While piercing arena melodies, fiery electric riffs and hard-hitting beats build the foundation of Birmingham-based Embers In Ashes’ signature sound, it’s the raw honesty of the rockers’ pull-no-punches message that brings their full-length sophomore set, Killers & Thieves, into perspective; a potent combo in communicating the power—and Hope—of the Gospel to a hungry generation.Since its inception in 2010, the kineticquintet has released two albums, 2011’s Sorrow Scars EP and 2012’s Outsiders; charted two Top 20 Christian Rock singles; scored performance slots at such leading events as Atlanta Fest and Bayfest; headlined dozens of shows; and shared stages with touring rock powerhouses like The Classic Crime, To Speak of Wolves and As Cities Burn. It’s an impressive boilerplate for an independent outfit that didn’t even exist four years ago. But group founder and lead singer Jeremy Bates professes relationship, not resume, is the point. “Our whole purpose in life is to know Christ and make Him known,” Jeremy