Ben Maida drums for Melbourne's metalcore band Thornhill.  Thornhill has supported a plethora of bands including Parkway Drive, Architects, Northlane, In Hearts Wake and Beartooth, and, performed at Unify Festival 2018 and was due to perform at Download Festival in 2020. Thornhill also performed their headline tour for the release of ‘The Dark Pool’ in October 2019, of which sold out Australia wide.

Thornhill resumes touring in 2021 performing Australia wide on headline tours and supporting at Full Tilt Festival in July with bands such as Northlane, Thy Art is Murder and Hands Like Houses.


“To me personally, Remo is just classic. It’s what I always played on kits growing up as a teenager, and, they make the best heads that suit any type of kit. It’s one thing to make a drum good sound nice by itself, but, Remo makes heads that sound good by themselves and on drums.”  -Ben Maida