William Jacob "Jake" Luhrs is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist of American

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band

August Burns Red August Burns Red is an American metalcore band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, formed in 2003. The band's current lineup consists of lead guitarist John Benjamin "JB" Brubaker, rhythm guitarist Brent Rambler, drummer Matt Greiner, lead vocalist ...

Background

Luhrs first entered the music scene in Columbia, South Carolina where he was the frontman for a band known as She Walks In Beauty. The band released two EPs on which Luhrs was featured but eventually disbanded. After vocalist Josh McManness left, Luhrs got in touch with

through Myspace which started his career with the band. Luhrs has performed on all the ABR albums except 2005's '' Thrill Seeker'' and 2003's ''Looks Fragile After All''. Luhrs has performed both studio and live guest vocal spots for bands such as Pierce the Veil,

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, and

For Today For Today was an American Christian metalcore band from Sioux City, Iowa, formed in 2005. They released two EPs, ''Your Moment, Your Life, Your Time'' and ''Prevailer'', and six full-length albums: '' Ekklesia'' in, 2008, ''Portraits'' in 2009, ...

. Luhrs runs a charity called Heart Support. Luhrs, along with Matt Greiner and JB Brubaker and members of

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and

, appear in parody metal band, Amidst the Grave's Demons video for "Save My Life".

Personal life

Luhrs married Kristen Michelle Welch in 2011 but they have since separated. Luhrs is a devout

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. Luhrs also won the Artist Philanthropic Award at the

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of 2016. He is a part of a

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church, and is currently in seminary at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Discography

August Burns Red

* '' Messengers'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2011) * '' August Burns Red Presents: Sleddin' Hill'' (2012) * '' Rescue & Restore'' (2013) * '' Found in Far Away Places'' (2015) * '' Phantom Anthem'' (2017) * '' Guardians'' (2020) * '' Death Below'' (2023)

Collaborations

Bibliography

* ''Mountains'' (2018)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Luhrs, Jake American performers of Christian music Living people Solid State Records artists Fearless Records artists Christian metal musicians August Burns Red 1985 births 21st-century American singers