Dead By Sunrise: 'Out Of Ashes' Listening Party On UG Profiles

"Out Of Ashes", the debut album from Dead By Sunrise — the new band fronted by Linkin Park's Chester Bennington — is available for streaming in its entirety on the band's UG Profile!

The CD was released on October 13 via Warner Bros. Records.

The band, which is Bennington on vocals, guitarists Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh (from Orgy/Julien-K), bassist Brandon Belsky, drummer Elias Anda (also from Julien-K), and keyboardist Anthony Valcic, recorded "Out Of Ashes" in Los Angeles with producer Howard Benson (Motorhead, My Chemical Romance).

In a recent interview, Bennington stated about Dead By Sunrise's highly personal lyrics (covering such topics as his divorce and alcohol addiction):

"I think going through it was difficult, but I'm pretty good at writing about stuff. Once I came out with being abused as a child, a lot of those doors opened for me. Now I can write about anything I want. Nobody knew about it until that day. My parents were going, 'What?' It was like, 'Okay, if I can write about that, I can pretty much write about anything.' I would say that I wasn't writing songs about my particular problems while I was going through them during this record. I was writing songs about falling in love, and I was kind of skating around the subject a little bit. After I went through all of that, that's when I started writing very clear and very forward songs about what I went through.

"'Crawl Back In' talks about relapsing and how hard that is. 'Condemned' is about that love affair with feeling like shit. It was very strange for me because these ideas just started coming. I don't know if I could have done it if I had was in the middle of it. I try not to change things that much in my songs. If it comes to me, then it comes to me. If it doesn't, then I'll wait a couple of days. After that, I'll just let it go. It's not worth it."

Dead By Sunrise will perform on ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Wednesday, October 21 (which will actually air the morning of Thursday, October 22).

Comments

[CoreysMonster]

does every nu metal band singer have to have been abused by his parents? appears to be so.

I really must say I'm not impressed.

[Fleur de Lys]

It wasn't his parrents but yes, a lot of them have actually abused when you think about it.

I think Walking in Circles is worth a listen.

[Angelic_Demon]

So people are right when they say abuse leads to horrible things for the abused.

[§ynysterSte]

Brilliant Album

[edflinkinp]

'Walking in Circles' is a great song indeed. And I also like 'In the Darkness' and 'Condemned'. But the whole album is great to me.

And, how could an artist write dark, angsty lyrics if he hasn't gone through some shit himself?

It's hard to think of a metal artist (as a random example) whose life has been perfect and pink coloured, could he write about drugs, alcohol, depression and stuff like that? Hmm nah I don't think so...

[Deflection]

CoreysMonster wrote:
I really must say I'm not impressed.

Nor am I. This is actually pretty terrible. Good vocals and lyrics, but the music is dull to say the least.

[CoreysMonster]

I mean, I love linkin park pre-MtM, but this is just...blandish city.
"oh noes, I need to let my dark past out"
and then this?? at least Korn's singer freaking let loose and wrote crazy stuff, but this is supposed to be about addiction and abuse as a kid? what kind of addiction, caffeine? and being spanked as a kid?

[CoreysMonster]

holy crap, I've listened to all of these songs, and freaking Hybrid Theory was darker than this o_O

[MonsterOfRock]

His writings are pretty one dimensional. Hybrid Theory kicked ass, but then they kept writing about the same things, thats pretty boring to me.

[Giorgi]

Let Down is a cool song, except that it was pretty bland :\

[Entru]

People,stop comparing this and HT,Dead by Sunrise - is NOT a Linkin Park and its NOT supposed to be better or worse.Its just different.
And if you ask me,i like this better than most of LP's stuff.

[JD Blue Venom]

I love fort minor from Shinoda and the reanimation album in which im asuming Joe took the lead in, but chester is just one big meh, when i saw them live mikey and joe werent doing much and only moving when old songs were being played, chester and the guitarist were going crazy for new songs, so to me it feels like theyve increased presence too much and just want to act like the first 2 LP albums never existed, i dont mind change but usually the bands make it too drastic and get arrogant about it calling it their best album etc etc

[acade365]

Entru wrote:

People,stop comparing this and HT,Dead by Sunrise - is NOT a Linkin Park and its NOT supposed to be better or worse.Its just different.
And if you ask me,i like this better than most of LP's stuff.

you contradicted yourself in only two sentences.

first you ask not to compare them and then you give your opinion of which one is better.

[Psycho Pigeon]

very very generic, none of the songs stood out imo.

[JGsox33]

Poor lyrics... very generic. On 2 songs, I predicted the upcoming lyric. That's sad. The music is also generic, nothing special. Nothing stands out on this album. Linkin Park sucks now, and so does Dead By Sunrise. Extremely disappointed, and I want a refund.

[OverUnderOnward]

Not impressed by this C.D... Crawl Back In and Fire were the only tracks worth listening to...

[Guitarfreak777]

I am extremely disappointed in this, this album is actually more of a let down then Minutes to Midnight.

At least Minutes was mainstream rock sound and tolerable, this is just so bland and boring it is sickening. If this is the kind of stuff he is going to do by himself then fine, but I swear if he brings any influence of this back with him to the next LP album I will have to kill him myself.

/huge rage

[xSsj3xSasukex]

This proves how much Linkin Park would suck without Mikes rapping and some people say Chester is what makes the band good....yeah right

[kellen.dobmeier]

LP hasn't been good since Meteora.

[Findinghomer]

acade365 wrote:

Entru wrote:

People,stop comparing this and HT,Dead by Sunrise - is NOT a Linkin Park and its NOT supposed to be better or worse.Its just different.
And if you ask me,i like this better than most of LP's stuff.

you contradicted yourself in only two sentences.

first you ask not to compare them and then you give your opinion of which one is better.

haha yea thats funny... some peoples kids , i tell ya

[Findinghomer]

xSsj3xSasukex wrote:

This proves how much Linkin Park would suck without Mikes rapping and some people say Chester is what makes the band good....yeah right

wrong... in fact linkin park has gained more fans now that they are filtering out all the gay ass rap.

[xSsj3xSasukex]

Findinghomer wrote:wrong... in fact linkin park has gained more fans now that they are filtering out all the gay ass rap.

False
They lost alot of fans after their new style and there recent fans are teenaged girls after listening to songs like "Leave out the rest" from the Twilight soundtrack.
And Linkin Park is gayer now since their some generic rock group,the rapping is what made them unique

[Guitar_Jester]

I actually really like it. Some songs just don't do it for me, but the rest I really like!

[GuitarGod_92]

I actually fell in love with this album. It's just great to me. Best tracks are "Let Down" and "Fire".

Checked.

[slipknot5678]

I like Linkin Park, sadly, including Minutes to Midnight and New Divide, so hopefully I will die soon. On topic, this was a let down. I like Chester's voice but the music was dull

[fattyDQ]

Angelic_Demon wrote:

So people are right when they say abuse leads to horrible things for the abused.

Yes, mass fame and fortune sounds pretty shitty to me.

[lpwjbklyn]

Wow, if I hear one more person refer to a piece of music as "main stream" I'm probably going to throw up. Who gives a flying **** if it's "main stream" or "under ground" or "hard core" or whatever myriad terms get thrown around these days? Either you like it or you don't. When people refer to music (regardless of the band) as being bland or boring, then why not explain what's missing instead of falling back on trite colloquialisms that everyone throws around? I wish everyone would stop trying to sound like some smarmy music snob and just adequately explain whatever positive/negative feedback you're offering.

[Shreddaboi12]

guys your all sayingg 'omg this sucks LP is so much better'
this ISNT LP!!!
its NOT MEANT TO BE LP!!
so stop comparing it to LP when hes told you all its NOT MEANT TO SOUND LIKE LP.

