But as we’ve gotten older it’s something we’ve become more interested in because it has a direct effect on our lives.” “We’ve never been the least bit political. “That’s the sort of a subject that we have shied away from forever,” says Brubaker. In addition to featuring offbeat rhythms and trademark lyrics about striving for independence and struggling against authority, the album includes the band’s first blatantly political song, “Hero of the Half Truth,” which takes aim at the current administration.
The band’s new album, Phantom Anthem, is surprising in a different way. 2015’s Found in Faraway Places was filled with off-the-wall time signatures and sweeping cello and violin interludes.
Still, August Burns Red have developed a reputation for offering fans new musical twists with every record. When you think about it like that, you can’t help but see the humor in what we do.” We play crazy metal for a living and our singer literally screams at people every song. “We’ve always been kind of a goofball band,” Rambler says. As the band progressed, their music became more complicated, and many of the breakdowns were replaced by multifaceted rhythms and quirky multicultural melodies that gave their music a more lighthearted sound. It was pretty cool and the rest of the show was hot, sweaty and a lot of fun.”Įnergetic, entertaining and fun are words frequently used to describe August Burns Red’s progressive, mosh-friendly metalcore from the time their debut album Thrill Seeker came out 12 years ago.īack then, Brubaker and Rambler played breakdown after breakdown, and a small but loyal legion of fans frantically stomped, kicked, spun and punched the air, while curious but uninitiated audience members watched the show from further back to avoid suffering a broken nose or a split lip. “They were shouting pretty loud, but we were like, ‘Well, you guys are gonna hear a drum solo at the end of the set anyway, so we’re not gonna play one now.’ Then the power went back on, everyone cheered and we went right into the next song.
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