Arsis guitarist/vocalist James Malone will be sitting out the bands immediate upcoming tour with Firewind, White Wizzard and Nightrage. Speaking on that, he offered:
“Due to professional and personal commitments I am unable to tour with ARSIS at this time. For the upcoming tour with FIREWIND, rather than drop off the tour entirely, we’ve decided to hire live musicians, some of whom have long been associated with my band. I have given Nick and Noah my blessing and am certain the lineup will be great. My sincerest apologies to anyone who is annoyed or disappointed by my absence. Please go and support ARSIS and check out some of our new songs, which they will be playing every night!”
An odd turn of events to be sure has Malone is often seen as the driving force behind the band. Despite Malone‘s absence, the group will be performing some new material on the tour, some samples of which you can hear in the below video statement from guitarist Nick Cordle:
