AUGUST BURNS RED Are Re-Recording Their Debut Album

Metalcore stalwarts August Burns Red have begun re-recording their debut album, Thrill Seeker, which was originally released in 2005 with old vocalist Josh McManness. The re-recording will feature vocalist Jake Luhrs, who joined August Burns Red in 2006 and has been featured on every recording since 2007’s Messengers.

Luhrs posted a video to Instagram explaining the importance to him of Thrill Seeker and participating in the re-recording (h/t to Lambgoat for the transcription):

“So we’re in the studio, day one for the rerecord of Thrill Seeker, and in reality, I am really, really excited about recording this record because when I first heard Thrill Seeker not being in the band, obviously, from South Carolina, I was just blown away by this album. And in my opinion, it was very progressive for the time. I remember being at a party and my buddy John showed me the record, and I was like ‘Oh my gosh, I wanna be in a band that sounds like this. This is the style of music that I want to be a part of.’ Little did I know that maybe six months later I was gonna have a phone call with Brent, our guitarist, and be like ‘Hey man, come try out to be the frontman of August Burns Red.’ So this album was the beginning of my journey as the frontman for August Burns Red in my musical career. These songs I listened to over and over and over again. Not only because I had to tour some of these songs earlier in my career with August Burns Red, but they just meant so much to me and I just love them so much. So being able to actually be on the record Thrill Seeker today and be able to contribute to a record that impacted my life before I was with August Burns Red just means so much to me, and I’m super pumped.”

This version of Thrill Seeker does not currently have a release date set.