Messengers (album)

2007 studio album by August Burns Red

Messengers

Studio album by

August Burns Red

Released

June 19, 2007

Recorded

January 29 – March 3, 2007

Studio

Rebel Waltz Studio, Franklin, Tennessee
Sound Kitchen, Franklin, Tennessee

Genre

Melodic metalcore

Length

48:12

Label

Solid State
CI

Producer

Tue Madsen
August Burns Red

August Burns Red chronology

Thrill Seeker
(2005)

Messengers
(2007)

Lost Messengers: The Outtakes
(2009)

Messengers is the second studio album by American metalcore band August Burns Red. It was released on June 19, 2007, through Solid State Records and was produced by the band themselves and Tue Madsen.^[1] 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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk.net	8.5^[2]
AllMusic	^[3]
Jesus Freak Hideout	^[4]

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

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Truth of a Liar"	4:12
2.	"Up Against the Ropes"	5:04
3.	"Back Burner"	3:42
4.	"The Blinding Light"	5:28
5.	"Composure"	4:13
6.	"Vital Signs"	3:17
7.	"The Eleventh Hour"	4:05
8.	"The Balance"	3:20
9.	"Black Sheep"	3:53
10.	"An American Dream"	4:41
11.	"Redemption"	6:12
Total length:		48:12