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The global alternative music community is reeling following the sudden, unexpected announcement that veteran powerhouse drummer Joe Longobardi has officially separated from the legendary Australian metalcore institution, The Amity Affliction. After dedicating nearly a decade to guiding the group’s massive rhythm architecture across historic studio full-lengths and relentless international touring parameters, Longobardi broke the silence to issue a formal public statement confirming his departure from the multi-platinum roster effective immediately.

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The Eight-Year Journey: Longobardi Issues Official Social Media Statement

The sudden shockwave rippled through the heavy metal space on June 24, 2026, when Longobardi utilized his personal social media channels to deliver a clean, professional, and heartfelt farewell to the band’s sprawling global fanbase. Bypassing classic behind-the-scenes rock drama, the drummer focused entirely on expressing immense gratitude for his extensive operational legacy with the Gympie, Queensland-founded heavy artillery.

“After 8 years I have decided to leave The Amity Affliction,” Longobardi’s official public address revealed. “I feel extremely grateful and fortunate to have spent those years with the band. I wish Johnny, Dan and Joel along with the crew nothing but the very best moving forward. It’s been an incredible journey. Thank you all for the love. See you out there.”

As of press time, core frontman Joel Birch, guitarist Dan Brown, and management representatives at UNFD and Pure Noise Records have yet to issue a corresponding public response regarding the vacant drum throne.

Tracing the Rhythmic Legacy: From Emo Melodies to Chart-Topping Aggression

Longobardi’s entrance into the ranks of The Amity Affliction marked a highly critical, transformative developmental phase for the collective. Originally stepping into the drum fold back in 2018 to fill the immediate void left by long-time drummer Ryan Burt—who stepped away to preserve his personal mental health—Longobardi instantly injected a fiercely precise, high-velocity hardcore edge to the tracking room.

Prior to locking in his status as an official member, he established severe underground credibility tracking drums as a session force on the band’s highly experimental 2018 studio album, Misery.

He fully consolidated his permanent operational standing with the deployment of 2020’s chart-topping studio triumph, Everyone Loves You… Once You Leave Them. His intricate fill structures and heavy, pounding technicality received widespread critical acclaim, providing a dense, driving backbone that allowed the band to seamlessly reconnect with the raw, emotional heaviness of their foundational Youngbloods era while sustaining their massive international commercial appeal.

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Navigating the Future: What Lies Ahead for the Australian Heavyweights

The percussive shakeup arrives at a highly sensitive time for the alternative outfit. Having spent the earlier portion of the 2026 calendar cycle destroying arena and theater structures across North America on highly successful co-headline tours alongside August Burns Red, the band is actively operating at peak commercial performance.

Furthermore, with historical tracking logs indicating that the band has been quietly assembling ideas for their highly anticipated ninth studio full-length album, finding a premium permanent technician capable of replicating Longobardi’s specific blend of aggressive post-hardcore stamina and alternative metal finesse is an absolute operational priority.

Whether the band relies on seasoned touring session veterans to execute their impending festival and international routing blocks or unmasks an unexpected permanent architect, the legacy Longobardi leaves behind ensures his chapter in the Amity narrative remains permanently set in stone.

Also – High-Speed Justice: Former The Amity Affliction Bassist Ahren Stringer Sentenced in Australia

 

 

 

 

 

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FAQ: Joe Longobardi Exits The Amity Affliction

Why did drummer Joe Longobardi leave The Amity Affliction? While Longobardi did not disclose a specific personal or technical catalyst in his June 24 farewell address, his statement emphasized deep gratitude and mutual respect for his remaining bandmates.

Which albums did Joe Longobardi record with the band? Longobardi performed as an official core member on the band’s hit 2020 record Everyone Loves You… Once You Leave Them and 2023’s Not Without My Ghosts, alongside session tracking contributions for 2018’s Misery.

Has a replacement drummer been named by The Amity Affliction? No. As of the initial press deployment following Longobardi’s personal social media update, the band has not officially named a new permanent or touring drummer.

