by Zach Shaw | Apr 19, 2011 | Metal Musical Chairs
Volbeat revealed today that bassist Anders Kjølholm has left their current U.S. tour for personal reasons. Filling in for Kjølholm for the time being is The Damned Thing’s Josh Newton (also from Every Time I Die). The Danish garage metal band released the following...
by Zach Shaw | Apr 18, 2011 | Metal Musical Chairs
Stone Sour has revealed that bassist Shawn Economaki has left their current tour to return home. The band released the following statement: “We regret to announce that Shawn Economaki has gone home for personal issues. For the time being, we will continue to tour with...
by Zach Shaw | Apr 15, 2011 | Metal Musical Chairs
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkXFEZ_o8FA[/youtube] Since November of 2010, Chimaira has parted ways with bassist Jim LaMarca, keyboardist/programmer Chris Spicuzza, and (most recently) drummer Andols Herrick. While it was a given that the Cleveland...
by Zach Shaw | Mar 31, 2011 | Metal Musical Chairs
Looks like drummer Derek Kerswill has been keeping himself busy since parting ways with Unearth this past Fall. In addition to touring behind T A N G E N T S, he recently formed a new group with both of Shadows Fall’s guitarists called Dead Of Night. And now Kerswill...
by Zach Shaw | Mar 30, 2011 | Metal Musical Chairs
The unfortunate news is that apparently guitarist Jeff Hanneman is still not healthy enough to rejoin Slayer on the road. And to add onto that grief, Exodus’ Gary Holt, who has been filling in since the band started their Australian tour, won’t be available to help...
by Zach Shaw | Mar 28, 2011 | Metal Musical Chairs
It was just last month when Chimaira guitarist Rob Arnold confirmed that he was joining Six Feet Under as their new second guitarist. But now it looks like Arnold will be joined by fellow Chimaira guitarist Matt DeVries while on the road. DeVries has revealed that he...