Bolt Thrower disband 2016-09-14 by judasgoat | 27 Comments | Bolt Thrower have made the decision not to replace departed drummer Martin Kearns, and will disband effective immediately.
A post made today on their website (www.boltthrower.com) reads:
"On behalf of ourselves and Kiddie’s family, we would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and support over the last 12 months. Together with Kiddie’s family we made the conscious decision to keep his unexpected death a private matter, and to take time out to deal with it all.
When Kiddie joined us back in 1994, although he was only 17, he instantly improved Bolt Thrower as a live band, and no one was more loyal to, and prouder to be in Bolt Thrower than him.
We spent over 20 years together, touring the world, with 3 different vocalists, but he was so much more than just a drummer to us. So when we carried his coffin to his final resting place, the Bolt Thrower drummer position was buried with him. He was, and will now forever remain THE Bolt Thrower drummer, our Powerhouse and friend Martin “Kiddie” Kearns.
As for the rest of us, Bolt Thrower has been our way of life for 30 years, never driven by money, fame or ego, but by our own personal principles and values that have guided us through life, and which bonded us as friends long before Bolt Thrower was even formed..."
In addition to this, Karl Willetts posted on Twitter "Bolt Thrower 1986 - 2015" along with a photo of Kearns. The tweet can be found here: https://twitter.com/Willettsio/status/775972597213327360
Willetts will continue on in Memoriam with previous Bolt Thrower drummer Andy Whale. The other members of the band have not made statements on what they will do next.
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Sad but understandable decision. I was hoping for at least one more album, but I guess we can say that they went out pretty high with Those Once Loyal.
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truly the worst year
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RIP. Sad day for metal.
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^ damn right
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yea pretty shitty. but they did it in a great way honouring their fallen brother. hard RIP, they slay and will forever slay m/
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One the most consistent bands of the genre. RIP
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damn. sad. much respect tho.
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shame to see such a great band go, but at least they stuck to their guns til the bitter end. rip you metal legends
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Amazingly consistent band and easily one of the most consistent death metal bands ever.
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RIP, good on them honoring Kiddie. Band will be heavily missed but always remembered
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really respectful decision, good on them
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what bloc said
RIP 
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Terrible, terrible news, the guy was so young...
RIP
Gonna jam ...For Victory in memory.
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RIP bruh
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nooooo
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RIP riffs
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Damn, never really listened to much of their stuff (going to fix that) but what I have heard was really really good.
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Respect.
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pretty much all their albs are hard 4s except maybe the debut and maybe hvp
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salute to the best
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Good decision from them. It didn't seem likely they were ever going to put out new material and they've chosen to honor one of their greatest contributors and friends.
RIP Bolt Thrower. They did it all.
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Band will be missed, RIP.
Lovely tribute by the remaining members.
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It's been a really shitty year.
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Cool thing to do. RIP.
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never been huge on this band but respect for being consistent and this was really a classy thing to do and say, rip.
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Sad news. Easily one of the greatest and most influential death metal bands.
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wow, m/
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