Declan Burke

Declan Burke
Born
Dec Burke

1972 (age 53–54)
Limerick, Ireland
GenreRock music
InstrumentsGuitar, keyboards
Formerly ofFrost*

Declan Burke (born 1972), known professionally as Dec Burke, is an Irish guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist.

Career

Burke began as a keyboard player, before moving to guitar.[citation needed]

With Frost*, Burke played guitar and performed as a vocalist. He contributed to their 2008 album Experiments in Mass Appeal and their 2010 live album The Philadelphia Experiment. He also performed with Darwin's Radio as guitarist / vocalist, recording two albums; 2006's Eyes of the World and 2009's Template for a Generation. Prior to Darwin's Radio, he played in a Rush tribute band called The Spirit of Rush.

In 2010 he released his first solo production, the pop-prog album Destroy All Monsters. It received a 6/10 review in Classic Rock magazine, and a 2.5* review by Melodic.net. Burke released his second solo album, "Paradigms & Storylines", in 2012, which received an 8/10 review in Powermetal.de [de]. Third solo album, Book of Secrets, was released in 2016 to positive reception from Prog magazine. His fourth album released in 2021, Life in Two Dimensions, was described by Grant Moon writing for Prog as his "strongest solo album to date".

He formed a trio, known as AudioPlastik, which released In the Head of a Maniac in 2015.

In 2015, he joined the Dutch prog band Dilemma during the recordings of their second album Random Acts of Liberation.

Discography

Darwin's Radio

Frost*

Audioplastik

Dilemma

Dec Burke

References

  1. ↑ Lizandra Pronin (19 January 2009). "Frost*: Experiments In Mass Appeal". Território da Música (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2011. (in Portuguese)
  2. ↑ Bannink, Aad (September 2021). "Interview Dec Burke". Background Magazine.
  3. ↑ Fjørtoft, Henrik (2007). "Darwin's Radio Eyes of the World". Tarkus (review) (in Norwegian). No. 40. p. 28.
  4. ↑ Fjørtoft, Henrik (2009). "Darwin's Radio Template for a Generation". Tarkus (review) (in Norwegian). No. 51. p. 26. ISSN 0809-0971.
  5. ↑ Barton, Geoff (13 October 2010). "Prog Round-up: November 2010". Classic Rock.
  6. ↑ Roth, Kaj (13 October 2010). "Melodic Net Review: Dec Burke - Destroy all monsters". Melodic Net.
  7. ↑ Backes, Björn (6 February 2012). "Review - BURKE, DEC - Paradigms & Storylines". Powermetal.de. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Scharf, Natasha (16 August 2016). "Dec Burke - Book Of Secrets album review". Prog – via Loudersound.
  9. ↑ Moon, Grant (24 September 2021). "Dec Burke - Life in Two Dimensions: "a career best..."". Prog – via Loudersound.
  10. ↑ Scharf, Natasha (6 March 2015). "AudioPlastik: In The Head Of A Maniac". Prog. Archived from the original on 14 May 2026. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Interview with AudioPlastik". therocktologist.com. February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2026. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  12. ↑ Veenhof, Herman (11 January 2019). "CD: Dilemma - Random Acts of Liberation". Nederlands Dagblad (in Dutch).
  13. ↑ "CD Review: Dec Burke, "Destroy All Monsters"". popdose.com. 15 June 2010. Archived from the original on 19 November 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2026.