Credit: BurnAbsolute/Facebook

Virtual metalcore band Burn Absolute—based in both the U.S. and Bolivia—takes influence from Bring Me The Horizon and the early material of Architects. Its debut, five-song EP Catharsis dropped last week, eight months after the first recording session.

“Our goal from the beginning was to deliver a professional sound and image while preserving the raw, authentic essence that drew each of us to this genre,” the band wrote in a Facebook post.

The band’s EP release gets a little help from a plethora of Floridian metalcore veterans.

Tickets to see Burn Absolute—along with The Pine Drape, Chasing Airplanes, The Cunningham Wake, and Endurus—play Oscura in Bradenton on Friday, Aug. 18 start at $10. 

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This article appears in Aug 10-16, 2023.

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's calendar editor. He started as a freelance music writer in 2020 at the age of 18, and after spending years covering, announcing, and previewing concerts in...