[Msu_Man04]

JD Blue Venom wrote:

I love fort minor from Shinoda and the reanimation album in which im asuming Joe took the lead in, but chester is just one big meh, when i saw them live mikey and joe werent doing much and only moving when old songs were being played, chester and the guitarist were going crazy for new songs, so to me it feels like theyve increased presence too much and just want to act like the first 2 LP albums never existed, i dont mind change but usually the bands make it too drastic and get arrogant about it calling it their best album etc etc

Reanimation was barely Linkin Park at all. All the songs were remixes by other artists, such as Aaron Lewis of Staind, and a lot of hip-hop or rap artists. It was still pretty cool, though.

[TheClincher]

Pretty solid album, imo.

[Habs]

xSsj3xSasukex wrote:

This proves how much Linkin Park would suck without Mikes rapping and some people say Chester is what makes the band good....yeah right

I'm not sure.. but I think Mike was the Mastermind behind Hybrid Theory and Meteora. I think he knows a lot about songwriting, theory and production..

[Patrijz]

nah it's too simple... not my style I guess (anymore)!

[CoreysMonster]

lpwjbklyn wrote:

Wow, if I hear one more person refer to a piece of music as "main stream" I'm probably going to throw up. Who gives a flying **** if it's "main stream" or "under ground" or "hard core" or whatever myriad terms get thrown around these days? Either you like it or you don't. When people refer to music (regardless of the band) as being bland or boring, then why not explain what's missing instead of falling back on trite colloquialisms that everyone throws around? I wish everyone would stop trying to sound like some smarmy music snob and just adequately explain whatever positive/negative feedback you're offering.

it's bland because it's predictable, unexciting, unimaginative and just downright dull, which several people have said. saying something is boring usually infers that you find the music: boring.

[CoreysMonster]

I'm not sure.. but I think Mike was the Mastermind behind Hybrid Theory and Meteora. I think he knows a lot about songwriting, theory and production..

this, also Joe Hahn had a much bigger role on those albums, and he's pretty darn creative. I mean, compare Mike's solo stuff (which I find pretty damn cool) to chester's. it just shows that chester is slowly taking over a once mikey-dominated Linkin Park, instead of sticking to what made them unique and awesome.

[Geiger89]

The songs I've heard are so poor. Most are boring by the first ten seconds.

[Fleur de Lys]

Msu_Man04 wrote:

Reanimation was barely Linkin Park at all. All the songs were remixes by other artists, such as Aaron Lewis of Staind, and a lot of hip-hop or rap artists. It was still pretty cool, though.

No. It was actually Mike Shinoda who created all those remixes and he called his freinds to get them to perform on them, you can hear some of the calls he made on the ablum.

[rd93]

This is not supposed to be like Linkin Park. This is supposed to be like Chester Bennington. He even said that these songs wouldn't sound right if they were performed by Linkin Park.

The album isn't as bland as you all say it is. There are pretty great songs (Give Me Your Name, End of the World, Walking in Circles)... but yeah, some of the songs are bland.

[soulxstlr]

I can't complain, the album isn't terrible....

[BrixDK]

xSsj3xSasukex wrote:

Findinghomer wrote:wrong... in fact linkin park has gained more fans now that they are filtering out all the gay ass rap.

False
They lost alot of fans after their new style and there recent fans are teenaged girls after listening to songs like "Leave out the rest" from the Twilight soundtrack.
And Linkin Park is gayer now since their some generic rock group,the rapping is what made them unique

Why would you define how great a band is based on its number of fans?

[thedarkblues06]

Fleur de Lys wrote:

Msu_Man04 wrote:

Reanimation was barely Linkin Park at all. All the songs were remixes by other artists, such as Aaron Lewis of Staind, and a lot of hip-hop or rap artists. It was still pretty cool, though.

No. It was actually Mike Shinoda who created all those remixes and he called his freinds to get them to perform on them, you can hear some of the calls he made on the ablum.

Yep. I loved it though. Also loved Hybrid, and Meteora. Then SOME songs off M2M, but don't care for the album at all...and New Divide.

Sad though, I still put Hybrid, Reanimation, and Meteora as my shuffle list when I get in my Linkin Park moods.

