August Burns Red Presents Leveler 10 Year Anniversary Tour

AUGUST BURNS RED — JB Brubaker [lead guitar], Brent Rambler [rhythm guitar], Matt Greiner [drums], Jake Luhrs [lead vocals], and Dustin Davidson [bass] — released Leveler: 10th Anniversary Edition on May 21st 2021, and are gearing up to take it on the road in September/October. The band re-recorded its fourth album, which was originally released on June 21, 2011, with special guests, brand new guitar solos, alternate tunings, and more. Leveler: 10th Anniversary Edition was produced, mixed, and mastered by Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland at Atrium Audio. The vinyl was mastered by Will Putney.

    "Leveler is a record we've always been proud of, and we wanted to do something special for its ten-year anniversary," says Brubaker. "We've done some cool remix projects for previous albums when they've turned 10, but with Leveler, we decided to kick things up a notch. We dove into this record and dissected the songs, rewriting solos, changing the tunings, adding new textures and elements, and got a few of our friends to do some guest spots as well. Our longtime producers Carson Slovak and Grand McFarland handled the recording/mixing and helped us take Leveler to new sonic heights. I think this is the best-sounding ABR record we've ever made, and it's going to allow people to experience the record in a whole new way. I can't wait to share this with everyone.”

Upon release, Leveler was met with near-universal praise. All Music claimed, "This kind of contrast between light and dark makes Leveler a wonderfully dynamic album that is musically engaging." Revolver declared that "August Burns Red have set their own bar even higher...and have done so for all of the scene in the process." Decibel labeled it "adventurous without the proggy aftertaste," while Exclaim! deemed it the band's best. Outburn lauded the "all-new level of musicianship,"" awarding it a perfect 10 star rating. 

Hailing from Birmingham, Alabama - ERRA has continuously brought titanic riffs, enchanting melodies, and immersive soundscapes to each of their progressive metal albums. They have been described as part mind-altering substance, part meditation, reveling in each musical moment of exultation. 

ERRA regularly appears on tastemaker playlists like Kickass Metal on Spotify and has charted multiple times on the Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums at No. 1. Most recently ERRA’s sixth album, CURE, strengthens and deepens the forward-thinking progressive metalcore they built their reputation on. It’s an album full of atmospheric ecstasy and moody groove on the heels of their stunning 2021 self-titled set. CURE charts an ambitious course for ERRA’s next era.

They’ve toured extensively, with bands including Bad Omens, TesseracT, Ice Nine Kills, Dance Gavin Dance, August Burns Red, and Wage War and continually headline their own sold out tours all across the world.

“When it breaks, what piece am I left with?” ponders frontman Chris Roetter over the rousing, palms-to-the-sky outro of “Kintsugi,” an emotional thunderclap of a song that forms a centerpiece of Like Moths To Flames’ career-defining sixth album, The Cycles Of Trying To Cope.

While the anthemic track’s title pays homage to the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold, for Roetter and his bandmates—guitarists Zach Pishney and Cody Cavanaugh, and drummer Roman Garcia—the notion of “kintsugi” carries a deeper meaning: the human experience of finding light in the dark and creating good from pain. In many ways, it reflects the album’s core theme: the cycles of trying to cope.

“The record encapsulates the varying emotions we go through when trying to grow through life,” says Roetter. “Over the last few years, I’ve really tried to harness my emotions as a catalyst to get through whatever I was facing at the time. I think we all have our own unique ways to cope—these are mine. Just being able to write about this stuff and put it out into the world makes it feel like I’m not so alone.”

Segmented into four chapters—LIMBO, FRACTURE, DISSOCIATE, and MELANCHOLIA—The Cycles Of Trying To Cope plays as an intense exploration of the band’s musical arsenal. It straddles the ugly and the beautiful in equal measure, while Roetter’s raw introspection pierces every vicious breakdown and soaring chorus with cathartic force.

Though not originally conceived as a concept album, Roetter’s reflections on the record’s diverse and contrasting elements revealed underlying connections. These threads led him deeper into his internal landscape, drawing comparisons to the terraces of Dante’s Purgatory and ultimately giving shape to the album’s “cycles.”

“A big focal point for Moths has always been writing about things I’m actively going through,” Roetter explains. “But when I realized that each song on the new album covers a unique approach I’ve had to a specific emotion, it felt like we needed something to guide listeners through the record. It helps everything feel cohesive and complete. Sometimes an album can feel like just a collection of songs, but this is more of an experience for the band. I hope people can find some solace in knowing someone else out there is dealing with these things too.”