The Browning

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The Browning
Origin Dallas, Texas, United States
Genres Electronicore, metalcore, deathcore, crunkcore (early)
Years active 2005–present
Labels Earache
Members Jonny McBee
Collin Woroniak
Drew Ellis
Cody Stewart
Past members Noah Robertson
Jesse Glidewell
Matt Keck
Brian Cravey

The Browning is an American electronicore band from Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The Browning is known for their unique blend of electronic genres and metalcore.

The band has released two studio albums, and two EP's.

History

Formed in early 2005, The Browning was originally a crunkcore solo project of Jonny Mcbee, former As Blood Runs Black vocalist. In early 2009, rapper Matt Keck joined.

Later on in 2010, Matt Keck left The Browning to be a comedian, and appeared on Tosh.0 in a viewer video titled "I'm a Snake". The two EP's saw a change in style as drummer Noah Robertson, guitarist Brian Cravey, and bassist Jesse Glidewell joined. In late 2011, Brian Cravey was replaced with Collin Woroniak,[1] and they released their video for "Bloodlust". The band's debut album, Burn This World, was released in October 2011 on Earache Records.[2]

During early 2012, The Browning toured with Fear Factory in the Noise in the Machine and Shockwave tours. During this time, guitarist Drew Ellis joined the band, making their largest line-up to date. They also toured with Static-X in the Noise Revolution tour.

In late 2012, Drew Ellis announced that he's selling his guitar so he can buy a bass instead. On November 16, 2012, it was announced that Noah Robertson and Jesse Glidewell were leaving the band.

Soon after, Drew Ellis switched to bass and Cody Stewart joined as their new drummer. Jonny McBee is the only constant member.

On August 2, 2013, the band announced that they will release a new album entitled Hypernova through Earache Records as well as releasing a new song from that record entitled Gravedigger.

Musical style

While originally a crunkcore project, The Browning now plays what can be described as a combination of extreme metal with strong electronic characteristics.[3][1] Their electronic side incorporates hardstyle, trance, electronica, and dubstep.[4] While their metal side incorporates metalcore and deathcore elements.[1][5][4] Their signature style is a hybrid of double-bass drumming, 808's, and chugging; creating a solid, pounding rhythm layered with electronics. Their song "Ashamed" starts with dubstep bass wobbles, which become replaced with heavy chugging in the same rhythm. While their main focus is on rhythm and electronics, their song "Burn This World" has an actual metal riff[citation needed], and their song "Inner Mission" is an instrumental acoustic rock song. Their lyrics focus on many different topics, such as sci-fi themed songs with aliens, zombies, vampires, Pokemon or songs with positive messages.[6]

Members

Current
  • Jonny McBee - lead vocals, programming (2005-present)
  • Collin Woroniak - lead guitar (2011-present)
  • Drew Ellis - bass (2012-present), rhythm guitar (2012)
  • Cody Stewart - drums (2012-present)
Former
  • Noah "Shark" Robertson - drums (2010-2012)
  • Jesse Glidewell - bass (2010-2012)
  • Erik Garlington - bass (2010)
  • Matt Keck - emcee (2009-2010)
  • Brian Cravey - lead guitar (2010-2011)

Discography

Date of Release Title Label
April 19, 2011 Time Will Tell Earache Records
April 19, 2011 Standing on the Edge Earache Records
October 3, 2011 Burn This World Earache Records
October 1, 2013 Hypernova Earache Records

Music videos

  • "Inner Mission"
  • "Standing on the Edge"
  • "Time Will Tell"
  • "Time Will Tell" (Scott Brown Remix)
  • "Bloodlust"
  • "Dominator"
  • "Ashamed"
  • "Gravedigger"
  • "Industry"
  • "Fifth Kind"

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MacBride, Lee (2011) "The Browning: Fire Starters", Terrorizer, December 2011
  2. ↑ Smyers, Darryl (2011) "Q&A: Jonny McBee of The Browning Believes In Aliens, Zombies and The Dallas Metal Scene", Dallas Observer (blog), August 8, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2012
  3. ↑ Springorum, Bjorn (2011) "The Browning", Metal Hammer (German edition), December 2011
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Garwood, Russell (2011) "Noah Robertson On the Rack", Zero Tolerance, November 2011, pp. 94-95
  5. ↑ Owen, Rachel (2011) "The Browning Burn This World", Big Cheese, November 2011
  6. ↑ http://earachenews.blogspot.com/2011/09/browning-discuss-bands-name-musical.html

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