Evanescence announces exit of guitarist Jen Majura

Jen Majura just announced she wont be continuing as a guitarist for the popular metal band, Evanescence.

The 41-year-old rock star was a member of the My Immortal band from 2015 till 2002, when she found herself unceremoniously expelled from the band.

Three years later, Majura announced she would be quitting music overall for the foreseeable future because of the "overwhelming amount of ridiculousness that comes with the music industry nowadays."

Taking to the official Instagram account, the German native announced, “I‘m gonna make this as brief as I can: After careful consideration, observing what‘s going on in the music industry, AI related developments and change in society I‘ve come to the conclusion to step away.”

“Some of you have heard me talk about this quite a while ago. Instead of wasting another year of my life constantly hoping for new energy, drive and creativity, I‘ve reached a point in my life where I can confidentially lean back in peace. While time allowed me, I was able to collect an amazing amount of beautiful experiences, tours, shows, travels and moments! I am grateful for every bit of that, but the world has changed. I can confidently make up my mind to stop,” she added.

Majura continued, “I am not saying that I will never create any music again, whether recorded or live – but for now I feel there are healthier and better things to fill my life with good vibes and not deal with the overwhelming amount of ridiculousness that comes with the music industry nowadays. I just can’t identify with today‘s attitude and values anymore."

“As a final musical endeavor I wanna share 4 tracks with you. Songs that were written over a decade ago together with the great guitarist Dennis Hormes. I found these old demo recordings while cleaning out stuff from my computer and thought they are too good to not be shared. So if you made it this far and read the whole post, I assume you actually ARE someone that truly cares and these 4 singles are for you!” the Evanescence now-former guitarist concluded.