guitarist Curtis Ward left

During the Taste of Chaos tour in March of that year, guitarist Curtis Ward left the band. His relationship with the band had deteriorated as his stage performances were poor. He was abusive to audiences during the Taste of Chaos tour, and had contributed little to the writing of Suicide Season . Another reason for his departure was the worsening tinnitus in his one functioning ear. Ward was born deaf in one ear and admitted playing in the band worsened the ringing in his other ear to such a degree that he was unable to sleep at night. Ward offered to perform the rest of the tour dates, which the band rejected and instead asked their guitar technician, Dean Rowbotham, to substitute for him for the remaining performances. Lee Malia noted that Ward’s departure helped improve everyone’s mood as his attitude progressively grew very negative due to his worsening tinnitus. Within a week of the tour finishing, Sykes began talking to Jona Weinhofen , at the time the guitarist of Bleeding Through . The band knew of him from his work with his former band I Killed the Prom Queen, and he was asked to join them. Ward has since worked on the TV show Top Gear , and has occasionally performed on stage with Bring Me The Horizon, playing “Pray For Plagues”, most notably at Wembley Arena in 2015. In 2016, it was announced that Ward had joined the band Counting Days.