August Burns Red was founded in 2002. The band recorded an EP titled Looks Fragile After All. After about a year of playing shows and a new vocalist the band was signed to Solid State Records in 2005 and released Thrill Seeker on November 8 of that year. In 2006, drummerMatt Greiner was endorsed by Truth Custom Drums.

Their second album, Messengers, was released on June 19, 2007. It has sold over 90,000 copies thus far, and has peaked at number 81 on the Billboard 200.

From April to May 2008, August Burns Red toured with As I Lay Dying and Misery Signals.

The band toured from August 27 to October 12, 2008 with A Skylit Drive, Sky Eats Airplane, Greeley Estates, and This or the Apocalypse. August Burns Red headlined the tour.

The band also visited the UK and Europe for a month long headlining tour in November 2008 playing in Germany, Finland, Norway, Sweden, The United Kingdom, Republic Of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and France.

The band has recorded an instrumental of the classic song, "Carol of the Bells" originally recorded for X Christmas. This cover is featured in certain trailers for the movie The Spirit, which was released Christmas Day 2008.

August Burns Red recorded a cover of "...Baby One More Time" by pop singer Britney Spears for the Punk Goes Pop 2 compilation album, released in March 2009.

August Burns Red released a song called "Chasing the Dragon" that was part of a new EP called Lost Messengers: The Outtakes. It contains B-sides, demos, and covers from the recording process of Messengers. The EP was released on February 24.

On March 6, 2009, the band also visited the Middle East for the first time, playing at the Dubai Desert Rock Festival.

The band announced on their Spring Headliner Tour with All That Remains that their latest album, called Constellations, will be released July 14th, 2009.

They completed a headlining tour from July 10 to August 8 with Blessthefall, Enter Shikari, All Shall Perish. After this tour, the band toured Australia during August with Architects andParkway Drive.

They are also billed to support Bring Me the Horizon on their October UK tour alongside A Day To Remember.

The band released a music video for their song Meddler off their album Constellations in the month of June 2009. They also released a song titled Thirty and Seven, on their Myspace on June 14, 2009 and another one on June 21, 2009 titled Existence. A third track from the upcoming album was added on June 29th, 2009 entitled "Ocean of Apathy".

On July 7, 2009, a week before its release, August Burns Red began streaming their upcoming album "Constellations" live on Myspace.

According to the Billboard sales charts "Constellations" charted at number 24 in its first week of release.

The world premiere of the brand new video titled Meddler was released on their MySpace page on July 28, 2009. The song is off their brand new album "Constellations" which is available in stores and online now.

According to the band Underoath, the band is joining a short tour starting in November along with Emery.

The band will be the main support act on A Day to Remember's Toursick in Spring 2010, along with Silverstein and Enter Shikari.