''Messengers'' is the second studio album by American

metalcore Metalcore is a broadly defined fusion genre combining elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk, originating in the 1990s United States and becoming popular in the 2000s. Metalcore typically has aggressive verses and melodic choruses, combined ...

band August Burns Red. It was released on June 19, 2007, through

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and was produced by the band themselves and Tue Madsen. It is their first release with vocalist Jake Luhrs and bass player Dustin Davidson. It sold 9,000 copies in its first week on sale, and went on to sell over 80,000.

Background

A video for the song "Composure" was recorded and was released as a single on September 6, 2007. The second video from this album, for the song "Back Burner", premiered on Myspace Music on August 13, 2008. A vinyl copy of this record was also released with limited press numbers through the band's former label, CI Records.

Track listing

Personnel

August Burns Red * Jake Luhrs – lead vocals * JB Brubaker – lead guitar * Brent Rambler – rhythm guitar * Dustin Davidson – bass, backing vocals * Matt Greiner – drums, piano Additional personnel * Tue Madsen – production, mixing * August Burns Red – production * Troy Glessner – mastering * Jon Dunn – A&R * Invisible Creature – art direction * Ryan Clark – design * Jerad Knudson – cover photo * Dave Hill – band photo

References

2007 albums August Burns Red albums Solid State Records albums Albums produced by Tue Madsen {{2000s-metalcore-album-stub