Scarlett O’Hara guitarist Logan Burns joins Scott Penfold on this week’s Loaded Radio Podcast. The South Texas metalcore band have spent 2026 releasing three singles — REDRUM, BREAK ME and COMMON SIDE EFFECTS — each one pushing harder into cyberpunk-industrial territory than the last. This is a band that got signed out of high school, got dropped, broke up, disappeared for the better part of a decade, and came back sounding like something else entirely. Logan’s been there for all of it. Listen to the full episode below.
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Logan Burns goes deep on the industrial turn, the Rise Records years, and why nostalgia is the last thing on this band’s mind. Download the free Loaded Radio App on Apple iOS and Google Play, or hit play above.
Three singles, one direction of travel
Start with what’s actually happening in 2026, because it’s the most interesting thing this band has done in years.
REDRUM landed first. BREAK ME followed. Then COMMON SIDE EFFECTS in June — glitchy, faster, meaner, and openly indebted to industrial metal in a way Scarlett O’Hara records never used to be.
Logan’s own read on that third one, from the press release: it’s heavier and faster than the two before it, leaning further into a cyberpunk-industrial atmosphere than anything they’ve done, blending heavy and electronic elements while keeping what he calls the signature Scarlett O’Hara DNA.
That last phrase is the whole tension, and it’s what I wanted to dig into. Because there’s a line somewhere — a point where the electronics carry so much of the song that it stops being a metalcore band with samples and starts being something else. Three singles deep, they’re walking right up to it on purpose.
Ask him whether that was a plan or something that just kept happening, and the answer’s better than you’d expect.
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Signed out of high school, and what came after
Here’s the part of the story a lot of newer listeners don’t know.
Scarlett O’Hara formed in McAllen, Texas in the late 2000s — a border town, over ninety percent Spanish-speaking, and about as far from a metalcore hub as it gets. Rise Records signed them in December 2009 while some of the band were still in high school. Their debut, Lost In Existence, arrived in 2010 with Joey Sturgis producing, which in that specific moment was the most sought-after production chair in the entire scene.
Then Rise let them go, and the band ended.
Not a hiatus with a wink. It ended. They split on good terms, everybody went and had lives, and for something like six or seven years Scarlett O’Hara simply didn’t exist. In an era when metalcore was becoming one of the defining genres of modern heavy music, one of its more promising acts just stopped.
They regrouped in 2017 and self-released Welcome Back To The Brodeo in August 2018 — no label, no machine behind it — and it hit number 19 on Hard Rock Album Sales, number 20 on Heatseekers, and number one on the South Central Heatseekers chart. Overthrown followed in December 2023 via Oxide.
Three consecutive releases on the Billboard charts. SiriusXM Octane rotation. Welcome To Rockville in 2021 and 2022, plus Louder Than Life and Inkcarceration on the résumé.
That’s a band that got dropped and then quietly outperformed the deal.
Nineteen years, two originals
Logan and rhythm guitarist Alek Samodouroff are the last two left from the beginning. The current four-piece is completed by Moses Lopez on lead vocals and Arnie Bernal on drums.
Worth clearing up while we’re here, because a lot of coverage has it wrong: Logan is the guitarist. Several outlets — including the band’s own COMMON SIDE EFFECTS press release — have credited his quotes to “singer Logan Burns.” He plays guitar and handles clean vocals. Moses is the lead vocalist. If you’ve read three articles about this band this year, there’s a decent chance you’ve been misinformed by all three.
Logan and Alek have been in the same room for nineteen years, and for roughly a decade of that they shared a house with Arnie. That’s a level of proximity most bands would not survive, and it shows up in the records — the production is largely handled in-house now rather than farmed out.
He’s also on record saying nostalgia is the last thing on their minds, which for a band celebrating nearly two decades is a genuinely unusual position. Most acts at this stage are booking anniversary tours. These guys are making their most forward-facing music yet.
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The company they keep
For context on where they sit: Scarlett O’Hara have shared stages with Bring Me The Horizon, The Devil Wears Prada, Asking Alexandria, Underoath, Motionless In White and Attila.
That’s not a support-slot résumé — it’s a list of the bands that defined an entire era, and Scarlett O’Hara were on those bills as peers.
The industrial move puts them in interesting company now too. Motionless In White built a career on exactly that gothic-industrial-metalcore fusion. Bring Me The Horizon spent a decade dismantling their own genre from the inside. Scarlett O’Hara are eighteen years in and doing the same thing on their own terms, without a major behind them.
They call it South Texas Metalcore. On the evidence of 2026, the second half of that phrase is doing less work than it used to.
TL;DR
- This week’s Loaded Radio Podcast: Logan Burns, guitarist and founding member of Scarlett O’Hara.
- What’s new: three 2026 singles — REDRUM, BREAK ME and COMMON SIDE EFFECTS — each pushing further into cyberpunk-industrial territory.
- In Logan’s words: COMMON SIDE EFFECTS is heavier and faster than the first two, leaning into industrial atmosphere while keeping the band’s core DNA.
- The backstory: formed in McAllen, Texas; signed to Rise Records in December 2009 while some members were in high school; debut Lost In Existence in 2010 with Joey Sturgis producing.
- The gap: dropped by Rise, the band broke up and stayed gone for roughly six or seven years before regrouping in 2017.
- The comeback: Welcome Back To The Brodeo (2018) hit No. 19 Hard Rock Album Sales and No. 1 South Central Heatseekers with no label. Overthrown followed in 2023.
- Current lineup: Moses Lopez (lead vocals), Logan Burns (guitar), Alek Samodouroff (rhythm guitar/bass/pre-production), Arnie Bernal (drums).
FAQ
Who is Logan Burns of Scarlett O’Hara?
Logan Burns is the guitarist and a founding member of South Texas metalcore band Scarlett O’Hara. He and rhythm guitarist Alek Samodouroff are the two remaining original members. He handles most of the band’s press and also contributes clean vocals. Note that several outlets have incorrectly credited him as the band’s singer — Moses Lopez is the lead vocalist.
What are Scarlett O’Hara’s new songs?
The band has released three singles in 2026: REDRUM, BREAK ME and COMMON SIDE EFFECTS. Each moves further into industrial and cyberpunk-influenced territory, with COMMON SIDE EFFECTS — released in June with an accompanying video — described by Burns as the heaviest and fastest of the three.
Why did Scarlett O’Hara break up?
The band was signed to Rise Records in December 2009 and released their debut Lost In Existence in 2010. After Rise released them from their deal, the band disbanded on good terms and remained inactive for roughly six to seven years before regrouping in 2017.
What is South Texas Metalcore?
It’s the term associated with Scarlett O’Hara’s sound, reflecting their origins in McAllen, Texas — a border town far from the traditional metalcore centres. The band’s press has described it as a high-paced, unrelenting style, and in recent years it has expanded to incorporate heavy electronic, industrial and cyberpunk elements.
Who is in Scarlett O’Hara?
The current lineup is Moses Lopez on lead vocals, Logan Burns on guitar, Alek Samodouroff on rhythm guitar, studio bass and pre-production, and Arnie Bernal on drums. Burns and Samodouroff are the founding members still in the band.
Eighteen years, one breakup, and a band making their most forward-facing music now instead of a victory lap. Where do you land on the industrial turn — best thing they’ve done, or do you want the old sound back? Tell us in the comments. And keep it locked on the Loaded Radio stream — follow Loaded Radio for daily rock and metal news.
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