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| Genre giants AUGUST BURNS RED are gearing up to release one of the most anxiously awaited hard rock albums of 2011 – a colossal effort entitled Leveler – available in stores and online June 21st in both regular and deluxe editions.
Two weeks ago, the band gave anxious fans the first taste of what to expect from Leveler by debuting the lead track, ‘Empire.’ The song was quickly devoured by the band’s fanbase, and has since accumulated more than 210,000 plays across the band’s Facebook page and YouTube channel while being met with high praise. Today AUGUST BURNS RED gives fans a ‘spicier’ taste of Leveler via standout track ‘Internal Cannon’ – an adventurous song that combines elements of Latin Salsa music into ABR’s signature sound. The result? An inventive romp that finally answers the burning question of ‘What would it be like if Carlos Santana started a metal band?’ While that combination looks disastrous on paper, ‘Internal Cannon’ is a beautifully brutal tour de force, one of the most sprawling, complicated and hook-riddled tracks of the band’s catalog, and certainly one of the most adventurous musical moments of AUGUST BURNS RED‘s career. The track is debuting exclusively at Crave Online, and can be streamed here: Stream ‘Internal Cannon’ Here: “This is my favorite song on the album and one of my favorite songs we’ve ever written,” stated guitarist JB Brubaker. “I’ve described ‘Internal Cannon’ as our Latin song. There are a few sections that I think are going to turn some heads and have people saying either ‘Whoa! That was awesome!’ or ‘Whoa! That was weird. I don’t know if I like that.’ For the latter group, I’d like to think it’ll grow on ’em.” “Putting out a fourth record is a little scary because we obviously have our sound figured out at this point, but we don’t want to put out a record that just sounds like a redux of our previous albums,” explains guitarist JB Brubaker. “Our tastes are always evolving as musicians and we’ve been motivated to progress as a band and push ABR in different directions, while maintaining the characteristics that made us the band we are in the first place.” A number of pre-order bundles are available now for Leveler in a variety of packages including the special edition and vinyl packages. Fans can choose bundles which include extras from a pre-order exclusive t-shirt to AUGUST BURNS RED baseball cards. Preorder Leveler Here: http://www.merchdirect.com/augustburnsred AUGUST BURNS RED will take to the road as a mainstage act on this summer’s Van’s Warped Tour, which will deliver them to almost every major market in North America to bring Leveler‘s sonic spectacle directly to fans. For Leveler, AUGUST BURNS RED re-teamed with super producer Jason Suecof, the man behind the boards on their 2009 breakout, Constellations, which landed at #24 on the Billboard Top 200 and has sold more than 95,000 copies. The result is an album that pushes the band’s sonic boundaries in every direction, yet emerges as an unquestionably heavier album than its predecessor. It’s a game-changer, for ABR, and for fans of hard rock everywhere. Select Praise for the band’s 2009 release, Constellations “A fierce, punishing album loaded with muscular breakdowns, screaming guitar leads and ass-kicking double-bass-thunder… AUGUST BURNS RED will be a band to watch for quite a while.” -ALTERNATIVE PRESS “Constellations is one of the more anticipated metal albums of 2009… The album takes the band in directions never before attempted and raises the bar on the band’s profile as a technical ensemble.” -NOISECREEP “A great sense of songwriting and brutal, in-your-face execution… [AUGUST BURNS RED is] head and shoulders above the competition.” -OUTBURN “AUGUST BURNS RED have created an intense and well-crafted catalog of songs that serve as evidence that they stand above the masses.” -SUBSTREAM MUSIC PRESS “[Constellations] is going to go down as one of the great albums of 2009″ -THRASH MAGAZINE Upcoming Dates Jun 1 – Helsinki, Finland @ Nosturi Jun 2 – Hassleholm, Sweden @ Siesta Festival Jun 3 – Nuerburgring, Germany @ Rock Am Ring Jun 5 – Nuremberg, Germany @ Rock Im Park Jun 7 – Athens, Greece @ Kyttaro Club Warped Tour Jun 24 – Dallas TX @ Gexa Energy Pavillion Jen 25 – Houston TX @ The Showgrounds at Sam Houston Race Park Jun 26 – San Antonio TX @ AT&T Center Jun 29 – Las Cruces NM @ NMSU Practice Field Jun 30 – Las Vegas NM @ Plaza Hotel – Parking Lot Jul 1 – Pomona CA @ Pomona Fairplex Jul 2 – Mountain View CA @ Shoreline Amphitheater Jul 3 -Ventura CA @ Ventura County Fairground at Seaside Park Jul 6 – Bonner Springs KS @ Sandstone Amphitheater Jul 7 – Noblesville IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center Jul 8 – Detroit MI @ Comerica Park Jul 9 – Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheater Jul 10 – Shakopee MN @ Canterbury Park Jul 12 – Darien Center NY @ Darien Lakes Fields Jul 13 – Mansfield MA @ Comcast Center Jul 14 – Scranton PA @ Toyota Pavillion at Montage Mountain Jul 15 – Mississauga ON @ The Flats at Arrow Hall Jul 16 – Montreal QC @ Parc Jean-Drapeau Jul 17 – Hartford CT @ Comcast Theater Jul 19 – Milwaukee WI @ Marcus Amphitheater Jul 20 – Cleveland OH @ Blossom Music Center Jul 21 – Camden NJ @ Susquehana Bank Center Jul 22 – Burgettstown PA @ First Niagara Pavillion Jul 23 – Uniondale NY @ Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Jul 24 – Oceanport NJ @ Monmouth Park Raceway Jul 26 – Columbia MC @ Merriweather Post Pavilion Jul 27 – Virginia Beach VA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Jul 28 – Charlotte NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Jul 29 – Orlando FL @ Central Florida Fairgrounds Jul 30 – West Palm Beach FL @ Cruzan Amphitheater Jul 31 – St. Petersburg FL @ Vinoy Park Aug 1 – Atlanta GA @ Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood Aug 2 – Cincinnati OH @ Riverbend Music Center Aug 3 – St Louis MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Aug 4 – Council Bluffs IA @ Westfair Fairgrounds Aug 5 – Denver CO @ Invesco Field at Mile High Aug 6 – Salt Lake City UT @ Utah State Fairpark Aug 7 – Phoenix AZ @ Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion Aug 9 – San Diego CA @ Cricket Amphitheater Aug 10 – Carson CA @ Cal State Dominguez Hills Aug 11 – Marysville CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheater Aug 12 – Nampa ID @ Idaho Center Amphitheater Aug 13 – George WA @ The Gorge Amphitheater Aug 14 – Hilsboro OR @ Washington County Fairgrounds |
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