The Fire Still Burns

Assembling ex-members from New Brunswick punk outfits including Lifetime, Ensign, Vision, Ex Number Five, and the Scarlet Letter, the Fire Still Burns formed in summer 2004. A three-song demo appeared just months afterward. Local performances and interest from independent labels followed in quick succession. The group—singer Alf Bartone, guitarists Nathan Gluck and Scott St. Hilarie, bassist Carl Rizzo, and drummer Derik Moore—soon signed with Blackout Records, where their melodic hardcore and pop-punk approach yielded the six-song Keeping Hope Alive EP in late 2005.