LORD Seeking Temporary Guitarist

Due to a medical condition that is currently restricting his playing, Lord Tim of long-running Australian metallers LORD has been forced to forego guitar-playing duties with his band for up to a year. The group is currently seeking a stand-in.

"We're after a guitarist to fill in temporarily for me while I rest my hands, and I take the mic as a singer only," he writes on the group's official forum. "Not sure how long it'll be for, but the doctor suggested at least six months to a year to get them back on track. I'd like to think it won't take anywhere near that long, but I need to do what I need to do at the end of the day.

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LORD's video for the song "New Horizons" can be viewed below. The track comes off the band's latest album, "Set In Stone", which was released in the band's home country in late August 2009 via Riot! Entertainment. According to Lord Tim, the clip "has footage from all of the touring we've done this year so far and I think it really gets across the idea of how much travelling and endless waiting around we do between shows."

The cover art was once again created by Felipe Machado Franco, who has previously worked with ICED EARTH, BLAZE BAYLEY and AXEL RUDI PELL, among others.

Lord Tim previously stated about the new CD, "Every artist says their new album will be their best work yet, but in this case rather than saying that, I would describe this as not necessarily better than our last album, but more so this is more true to what LORD is about; the definitive LORD album as it were. If I were to draw comparisons between LORD and DUNGEON [the band that spawned LORD when it disbanded in 2005], 'Ascendence' would be the equivalent of the 'Resurrection' album, and 'Set In Stone' would be the equivalent of 'A Rise To Power' — the album where most people would agree DUNGEON really hit its stride."

LORD was born from the ashes for DUNGEON, one of Australia's longest-running and most well-known metal bands until their dissolution in 2005. The band has gone on to tour with QUEENSRŸCHE, NIGHTWISH, SAXON, NEVERMORE, GAMMA RAY and more, and have released two albums — "A Personal Journey" and "Ascendence" — and an EP, "Hear No Evil", which contained a cover of the KYLIE MINOGUE song "On A Night Like This", which has gained national mainstream Australian radio airplay.