beyonce on the cover.

To read the interview go to: www.insiteaustin.com and then click on 'music' on the left hand side.