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Sunday, September 21st 2008
INTO ETERNITY: 'The Show Must Go On'
Canadian extreme progressive metal quintet INTO ETERNITY — whose new
album, The Incurable Tragedy, debuted at #17 on the Billboard
Heatseekers chart last week — return to the road this weekend, when
they kick off a string of dates alongside Iced Earth. However, the
band’s lead guitarist, Tim Roth, is unable to participate in the tour.
The group has issued the following statement to explain matters further:
“All of us in the band, and especially Tim, have been looking forward to
this tour with Iced Earth for months. Over the years, Iced Earth has
been a huge influence on INTO ETERNITY, as anyone who owns Dead or
Dreaming [the group’s second album, which features a picture of Tim
wearing an Iced Earth t-shirt] knows.
“Unfortunately, the events of the past two years have recently taken
their toll on Tim. Emotionally, he’s a rock, but there are some
important legal, financial and family-related matters at home that he
needs to take care of right now. However, he’s given us his blessing to
do the tour without him so we can honor our commitments to our fans (who
won’t get a refund if the support act cancels), and continue to promote
an album that we all very much believe in.
“Luckily, Sean Maier from our labelmates Blessed By A Broken Heart has
agreed to fill in on super-short notice. From what we’ve seen and heard
on his MySpace (www.myspace.com/guitarsfrommarz), Sean’s an amazing
shredder, and we can’t thank him enough for stepping in. Meanwhile, Stu
is going to do his best to handle all of Tim’s vocal parts, as well as
his own. The vocal harmonies won’t be as rich, but Stu vows to do the
best he can.
“Please know and understand that INTO ETERNITY’s lineup is not changing,
and that Tim will rejoin the group on tour as soon as humanly possible.
Again, it’s not that Tim doesn’t want to do this tour; it’s just that he
can’t right now. Over the last three years, Tim has led INTO ETERNITY
through 300+ shows with death metal bands, power metal bands, prog-metal
bands, metalcore bands and everything in between. We’ll miss him out
there, but the show must go on.
“Thanks again to all the fans around the world who picked up The
Incurable Tragedy. We weren’t sure how people would respond to such an
emotional roller coaster, but we couldn’t be more grateful for our fans’
continued support. We can’t wait to see you all on tour.”
Feel free to visit www.myspace.com/officialintoeternity to view their
complete touring itinerary.