[saintxero]

Its a pretty bland rock album imo. Not necessarly bad but bland. I like In The Darkness and Give Me Your Name the most. There were some other decent tracks such as Let Down, Fire etc.

[Geiger89]

rd93 wrote:

This is not supposed to be like Linkin Park. This is supposed to be like Chester Bennington. He even said that these songs wouldn't sound right if they were performed by Linkin Park.

The album isn't as bland as you all say it is. There are pretty great songs (Give Me Your Name, End of the World, Walking in Circles)... but yeah, some of the songs are bland.

They are as bland as we're saying, they're poor beyond belief. It's hard to think that someone who wrote great songs with Linkin Parks/Hybrid Theorys first 3 records could write such rubbish.

I'm listening to Walking in Circles right now, it's not great, it's awful.

[pedroskins]

CoreysMonster wrote:

holy crap, I've listened to all of these songs, and freaking Hybrid Theory was darker than this o_O

This album is definitely darker. The music may not seem dark but his words do and when you understand the words and put it with the music, you'll understand

[pedroskins]

CoreysMonster wrote:

klaheto wrote:

does every nu metal band singer have to have been abused by his parents? appears to be so.I really must say I'm not impressed. Well welcome to the real world where life is messed up and horrible things happen to people. Don't you only think it makes sense he'd use Nu Metal as a way to express his pain. Geez dude get the heck out of la la land, the real world isn't perfect and people really do suffer.
no, because it just seems to have become a cliche that a nu-metal singer was abused as a kid (Korn, Limp Bizkit etc etc), and now Chester is packing out with HIS horrible childhood story. It's just a cliche, there's a difference between being spanked and ****ed in the ass, is all I'm saying.

So you're saying he wasn't actually abused? So he's lying? What good would lying do for him?
If you think it's a cliche then what about his friends killing themselves and one dying in a skateboarding accident?
What about him and his wife's divorce?

[edflinkinp]

If writing about being abused and all that is a cliche then I should say that rock in general is doomed 'cause the whole genre kinda spins around those topics (I'm talking about a wide range of emotions and situations, not just this particular topic)...

What kind of situations would be worth writing for a rock/metal song then??? It's easier said than done.

[Patrijz]

still love his rough vocals though!

[edflinkinp]

Oh I forgot, why you still try to compare this with LP's work? Mike also writes for LP, remember? As an example, Chester sings in Breaking the Habit, but Mike wrote that song, so there's a mix in LP that doesn't happen in Dead by Sunrise.

[False_God]

Inside of me was the only alright song. Other than that, damn boring and imo shite.

Checked

[Peres.T.Peanut]

really really bad...boring and lifeless...

[GoingNumb]

I haven't listened to the album yet, so I don't want to put too much opinion into it, but Chester is a good singer. Though, hearing clips from the album, it sounds a lot like Linkin Park (obviously). Even the cover looks like an old Linkin Park logo. But Chester is a good singer and I hear this album has good quality to it, even if it's not the best. Crawl Back In is a good song! I actually enjoyed that song! But i'll make my final thoughts once i've listened to the album in whole.

[xericho]

the funny thing is, no matter how much people say that this album or the LP M2M album sucks, they will still sell like hotcakes, cuz there is no such thing as bad music, just music you like or don't like.

Yeah LPs M2M lost them a lot of fans, but guess what, they gained the other half who hated them before, so more or less the important thing is almost everyone was an LP fan at least once in their lives. (and honestly, teenage girls have more buying power and word of mouth factor that helps LPs popularity, and tell me, who doesnt like teenage girls? )

same goes for DBS, LP fans might not like it, but chester got a new batch of fans who didnt like LP and that alone is worth it.

yes, I dont like the DBS Album, only a few songs, but I definitely know that the chicks I know who hate LP will like this.

[Sami Philadelph]

Sounds like everything else.

