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Bring Me The Horizon Guitarist Jona Weinhofen Leaves Band

Filed Under: General News, Upcoming releases

Jan.14, 2013

Jona Weinhofen

A lot of you won’t care about this particular bit of news, and it’s justified; Bring Me The Horizon have always been a very polarizing band. However, I’m personally a bit disappointed by the news of Jona Weinhofen leaving the band. Here’s a statement the guitarist issued via Tumblr:

“After a lot of time and thought ive decided to leave my current position as guitarist with Bring Me The Horizon. things in the band have been very tense with a lot of disagreements between myself and certain members who i wont name.

im thankful for my time with BMTH and i have met many good friends and been able to travel the world more.

Im planning on moving back to Australia to pursue other musical ventures.

thanks

Jona“

The reason I care in the first place is because Jona has often cited influences from electronic and ambient music, which leads me to believe he was a major player in the band’s shift in sound from being a scene-friendly deathcore band into a more mature act. Although, their latest addition Jordan Fish — who played keyboards on their upcoming album Sempiternal — has taken up the task of playing guitars, so things still look a bit promising for the group’s continuing evolution. It also stands to reason that Jona will likely put greater effort and focus into I Killed The Prom Queen, who have an album in the works for 2013.

So there’s that. Bring Me The Horizon’s new Terry Date produced record Sempiternal is due out April 30th on Epitaph Records.

- JR

Tags: bring me the horizon, I Killed The Prom Queen

2012 Australian Rapidfire Wrap-Up (Part 1): In Trenches, Breaking Orbit, Over-reactor

Filed Under: Reviews

Jan.10, 2013

In Trenches – Sol Obscura (EP)

[03/02/12]
[Self Released]

With the demise in 2012 of Thrice, Alexisonfire and Underoath, it would be understandable to conclude that the post-hardcore movement has finally run its course, these being, along with Thursday, the best and most ambitious latter day exponents of a genre that had otherwise deteriorated during the 2000s into a rut of rampant commercialism, and something wholly unrecognisable from its raw and dissonant origins. However, by stripping away its excesses, Melbourne outfit In Trenches, which comprises, amongst others, guitarist Kevin Cameron of I Killed The Prom Queen fame and vocalist Ben Coyte from the now defunct Day of Contempt, have, with their second EP Sol Obscura, offered a challenging and insightful reinterpretation of the way this style of music can be played. Released in March 2012, and roughly translated as meaning ‘hidden sun’, Sol Obscura is as dark as its name suggests, and contains five tracks of virulent and uncompromising post-hardcore that is aesthetically gritty, oppressively discordant and utterly devoid of vocal melody. Beginning with the slow and sludgy ‘Beneath‘ before unleashing the fury of ‘Hollow Heart‘ and ‘An Impending Collapse‘, the EP is also peppered with post rock/metal build-ups and rhythmically complex riffs, the best of which can be heard on the eight minute closer, ‘Silhouettes‘. Furthermore, the production is imprecise and grimy, which enhances the EP’s overall rawness, as does the decision to hold Coyte’s harsh vocals back in the mix. Musically dense and pessimistic in outlook, Sol Obscura is, despite its relatively brief length, a fatiguing listening experience, but one that is well worth the effort. Hopefully it is also a sign of longer things to come!