August Burns Red have continued their holiday tradition of dropping festive metalcore cuts with today’s release of the Winter Wilderness EP. The six-song collection features four metalized Christmas covers — “It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” “Home Alone Theme,” “What Child Is This?” (Greensleeves), “Last Christmas” — plus two original instrumental compositions, “Winter Wilderness” and “Avalanche.”
The band has shared a guitar playthrough for the instrumental title-track featuring some sick melodic riffage from “Santa.” Winter Wilderness is available digitally and as a 10-inch solid-white LP.
ABR also recently announced early 2019 tour plans, which include headlining “The Dangerous Tour,” presented by Sound Rink, alongside Fit For a King, Miss May I, and Crystal Lake. The tour kicks off January 24 in Lexington, Kentucky and runs through March 2 in Poughkeepsie, New York. The trek includes several dates in Canada. All dates are below.
AUGUST BURNS RED ON TOUR:
WITH FIT FOR A KING, MISS MAY I, + CRYSTAL LAKE
1/24 — Lexington, KY — Manchester Music Hall
1/25 — Richmond, VA — The National ∞
1/26 — Asheville, NC — The Orange Peel
1/27 — Charleston, SC — Music Farm ∞
1/29 — Destin, FL — Club LA*
1/30 — New Orleans, LA — House of Blues
1/31 — San Antonio, TX — Alamo City Music Hall*
2/1 — Odessa, TX — Dos Amigos
2/2 — Albuquerque, NM — Sunshine Theater
2/4 — Tucson, AZ — The Rock
2/5 — Pomona, CA — The Glass House*
2/6 — Sacramento, CA — Ace of Spades*
2/8 — Spokane, WA — Knitting Factory
2/9 — Boise, ID — Revolution Center
2/10 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Depot
2/11 — Grand Junction, CO — Mesa Theater
2/12 — Fort Collins, CO — Aggie Theatre
2/14 — Oklahoma City, OK — Diamond Ballroom
2/15 — Lincoln, NE — Bourbon Theatre
2/16 — Minneapolis, MN — Cabooze
2/17 — Des Moines, IA — Wooly’s
2/18—Grand Rapids, MI — Intersection*
2/20 — Columbus, OH — Newport Music Hall*
2/22 — Ottawa, ON — Bronson Centre
2/23 — Quebec City, QC — Imperial De Quebec
2/25 — Hampton Beach, NH — Wally’s ∞
2/26 — Portland, ME — Aura
2/27 — Clifton Park, NY — Upstate Concert Hall ∞
2/28 — Buffalo, NY — Town Ballroom
3/1 — Hartford, CT — The Webster ∞
3/2 — Poughkeepsie, NY — The Chance Theater
* No FFAK
∞ No MMI
See August Burns Red give us a tour of their Lancaster, Pennsylvania home where they got their start in Episode 1 of our “Hometown” series.