{"id":4623,"date":"2012-11-09T11:21:58","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T19:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/?p=4623"},"modified":"2012-11-09T11:23:33","modified_gmt":"2012-11-09T19:23:33","slug":"arsis-announce-new-guitarist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2012\/11\/09\/arsis-announce-new-guitarist\/","title":{"rendered":"ARSIS Announce New Guitarist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Virginia-based melodic tech-death metal masters ARSIS\u00a0have officially announced Brandon Ellis as their new guitarist. Brandon has toured with the band in the past but will finally make his recording debut with ARSIS\u2019 upcoming full-length release. Brandon replaces guitarist Nick Cordle who was recently tapped to replace Christopher Amott in Swedish band ARCH ENEMY.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am super happy to say that Brandon Ellis has recently become the new lead guitarist for ARSIS,\u201d commented vocalist\/guitarist Jim Malone. \u201cNot only is he one of the best musicians that I have been able to work with, but he shares my passion for all things that are 80’s metal, including ridiculously tacky paint jobs on guitars. I am beyond excited about writing new material with Brandon. Until then, listen for his shredilicious leads on the upcoming ARSIS full length. Come check him out live with ARSIS this December!\u201d<\/p>\n

“Initially when Nick joined ARCH ENEMY, we all thought we could make it work with him having the time for both bands,\u201d continued bassist Noah Martin. \u201cThings unfortunately overlapped and we weren’t able to work on the new album with him. We appreciate everything he’s done for ARSIS. We’ll miss our friend greatly and do wish him all the best. Both Nick and Ryan Knight (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER), contributed ridiculous leads for the album.<\/p>\n

Brandon’s solos on this full-length are both crushing and particularly creative. His presence, along with Shawn’s (Priest \u2013 drums), were integral to the tone of this album. We’re in the post-production stage, now that the masters were just finished. In the meantime, come have beers with us on the SONATA ARCTICA run!”<\/p>\n

Check out a quick example of Brandon\u2019s playing here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SONATA ARCTICA, ARSIS
\n12\/06\/12\u00a0 Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY
\n12\/07\/12\u00a0 The Palladium \u2013 Worcester, MA
\n12\/08\/12\u00a0 The Note – West Chester, PA
\n12\/09\/12\u00a0 Empire \u2013 West Springfield, VA
\n12\/11\/12\u00a0 The Opera House \u2013 Toronto, ON \u2013 CANADA
\n12\/12\/12\u00a0 The Altar Bar \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA
\n12\/13\/12\u00a0 Peabody\u00b4s \u2013 Cleveland, OH
\n12\/14\/12\u00a0 Harpo\u2019s \u2013 Detroit, MI
\n12\/15\/12\u00a0 Mojoes \u2013 Joliet, IL
\n12\/17\/12\u00a0 Bluebird Theater \u2013 Denver, CO
\n12\/18\/12 Launchpad \u2013 Albuquerque, NM (ARSIS only)
\n12\/19\/12 Rhythm Room \u2013 Phoenix, AZ (ARSIS only)
\n12\/20\/12\u00a0 Whisky A Go Go\u00a0 \u2013 Hollywood, CA
\n12\/21\/12 Cheyenne Saloon \u2013 Las Vegas, NV (ARSIS only)
\n12\/23\/12 Chameleon Room \u2013 Oklahoma City, OK (ARSIS only)<\/p>\n

ARSIS recently wrapped of the recording sessions for their fifth full-length release. The album was tracked at Audiohammer Studios in FL with producer Mark Lewis (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, WHITECHAPEL, DEVILDRIVER, DEICIDE, SIX FEET UNDER). The follow up to their 2010 release Starve For The Devil is tentatively scheduled for a first quarter of 2013 release via Nuclear Blast. The album will also debut new drummer\/longtime session member, Shawn Priest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Virginia-based melodic tech-death metal masters ARSIS\u00a0have officially announced Brandon Ellis as their new guitarist. Brandon has toured with the band in the past but will finally make his recording debut with ARSIS\u2019 upcoming full-length release. Brandon replaces guitarist Nick Cordle who was recently tapped to replace Christopher Amott in Swedish band ARCH ENEMY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4623"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4626,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623\/revisions\/4626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}