NOIR was formed as a project that would combine both Athan's Industrial and Gothic past while remaining very much in the electronic present. NOIR's fourth release "The Burning Bridge", an EP that is dedicated to David Bowie and contains the first new material from NOIR since 2013. The song, "The Burning Bridge," is written by Maroulis and Erik Gustafson (16volt, Adoration Destroyed). "The Burning Bridge" EP also features an eclectic series of covers starting with an obscure Ministry song from 1982 entitled "Same Old Madness," along with a cover of Duran Duran's "The Chauffeur," as well as an interpretation of "In Every Dream Home A Heartache," a Roxy Music song recorded live on WFMU radio on December 12th, 2013.