Tagged: everyonesreplaceable

So it looks like Chimaira kept pretty busy while we were away. First: as announced in November, last week's twelfth annual Chimaira Christmas marked the band's final performance with guitarists Rob Arnold and Matt DeVries. And, unfortunately, DeVries' parting gift to vocalist Mark Hunter - who is now the band's sole remaining original member - was [...]

(photo credit: Phil A. Wickstrand of Metal Psalter) Yesterday we reported on differing versions of press releases regarding ex-Darkest Hour guitarist Kris Norris' new band, A Cancerous Affair; one version said that "ex-Darkest Hour drummer" Ryan Parrish was playing drums on the project while another version didn't mention a drummer at all. Well, it turns [...]

Italian prog metal maestros Ephel Duath are really just an Italian prog metal maestro, singular - the band has gone through something like 1,864,093 line-up changes since 1998, with guitarist Davide Tiso being the only constant. Do hardcore Ephel Duath fans consider that a total bummer, or do they not care? Regardless, this news should make [...]

Truth is, Matt DeVries doesn't get enough credit for his contributions to Chimaira; I'm as a guilty of fixating on his bandmates over him as anyone, to be sure. But the dude wrote the riff from "The Dehumanizing Process," and for that alone, all Chimaira fans owe him free drinks for as long as he [...]

... Brandon Ellis. You might recognize the 18-year old (!) Ellis's name from his run as a touring guitarist with Arsis on their most recent Jim Malone-less tour, or perhaps from his brief stint with North Carolina-based MS-faves Vanisher. Filling in for Jim Fucking Malone in Arsis is pretty dern impressive on its own, but [...]

Even though I don't know any personally, I keep hearing that Volbeat have a lot of fans. And I'm guessing it's true, based on how many albums they sell and the tours they get. So those fans will probably be pretty bummed to read this message from the band: "Volbeat has decided to part ways [...]

It's been a rough year for Coheed & Cambria. In July, bassist Michael Todd was arrested for attempted armed robbery of a drugstore for opiate pills and was subsequently dismissed from the band, a "no duh!" decision that makes Joe Paterno look like a saint. Then, just a coupla weeks ago, ex-Dillinger Escape Plan drummer [...]

Periphery just dropped the following bomb via Facebook: Sad to hear Periphery bassist Tim Murphy has left the band issuing the following statement: "I'm sorry to announce that as of today I will no longer be playing bass for Periphery. I have had so many unforgettable experiences and have met so many wonderful people while playing with [...]

Igor Cavalera: still not in Sepultura anymore. The guy who took Igor Cavalera's place in Sepultura has parted ways with the band, and been replaced with a new drummer who, sources confirm, is also not Igor Cavalera. New Not Igor joins a proud tradition of musicians such Dave Kushner and Fatty Ding Dongs Van Halen, who [...]

First, read vocalist - and now sole remaining original member - Mark Hunter's statement on the matter. My own thoughts follow. I would like to start off by thanking our fans for a great tour. This last run was a blast, and truly the most fun we’ve had in a long while. The energy from [...]

Into Eternity - a band of which Vince and I are both huge fans - haven't released an album since 20082s The Incurable Tragedy, and a large chunk of the touring behind that release was done without guitarist/creative head honcho Tim Roth. They did release a pretty good single, "Sandstorm," back in July, but concrete news [...]

By which I don't mean they're broke. No, former Dillinger Escape Plan/current Return to Earth drummer has now parted ways with Coheed & Cambria after four years in the band. An official statement from Pennie chalks the split up to "creative differences" and says that Pennie will now concentrate on Return to Earth and another [...]

pic via Why, it was just last week that Insomnium bassist/vocalist Niilo Sevänen told our own Leyla Ford that all the members of the band have other careers, including guitarist Ville Vänni, who - watch out, single Jewish ladies!!! - is a doctor.  The advantage of having a second, better-paying source of income, Sevänen pointed out, [...]

I'm not super into Mnemic, but they've definitely got my respect for a) writing a few really killer songs, and b) aping Meshuggah's guitar and polyrhythm styles way before it was cool and trendy to do so (mixed with other styles instead of straight aping, no less). So it's with something between an eyebrow raise [...]

I gotta be honest: I cannot for the life of me keep track of who the crap was in Periphery or Haunted Shores when. Misha Mansoor was definitely involved with Haunted Shores at some point, but I assume that involvement ceased before former Periphery vocalist Chris Baretto joined... although I don't think that Baretto a [...]

Earlier this week, it was announced that Every Time I Die had parted ways with bassist Josh Newton. Which, of course, raised a few questions, such as, "Who is the new bass player in Every Time I Die?", "Is Newton still in The Damned Things despite the presence of now-former-ETID bandmate Keith Buckley?", and "Does [...]

Earlier this week, drummer Mike Kaabe revealed that he had been fired from Emmure, and made some pretty heinous (and thus far completely unproven) accusations against the band and their manager, including claims of thievery and drug addiction. And if Emmure had just ignored Kaabe, we all probably would have already forgotten about it by [...]

Every Time I Die have parted ways with bassist Josh Newton, making him the forty-seventh bassist to ever hold that particular position in that particular band. (I'm exaggerating, of course... but not by much.) Based on statements from both Newton ("Thanks to all the ETID dudes and all who cared. 'twas fun. ch-ch-ch-changes...") and the [...]

No, I'm totally kidding, he was apparently fired from the band and he's rrrrrreeeeaaalllllyyyy unhappy about it and now the whole thing has turned into a total shit show. The soap opera began when Kaabe released a statement to Lambgoat earlier today, in which he explains his version of why the band gave him the pink slip. That [...]

UPDATE, 12:08 P.M.: The band's new single, "Carbon-Based Anatomy," is now avail for free download here!!! Thanks to The PRP for gettin' the scoop!!! Ever since we announced Cynic would headline Night 2 of The Metal Suckfest we've been seing a bunch of emails and comments wondering just who exactly would be playing bass [...]

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