Asking Alexandria return to their heavy roots

Sam and Cameron of Asking Alexandria chat with RAMzine at Download Festival regarding their performance, the festival's 20th anniversary, and their latest release 'Dark Void.' They touch upon how the song is a nod to their fans' desire for more high-octane music and serves as an indication of what to expect from their forthcoming album. The album title, Where Do We Go From Here? reflects on their current position as both musicians and new fathers. Although they cannot divulge any concrete details just yet, there are tours in the pipeline for Asking Alexandria.

[@sd300z]

We do want the metalcore back, theres no reason they cant do melodic and heavy. From death to destiny seems like a middle ground

[@Chizuru94]

Same with the Self-Titled, imo. I'm a big R&R fan, but also adore the Self-Titled and it really seemed like they had found themselves again with that one, imo.

[@Kaktysh_metal]

​@@Chizuru94yeah, they did. And that's why LAHOF was such a disappointment

[@heliosnostro8368]

Danny can't physically scream like he used to at the time so I guess it's impossible

[@mentaltelepathy24]

bmth does it perfectly amazin now

[@backrask]

Thank you for the interview. So good see Cameron and Sam doing an interview!

[@RAMzine]

Thank you for the kind words! 🤘

[@NickSibz]

You could always tell these lads have been wanting to play the heavier stuff. We all know it's not Danny's thing but he seems to be in a middle ground right now. After hearing the two new songs, especially Bad Blood if they give us more of that....us old fans are going to be over the moon.

[@indrarasmana3782]

So they are listening this whole time

[@LilComedown]

Thank you can't get enough AA content love those guys

[@rebekahcarter8120]

Nice to see Sam & Cameron in an interview. Well done!

[@xxyoloproxx7230]

Awesome interview!!! New sub 🤘🏼

[@Chizuru94]

4:45 I'm happy with either. Loved the Self-Titled especially and I think that was a great spot for them! Felt the most Asking to me personally :)

[@O.W.T.H.]

Reckless and Relentless is hands down my favorite album ever. Love evey song on that album 🤘🤘

[@justinking3127]

Had a drink with them at coyote ugly in Memphis after a show a few years back. Some of the nicest dudes out there

[@H.E.M.]

I like Sam and Cam interviews way more than Danny interviews. Dude alway had a bottle in his hands. The best though is Ben and Cam ones. Ben always be shitting on his guitar playing 😂

[@k1llblank]

Everyone else loving heavy songs .danny.

[@chrismabbitt7162]

Oh Cameron lol All the fans do want old asking back and they do want heavy 😅

[@RAMzine]

🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@Jakewieck]

Facts bro danny is more concerned about promoting his tequila than Asking at this point. Let him go. 😊

[@chrismabbitt7162]

@Jakewieck lmao this is what everyone asked for when Denis was in the band so no take backs 😂 everyone wanted danny back

[@Chizuru94]

I'd want the Self-Titled era back, tbh, if they are more comfortable with that. I don't need another R&R, even if it would be nice.

[@chrismabbitt7162]

@@Chizuru94 self titled was a great return for danny not gonna lie of it would of continued like that I would completely fine with it

[@kweezy9517]

IDC what haters say music is enjoyable and bad blood is one of em 🔥🤘

[@cameroon95]

About as heavy as a bag of feathers

[@MoriahxGrace]

golden comment

[@linkgobrrr3358]

Anyone else see Ricky and Julian in the thumbnail?

[@leotavares9391]

Danny as always, being a problem

[@wemoveforward6413]

As much as I wasn't a fan of Denis. They appeared to sound more cohesive when Danny left

[@leotavares9391]

@@wemoveforward6413 Sure, Ben tries to make everyone forget but he himself said that danny was a problem, when he left back in 2015 Even Sam said himself back in 2012 that they wanted heavy, I don't know Unfortunately the band is compromised as long as Worsnop exists, cause Ben won't let him go

[@wemoveforward6413]

@@leotavares9391 I remember ben saying this too. I wonder why they allowed him back into the fold? Desperation as Denis went missing and didn't return calls?

