History Music / AskingAlexandria

* CarefulWithThatAxe: Worsnop had a rather demonic screech back in the day, now he can mostly muster a dry hardcore yell.

In 2017, the band released their self titled album, which completely abandoned any remaining elements of metalcore and screamo for hard rock and stadium rock. They also embarked on a tour with BlackVeilBrides. In 2020, the band released their sixth album, ''Like A House on Fire''. In 2021, the band switched labels from Sumerian to Better Noise Music, and released their seventh album, ''See What's on the Inside'', later that same year. Their eighth album, ''Where Do We Go from Here?'', released on August 25, 2023, and was perceived as a minor return to their metal roots.

Asking Alexandria is one of the most popular {{Metalcore}}/[[ScreamoMusic Screamo]] bands of the 21st century. Originating from York, England, they are currently one of the modern faces of the genre, and Sumerian Records flagship band with a rabid {{fandom}} and {{hatedom}}. Although they traffic on the usual metalcore tropes of screaming vocals and breakdowns, they distinguish themselves by being influenced by 80's {{Hard Rock}} and featuring euro influenced electronica sections.

They debuted in 2009 with ''Stand up and Scream'' The album was a modest success with it's {{Electronicore}} sound, and being boued by the viral success of first single "The Final Episode", it managed to pave the way for later success.

Their sophomore record ''Reckless and Relentless'' made them a smash, debuting on multiple charts and turning them into a mainstream, headliner act. This album saw them start to move away from electronic elements, and move towards the addition of hard rock and hair metal elements.

Their third album, ''From Death to Destiny'', is not only their greatest success so far, it's also the result of a drastic change in sound and image, almost completely ditching {{metalcore}} in favor of {{hard rock}} and {{arena rock}} with slight metalcore and screamo elements. While many older fans have their gripes, this has broken them through almost fully into the hard rock mainstream, with the {{power ballad}} "Moving On" being especially successful.

In 2015, singer Danny Worsnop left the band due to his fading interest in metalcore, instead wanting to focus on his 80s rock influenced project We Are Harlot. He was replaced by former Make Me Famous and Down & Dirty singer Denis Shaforostov, better known as Denis Stoff. Their fourth album released the next year in 2016, ''The Black,'' is a return to their previous metalcore screamo sound. Later that same year, Denis quit for conflicting reasons[[note]]The band said he'd basically threatened to break the band up and then stopped talking to them, Denis said he was busy trying to rescue his family from Ukraine after Russian forces occupied his home region of Donbas[[/note]], and Worsnop returned to the band.

In 2017, the band released their self titled album, which completely abandoned any remaining elements of metalcore and screamo for hard rock and stadium rock. They also embarked on a tour with BlackVeilBrides. In 2020, the band released their sixth album, ''Like A House on Fire''. In 2021, the band switched labels from Sumerian to Better Noise Music, and released their seventh album, ''See What's on the Inside'', later that same year.

Their eighth album, ''Where Do We Go From Here'' released on August 25, 2023 and was perceived as a minor return to their metal roots.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''From Death to Destiny'' brought in more HardRock influences, largely due to Danny growing sick of metalcore. After he left and Denis replaced him, ''The Black'' featured more metalcore and electronic influences. Their self titled album took an entire GenreShift into ArenaRock. Like A House On Fire brought in influences of pop rock and electronic rock. See What's On The Inside delivered more straightforward alternative rock and classic rock sound, while Where Do We Go From Here included influences of djent and their old metalcore records.

* OutOfGenreExperience: "Not The American Average" was one of their first times playing in a {{hard rock}} style (albeit with breakdowns and emo style singing). While it wouldn't sound out of place on their newer records, on the metalcore heavy "Stand Up and Scream" it sounded very out of place, becoming the {{black sheep hit}} of the record.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''From Death to Destiny'' brought in more HardRock influences, largely due to Danny growing sick of metalcore. After he left and Denis replaced him, ''The Black'' featured more metalcore and electronic influences. Their self titled album took an entire GenreShift into ArenaRock. Like A House On Fire brought in influences of pop rock and electronic rock.

