That's a pity.

Shame, he was pretty rad.
Brandon Ellis, who played on Arsis' latest record is filling in live.

Damn, that sucks. Abysmal riffs hard. And even though i didnt much like everblack, he was still on deflorate (3rd best behind nocturnal and abysmal imo) and ritual, which is a pretty decent record. Sad to see him go.

Really liked this dude's guitar work, that's a shame.

I hope the new guitarist really ups the ante. Hoping for some insane shredding, tremz, breakneck speed and cavern doom. All with dirtier production. Mmm. I know, im asking for too much.

Double fuck.

Glad to see a departure that's (seemingly) entirely good-natured.

Their last album was pretty good. Too bad.

daaaaaaamn love this band

Bummer.

shit man, his leads have been a trademark of the band for years, he's gonna be really missed

He's going to be super hard to replace. This sucks.

Calling next album to be the first interesting one since Ritual.

From the sounds of things, he's got other things he needs to do and being in a band simply doesn't pay the bills. We all know how badly metal bands are paid nowadays and it's a thankless task.

Really? I would think TBDM makes a pretty decent living. They are at the forefront of american melodeath and easily one of the most popular extreme metal acts, here at least.

Also, sucks he left. Band rules

Wow, didn't expect that. I loved TBDM before he came in, but he really was the icing on the cake for me that turned a good band into one of the best. Definitely one of my favourite metal guitarists nowadays, he'll surely be missed.

Sucks my butts hurting because of this

Nazzadan, TBDM don't fill venues like you think.

Wtf

Meh, band is average

band is and has always been consistent, even before he was on board. they'll be just fine

Agreed, still kinda sucks though. Love these guys.

remember when kempainen left and everyone was sad? lol

phenomenal guitarist but now its time to live life

dam, I'll always remember him for Ritual. can't wait to see their next guitarist tho. should be Malcom Pugh

"should be Malcom Pugh"

fuck, that would be awesome. gonna listen to Acolytes Eternal now.

great guitarist

Whoever takes up the axe is going to seem permanently inferior after the thought of Pugh joining TBDM now. Damn.

Damn, this sucks. Little worried for what they have in store without him now.

Interesting that Knight was from Arsis and the touring guitarist filling in is also from Arsis

im not really worried, they usually release solid material. and Nocturnal came out before he was in the band anyways, and i think its better than anything theyve done with him.

damn, he was pretty sick

bummer