August Burns Red are back with another slice of metalcore majesty pulled from their upcoming album ‘Season Of Surrender’, and they have invited a special guest into the fold.

Titled ‘Sonic Salvation’, it’s a caustic blend of grooving breakdowns that hit like wave after wave, matched with the sort of noodling solos and atmospheric builds that ABR are the out-and-out masters of. And bringing in Jamie Hails, known for his spine-tingling output with Aussie heroes Polaris, the chaos reaches fever pitch. Every person on the track is locked in, delivering their most frenzied and fantastical performances; it’s everything metalcore should always feel like.

Bold, brash and belligerent.

But dig a little deeper, and you will find that it is a song built to unite, as vocalist Jake Luhrs explains:

“’Sonic Salvation’ is about finding power and strength in music. The fact that music can bring us back to a memory, help us decompress from the outside world and how music is what has created our world that is the metal scene.”

Whilst guitarist JB Brubaker adds, “‘Sonic Salvation’ was the first song I wrote for Season of Surrender’. I set out to write a song that created more space for Jake vocally and leaned a little more into our hardcore influences. I love how this song came out and Jamie’s guest vocal really takes it over the top for me.”

The track will appear on the band’s upcoming album ‘Season Of Surrender’, which is set for release on June 05 via Fearless Records.

It will also feature the previously released ‘The Nameless’, which sounds an awful lot like this:

The band are currently on making their way across the US on a co-headline tour with The Amity Affliction, with support coming from Boundaries and HEAVENSGATE.

Here are the remaining dates:

APRIL

28 – SACRAMENTO Channel 24
29 – GARDEN CITY Revolution Concert House

MAY

01 – SALT LAKE CITY The Union Event Center
02 – DENVER The Fillmore
03 – OMAHA The Astro Theater
05 – MINNEAPOLIS The Fillmore
06 – MILWAUKEE The Rave
08 – CHICAGO Riviera Theatre
09 – ROYAL OAK Royal Oak Music Theatre
10 – TORONTO History
12 – MONTREAL Mtelus
13 – BROOKLYN Brooklyn Paramount
15 – BALTIMORE Nevermore Hall
17 – PHILADELPHIA The Fillmore



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