Continuing to stay as busy as possible during lockdown, today August Burns Red has shared some exciting news.
Coming April 16th via Fearless Records, the longtime metalcore outfit will be dropping a brand new six-song EP titled Guardians Sessions.
Commenting on the upcoming release, which features previously released tracks “Standing In The Storm” and “Extinct By Instinct (Reprise)” plus covers of “Chop Suey!,” the Westworld theme song and more, guitarist JB Brubaker said:
“The Guardians Sessions EP was put together on the foundation of two songs: ‘Standing In The Storm’ and ‘Icarus.’ Those songs were recorded in September of 2019, when we were finishing up our album Guardians. Both tracks got cut from the record as we had too much material and they were the black sheep of the group.
When all touring was shut down in March of 2020, we began working on a couple of cover songs and re-imagined versions of some songs from Guardians. Those songs were recorded in the summer of 2020. We wanted to be productive with our downtime and work on a project that would be fun for both us and our fans.”
To check out August Burns Red’s latest track “Icarus,” which includes clean vocals from bassist Dustin Davidson, be sure to look below. To pre-order the band’s new EP, head here.
GUARDIANS SESSIONS TRACKLIST:
01) “Standing In The Storm”
02) “Icarus”
03) “Chop Suey!” (System Of A Down cover)
04) “Westworld” (Ramin Djawadi cover)
05) “Paramount (Reprise)”
06) “Extinct By Instinct (Reprise)”
