Insomnium have announced that guitarist/vocalist Ville Friman will be sitting out the groups August/September North American tour. Nick Cordle of Sanctuary/ex-Arch Enemy, etc.) will be taking his place. The following statement was issued:
“Stop the press! Due to his very busy work schedules Ville is not able to join us on this next North American tour in Aug/Sep. But we are more than happy to announce that the stand-in guitarist for the whole tour will be no other than the godlike Nick Cordle (Sanctuary, ex-Arch Enemy, ex-Arsis). So you can expect a dual face-melting guitar hero onslaught of Vanhala & Cordle every night!
Ville comments: “My sincere apologies for not being able to take part in INSOMNIUM‘s busy touring schedule this year. I’ve tried my best to work my way around work and band and will be doing as many shows as possible. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to take part in this run. But worry not, Nick has kindly accepted to step into my shoes and will be shredding his way to your hearts every night. In the meanwhile, I’ll be concentrating on coming up with new Insomnium tunes. Hope to see you soon in North America.”
Nick comments: ”It’ll be an honor and a pleasure to sit in with Insomnium on this run! They’re an awesome live band and I’ll try to hold up my end of that “face melting guitar hero onslaught” as promised!”
So, for sure it will be one awesome tour for us and Omnium Gatherum, starting from Heavy Montreal on Aug 9th. See you guys soon!!”
