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Lancaster PA, United States (2003 – present)
August Burns Red is a metalcore band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US.
“We had our name because in high school, one of our best friends, Jon Hershey, was also our vocalist at the time. But, right before he joined the band, he was dating this girl named August. The relationship got a bit out of hand, and he really wanted to end it. So, he ended the relationship and instead of just getting sad about it, she got really, really, really, angry, and Jon at the time had a dog named Redd. It was an Irish setter and it had red fur and everything. So, she got really mad, went up to his house, and burned his dog Redd alive, in his dog house. The name and everything comes from, because the next day, the headline of the newspaper in the local news was “August Burns Red,” and then we just kind of went with it. It really affected Jon, so when we were picking a band name, that was one that stuck in his head, so he decided to use it. So, our name doesn’t mean anything, it just had a really weird and kind of gross meaning.”
There are a galaxy’s worth of metalcore bands active today, but stare at all of those stars long enough and some lines start to form; everything starts to take shape. The Constellations begin to bloom.
Few years ago August Burns Red were, to the naked eye, just another young band jockeying for position in the modern metalcore scene. Then came Messengers, the band’s 2007 full-length release for Solid State Records, and a new front-runner emerged. Without hype, devoid of any smoke and mirrors, the album debuted at #81 on the Billboard charts, going on to ever-so-quietly sell more than 80,000 copies.
“We had our name because in high school, one of our best friends, Jon Hershey, was also our vocalist at the time. But, right before he joined the band, he was dating this girl named August. The relationship got a bit out of hand, and he really wanted to end it. So, he ended the relationship and instead of just getting sad about it, she got really, really, really, angry, and Jon at the time had a dog named Redd. It was an Irish setter and it had red fur and everything. So, she got really mad, went up to his house, and burned his dog Redd alive, in his dog house. The name and everything comes from, because the next day, the headline of the newspaper in the local news was “August Burns Red,” and then we just kind of went with it. It really affected Jon, so when we were picking a band name, that was one that stuck in his head, so he decided to use it. So, our name doesn’t mean anything, it just had a really weird and kind of gross meaning.”
There are a galaxy’s worth of metalcore bands active today, but stare at all of those stars long enough and some lines start to form; everything starts to take shape. The Constellations begin to bloom.
Few years ago August Burns Red were, to the naked eye, just another young band jockeying for position in the modern metalcore scene. Then came Messengers, the band’s 2007 full-length release for Solid State Records, and a new front-runner emerged. Without hype, devoid of any smoke and mirrors, the album debuted at #81 on the Billboard charts, going on to ever-so-quietly sell more than 80,000 copies.
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adtr4tw wrote:
No one learns from someone they hate, your mouth is like a grenade! I love The Escape Artist!
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nnnienke wrote:
Too late for roses ♥
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Master951 wrote:
Hey! We are ASTRONAUT ON A CLOUD from the Czech Rep! Check out a new song from our first EP The Unexplored http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIvBzzZXL6Q
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LilaWalross wrote:
hhhnnnnnnnnngggggg
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spideralex90 wrote:
I didn't realize that Tue Madsen produced Messengers. And Adam D did Thrill Seeker.
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GodComplex07 wrote:
Constellations is the best in my opinion, Leveler was okay but it was more of a rehash of constellations to me. More progress between constellations and the one before it.
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meloPhilly wrote:
Constellations <3
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CrackmanJesus wrote:
I dunno, Constellations really hasn't hit me the same way their other albums have. Leveler and Thrill Seeker are definitely the best.
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Lukas-a7x wrote:
The Truth Of A Liar is a fucking poem <3
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horiiz0ns wrote:
http://www.stopacta.info/
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spideralex90 wrote:
Misery Signals is the best metalcore band (PrimalDirective's Opinion). Everything after Messengers was mediocre (PrimalDirective's Opinion) Fixed it for you.
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Awakakaley wrote:
"Everything after Messengers was mediocre" lol [2] after messenger ABR is Better.
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BleedTheMartyr wrote:
"Everything after Messengers was mediocre" lol [2]
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TheDome92 wrote:
please check out my METALCORE band F L U C T U A T I O N S http://www.facebook.com/fluctuationsband we've have lots of new material and are ambitious to rock 2012 two of our songs are available for free download at 320 kbps http://www.mediafire.com/?5lrbx6v88tniw43
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stawos90 wrote:
Perfect music!!! \m/
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rustedembrace wrote:
"Everything after Messengers was mediocre" lol
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niqpwnz wrote:
\m/
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h3liumX wrote:
miss the harder days of Thrill Seeker
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guijoker wrote:
FODA ♥
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Colada1 wrote:
Surprisingly great tunes from a band who's contemporaries are fucking awful.
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