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.
HeartSupport brings solidarity and vulnerability to Welcome to Rockville
HeartSupport made a massive impact at Welcome to Rockville 2025, offering mental health support and solidarity through over 700 conversations.
Support Calls return with customized compassion through a year of peer connection
Support Calls are a unique year-long peer support relationship between a supporter and someone who needs a little extra mental health help.
Asking Alexandria fans find solidarity through HeartSupport
At an Asking Alexandria concert in Buffalo, New York, Asking Alexandria fans found mental health support and solidarity at the HeartSupport booth.
Citizen Soldier announces the 2025 HeartSupport Tour
Citizen Soldier is partnering with HeartSupport to bring mental health support to fans on their 2025 tour with 10 Years and Adelitas Way.
How HeartSupport is using technology to revolutionize mental health support online
HeartSupport’s unique suite of social media response tools, Porter, is currently patent-pending. It allowed the organization to respond to 4,000 requests for help in 2024 alone.
In-person meetups: stories of connection from our community!
Sometimes, HeartSupport community members get the opportunity to meet up in person. Here are three stories of connection in early 2025!
Imminence brings mental health help to fans in new concert experience with HeartSupport
Metalcore band Imminence partnered with HeartSupport to meet fans exactly where they were with mental health support. One attendee, Megan, courageously shares how she was impacted.
Starting strong: HeartSupport exceeds 80% of organizational goals for the first quarter of 2025
2025 started strong for HeartSupport with the relaunch of Support Calls and our first event of the year, partnered with Imminence.
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.
A venue’s comeback story fuels mental health support at Christmas Burns Red 2024
The Champ’s comeback story led to them hosting Christmas Burns Red in 2024, donating $1 from every ticket sale to support HeartSupport’s mental health mission.
New HeartSupport board member Bryan Fevold brings personal perseverance to his role
HeartSupport board member Bryan Fevold has been a supporter of the organization since his own battle with stage 4 brain cancer motivated him to make a difference in the lives of others who are struggling.
What does HeartSupport have planned for the first quarter of 2025?
HeartSupport is starting 2025 strong by resuming support calls, hiring new staff, and preparing for festival presence this year.
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.
HeartSupport accomplishes more than 80% of its mental health support goals for the fourth quarter of 2024
HeartSupport set big goals for the final quarter of 2024, furthering their mental health support work. We accomplished 84% of those goals!
Christmas Burns Red 2024 unites major metalcore acts in fueling mental healthcare
Bands like August Burns Red, The Devil Wears Prada, The Ghost Inside, Erra, and Gideon united for the first Christmas Burns Red festival. All of the bands contributed to a raffle to fund HeartSupport’s mental health work.
Let’s talk about mental health: Jambo
Twitch streamer Jambo found hope and healing through community at the lowest point of her life. Now, through HeartSupport, she’s making it possible for others to find the same help.
The power of music to heal mental health: ZerrekTheDog
ZerrekTheDog is a streamer who used their deep personal love of music for a cause: healing for those struggling with mental health.
A parent becomes a mental health anchor: Carl Layne
As a father to teenage daughters, Carl Layne knows firsthand that mental health services through organizations like HeartSupport can mean the difference between life and death.
Inviting others into life-saving purpose: Jeremy Boyum
A background in sales prepared Jeremy Boyum for fundraising effectively for HeartSupport’s life-saving mission.
The healing power of community: Sam Alexander
HeartSupport was founded with the idea that the metal community can heal best together. Sam Alexander epitomizes that principle.