Bolt Thrower annonce sa séparation
Après trente années d'existence et huit albums studio, les Britanniques de Bolt Thrower (Death Metal) ont décidé de mettre un terme à leur carrière.
Cette annonce fait suite au décès de Martin "Kiddie" Kearns, disparu en septembre 2015, à l'âge de 38 ans. Après un an d'incertitude, le groupe a finalement pris la décision de ne pas remplacer son batteur, et de mettre fin à son aventure.
L'annonce a été confirmée hier sur le site officiel du groupe, information relayée ensuite par le compte Twitter du chanteur Karl Willets.
Pour rappel, le dernier album de Bolt Thrower, Those Once Loyal, datait de 2005.
En souvenir du groupe, nous vous proposons de réécouter le titre War Master, extrait de l'album éponyme, paru en 1991.
Le communiqué officiel du groupe :
"On behalf of ourselves and Kiddie’s family, we would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and support over the last 12 months. Together with Kiddie’s family we made the conscious decision to keep his unexpected death a private matter, and to take time out to deal with it all.
When Kiddie joined us back in 1994, although he was only 17, he instantly improved Bolt Thrower as a live band, and no one was more loyal to, and prouder to be in Bolt Thrower than him.
We spent over 20 years together, touring the world, with 3 different vocalists, but he was so much more than just a drummer to us. So when we carried his coffin to his final resting place, the Bolt Thrower drummer position was buried with him. He was, and will now forever remain THE Bolt Thrower drummer, our Powerhouse and friend Martin “Kiddie” Kearns.
As for the rest of us, Bolt Thrower has been our way of life for 30 years, never driven by money, fame or ego, but by our own personal principles and values that have guided us through life, and which bonded us as friends long before Bolt Thrower was even formed...
“We are not now that strength which in old days
moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
- Tennyson – 1833"
