August Burns Red

Metalcore
Melodic metalcore
Christian hardcore
Heavy metal
Mathcore
Metal
Progressive metalcore

Members : Dustin Davidson · Jake Luhrs · Brent Rambler · JB Brubaker · Matt Greiner

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August Burns Red is an American metalcore band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, formed in 2003. The band's lineup of guitarists John Benjamin "JB" Brubaker and Brent Rambler, drummer Matt Greiner, lead vocalist Jake Luhrs and bassist Dustin Davidson has remained consistent since 2006.

Their debut album Thrill Seeker was released in 2005, and is the only album to feature vocalist Josh McManness. The group have released 11 full-length studio albums with the most recent Season of Surrender being released in 2026. Six of those albums reached number one on the Top Christian Albums chart. The band has also been nominated for a Grammy Award in 2016 for Best Metal Performance for the song "Identity" from its 2015 release Found in Far Away Places, and again in 2018 for "Invisible Enemy" from Phantom Anthem (2017).

August Burns Red regularly holds a Christmas music festival dubbed "Christmas Burns Red."

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