August Burns Red
August Burns Red became one of metalcore's defining technical bands by making precision feel physical. Their breakthrough run through Messengers and Constellations set the template: fast-picked melodic guitar lines, restless rhythmic shifts, tightly plotted breakdowns, and drumming from Matt Greiner that treats each song like a moving architecture of accents, fills, and sudden turns. Jake Luhrs' vocals give the music a hoarse, urgent center, while guitarists JB Brubaker and Brent Rambler build riffs that often move from bright lead patterns into crushing, syncopated weight. The band kept stretching that approach on Leveler, Rescue & Restore, Found in Far Away Places, Phantom Anthem, Guardians, and Death Below, adding progressive structures, guest vocals, orchestral colors, and darker atmosphere without losing the focused aggression that made them stand out. August Burns Red are also unusual for how little they rely on clean-chorus formulas; melody usually comes from the guitars, not a softened hook. Their catalog is heavy, intricate, and disciplined, but it still feels designed for a room full of bodies moving in time with every stop, surge, and collapse.
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August Burns Red Discography
5 tracks
- 1 Background Music to Her Awakening 4:10
- 2 Missing This Opportunity 5:29
- 3 Glory Thrives 3:42
- 4 You Should Be Taking Flight Right Now 4:21
- 5 Accidental Shot Heard 'Round the World 5:44
11 tracks
- 1 Your Little Suburbia Is in Ruins 3:58
- 2 Speech Impediment 4:01
- 3 Endorphins 3:10
- 4 Too Late for Roses 3:19
- 5 Barbarian 3:45
- 6 The Reflective Property 3:51
- 7 A Wish Full of Dreams 2:58
- 8 Consumer 4:10
- 9 A Shot Below the Belt 4:10
- 10 Eve of the End 3:09
- 11 The Seventh Trumpet 8:12
11 tracks
- 1 Truth of a Liar 4:12
- 2 Up Against the Ropes 5:04
- 3 Back Burner 3:42
- 4 The Blinding Light 5:28
- 5 Composure 4:13
- 6 Vital Signs 3:17
- 7 The Eleventh Hour 4:05
- 8 The Balance 3:20
- 9 Black Sheep 3:53
- 10 An American Dream 4:41
- 11 Redemption 6:16
12 tracks
- 1 Thirty and Seven 3:18
- 2 Existence 3:53
- 3 Ocean of Apathy 3:56
- 4 White Washed 3:46
- 5 Mariana's Trench 4:18
- 6 The Escape Artist 3:57
- 7 Indonesia 3:34
- 8 Paradox 3:18
- 9 Meridian 5:59
- 10 Rationalist 2:38
- 11 Meddler 3:53
- 12 Crusades 5:11
7 tracks
- 1 Chasing the Dragon 4:21
- 2 Mosely 3:51
- 3 Carol of the Bells 2:44
- 4 To Those About to Rock 0:59
- 5 Piano Man 1:42
- 6 Truth of a Liar - Demo 4:09
- 7 Vital Signs - Demo 3:31
15 tracks
- 1 Intro 0:58
- 2 Back Burner 3:41
- 3 Whitewashed 4:18
- 4 Your Little Suburbia Is in Ruins 3:59
- 5 The Eleventh Hour 4:49
- 6 Meddler 3:56
