Season of Surrender

Season of Surrender is the eleventh studio album by the American metalcore band August Burns Red. It was released on June 5, 2026, through Fearless Records.^[9]

On February 20, 2026, the band released the first single "Behemoth" and its corresponding music video.^{[10][11][12][13]} On March 27, the band unveiled the second single "The Nameless" along with a lyric video.^{[14][15][16][17]}

On April 27, the band published the third single "Sonic Salvation" featuring Jamie Hails of Polaris along with an accompanying music video.^[18] Other guest vocalists appearing in the album include Mike Hranica of The Devil Wears Prada in the opening track "Legions" and Make Them Suffer vocalists Sean Harmanis and Alex Reade in "Cerebral Malfunction".^[19]

Vocalist Jake Luhrs has explained the idea behind the album title "that it's an emotionally driven album that connects with the listener to some degree about something they're going through, and recognizing there's a choice to make. They can take the thing that's closest to their heart and surrender it, or they can either heal from that thing and overcome it. By doing that and going through that ‘season of surrender,’ it's going to change the direction and course of their life very much to the point where maybe they are now living in their true identity — an individual unique purpose versus letting a traumatic thing kind of carry on in your life. What happens if you give that up? What happens if you heal from that? What kind of life would you live? That's the direction I personally wanted to go with the with the lyrics, and the songs are rippers."^[20]

August Burns Red will promote the album with a tour through Australia and New Zealand in September and October 2026, with guest bands Bloom and I Promised the World.^[21]

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal.^[22][23]

• William Jacob Luhrs – vocals
• JB Brubaker – guitars
• Dustin Davidson – guitars, bass, additional engineering
• Brent Rambler – guitars
• Matthew Greiner – drums

• Carson Slovak – production, engineering, mixing, mastering
• Grant McFarland – production, engineering, mixing, mastering, programming, additional vocals on "Whispers Like Splinters"
• David Salinas – illustration
• Sage LaMonica – package design
• Claire Thompson – project management
• Megan Dickinson – project management
• Mike Hranica – additional vocals on "Legions"
• Jamie Hails – additional vocals on "Sonic Salvation"
• Alex Reade – additional vocals on "Cerebral Malfunction"
• Sean Harmanis – additional vocals on "Cerebral Malfunction"