August Burns Red Reveal Holiday Plans, Best Band Logos + More News

August Burns Red will drop a full-length Christmas album, August Burns Red Presents: Sleddin' Hill, A Holiday Album, this holiday season. The band always released metal holiday covers at the end of the year, but this time, they are going all out with an entire album. The album is 13 tracks and boasts fresh takes on yuletide faves like "Jingle Bells" and "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer," among others. Also, the band crafted original, headbanging holiday future classics.

The album also compiles remixed and remastered versions of the band's previous holiday hits, like "O Come, O Come Emmanuel," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Little Drummer Boy." Deck the halls, ABR-style.

"The idea of doing a full Christmas album has been floating around in the ABR camp for a few years now, but what always held us back was finding the time and energy to write an additional full-length in between touring and writing our regular records," said guitarist JB Brubaker. "After finishing 'Leveler,' I finally felt inspired enough to tackle the Christmas album idea."

Track Listing:

'Flurries'

'Frosty the Snowman'

'Sleigh Ride'

' God Rest Ye' Merry Gentlemen'

'Jingle Bells'

'Oh Holy Night'

' Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer'

'Sleddin' Hill'

'Little Drummer Boy'

'Winter Wonderland'

'O Come, O Come Emmanuel'

'Carol of the Bells (2012)'

'We Wish You a Merry Christmas'

[Via Press Release]

Agnostic Front and Death by Stereo will hit the road this October. That should be a good one, especially for fans of hardcore and punk rock. AF singer Roger Miret commented on the tour, saying, "We are excited to hit the road Death by Stereo! We will start the tour off in Seattle and then into the North Western parts of Canada, with an awesome ending in Denver. So here we come! Sing loud, sing proud!" Yes sir!

10/18/12 El Corazon – Seattle, WA

10/19/12 The Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, BC – CANADA

10/20/12 Level High Club – Kelowna, BC – CANADA

10/21/12 Republik – Calgary, AB – CANADA

10/22/12 The Pawn Shop – Edmonton, AB – CANADA

10/23/12 Studio Music Foundation – Edmonton, AB – CANADA

10/24/12 Amigo's Cantina – Saskatoon, SK – CANADA

10/25/12 The Zoo – Winnipeg, MB – CANADA

10/26/12 The Aquarium – Fargo, ND

10/27/12 Sokol Underground – Omaha, NE

10/28/12 Marquis Theatre – Denver, CO

[Via Press Release]

Early Graves will drop Red Horse on Oct. 30. It's the San Francisco-based metal band's first release since the death of founding singer Makh Daniels two years ago. Funeral Pyre's John Strachan has taken over on vocals. The band will embark on a fall tour alongside Skeletonwitch this September. In the meantime, check out a rough demo of 'Days Grow Cold,' their first with Strachan at the vocal helm. [Via Press Release] [Brooklyn Vegan]

Band logos are either iconic or a dime-a-dozen. The really cools ones - Slayer, Metallica, Slipknot- stand out and become part and parcel of heavy metal culture. We won't even mention the forgettable ones or the black metal band logos, which are utterly illegible and totally kvlt. Check out the Top 25 best band logos, as compiled by Loudwire. [Loudwire]