Out of Ashes is the only studio album by American rock band Dead by Sunrise, which consisted of Linkin Park lead vocalist Chester Bennington and Amir Derakh, Ryan Shuck, Anthony 'Fu' Valcic, Brandon Belsky, and Elias Andra of Julien-K.

"Morning After" was originally a solo song by Bennington, whilst a remix by Julien K appeared on the soundtrack of Underworld: Evolution.

It was soon pushed to an early 2007 release, but due to his commitments to Linkin Park, Bennington held the record off indefinitely.

All extra instrumental, programming and production was undertaken by Julien-K members Amir Derakh, Ryan Shuck, Brandon Belsky, Elias Andra, and Anthony "Fu" Valcic.

Mike Lowther of Rukus compared the sound of the album to Stone Temple Pilots and Nirvana, with "grunge" and a "pop-rock" feel throughout Out of Ashes.

On October 13, 2009, the same day as the album's release, Dead by Sunrise made their first television appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman.

After its release, Dead by Sunrise proceeded to tour throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia promoting the album.

[12] In an article from Sputnik Music, "Let Down" was described as "despite the synth atmosphere that turned out to be strange, it has a chorus that becomes difficult to get out of your head, as the harmonies to the song became impressively successful.

[19] In February 2024, Dead by Sunrise announced an exclusive 15th anniversary edition of Out of Ashes on vinyl for Record Store Day 2024, releasing April 20th.

[21] Gregory Heaney of AllMusic gave a favorable review of the album, saying that "As a whole, Out of Ashes is a solid record and a fine opening volley for Bennington's solo work.

[25] Faye Lewis of Rock Sound said that it "throws down anguished alt-rock and enough crunching guitars and intense lyrics to frighten off Linkin Park comparisons.

"[1] Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone noted that the album is "oddly inert, lacking both the brute force and big choruses that raised Linkin Park to rap-rock godhead status.

"[23] August Brown of Los Angeles Times commenting that "Out of Ashes has moments of spark, it's more scattershot and less ambitious than the music Bennington makes with Linkin Park.