Frost* and former Darwin's Radio frontman Dec Burke is back!

We at Silhobbit.com got this press release sent to us at the weekend:

Dec Burke – new album, Destroy All Monsters, out end May 2010.

Dec Burke is a man who doesn’t like to let the grass grow under his feet. After Darwin’s Radio’s acclaimed 2009 release, Template For A Generation, Dec, impatient with the speed at which things were moving with DR, decided to leave and go his own way at the beginning of 2010.

Now he is bursting forth on to the scene again in a remarkably short space of time with a self-penned and self-produced album, Destroy All Monsters, which has 9 stunning tracks and is just over 45 minutes long. As well as the bulk of the guitars and all the vocals on the album, Dec also plays most of the keyboards.

Dec says: “I can’t sit still, I have to keep busy, and having the excitement and maybe at the same time the dread of leaving the comfort of a band and going into the big bad world to run my songs up the flag pole, so to speak, was daunting. But in the end, I wasn’t totally alone, and I have had some excellent contributions from some super musicians. It’s been a really enjoyable and rewarding process. I wondered at first if I would be able to write on my own without input from a band. But by golly, I think I’ve done it, and am pleased as punch with how it’s all sounding.

Also appearing on the album are:
Steve Kightley (Bass)
Nathan King (bass)
Carl Westholm ( keyboard solo on ‘Promised’)
Hywel Bennett (guitar solo on ‘Small Hours’)
Tim Churchman (drums)

For more information and pre-orders, visit www.decburke.com

We've been lucky enough to hear one of the track, Small Hours, and are mighty impressed. The boy Burke's done good!