Thrash veterans Vio-lence have announced the departure of guitarist Ira Black from their ranks. The latter had begun performing with the band back in 2022, with his departure being announced yesterday, August 30th. Vio-lence frontman Sean Killian said of that:
“I would like to give a heartfelt thank you to my brother, Ira Black, for everything he has brought to Vio-Lence and for sharing his incredible talent with us.
Ira has a dream of releasing his new album, Faenix, and moving forward with his new band, @apocaelypse_official. With that, it is with a heavy heart that I announce Ira Black’s departure from Vio-Lence as he dedicates his full focus to Apocælypse.
Ira, much love and respect to you, brother. I truly believe you are going to achieve great success with this new chapter, and I support you 100 percent. I’m proud of you and excited to see what the future holds.
Thank you for everything, Ira.
Cheers, brother!”
