FUELBLOODED Parts Ways With Guitarist, Vocalist, Drummer

June 25, 2010

Guitarist Michiel Rutten of the Dutch melodic death/thrash act FUELBLOODED has issued the following update:

"It has been a while, folks.

"Last time, we announced our CD-release party (which went great by the way!). Unfortunately, this time the message is not so bright: we 'suffered some casualties' in the band and the result is that FUELBLOODED is currently a two-piece. Danny [Tunker, guitar], Peter [Brinkman, vocals] and Norbert [Moen, drums] decided, for different reasons, to quit the band. All this happened within a period of two months, and for the last month Michel [Steenbekkers, bass] and myself have been thinking about the next steps to take with FUELBLOODED.

"We were, and are still, very happy with our new album, 'Off the Face of the Earth'. The problem is that we cannot promote it live at this time.

"We decided we are not going to try to complete the lineup as soon as possible. It will be a hell of a job finding the right replacements, and then these guys will need to learn all the material before we can do anything. It is gonna take a while, probably. So, basically, we decided to put FUELBLOODED on hold for the moment as an active live band. We'll start working on a new album, actually we already started that! We're about four songs into the process, so still far from finished. Who knows when it will be finished... But there will be new FUELBLOODED material to look forward to!

"Obviously, we feel very sad to bring you this news. We were very much looking forward to bring FUELBLOODED to a stage near your town and kick some serious ass! But the facts are clear: we just can't do that right now. However, we're on the lifemachine and the patient has a strong heartbeat still.

"As stated before: we'll let you know when something interesting happens!"

FUELBLOODED's "The End Starts Here" video can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's sophomore album, "Off the Face of the Earth", which was released on February 5 via My Kingdom Music. The CD was mixed and mastered by Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY, THE ABSENCE, CARNAL FORGE, ONE MAN ARMY).

A seven-episode studio report documenting the recording process for "Off the Face of the Earth" is available on the band's YouTube channel.

FUELBLOODED's debut album, "Inflict the Inevitable", was released by Copro Records in March 2006.

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