* PowerBallad: "Someone Somewhere" was their first, although "Moving On" is a straighter example.

* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: During a live performance in Seattle in 2011, Danny Worsnop appeared on stage barely sober enough to stand, let alone perform, and behaved quite belligerently towards the audience. He was eventually escorted offstage mid-set, prompting the band to call members of the audience up to the stage to fill in for Worsnop so they could finish their set.

* BalloonBelly: In just four short years since becoming famous, Worsnop has gained a lot of weight. In fact he's almost unrecognizable compared to how he used to look.

* TheHedonist: Danny Worsnop. Even after beating most of his addictions, it was still his image for "From Death to Destiny" and his other band We Are Harlot.
* HollywoodToneDeaf: For a while, Worsnop became notorious for his poor vocal abilities during live performances, mostly due to him being intoxicated during said performances. His ability to perform live has improved over time, however.
* IAmVeryBritish: Averted. Most of the band is from [[OopNorth York]], Danny lived in Texas for a while in his youth which seems to have resulted in a case of WhatTheHellIsThatAccent, and Denis is from Ukraine.

* TakeThat: Danny clearly didn't think much of Denis taking his spot. At the time he filed a legal injunction to stop them from using his backing vocal tracks live and accused him of miming[[note]]Being a band with only one backing vocalist, Asking Alexandria has always used pre recorded backing vocals to pad their sound. The band never put the time in to re-record the ones of Danny's vocals until legal action.[[/note]] and then after his return said he didn't consider Denis to be a replacement, but "keeping his seat warm". Also, Danny has never sung a single song from Denis' album since his return.
** "Undivided" has never been confirmed, but is widely considered to be one Ben wrote about Danny. The spoken word ran by Ben in the middle of the song is outright vicious.

In 2015, singer Danny Worsnop left the band due to his fading interest in metalcore, instead wanting to focus on his 80s rock influenced project We Are Harlot. He was replaced by former Make Me Famous and Down & Dirty singer Denis Shaforostov, better known as Denis Stoff. Their fourth album released the next year in 2016, ''The Black,'' is a return to their previous metalcore screamo sound. Later that same year, Denis quit for conflicting reasons, and Worsnop returned to the band.

Asking Alexandria is one of the most popular {{Metalcore}}/[[ScreamoMusic Screamo]] bands of the 21st century, from York. They are currently one of the modern faces of the genre and Sumerian Records flagship band with a rabid {{fandom}} and {{hatedom}}. Although they traffic on the usual metalcore tropes of screaming vocals and breakdowns, they distinguish themselves by being influenced by 80's {{Hard Rock}} and featuring euro influenced electronica sections.

They debuted in 2009 with ''Stand up and Scream'' was a modest success with an {{Electronicore}} sound, boued by the viral success of first single "The Final Episode" the album managed to pave the way for later success.

Their sophomore record ''Reckless and Relentless'' made them a smash, debuting on multiple charts and turning them into a mainstream, headliner act. this album saw them start to move away from electronic elements and the addition of hard rock and hair metal elements.

Their third album, ''From Death to Destiny'' is not only their greatest success so far and the result of a drastic change in sound and image, almost completely ditching {{metalcore}} in favor of {{hard rock}} and {{arena rock}} with slight metalcore and screamo elements. While many older fans have griped, this has broken them through almost fully into the hard rock mainstream, with the {{power ballad}} "Moving On" being especially successful.

In 2015, singer Danny Worsnop left the band due to his fading interest in metalcore, and to focus on his 80s rock influenced project We Are Harlot. He has since been replaced by former Make Me Famous and Down & Dirty singer Denis Shaforostov, better known as Denis Stoff. Their fourth album, ''The Black,'' is a return to their previous screamo sound. In 2017, Worsnop returned to the band, and the band released their self titled album and embarked on a tour with BlackVeilBrides.

In 2020, the band released their sixth album, ''Like A House on Fire'', and their seventh album, ''See What's on the Inside'', was released in 2021.