Just under two weeks after it was announced that Black Veil Brides and Ashley Purdy were parting ways, the bassist has started teasing his own solo material.

In his first update since the split, Ashley posted, “What if I told you I’ve been busy… working on new music. What if i told you it sounded like this…” along with a snippet of the material on his Instagram account. It’s hard to judge just yet what Ashley’s new project is going to entail, but this teaser certainly sounds a world away from the hard rock of BVB.