- 7 Truth of a Liar 4:56
- 8 Mariana's Trench 5:27
- 9 Thirty and Seven 3:18
- 10 Existence 4:50
- 11 Meridian 5:55
- 12 Shot Below the Belt 5:23
- 13 Up Against the Ropes 4:57
- 14 Composure 5:43
- 15 The Seventh Trumpet 7:07
16 tracks
- 1 Empire 3:52
- 2 Internal Cannon 3:46
- 3 Divisions 3:20
- 4 Cutting the Ties 5:02
- 5 Pangaea 4:20
- 6 Carpe Diem 5:37
- 7 40 Nights 3:54
- 8 Salt & Light 3:40
- 9 Poor Millionaire 4:28
- 10 1/16/2011 0:52
- 11 Boys of Fall 4:28
- 12 Leveler 4:47
- 13 Internal Cannon - Acoustic 5:05
- 14 Pangaea - Performed by Bells 6:22
- 15 Boys of Fall - Performed by Zachary Veilleux 4:01
- 16 Empire - Midi 3:49
15 tracks
- 1 Flurries 4:17
- 2 Frosty the Snowman 2:18
- 3 Sleigh Ride 2:53
- 4 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 2:50
- 5 Jingle Bells 4:13
- 6 Oh Holy Night 4:24
- 7 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 1:59
- 8 Sleddin' Hill 2:38
- 9 Little Drummer Boy 4:19
- 10 Winter Wonderland 1:55
- 11 O Come O Come Emmanuel 4:55
- 12 Carol of the Bells 2:48
- 13 We Wish You a Merry Christmas 2:30
- 14 Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 2:47
- 15 Joy to the World 3:08
11 tracks
- 1 Provision 4:40
- 2 Treatment 5:14
- 3 Spirit Breaker 4:51
- 4 Count It All as Lost 4:09
- 5 Sincerity 3:17
- 6 Creative Captivity 4:42
- 7 Fault Line 4:03
- 8 Beauty in Tragedy 4:51
- 9 Animals 3:29
- 10 Echoes 4:23
- 11 The First Step 4:24
1 track
- 1 You Vandal 2:43
11 tracks
- 1 The Wake 3:26
- 2 Martyr 4:35
- 3 Identity 4:19
- 4 Separating The Seas 4:19
- 5 Ghosts 4:49
- 6 Majoring In The Minors 4:18
- 7 Everlasting Ending 5:09
- 8 Broken Promises 6:12
- 9 Blackwood 4:42
- 10 Twenty-One Grams 4:53
- 11 Vanguard 5:39
14 tracks
- 1 The Wake 3:26
- 2 Martyr 4:35
- 3 Identity 4:19
- 4 Separating The Seas 4:19
- 5 Ghosts 4:49
- 6 Majoring In The Minors 4:18
- 7 Everlasting Ending 5:09
- 8 Broken Promises 6:12
- 9 Blackwood 4:42
- 10 Twenty-One Grams 4:53
- 11 Vanguard 5:39
- 12 Marathon 4:49
- 13 Majoring In The Minors - Reprise 4:18
- 14 Identity - Midi Version 4:22
1 track
- 1 What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) 3:06
11 tracks
- 1 King Of Sorrow 4:05
- 2 Hero Of The Half Truth 5:03
- 3 The Frost 4:46
- 4 Lifeline 5:34
- 5 Invisible Enemy 4:37
- 6 Quake 4:08
- 7 Coordinates 5:11
- 8 Generations 6:00
- 9 Float 4:15
- 10 Dangerous 4:23
- 11 Carbon Copy 5:39
1 track
- 1 Last Christmas 3:48
11 tracks
- 1 Truth of a Liar - Remixed 4:12
- 2 Up Against the Ropes - Remixed 5:04
- 3 Backburner - Remixed 3:42
- 4 The Blinding Light - Remixed 5:28
- 5 Composure - Remixed 4:13
- 6 Vital Signs - Remixed 3:17
- 7 The Eleventh Hour - Remixed 4:05
- 8 The Balance - Remixed 3:20
