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CODE Vocalist Quits

March 14, 2011

Guitarist/songwriter Aort of the British/Norwegian black metal project CODE has issued the following update:

"With regret, I would like to announce that [vocalist] Kvohst [a.k.a. British singer Mathew McNerney] has left CODE in order to concentrate on his own music with HEXVESSEL and vocals with DØDHEIMSGARD.

"I, of course, wish him all the best for the future and extend my thanks for 10 years of pleasurable and productive work together.

"This is not the end, but hopefully a shift in course to fresh destinations.

"I have been working with a great new musical lineup over the last half a year or so to really hone where the new album will be heading. I have been working on this new album for the last two years and we all believe very strongly in it's potential as a dynamic follow-up to 'Resplendent Grotesque'.

"How this will be realised vocally is not clear at the moment. There are many questions that remain unanswered... but there are irons in fires. The one certainty is that I am as determined as I have ever been and I will put the same unflinching soul and dedication into the future as I have with both of our albums to date.

"I also have new projects afoot which will up the ante in terms of brutality and darkness so please keep your eyes peeled for more information.

"Thanks, as ever, to all those who find a home within CODE's musical endeavours… Your continued support is always massively appreciated."

"Resplendent Grotesque", the second album from CODE, was released on June 1, 2009. According to the band, the follow-up to 2005's "Nouveau Gloaming" contains "songs of necrospiritual dust and desertion, crafted by bony hands in blackbird gloves." Aort previously stated about the CD, "Adrian completely devastated the drums for this recording and Vicotnik has manageed to really outdo himself with his most inspired bass work yet. I think we have all raised the bar with this recording and we are itching to get these morbid hymns out to you."

For more information, visit the band's MySpace page.

CODE live in Lithuania - July 2009:

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