[Synyster915]

I don't like Linkin Park, or Chester for that matter. This generic, predictable album has only lowered my opinion of them. I'd skip this one if I were you, but that's just my opinion. Seems like I'm not alone though :-P

[mcpowell16]

hey guys i got this album, its not as good as any linkin park album, still i think this band will get far and become better then alot of bands

[eastern_riffs]

lol wtf is this album. 4 chords plus a simple solo thrown in here and there. the name itself is so played out, 'dead by sunrise'..if only we needed another 'dead by..' band. the lyrics are childish too.being abused as a kid? haha yeah sure.

forget this shit, there's better stuff coming out now.

[thedarkblues06]

eastern_riffs wrote:

lol wtf is this album. 4 chords plus a simple solo thrown in here and there. the name itself is so played out, 'dead by sunrise'..if only we needed another 'dead by..' band. the lyrics are childish too.being abused as a kid? haha yeah sure.

forget this shit, there's better stuff coming out now.

Oh yeah. Black Gives Way To Blue lol. Definitely better than this.

[thedarkblues06]

thedarkblues06 wrote:

eastern_riffs wrote:

lol wtf is this album. 4 chords plus a simple solo thrown in here and there. the name itself is so played out, 'dead by sunrise'..if only we needed another 'dead by..' band. the lyrics are childish too.being abused as a kid? haha yeah sure.

forget this shit, there's better stuff coming out now.

Oh yeah. Black Gives Way To Blue lol. Definitely better than this.

Quoting for clarification, and for stressing that my comment is serious.

[Shabalaba]

Bland, I wasn't expecting much and it was as I expected.

[gareno]

this is a pretty bad album, honestly even three days grace's new album is better imo

[con job]

CoreysMonster wrote:

does every nu metal band singer have to have been abused by his parents? appears to be so.

I really must say I'm not impressed.

That's just plain ignorance on your part, mate. LP's last album completely shed the tag of "nu-metal", they are no longer under that sub-genre. If you're going to make sweeping statements, please put an effort into making them accurate.

[CaptnOats10101]

you would think, since mike shinoda is the worst part about linkin park, that chesters solo shit would be good, i mean hes got a great voice, but its just bland. just my opinion tho..i miss songs like points of authority and one step closer...

[CoreysMonster]

con job wrote:

CoreysMonster wrote:does every nu metal band singer have to have been abused by his parents? appears to be so.I really must say I'm not impressed. That's just plain ignorance on your part, mate. LP's last album completely shed the tag of "nu-metal", they are no longer under that sub-genre. If you're going to make sweeping statements, please put an effort into making them accurate.

that band that put out Minutes to Midnight is no longer Linkin Park to me. Chester started out as a Nu Metal singer, so I don't see what your problem is.

checked.

[Hungry_Hameds]

yuck.

[Shredy_Mc_shred]

pedroskins wrote:

CoreysMonster wrote:

klaheto wrote:

does every nu metal band singer have to have been abused by his parents? appears to be so.I really must say I'm not impressed. Well welcome to the real world where life is messed up and horrible things happen to people. Don't you only think it makes sense he'd use Nu Metal as a way to express his pain. Geez dude get the heck out of la la land, the real world isn't perfect and people really do suffer.
no, because it just seems to have become a cliche that a nu-metal singer was abused as a kid (Korn, Limp Bizkit etc etc), and now Chester is packing out with HIS horrible childhood story. It's just a cliche, there's a difference between being spanked and ****ed in the ass, is all I'm saying.

So you're saying he wasn't actually abused? So he's lying? What good would lying do for him?
If you think it's a cliche then what about his friends killing themselves and one dying in a skateboarding accident?
What about him and his wife's divorce?

Pedro feels strongly about this!

[EmancipatedSoul]

CoreysMonster wrote:

does every nu metal band singer have to have been abused by his parents? appears to be so.

I really must say I'm not impressed.

When you come to think about it; everyone has been abused one time or another. Get over yourself.

[unininium]

I've listened to this album a lot, and for the life of me I can't get into it. I love minutes to midnight and all the other (non remix) LP albums, Chester even has an amazing voice IMO but this album has been beaten with the generic stick.