[@leotavares9391]

@@wemoveforward6413 Danny is like a brother to him, can't blame him for keeping danny at all costs, but sad for heavy fans

[@D.L.A.GUITAR.COVERS]

​@@wemoveforward6413 Denis have a new band. They fired him from AA, so Danny can come back....

[@user-mm6mn3fn1l]

they could've gone this direction, and they choose to do the "see what's on the inside" album. tbh it's not that the last album is bad, but this kinda song is what the fans want to hear i guess

[@DanMac26]

Danny don’t have to scream to make heavy music again. If the songs hit hard but Danny’s predominately clean vocal, then who cares…

[@MartiniScreamz]

Mate loads of heavy metal bands are/were heavy and don't scream I like both

[@TheCrabCoreKing]

Architect and bmth ar good exemples...

[@sd300z]

@sevenfoldconfession architects lost their heavy music songwriter,- Tom Searle wrote all the heaviest stuff they did. Large reason for the shift

[@Chizuru94]

@@MartiniScreamz I mean, yeah, that's what he said/agreed with.

[@user-fc8ff6vt4v]

Pretty crazy. Sounds like all but 1 want to bring the heavy back. Danny is the only one stopping jt

[@henryhaikal]

There's only one problem, the vocalist.

[@actionfigurdude]

Facts!!!!

[@DavidValles]

Danny is still one of my all time favorites but hearing the interview where Ben said he blows his voice out screaming is really concerning ☹️

[@Eymbr]

The thing that sucks is that I honestly think the black was their best album and Dennis is a huge problem for the band as well so 🤷‍♀️

[@nocturnalninjas2036]

😅

[@fabianrodriguez2601]

@@Eymbr that album sucked

[@stevenvick89]

Lets Face it the Band Is Great But Danny is Now Holding Them Back cuz he dont want to Scream Enough And Thats What Made Them Great and if Danny Won't They Have to Bring Back Denis!!

[@NicholasColvard-pm9hb]

Dennis sucked

[@shampoo119]

get over it man, nothing's holding them back they just don't want to do Stand up and scream again 😭

[@MoriahxGrace]

i wonder if they’ve actually tried to get denis back 😅 he wouldn’t though.

[@arthurleee]

what always got me was like... Nobody else there can scream? lmao

[@solid5502]

Nah. They don't need Denis because he's doing good in Drag Me Out. They need Ezekiel Pierson!!!

[@sd300z]

I want danny for cleans and sings and dennis back for screams. Think itd be a great mix. Not that they could get past differences or whatever

[@adithyaharun]

Let say "Dark Void" was created by Sleep T*ken or Spiritb*x... would people still say the same to those bands?

[@A7X31610]

I’ve seen this argument like 3 times on Twitter and it’s so laughable. Spiritbox and Sleep Token (if those are the examples we wanna use) write music MUCH better than the last 3 albums worth of material AA has put out. If Spiritbox or Sleep Token put out half-baked, uninspired butt rock that sounded like a somehow watered down Nickelback, I’m VERY certain people would be just as critical. Their music just has no soul anymore, whereas the bands you’re bringing up very much put effort and originality into their music… weird argument

[@Chizuru94]

@@A7X31610 Yup. Some people found DYWTYLM too simple, for example and vocalized that. I for my part like heavier stuff, but DYWTYLM and Aqua Regia are my favs from the album, alongside Take Me Back To Eden and Vore (and ofc the other ones).

[@babyxoxo5804]

fine. release less hardcore shit. it's honestly not that bad. but at least perform fan favorites live. they played to the stage for the first time since 2018 on their latest tour. that's insane. their metal sound was so fucking different and it sucks that we can't hear it live. stand up and scream was lyrical genius and i hope they start playing stuff from their first three albums live more

[@dereknorris4543]

Yeah ight we will see how radio friendly heavy it is. These band's need to stop lying to fans.

