Make Them Suffer

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Make Them Suffer
OriginPerth, WA
GenresDeathcore, Metalcore
Years active2008 - present
LabelsFirestarter, Roadrunner, Greyscale, Rise
Associated actsLifeblood, Drown This City
MembersSean Harmanis, Nick McLernon, Jaya Jeffery, Jordan Mather, Alex Reade
Past membersChris Arias-Real, Cody Brooks, Tim Madden, Heather Menaglio, Richard West, Craig Buckingham, Lachlan Monty, Louisa Burton, Booka Nile

Band members

  • Current Line-up
    • Sean Harmanis (vocals)
    • Nick McLernon (guitar, vocals)
    • Jaya Jeffery (bass)
    • Jordan Mather (drums)
    • Alex Reade (keys, vocals)
  • Former members
    • Booka Nile (keys, vocals) 2017 - 2022
    • Lachlan Monty (guitar) 2012 - 2017
    • Louisa Burton (keys, vocals) 2011 - 2017
    • Craig Buckinghom (guitar) 2011 - 2012
    • Cody Brooks (guitar) 2009 - 2011
    • Tim Madden (drums) 2008 - 2018
    • Chris Arias-Real (bass) 2008 - 2017
    • Heather Menaglio (keys, synths) 2008 - 2011
    • Richard West (guitar) 2008 - 2009

Band information

Perth band Make Them Suffer formed in 2008 with a line-up of Sean Harmanis, Nick McLernon, Heather Menaglio, Tim Madden, Chris Arias-Real and Richard West, at first playing melodic deathcore. A demo appeared in 2009, after which West was replaced by Cody Brooks. Shows with The Black Dahlia Murder, Unearth and Between the Buried and Me followed over the next couple of years. Debut EP Lord of Woe appeared in late 2010. During 2011 Brooks and Heather Menaglio were replaced in the band by Craig Buckingham and Louisa Burton. In late 2011 the band toured with Thy Art is Murder, The Bride and War From a Harlot's Mouth. In late February 2012, Make Them Suffer signed to Roadrunner Australia. A full length album followed and the band did a national tour in support. Buckingham was replaced by Lachlan Monty and during 2013 Make Them Suffer toured extensively in Europe before returning to Australia where they supported Bleeding Through mid-year. In mid-2014 the band featured on the Free Your Mind tour with Northlane and Thy Art is Murder.

Old Souls was released mid-2015 and peaked at #30 on the ARIA album chart and early the following year signed to US label Rise. Soon after, Burton, Monty and Chris Arias-Real were all replaced. Monty's spot was left unfilled. Burton was replaced by Booka Nile and Jaya Jeffery, who had played some live dates with them, took over from Arias-Real. Worlds Apart appeared in July 2017, peaking at #29, and Make Them Suffer did a world tour in support, after which Tim Madden departed. Late in 2018 Make Them Suffer toured the US with 'The Acacia Strain and After the Burial and another North American tour with Chelsea Grin and Born of Osiris took place in 2019. COVID curtailed further touring activity after this and the band released How To Survive a Funeral in June 2020. The album reached #17 on the ARIA chart and Nile appeared on the eighth season of Married At First Sight that aired in early 2021. During 2021 Make Them Suffer recorded the single Contraband with guest vocals from Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox, a song that came in at #1 on The Faction's Hardest 100 countdown in March 2022. Prior to that, Nile was fired from Make Them Suffer in February 2022 after allegations of sexual assault against her, though she has since addressed those on subsequent Instagram posts. Alex Reade from Drown This City replaced Niles in mid-2022 and the band did a short Australian tour on the back of a new single. Early in 2023 they toured Neverbloom on its tenth anniversary, releasing a remastered version. The single Ghost of Me followed later in the year and they appeared at the Good Things festival.

Discography

Album:

2012 Neverbloom Roadrunner
2015 Old Souls Roadrunner
2017 Worlds Apart Greyscale
2020 How to Survive a Funeral Greyscale

Singles:

2010 Weeping Wastelands Independent
2012 Neverbloom Roadrunner
2012 Widower Roadrunner
2013 Elegies Roadrunner
2014 Let Me In Roadrunner
2015 Requiem Roadrunner
2015 Blood Moon Roadrunner
2015 Threads Roadrunner
2016 Ether Greyscale
2017 Fireworks Greyscale
2018 27 Greyscale
2019 Hollowed Heart Greyscale
2020 Erase Me Greyscale
2020 Drown With Me Greyscale
2020 Soul Decay Greyscale
2021 Contraband Greyscale
2022 Doomswitch Greyscale
2023 Ghost of Me Greyscale

EP:

2010 Lord of Woe Firestarter