Cruel Melody is the début album of American rock band Black Light Burns. Wes Borland began in early 2004 as a solo album of mainly melodic and esoteric material after he disbanded his Eat the Day and Damning Well projects but slightly before he rejoined Limp Bizkit in mid 2004. During this time Borland was offered the touring guitarist spot in Nine Inch Nails, and frontman Trent Reznor offered his opinions on the material as it was at the time. He encouraged Borland to "not sing like someone was asleep in the next room" and make it a heavier affair, while coincidentally Borland was changing the material slowly more into that. While the songs were written by Borland, he did have additional input from producer Danny Lohner, the drums were performed by Josh Freese, and the keyboards and additional engineering were assisted by Josh Eustis. After years of working on it when all the participants had free time from their projects, Black Light Burns released Cruel Melody in spring of 2007 to critical acclaim, and toured extensively supporting the album in the USA from 2007 to 2008.
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