[@brandonrichards8086]

Them being all pop metal got me out of listening to metalcore beucase most bands followed them. They where one of the first bands i listened to in the genre so i always listened to them until death to destiny

[@mentaltelepathy24]

oh yeah when ? where? cus i havent heard anything remotely heavy😂

[@Kaikopf]

meh... I'm not convinced yet by the new songs

[@Crazy.Beautiful]

2009 > DAD ROCK vibes. Quit the dad rock shit and downtune to double drop A and give us some 9 string guitar juicy breakdowns!

[@zombeast23]

😈 😈 😈 😈

[@zombeast23]

👿 👿 👿 👿

[@arthurleee]

I can't resect a band that obeys their fans as if they're products, even if the goal is making money and getting famous. That kind of attitude never sits well with me, so I'll always prefer AA doing what they want, even if it's a fucking jazz album someday, than giving what people want. So they're already in a great direction

[@kostaslfz]

Not even close.... This is "heavy"? 🤣🤣

[@sd300z]

No it's not heavy, but it's like the heaviest they've been in 4 albums

[@kostaslfz]

@@sd300z true but still not like the songs so much... only dark void is a little better

[@sd300z]

@kostaslfz hopefully they're will be a couple of heavier ones mixes in there. Bad blood has some heavy music and the lyrics aren't. The band wants to go heavy again but Danny doesn't wanna scream anymore

[@kostaslfz]

@@sd300z I hope so cause they can play heavy music very well if they really want to

[@Chizuru94]

@@kostaslfz Yup. Bad Blood is almost good, imo. Just sucks it feels like they forced the R&R heaviness in it right near the end just so people might be happy :(

[@noahrussell4291]

lol there new stuff isn't heavy

[@davidrobert4246]

They look like priests that have briefly taken off their Roman Collars for a short break between sermons.

[@captaincharisama94]

The last two albums were not my cup of tea, so I hope this ones decent

[@ronal7214]

Heavy??? I think they know what heavy exactly means and how it sounds and their new album just sounds like house on fire, Asking Alexandria has and used to be really deep and pure metal in the beginning but their new stuff it just skipable and forgettable and definitely doesn't bring excitement, the fact that they're using low running doesn't mean it's heavy, they're music is definitely not metal core anymore

[@MotoXjunk]

The new songs suck. See What's On The Inside was a fantastic album. New stuff sounds way too "digital" lacks any soul

[@acktreptow]

Lads we all know you’d go heavy if not for Danny. Otherwise The Black wouldn’t exist.

[@bulletchevyz71]

no they didnt

[@valentineX1X]

Danny grew out of heavy music and thats fine, they were never really an overly heavy band anyway so they either compromise and stick with what they have going on or part ways with the vocalist and go in a different direction. Either way, the pop vibe early 2010s metalcore won't fly as well as it used to, so it's a gamble.

[@Chizuru94]

I for my part loved their Self-Titled album as well (and the acoustic stuff they did for that also).

[@Kossuk]

wasn't this band banned from the world? for the sake of humanity

[@julianbaramuli167]

naaaahhh, the singles released today are pure trash! I thought Dark Void was trash at first, but it sounds better than the last 2 (bad blood, psycho)

[@oscaryanezzavala]

Bad blood is a thousand hundred times better than psycho and dark blood,not only in screams,the sounds guitar is amazing

[@Chizuru94]

I like Bad Blood, but don't like how the heaviness got forced in at the end. And some of the super fast drum parts seem forced as well. The vocals and all that was fine, although a bit simple.

[@Chizuru94]

@@oscaryanezzavala Same goes for Danny's vocals there etc. Loved that track aside from the 2 heavy fast drum parts that didn't seem to fit and the heaviness seemingly being forced in at the end.