August Burns Red - Leveler

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7.8 | 102 votes |
Band
August Burns Red
Style
Technical metalcore
Release date
20 June 2011
Owners
89 have it
2 want it
Tracklist
01. Empire
02. Internal Cannon
03. Divisions
04. Cutting The Ties
05. Pangaea
06. Carpe Diem
07. 40 Nights
08. Salt & Light
09. Poor Millionaire
10. 1/16/2011
11. Boys Of Fall
12. Leveler
13. Internal Cannon [Acoustic version] [Deluxe edition bonus]
14. Pangaea [Performed by Bells] [Deluxe edition bonus]
15. Boys Of Fall [Performed by Zachary Veilleux] [Deluxe edition bonus]
16. Empire [MIDI version] [Deluxe edition bonus]
Guest review by
Boxcar Willy
Rating:
8.3
Rating:
8.3
I have been a fan of August Burns Red ever since a friend showed me the song "Back Burner". I was amazed at the technicality I was hearing, so when I got home I hopped on the computer and started downloading a few songs. Sadly, I wasn't too impressed, so I let my love die a little... until now.

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published 07.01.2012 | Comments ( 7 )
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14.06.2011 - 20:40

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Awesome
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17.06.2011 - 07:22
Rating: 7

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Never listened to this band before but this is actually solid metalcore. Enjoyed it quite a bit.
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17.06.2011 - 07:35
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Yeah, this is a solid album. Sufficiently heavy, good melodies, and not completley overrun by breakdowns.
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Album Release day (June 20, 2011)
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20.06.2011 - 05:06

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They know their shit. hard as hell to play their messengers album on guitar and drums. hopefully same for this album.
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20.06.2011 - 23:54

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This band makes me want to go to warped tour and hang out with scene kids all day. i miss the days when i had standards lol
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01.07.2011 - 04:41
Rating: 9

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I downloaded this album just to poke fun at it, but it ended up being incredibly solid. I'm happy to see that they've started breaking away from the breakdown-centric sound that they started with. The prog elements are interesting, as well.
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Learn to adapt to the change, or get washed away like tears in the rain.
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03.07.2011 - 00:46
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Damn, I almost hate to say it, but this may just wind up being one of the better releases of 2011. Not gonna beat Autopsy, Hell, Havok, or Artillery, Hate Eternal, or Nervecell and likely won't beat Vader or Megadeth, but it's damn good. Likely gonna make the top ten. And... It's a Christian metalcore band... I just lost all of my kvlt points...
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31.07.2011 - 15:35
Rating: 8
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Very nice album!!
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08.08.2011 - 21:17

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Great stuff. Agree with the comments, this is one of the few metalcore bands that truly keep the genre alive. Any metal fan would enjoy this music, even ones of kvlt status.
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15.08.2011 - 09:42

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Written by [user id=111774] on 03.07.2011 at 00:46

Damn, I almost hate to say it, but this may just wind up being one of the better releases of 2011. Not gonna beat Autopsy, Hell, Havok, or Artillery, Hate Eternal, or Nervecell and likely won't beat Vader or Megadeth, but it's damn good. Likely gonna make the top ten. And... It's a Christian metalcore band... I just lost all of my kvlt points...

I went to Warped festival, and hung around the ska/dubstep artists for most of the day. I decided to venture over to the 'metal' tent (screamo/metalcore) and ran in to the beginning of this bands set. And, for the next 40 minutes, I actually understood why metalcore could be so popular. The music was heavy, but also incredibly fun. I decided to stick around the metal tent for the next few artists, (including The Devil Wears Prada, and A Day To Remember) and it reinstilled my faith that I am not a metalcore fan. However, while August Burns Red was playing, I was questioning whether all this shit that metalcore gets might actually be misplaced.
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24.08.2011 - 22:11

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Written by hadriel on 17.06.2011 at 07:22

Never listened to this band before but this is actually solid metalcore. Enjoyed it quite a bit.

this is awesome but sounds like pure shit compared to messengers(2008). That CD will make you shit your pants. Guaranteed
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Boxcar Willy
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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14.05.2024 - 20:19
Rating: 8
Boxcar Willy
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Re-listening to this for the first time in a long time. Still very solid.

It’s always funny listening back to albums and finding things you may have missed in the past. This band (and this album specifically) was obviously a big influence on Counterparts. There are sections that sound exactly like Counterparts songs.
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