August Burns Red in Bonner Springs, KS during Warped Tour 2008 From L to R: JB Brubaker, Jake Luhrs, Dustin Davidson, Brent Rambler, and Matt Greiner
Background information
Origin	Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Genre(s)	Metalcore Progressive metal
Years active	2003present
Label(s)	Solid State
Website	http://augustburnsred.com/
Members
Jake Luhrs JB Brubaker Brent Rambler Dustin Davidson Matt Greiner
Former members
Jon Hershey Josh McManness Jordan Tuscan

August Burns Red is a progressive influenced 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 a local news story in which a troubled teenage girl set fire to a pet dog belonging to her former boyfriend. The band cites Between the Buried and Me, Misery Signals and Hopesfall as their main influences.

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 8th of that year. In 2006, drummer Matt Greiner was endorsed by Truth Custom Drums.

Their latest album, Messengers, was released on June 19, 2007. It has sold over 45,000 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 29 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 for 6 days on a headlining tour in Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London, and Newport in November 2008.

After touring Europe the band is planning to record their third studio album, which is due to release by the spring or summer of 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 have also announced that they will be recording a cover of "Hit Me Baby One More Time" by pop singer Britney Spears to be featured on the upcoming "Punk Goes Pop 2" compilation CD.

August Burns Red released a song called "Chasing the Dragon" that will be part of a new EP called Lost Messengers: The Outtakes. It will contain B-sides, demos, and covers from the recording process of Messengers. The EP is set to be released on February 24th.