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TL;DR

• The Exit: Longtime drummer Joe Longobardi has officially announced his resignation from The Amity Affliction after an eight-year tenure.
• The Message: Longobardi issued a public social statement thanking members Joel, Dan, Johnny, and the crew for an “incredible journey”.
• The Catalog: Joe served as the rhythmic anchor across multiple records, including the chart-topping 2020 LP Everyone Loves You… Once You Leave Them.
• The Next Move: The band has not yet released an official statement regarding the replacement strategy for upcoming live dates or their next studio era.

The final beats have been tracked, an incredible era has officially closed, and one of Australia’s finest metalcore heavyweights is standing at a major creative crossroads.

What is your honest assessment of Joe Longobardi’s massive legacy with the group? Do you think the band should look back toward their classic Australian roots for a new full-time percussionist, or should they recruit an elite international extreme metal force to push their upcoming ninth album into completely unchartered territory? Sound off with your tracking thoughts and drummer predictions in the comment section below!

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Paramore’s Hayley Williams and more will also appear on that album.

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In 2024, Dean Blunt and Joanne Robertson released the joint album Backstage Raver, and the track “repeat offenders” featured Iceage’s Elias Rønnenfelt. Now, the three musicians have reunited to somewhat officially share a new album via MediaFire. It features A$AP Rocky, Jeremih, Vegyn, Wraith9, evilgiane, and the Last Artful, Dodgr.

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“Sorry for all you pop fans out there.”

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I threw this on expecting some decent Swedish thrash and ended up liking it more than I thought I would!

Repulsion is only five tracks, but it moves fast and doesn’t waste time. Dead Sleep keep it stripped down – no extra layers, no pointless detours, just riffs and momentum. Feels more punk-fed than a lot of newer thrash, which helps.

“Repulsion” opens hard and pretty much sets the pace straight away. Fast, sharp, catchy without softening anything. This track is the one that stayed with me more though. That slower crawling riff in the middle sits differently from the rest of the EP and breaks up the speed in a good way.

“Hell Hath No Fury” goes for a darker mood, while “Leech From Čachtice” tears ahead with a strong speed metal spirit in its guitars and overall momentum. Both are absolute killers, with a healthy dose of spite running through them.

The lyrics caught me off guard too. There’s more going on than the usual thrash clichés – defiance, anger, women pushing back instead of just being written into the violence. Small thing maybe, but it gives the songs their own shape.

Anna Wagner holds the whole thing together. Bass and vocals both right up front, rough enough without turning messy. The whole EP sounds like three people in a room pushing everything as hard as it goes.

That’s probably why it works.

It’s rough, quick, a little nasty, and doesn’t hang around longer than it needs to. Twenty minutes and done.

Went back to the title track twice after the first run!

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William Shatner is reportedly considering turning his upcoming all-star heavy metal album into a live theatrical production, blending concert performance, storytelling, and large-scale visual elements. […]

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While we can’t help you pronounce Svjetlost, we can offer up the fact that it means “light” in the Slavic language of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Which is fitting because even though the musician behind this one-man doom project, Jamie Kobić (also a member of Gavran), is located in Rotterdam, Netherlands, he is of Bosnia ancestry. Thus his “solo” album of sorts, The Forever Silent, is steeped in that culture. Though the track we’re premiering, a lumbering 13-minute crusher in the Sleep vein, may not sound, on its surface, particularly Slavic, its lyrical content is, in fact about Kobić’s homeland.

The Forever Silent was produced by Freek van Rooyen (Gavran) and mixed by Marius Prins (Throwing Bricks), while mastering was handled by Alan Douches. It’s set for release via Shadow of Sorrow Records on July 24. Place your preorder here.

Kobić had this to say about the new track:

“This song is about the pyramid-shaped mountains found in a small town in Bosnia over a decade ago. Where an ancient civilization might have lived that had built these structures to come into contact with aliens or maybe even supernatural forces. Although this is heavily disputed, obviously it’s a great story to tell in a song like this.”

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