FORMULA INDIE SESSIONS Interview with The Event Horizon
Introduction: The Event Horizon is the solo metal/metalcore project of Jason Blymyer — one artist writing, producing, and performing everything from riff to release.
What is your earliest memory connected to music?
I remember digging around in a closet when I was 12 years old in search for anything that was even remotely interesting to do. That is when I pulled out an Aria Pro II that had been buried in there for who knows how long. I picked it up, and I never put it down.
How did your passion for creating music begin?
That same day with the Aria Pro II was the spark. There was no formal lesson, no plan — just a kid alone with a guitar he wasn’t supposed to have found. From there it became less about playing songs and more about figuring out how to make my own.
What’s the story behind your current music project?
The Event Horizon is everything I’ve built since that day in the closet, condensed into one solo act. I write, record, and produce it all myself — it’s my vision from the ground up, unfiltered by anyone else’s input.
How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard your music before?
Heavy, cinematic, and precise — metal and metalcore built on tight, technical riffing with a sense of scale to it. A track like “Symphonia Mortis” is a good example: it’s not just aggression for its own sake, there’s composition and atmosphere driving it.
What is one thing you’ve learned that completely changed the way you make music?
That imperfections can turn into some of the most priceless moments in a song. Once I learned to embrace them instead of chasing perfect takes, my music started sounding more like me — that’s what actually makes it different from everything else out there. My process now is to get the ideas out of my head first — unload the tunes while they’re loud and urgent — and worry about organizing, perfecting, and nitpicking later, once they’ve quieted down.
What tools, instruments, or software are essential in your creative process?
On the recording side, an Antelope Audio Zen Quadro interface and PreSonus R65 studio monitors, running through Studio One Pro 8. For guitars, I play a Jackson Mick Thomson Pro Series SL2 and a Jackson Misha Mansoor HT7, into a Neural DSP Nano Cortex for amp modeling.
Which indie artist or song are you loving right now?
Filth, a band out of North Carolina — solid local talent that’s been on repeat for me lately.
How have your personal experiences influenced your music and artistic vision?
Death is the thread that runs through almost everything I write — not in a shock-value sense, but as genuine reckoning with its finality and everything unknown that comes after. I lost a close friend and neighbor to suicide when I was young. The night before he passed, he came to talk to me, and I didn’t understand what was happening — I brushed it off, not knowing what was at stake. That guilt has never fully left me, and it shows up in the music in ways I’m still processing. Musically and thematically, I tend to fold spiritual threads from Western civilization into a more futuristic, modern framework — something that stares directly at the unknown while still choosing hope. Even the name The Event Horizon comes out of that same instinct: it was born during COVID-19, when the world flipped upside down and time itself seemed to stop. Left became right, right became left. We started questioning everything, and honestly, we still are.
What emotions or messages do you hope listeners take from your work?
Don’t give up on yourself. Don’t throw in the towel. No matter what’s happening in the world, there are people who love you and need you here. I also believe good and evil are both real, tangible forces — and if that’s true, then it’s on all of us to be the light in places where there isn’t one.
What’s the most important lesson music has taught you so far?
If you love something enough and put real passion into it, you can accomplish anything.
What is a dream venue or festival you would love to perform at?
Red Rocks Amphitheatre. There’s something about that place — the way it’s carved into the landscape itself — that feels like the right stage for what The Event Horizon is trying to say.
If you could collaborate with any artist, past or present, who would it be and why?
Killswitch Engage — specifically the Howard Jones era — or Memphis May Fire. Both bands blend melody and heaviness in a way that lines up with where I want to push The Event Horizon.
Where can our listeners follow and support your music? (Website, Spotify, IG, links)
You can find The Event Horizon on Spotify, SoundCloud, Instagram, and YouTube:
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/4jaVhn8htzRwvSvmqNkOJW
- SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/theeventhorizonmusic
- Instagram: instagram.com/the_event_horizon_music
- YouTube: youtube.com/@EventHorizonRock17
Looking toward the future, what’s your dream for the next chapter of your musical journey?
My dream is to commit more time and resources to this — to turn The Event Horizon from something I do around everything else into something I do full-time. Along the way, I just want to keep learning, about music and about life, and let both keep shaping each other.
What do you hope listeners will discover about you along the way?
That I’m a fighter. I refuse to let the haters win, and the more adversity I face, the harder I fight. Never back down.
