August Burns Red
Cutting-edge metalcore with an equally solid live reputation.
US-based August Burns Red has been a fixture in metalcore since 2003. Atmospheric melodic riffs, with self-reflective lyrics that oscillate between hope and brokenness, clenched in aggressive bursts of controlled chaos.
Songs like ‘White Washed’, ‘Mariana’s Trench’, ‘Invisible Enemy’ and ‘Paramount’ are undeniable anthems within the genre. With Death Below, released in 2023, the band is on their ninth studio album. By Kerrang! lauded as “Superior metalcore played with heart and avoiding the cookie-cutter clutches of the genre.”
Also on their record: two Grammy nominations in the “Best Metal Performance” category and passages at international hard rock festivals such as Rock Am Ring, Download and Aftershock.
Iconic, steely and, if Kerrang! is to be believed, “thrillingly empathetic”.
For fans of Parkway Drive, Killswitch Engage and Bring me the Horizon.
“August Burns Red roll out their metalcore like a human thunder cloud … their gut punching rhythms and howling vocals are most welcome and expertly executed'”- Kerrang!