Lotus Island (album)

Black Light Burns
Wes Borland, performing with Black Light Burns in Atlanta, GA, 2009
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Industrial rock, alternative rock, alternative metal
Years active	2005–2016
Labels	I AM: WOLFPACK, Rocket Science Ventures, THC : Music, RED, Membran
Associated acts	Limp Bizkit, Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle, From First to Last
Website	blacklightburnsofficial.com
Members	Wes Borland Nick Annis Dennis Sanders Dylan Taylor
Past members	Danny Lohner Josh Freese Josh Eustis Sean Fetterman Marshall Kilpatric Joe Letz

Black Light Burns is an American industrial rock band fronted by Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit. The band's lineup consists of Borland, Nick Annis, Dennis Sanders and Dylan Taylor. Their debut album, Cruel Melody, was released in June 2007 to critical acclaim. They released a covers and b-sides CD/DVD combo package in the summer of 2008 titled Cover Your Heart and the Anvil Pants Odyssey. After a temporary hiatus, the band regrouped in 2012 and released their second album, The Moment You Realize You're Going to Fall in August. The band released a concept album, Lotus Island, in January 2013.

After achieving mainstream success and popularity with Limp Bizkit, Wes Borland quit the band in 2001. He was already a member of Big Dumb Face, a project he had been working on with his brother Scott, during his time with Limp Bizkit. He set it aside after his departure from Limp Bizkit and began working on several different projects, the first of which was supposed to be an instrumental album one could listen to and simply relax. Simultaneously, he began Eat The Day, with Scott Borland. Eat The Day eventually unraveled itself, as, in Borland's words, "I think everybody involved in that project had different ideas about the direction that it should go". Borland became self-absorbed, and along with continuous pressure from the label, and struggles finding a lead singer for the band, the project eventually disbanded.

After the 'failure' of another project, The Damning Well, in 2003, Borland began writing a solo record with its members Danny Lohner and Josh Freese, with Josh Eustis and John Bates contributing. This solo record was the beginning of Black Light Burns, and stylistically at the time, it was more of a mellow, relaxing, and esoteric outing. Borland returned to Limp Bizkit once again in late summer of 2004, turning down the spots as touring guitar player in A Perfect Circle and Nine Inch Nails.