August Burns Red has announced a new EP called “Phantom Sessions” and released a video for the first track, a cover of ‘The Legend Of Zelda’.
Bassist Dustin Davidson says the following about the cover:
“For the cover, I wanted to do a mash-up of not only the original theme, but other pieces from the game as well, and since the dungeon theme flirts with the diminished scale, it just made sense to put it into a metal cover.”
“Out of all of the games that I played growing up, I easily logged the most time into Zelda. My brother and I would come home from school, race to finish our homework and fight over who got to play.”
Phantom Sessions EP Tracklist:
1. Midnight
2. The Legend of Zelda
3. Laniakea
4. Coordinates (Reprise)
5. The Frost (Midi Version)
Upcoming Shows:
01/24 – Lexington, KY @ Manchester Music Hall *
01/25 – Richmond, VA @ The National *
01/26 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel *
01/27 – Charleston, SC @ Music Farm *
01/29 – Destin, FL @ Club LA *
01/30 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues *
01/31 – San Antonio, TX @ Alamo City Music Hall *
02/01 – Odessa, TX @ Dos Amigos *
02/02 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater *
02/04 – Tucson, AZ @ The Rock *
02/05 – Pomona, CA @ The Glass House *
02/06 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades *
02/08 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory *
02/09 – Boise, ID @ Revolution Center *
02/10 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot *
02/11 – Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theater *
02/12 – Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre *
02/14 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom *
02/15 – Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre *
02/16 – Minneapolis, MN @ Cabooze *
02/17 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s *
02/18 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Intersection *
02/20 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall *
02/22 – Ottawa, ON @ Bronson Centre *
02/23 – Quebec City, QC @ Imperial De Quebec *
02/25 – Hampton Beach, NH @ Wally’s *
02/26 – Portland, ME @ Aura *
02/27 – Clifton Park, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall *
02/28 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom *
03/01 – Hartford, CT @ The Webster *
03/02 – Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance Theater *
* with Fit For A King, Miss May I, Crystal Lake
The band’s seventh full-length album, “Phantom Anthem” came out in October 2017 via Fearless Records. The follow-up to 2015’s “Found In Far Away Places” was recorded with longtime producers Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland.
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Video for ‘The Legend of Zelda’