August Burns Red‘s new cover of the Christmas favorite “Little Drummer Boy” has been released online. It can be streamed over at the bands Myspace and purchased through iTunes.
Speaking on the cover, band guitarist JB Brubaker had the following to say:
“With ‘Little Drummer Boy’ I wanted to do something really different from any previous August Burns Red songs.The end result is pretty much our attempt at down-tuned post metal, which is something I’ve been a fan of for a long time now. The song was recorded in drop A, which is much lower than we usually play.
Recording the track was a lot of fun as I was able to incorporate a bunch of new sounds and techniques ABR has never used before like slide guitar, ukulele, and acoustic guitar. The icing on the cake was having Magnus Lindberg mix the track. Lindberg has done all the Cult Of Luna albums, and I’m a huge fan of theirs so I was so excited to have him mix the track.”
In other news, the bands rendition of the holiday track “Carol Of The Bells” will be featured on the December 12th Christmas special of the animated TV series, “American Dad!“.
