Known throughout the community for their ability to interweave sweeping melody with crushing rhythmic breakdowns, August Burns Red are a band that rarely miss the mark. This is especially true when it comes to the famous ’August Burns Red cover’.

Having conquered Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus and single handedly changed the soundtrack to everyone’s Christmas for years to come with their 2014 Christmas spectacular entitled ‘August burns Red Presents: Sleddin’ Hill, a Holiday Album’ and the recent ‘Winter Wilderness’ EP, the band have now set their sights on conquering your childhood.

A most welcome take over by all accounts, August Burns Red have hit the nostalgia on its head with their recently released cover of ‘The Legend of Zelda’. Coming complete with a cosplay inspired music video, the band’s well executed Hyrule cover explores the overworld theme as well as recognisable motifs from the wider game. Recorded as part of the ‘Phantom Sessions’ EP that is due for release on the 8th of February, Bassist Dustin Davidson can be credited with placing the Master Sword back into the podium at the Temple of Time and returning us all to our childhood forms.

Speaking of the release Dustin stated that,

‘For the cover, I wanted to do a mash-up of not only the original theme, but other pieces from the game as well, and since the dungeon theme flirts with the diminished scale, it just made sense to put it into a metal cover. It was a lot of fun to write and record and I look forward to playing it on future tours!

Out of all of the games that I played growing up, I easily logged the most time into Zelda. My brother and I would come home from school, race to finish our homework, and fight over who got to play. But the thing was — we didn’t just have to fight each other — our mom was also in on the battle. My mom introduced us to Zelda on the original Nintendo, but the first game that I remember playing and really enjoying was A Link to the Past on SNES. Our love for the game only grew over the years and I’ll never forget the three of us watching and playing Ocarina of Time together on N64. Fast forward 20 years from Ocarina of Time’s release date to today, and you’ll find permanent ink not only on my skin, but on my brother’s as well. The series played a big role in our upbringing and we both got tattoos showcasing our love for a game that the three of us bonded over.’

Be sure to check out the video below and look out for ‘Phantom Sessions’ EP come release day.