Unearth part ways with drummer

2010-10-26 by Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | 33 Comments
Massachusetts metalcore act Unearth have parted company drummer Derek Kerswill over creative differences.

The band released the following statement: "After three plus years of touring the world together and playing on our latest album 'The March,' we have parted ways with drummer Derek Kerswill. The most notable reason for the split are [sic] the creative differences.

"The time has come for Unearth to write a new album and creating music with a tight unit is the only way we can assure the best collection of songs possible. The differences between Kerswill and the band started off as subtle, but became increasingly obvious over the past few months and it was time for both parties to go their separate ways.

"We have shared a ton of great experiences and achieved many of the goals we set for ourselves in the time he was in the band. There is no ill will from either side of this decision and we wish him only the best moving forward.

"'Creative differences are real and unfortunately have gotten the best of me. I wish the guys luck in the future and thank you to everyone who ever loved + supported The March,' Kerswill said.

"Unearth won’t skip a beat, though, as we will be announcing a replacement drummer for our upcoming European stint on the Persistence Tour shortly. Lastly some exciting plans are coming together for the recording to the follow up to 'The March' sometime early in 2011."

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Dogget
October 26th 2010
781 Comments


these guys are getting through the drummers

Captain North
October 26th 2010
6793 Comments


There's always one instrument a band can't seem to keep.

iPim
October 26th 2010
337 Comments


((((

IleftyspankedU
October 26th 2010
768 Comments


just saw them a couple weeks ago and it was noticeable that this dude wasn't gellin' with the others

TheFantasticDangler
October 26th 2010
2060 Comments


just saw these dudes not even a month ago, hopefully the new drummers tight

bloc
October 26th 2010
70880 Comments


I can't see this having a big impact on their sound

fr33convict
October 26th 2010
11723 Comments


I read the news title and thought it said Underoath and was like "already???"

iamSeraph
October 26th 2010
928 Comments


good for them, the march was fail anyway.

btw @HSThomas: mis sigs lost their guitarist, not their drummer.

awhiteguy
October 26th 2010
1476 Comments


btw pt. 2 @HSThomas and iamSeraph: mis sigs lost their bassist, not their guitarist or drummer

betlwedl
October 26th 2010
166 Comments


btw pt. 3 @awhiteguy: Misery Signals lost their guitarist and their bassist


IleftyspankedU
October 26th 2010
768 Comments


^ mis signals lost their bassist & guitarist

omgraptors
October 26th 2010
843 Comments


trivium also dropped their drummer awhile back...it IS a metalcore thing.

nkn3390
October 26th 2010
71 Comments


Kerswill was relatively weak for this band anyway. I'm pretty sure Unearth wants to go back to the faster/thrashier style they had with Justian, and he can't/doesn't want to play that way.

OFace
October 26th 2010
173 Comments


who cares, metal core sucks. Classic rock is where its at!

Curse.
October 26th 2010
8079 Comments


They should bring back Justian, he was a beast

TheFantasticDangler
October 26th 2010
2060 Comments


i loved the march

crowing51
October 26th 2010
3505 Comments


I read the news title and thought it said Underoath and was like "already???"[2]

R6Rider
October 26th 2010
5282 Comments


whatever happened to the dude that played on The Oncoming Storm?

Curse.
October 26th 2010
8079 Comments


Mike Justian is for hire
http://www.myspace.com/mikejustian

he is also back with The Red Chord

ShadowRemains
October 27th 2010
28731 Comments


justian was much better than this guy

Josh D.
October 27th 2010
18287 Comments


Good, this guy did not do it for me. I've seen live performances with him, and he just ruins what Justian did. And the band has been downhill anyway.

Curse.
October 27th 2010
8079 Comments


Justian was better by far

Josh D.
October 27th 2010
18287 Comments


Dude was in The Red Chord, I mean c'mon.

impoppy
October 27th 2010
2286 Comments


I saw them recently. They were decent. Whatever.

Unskathed123
October 27th 2010
368 Comments


They should hire someone ridiculous like George Kollias or Flo Mounier to do it. The Oncoming Storm + 8 strings + insane DM drumming = best Unearth album yet.

omgraptors
October 27th 2010
843 Comments


yeah he did an insane job on TOS. It's a sacrilege to touch that line-up. This band is the beast of metalcore.

loveisamixtape
October 27th 2010
12471 Comments


lol I thought it said underoath as well

also, c-c-combo breaker

nash1311
October 27th 2010
10741 Comments


Never thought this band was too special. and the march was shitty. they should hire aaron. the almost blows and he'll need a job soon.

Dogget
October 27th 2010
781 Comments


I thought the drumming on In the Eyes Of Fire was sick

Itwasthatwas
October 27th 2010
3182 Comments


haven't liked the drumming since TOS, hope they bring back justian
though when I spoke to these guys a couple years ago they were talking about how justian was great but not that stable to play with live, in terms of him speeding up/slowing down at random times. kind of a strange problem for a drummer of that caliber

ultradevilgod
October 27th 2010
295 Comments


Sucks that happened! Find a new drummer again...or they can rehire their one,Justian.

A7XEric
October 29th 2010
322 Comments


Shame I actually liked this guy too. Their drummer on In the Eyes of fire was great on a technical/speed level, but his drum parts were very unfocused and threw in a lot of random/unnecessary fills.

sexpoi
November 2nd 2010
648 Comments


i actually kinda like the march for the riffs. the drumming was fairly unspectacular tho.



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