The Holy Fire is an indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band from Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

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History

The Holy Fire was formed in 2004 after a studio session that produced the group's debut self-titled EP.

In 2006, The Holy Fire signed to southern California indie label The Militia Group

The Militia Group

-History:The Militia Group was founded in 1998 by Chad Pearson as a booking agency, booking for artists such as Slick Shoes, Craig's Brother, Dogwood, twothirtyeight, Acceptance, and Element 101. Rory Felton and Chad Pearson partnered in 2000 to turn the booking agency into a record company...

. Their second EP In the Name of the World was released on February 21, 2006 and produced by The Flaming Lips

The Flaming Lips

The Flaming Lips are an American alternative rock band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.Melodically, their sound contains lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, but lyrically their compositions show elements of space rock, including unusual song and album titles—such as "What...

 bassist Michael Ivins

Michael Ivins

Michael Lee Ivins is the bassist and one of the founding members of The Flaming Lips.Along with Mark Coyne and Wayne Coyne, he formed The Flaming Lips in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. According to Wayne, Michael was found as the bassist for the band because of his punk-rock look, and not...

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The Holy Fire includes members of Leaving Rouge

Leaving Rouge

-History:Leaving Rouge released Collected Songs shortly after the band's formation in 2002. A self-titled EP on the Detroit label Down Peninsula Audio followed in 2003, and the band signed with Portland, OR indie label Greyday Productions in 2004...

 and the late hardcore band Thoughts of Ionesco.

Members

The band consists of the following members:

• Sean Hoen
• Nathan Miller
• Nick Marko
• Ryan Wilson
• Eric Maluchnik
• Dan Skyver

Albums

• The Holy Fire
  The Holy Fire (EP)
  The Holy Fire is the self-titled debut EP by American rock band The Holy Fire and was originally released in 2004.-Track listing:#"Lift Off Message"#"In Signs"#"Sleeping, Screaming Boy"#"I Heard Your Song"#"Outside the Mercury"#"Lehman's Lament"...
  
  (Conquer The World Records/Down Peninsula Audio
  Down Peninsula Audio
  Down Peninsula Audio is a record label in Dearborn, Michigan, and is home to artists such as The Holy Fire, I, the Magician, Heads Will Roll, Thoughts of Ionesco, Ancourage, War Between the States and Leaving Rouge.-History:...
  
  , 2004; re-released, May 10, 2005)
• In the Name of the World
  In the Name of the World
  In the Name of the World is the second EP by American rock band The Holy Fire and was produced by The Flaming Lips bassist Michael Ivins.-Track listing:#"Raised on Planes"#"Dreams to Spend"#"Bombs in the Distance"#"We're Not Here to Learn"...
  
  (The Militia Group
  The Militia Group
  -History:The Militia Group was founded in 1998 by Chad Pearson as a booking agency, booking for artists such as Slick Shoes, Craig's Brother, Dogwood, twothirtyeight, Acceptance, and Element 101. Rory Felton and Chad Pearson partnered in 2000 to turn the booking agency into a record company...
  
  , February 21, 2006)

External links

• Official website
• Myspace Page
• The Holy Fire review at Billboard.com
• The Holy Fire review at Adequacy.net
• The Holy Fire review at MSN Music
• In the Name of the World review at MSN Music
• [ The Holy Fire review at Allmusic]