2008)
Borland has stated that he is the only constant in Black Light Burns, as the other members of the studio lineup are expected to be mostly unable to participate in touring with Black Light Burns, such as the notoriously busy Josh Freese.
The initial touring lineup of Black Light Burns was Wes Borland – Vocals, Guitar, Marshall Kilpatric – Drums (previously in The Esoteric), Nick Annis – Guitar (previously in Open Hand, Turn of the Screw), Sean Fetterman – Bass (previously in Turn of the Screw).
However, Black Light Burns' first tour was previously set to begin in fall of 2006 with From First to Last, who Borland also plays bass for on and off. This tour was to feature Borland doing double duty as the singer/guitarist for Black Light Burns and then bassist for From First to Last afterwards. However, Sonny Moore (From First to Last) developed a node on his right vocal cord needing surgery, thus ending Wes Borland's current touring stint with From First to Last.
Lie served as the first single from the album, going to radio on March 20. A music video was released soon after this.
Borland announced touring dates for May 2007 opening for Chevelle in April. While staying in Texas for a show, Chevelle was robbed of their equipment and canceled all tour dates for that week. Black Light Burns was unsatisfied with not playing for this time and played a few shows to test the waters of their upcoming headlining tour.
In its first week of release Cruel Melody sold 6,000 copies in the US according to Indiehq.com.
On July 13, 2007 Black Light Burns was featured on the Carson Daly late night talk show where they performed "Lie."
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