Guitarist Jason Richardson has shed a bit of light on the circumstances that led to his July 2025 departure from platinum-certified metalcore outfit All That Remains. Richardson originally joined that band back in 2018, taking over for the late Oli Herbert. He would go on to appear on one album with the group, January 2025’s ‘Antifragile“. In June of 2025, Richardson shared a cryptic post online, which read:
“I have not ever felt so disrespected, taken advantage of, for granted or undermined like this in my entire career. Unbelievable. Never again.”
While context was not provided, rumors of his exit from All That Remains kicked into overdrive shortly thereafter. Just over a month later, the two parties confirmed they had split, issuing separate statements that indicated the departure was amicable.
In a new interview with Guitar World, Richardson opened up a bit about what led him leaving the band. When asked if it was a difficult situation, he replied:
“Kind of, but not, simultaneously. I don’t wanna get into the weeds of it publicly, but I’m still cool with all of the guys in the band. It was mostly just a business thing. And things just didn’t… were not executed like they were promised to be, from management and the people tasked with putting the record out. I’m glad the record exists, but the fact that it’s already been out almost a year and there hasn’t been one show… So it’s, like, there’s just a lot of things on the business side in the back end that I was not happy with at all. It has nothing to do with anyone’s personality or anyone in the band at all. It just wasn’t, in my opinion — like, I could be doing other things than trying to make that work when it so clearly was not going to — from my perspective, at least.
I still love the guys. I love the record. I loved working with [producer] Josh Wilbur, the guy who did the album. He’s phenomenal. And that’s probably one of the best things about that record, for me at least, is now I have a great relationship with him, and we’re gonna keep working together. But I am happy all those songs are real, so there’s that at least.”
This past January Richardson‘s vacated spot in All That Remains was officially filled by ex-As I Lay Dying/Unearth guitarist Ken Susi. After abstaining from embarking on any proper touring of the record throughout 2025, All That Remains are now set to hit the road this spring on this U.S. headlining tour.
[via Blabbermouth.net]