- 9 Black Sheep - Remixed 3:53
- 10 An American Dream - Remixed 4:42
- 11 Redemption - Remixed 6:15
6 tracks
- 1 Avalanche 4:48
- 2 It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 3:07
- 3 Winter Wilderness 5:00
- 4 Home Alone Theme 3:47
- 5 What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) 3:02
- 6 Last Christmas 3:48
13 tracks
- 1 Thirty and Seven - Remix 3:18
- 2 Existence - Remix 3:53
- 3 Ocean of Apathy - Remix 3:55
- 4 White Washed - Remix 3:46
- 5 Marianas Trench - Remix 4:17
- 6 The Escape Artist - Remix 3:56
- 7 Indonesia - Remix 3:33
- 8 Paradox - Remix 3:18
- 9 Meridian - Remix 5:57
- 10 Rationalist - Remix 2:38
- 11 Meddler - Remix 3:52
- 12 Crusades - Remix 5:14
- 13 Ocean of Apathy (Reprise) [Remix] 4:11
5 tracks
- 1 Midnight 4:29
- 2 The Legend Of Zelda 4:08
- 3 Laniakea 2:58
- 4 Coordinates - Reprise 5:18
- 5 The Frost - Midi 4:39
1 track
- 1 The Legend Of Zelda 4:08
7 tracks
- 1 All I Want For Christmas Is You 4:23
- 2 Avalanche 4:48
- 3 It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 3:07
- 4 Winter Wilderness 5:00
- 5 Home Alone Theme 3:47
- 6 What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) 3:02
- 7 Last Christmas 3:48
16 tracks
- 1 Introduction - Live 1:22
- 2 Your Little Suburbia is in Ruins - Live 4:03
- 3 Speech Impediment - Live 4:01
- 4 Endorphins - Live 3:09
- 5 Interlude 1 - Live 1:05
- 6 Too Late For Roses - Live 3:21
- 7 Barbarian - Live 3:42
- 8 The Reflective Property - Live 3:50
- 9 Interlude 2 - Live 1:06
- 10 A Wish Full of Dreams - Live 3:00
- 11 Consumer - Live 4:03
- 12 Interlude 3 - Live 0:22
- 13 A Shot Below the Belt - Live 4:06
- 14 Interlude 4 - Live 0:54
- 15 Eve of the End - Live 3:15
- 16 The Seventh Trumpet - Live 8:09
11 tracks
- 1 The Narrative 4:09
- 2 Bones 4:15
- 3 Paramount 4:48
- 4 Defender 4:21
- 5 Lighthouse 4:13
- 6 Dismembered Memory 4:09
- 7 Ties That Bind 4:18
- 8 Bloodletter 3:40
- 9 Extinct By Instinct 4:43
- 10 Empty Heaven 4:25
- 11 Three Fountains 6:21
1 track
- 1 Chop Suey! 3:38
13 tracks
- 1 X 2:20
- 2 Empire 3:51
- 3 Internal Cannon 3:47
- 4 Divisions 3:23
- 5 Cutting the Ties 5:04
- 6 Pangaea 4:30
- 7 Carpe Diem 5:42
- 8 40 Nights 3:56
- 9 Salt & Light 3:42
- 10 Poor Millionaire 4:50
- 11 1/16/2011 0:55
- 12 Boys of Fall 4:29
- 13 Leveler 4:46
1 track
- 1 Santa Claus is Coming to Town 3:37
1 track
- 1 Vengeance 2:42
4 tracks
- 1 Defender (feat. Ryan Kirby) 4:21
- 2 God of Fire (feat. Jake Luhrs) 3:30
- 3 Provision (feat. Ryan Kirby) 4:40
- 4 When Everything Means Nothing (feat. Jake Luhrs) 3:52
1 track
- 1 Pangaea 4:30
1 track
- 1 Poor Millionaire 4:50
6 tracks
- 1 Standing In The Storm 4:32
- 2 Icarus 3:44
- 3 Chop Suey! 3:38
- 4 Westworld 5:28
