Pick Up The Torch

Something great is going on at the East Coast and in its secondary cultural melting pot, Boston. Enter FirstBourne, a multi- cultural area rock/power metal quartet formed in 2016 on a strong foundation of musical passion, skill and friendship. Socially and culturally deeply integrated, Mike, Ven, Ian and Joe set out to bring back good old AOR in a super-accessible and sometimes pretty explosive form that verges on melodic metal in a way Helstar did back in 1989 with their awe-inspiring Nosferatu album, just vastly yet carefully evolved. Friends of hard rockin' grand masters, such as Axel Rudi Pell, Journey or Hardline, looking out for young blood in the traditional setting, will be greeted by four busy bees. Caring people who, when not adding to their caravan of award nominations and wins, or carving out kaleidoscopic arrays of shimmering melodies, are contributing to fundraisers for people in need, such as homeless veterans.

Following their more than respectable debut album Riot, FirstBourne are now back for their second attack Pick Up The Torch, a masterpiece that can and should be taken literally, just as the band's name. Joining in from Brazil, India and the United States, the guys are deeply connected with the fact that they are indeed the first born children in their respective families, thus their namesake.