" AUGUST BURNS RED "

August Burns Red is an American metalcore band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The band formed in March 2003 while some of the members were still in high school,and soon began playing shows around Lancaster. The band name is derived from an incident involving their first vocalist, Jon Hershey.

"We had our name because in high school, one of our best friends, Jon Hershey, who was also our vocalist at the time. But right before he joined the band, he was dating this girl named August. And the relationship got a bit out of hand and he really wanted to end it. So he ended the relationship and instead of getting just 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. And the name and everything comes from, because the next day, the headlines in the newspaper in the local news was "August Burns Redd" 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 nothing, it just had a really weird and kind of gross meaning. "

History

In 2004,The group recorded an EP called Looks Fragile After All. After about year of playing shows and a new vocalist the band was signed to Solid State Records in 2005 and released Thrill Seeker on November 8 of that year. In 2006, drummer Matt Greiner was endorsed by Truth Custom Drums.

Their second album, Messengers, was released on June 19, 2007. It has sold over 75,000 copies thus far, and has peaked at number 81 on the Billboard 200.
From April to May 2008, August Burns Red toured with As I Lay Dying and Misery Signals[
The band toured from August 27 to October 12, 2008 with A Skylit Drive, Sky Eats Airplane, Greeley Estates, and This or the Apocalypse. August Burns Red headlined the tour.
The band also visited the UK and Europe for a month long headlining tour in November 2008 playing in Germany, Finland, Norway, Sweden, The United Kingdom, Republic Of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and France.
After touring Europe the band is planning to record their third studio album, which is due to release in 2009. In an interview they also stated they would be interested in releasing a Christmas album.

The band has recorded an instrumental of the classic song, "Carol of the Bells" originally recorded for X Christmas. This cover is featured in certain trailers for the movie The Spirit, which was released Christmas Day 2008.

August Burns Red recorded a cover of "Hit Me Baby One More Time" by pop singer Britney Spears for the Punk Goes Pop 2 compilation album, released in March 2009.
August Burns Red released a song called "Chasing the Dragon" that was part of a new EP called Lost Messengers: The Outtakes. It contains B-sides, demos, and covers from the recording process of Messengers. The EP was released on February 24.
On March 6, 2009, the band also visited the Middle East for the first time, playing at the Dubai Desert Rock Festival.

The band announced on their Spring Headliner Tour with All That Remains that their latest album, called Constellations, will be released July 14th, 2009.
They will be headlining a tour this summer from July 10 to August 8 with Blessthefall, Enter Shikari, All Shall Perish, and Iwrestledabearonce. After this tour is completed, they will be touring Australia during August with Architects and Parkway Drive.
They are also billed to support Bring Me The Horizon on their October UK tour alongside A Day To Remember.

The band will be releasing a music video for their song Meddler off their album Constellations in the month of June 2009. They also released a song titled Thirty and Seven, on their Myspace on June 14, 2009 and another one on June 21, 2009 titled Existence. A third track from the upcoming album was added on June 29th, 2009 entitled "Ocean of Apathy".

Download AUGUST BURNS RED - Constellations (2009)

- 01 Thirty and Seven
- 02 Existence
- 03 Ocean of Apathy
- 04 White Washed
- 05 Marianas Trench
- 06 The Escape Artist
- 07 Indonesia
- 08 Paradox
- 09 Meridian
- 10 Rationalist
- 11 Meddler
- 12 Crusades