
Heal The Scene Updates
Stories from our staff and community on progress towards our mission of healing the scene, including behind-the-scenes goals and results, interviews from supporters and volunteers, special podcasts, and more.
The History of HeartSupport
August Burns Red’s Jake Luhrs founded HeartSupport in 2011 as a way to offer fans mental health support long after each concert came to a close. In the years since, over 50,000 metal listeners have opened up about their mental health and received support.

Heavy music hope: meet HeartSupport Program Assistant Reece Maopolski
Reece Maopolski has joined HeartSupport’s team as Program Assistant, committed to supporting volunteer repliers as they provide peer mental health support.