Guardians Sessions

Guardians Sessions is the sixth EP by American metalcore band August Burns Red. It was released on April 16, 2021 through Fearless Records. The EP consists of b-sides from the recording sessions of the band's previous album, Guardians, along with two re-imagined versions of songs from the album and two covers.

Background and promotion

Starting in late 2020, August Burns Red began to release a series of singles that were recorded during sessions for their previous studio album, Guardians.
The first single released was a cover of the System of a Down song "Chop Suey!" on December 15, 2020. On January 19, 2021, the band released the single "Standing in the Storm" along with the song's animated music video. The following month, August Burns Red released an instrumental re-recording of the Guardians song "Extinct by Instinct", titled "Extinct by Instinct ", on February 9. On March 9, the band released a cover of the theme song for the TV series Westworld, which the band started writing in 2018. A couple of weeks later, the single "Icarus" was released along with the announcement of a new EP, Guardians Sessions; "Icarus" features clean vocals provided by bassist Dustin Davidson.

Personnel

;August Burns Red

Jake Luhrs – lead vocals
JB Brubaker – lead guitar
Brent Rambler – rhythm guitar
Dustin Davidson – bass, backing vocals, additional guitars, clean vocals on track 2
Matt Greiner – drums, piano

;Additional personnel

Carson Slovak – production, recording, mixing
Grant McFarland – production, recording, mixing
Troy Glessner – mastering
Florian Mihr – design
Levi Seitz – lacquer cut