August Burns Red

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August Burns Red
August Burns Red at Purple Door Tour in 2006
August Burns Red at Purple Door Tour in 2006
Background information
Origin Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Genre(s) Metalcore[1]
Christian metalcore[2]
Years active 2003–present
Label(s) Solid State
Members
Jake Luhrs
JB Brubaker
Brent Rambler
Dustin Davidson
Matt Greiner
Former members
Jon Hershey
Josh McManness
Jordan Tuscan

August Burns Red is a metalcore band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The band formed in March of 2003 and quickly started playing shows around Lancaster. In 2004, the band was signed to CI Records and released an EP called Looks Fragile After All. After about another year of playing shows, the band was signed to Solid State Records in 2005 and released Thrill Seeker on November 8th of that year. Their latest album, Messengers, was released on June 19, 2007. It has sold over 45,000 copies thus far.[3]

From April-May 2008, August Burns Red toured with As I Lay Dying and Misery Signals.[4]

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