NILE have parted ways with bassist
Jon Vesano. "He has decided that he will stay at his day job, which was not mutually compatable with
NILE's touring commitments, and work on his
DARK MOON project on weekends/spare time,"
NILE mainman
Karl Sanders writes on the group's web site.
"
Jon has emphasized that while he realizes the incredibly bad position his sudden decision puts the band that there is absolutely nothing personal towards the other members of
NILE involved in his decision, only that it is in his long-term personal interest not give up his day job and lifestyle for the sake of the upcoming
NILE tours.
"The show, as they say, must go on. With only a matter of days notice from
Jon before our upcoming tour,
NILE has enlisted the temporary bass services of
Steve Tucker [ex-
MORBID ANGEL] for the European run — and
Krieshloff of
LECHEROUS NOCTURNE for the American
KING DIAMOND tour; while we consider options for a more permanent solution to our now vacant bass position.
"Also, the band will now be moving
Dallas [
Toler-Wade, guitar/vocals] over to the lead vocal spot in center stage, as
Dallas had been recently taking over more and more vocal duties.
Dallas also gave an incredibly crushing vocal performance on the new album, so it seems like now is as good a time as any for the band to to go ahead and move
Dallas over to centerstage.
"It is not very well known, but
Dallas fronted every single band he was in before joining
NILE, and I have seen first-hand his utmost musically commanding capacity in this regard. We had considered moving
Dallas over when
Chief [
Spires, ex-bassist/vocalist] left years ago, but for various reasons, we just left our onstage arrangements as they had been for some time with our three-vocal attack."
(Thanks:
Pivotalrage.com)