- 5 Paramount - Reprise 5:10
- 6 Extinct By Instinct - Reprise 5:02
5 tracks
- 1 Icarus 3:44
- 2 Westworld 5:28
- 3 Extinct By Instinct - Reprise 4:54
- 4 Standing In The Storm 4:32
- 5 Chop Suey! 3:38
4 tracks
- 1 Westworld 5:28
- 2 Extinct By Instinct - Reprise 4:54
- 3 Standing In The Storm 4:32
- 4 Chop Suey! 3:38
3 tracks
- 1 Extinct By Instinct - Reprise 4:54
- 2 Standing In The Storm 4:32
- 3 Chop Suey! 3:38
2 tracks
- 1 Standing In The Storm 4:32
- 2 Chop Suey! 3:38
25 tracks
- 1 X - Live 2:20
- 2 Empire - Live 3:46
- 3 Internal Cannon - Live 3:47
- 4 Divisions - Live 3:20
- 5 Cutting the Ties - Live 5:01
- 6 Pangaea Interlude - Live 1:18
- 7 Pangaea - Live 4:15
- 8 Carpe Diem - Live 6:15
- 9 40 Nights Interlude - Live 0:55
- 10 40 Nights - Live 3:55
- 11 Salt & Light - Live 3:36
- 12 Poor Millionaire Interlude - Live 1:01
- 13 Poor Millionaire - Live 4:40
- 14 1/16/2011 - Live 0:52
- 15 Boys of Fall - Live 4:31
- 16 Leveler Interlude - Live 1:00
- 17 Leveler - Live 4:42
- 18 Drum Solo - Live 3:27
- 19 Meridian Interlude - Live 1:07
- 20 Meridian - Live 5:51
- 21 Thirty and Seven Interlude - Live 0:55
- 22 Thirty and Seven - Live 3:14
- 23 Meddler - Live 3:54
- 24 White Washed - Live 4:24
- 25 Poor Millionaire (Reprise) - Live 4:36
4 tracks
- 1 White Washed - 2022 3:57
- 2 Composure - 2022 4:13
- 3 White Washed - 2022 Instrumental 3:57
- 4 Composure - 2022 Instrumental 4:13
12 tracks
- 1 Premonition 1:53
- 2 The Cleansing 7:47
- 3 Ancestry 4:50
- 4 Tightrope 4:13
- 5 Fool's Gold In The Bear Trap 3:04
- 6 Backfire 4:22
- 7 Revival 4:29
- 8 Sevink 1:23
- 9 Dark Divide 4:58
- 10 Deadbolt 4:20
- 11 The Abyss 4:34
- 12 Reckoning 7:52
1 track
- 1 Up on the Housetop 2:50
1 track
- 1 Waltz of the Flowers 2:38
1 track
- 1 Heathens 3:13
1 track
- 1 Exhumed 3:54
1 track
- 1 Tides (feat. August Burns Red) - Re-Recorded 3:18
1 track
- 1 The Cleansing 8:00
12 tracks
- 1 Your Little Suburbia is in Ruins 4:05
- 2 Speech Impediment 4:03
- 3 Endorphins 3:12
- 4 Too Late For Roses 3:21
- 5 Barbarian 3:49
- 6 The Reflective Property 3:52
- 7 A Wish Full of Dreams 2:59
- 8 Consumer 4:10
- 9 A Shot Below the Belt 4:04
- 10 Eve of the End 3:18
- 11 The Seventh Trumpet 8:04
- 12 Pride & Humility (Bonus Track) 2:41
1 track
- 1 Your Little Suburbia Is In Ruins 4:05
11 tracks
- 1 Legions (feat. Mike Hranica) 4:18
- 2 The Nameless 2:54
- 3 Behemoth 3:39
- 4 Den of Thieves 4:12
- 5 Sonic Salvation (feat. Jamie Hails) 4:13
- 6 Cerebral Malfunction (feat. Make Them Suffer) 4:47
- 7 Tear of the Clouds 0:42
- 8 Whispers Like Splinters 3:48
- 9 S.O.S. 4:27
- 10 New Horizons 5:02
- 11 Forged by Failure 6:45
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