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JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR Strikes Back With 'Defiance'

May 14, 2009

Guitarist Jack Starr (VIRGIN STEELE, DEVIL CHILDE, PHANTOM LORD, GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME) is currently putting the finishing touches on the new BURNING STARR CD, "Defiance", to be released on Magic Circle Music, the record label owned by members of MANOWAR. Songtitles set to appear on the album include "Black Clouds Of Thanos", "The Beast Inside" and the title track, "Defiance".

BURNING STARR will premiere some of the material from the forthcoming LP at the third installment of the Magic Circle Festival, scheduled to take place at the Loreley on the Rhine River in Germany on July 18, 2009.

Joining Jack Starr in the band's current lineup are Ned Meloni (DEVIL CHILDE, PHANTOM LORD, GHOST, GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME) on bass and Todd Michael Hall (HARLET) on vocals.

According to a press release, the upcoming BURNING STARR album, "Defiance", will contain "touches of the Indian spirit, mythic elements, Middle Eastern ovetones, and profoundly developed song structures" characterized by Starr's "unique, movingly emotional and passionate guitar playing and his versatile melodic metal songs."

Video footage of JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR performing the song "Evil Never Sleeps" at the 2008 Magic Circle Festival in Bad Arolsen, Germany can be viewed below. The clip features Starr, Meloni, and Hall alongside Lars Ramcke (guitar),Alex Guth (guitar),and Falko Rashoft (drums) from STORMWARRIOR.

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