09/24/2007 19:43

Revengia

Daniel Erlandsson ends his collaboration with Revengia + replacement announced

Swedish metal band Revengia have split with drummer Daniel Erlandsson (Arch Enemy). They found replacement in Anata's drummer Conny Pettersson. Here are the band's and Mr. Erlandsson's statements:

"As Revengia now is going to release 'Eraser' we see the end of Daniels work with the band. From the beginning he was asked to do 'A decade in the Dark' which was meant to be a one-off thing. But then there were some new songs written and we decided to go on and make a new album.
Now we want to promote 'Eraser' as good as we can with the possibility of doing shows. With Daniel already having a full time band that is very successful, he could not see that he would have enough time for Revengia.
Revengia is very grateful for Daniel's great contributions for two albums. He an extraordinary musician and a super guy, so; THANKS DANIEL! Check out his drumming on 'Eraser', it's as great as ever.

Here are Daniel's comments about the split:
"With the release of 'Eraser' and Revengia now changing from a project to a more focused unit, I feel that I don't have the time needed to be a member anymore.
I really enjoyed playing on the new album, and I wish Revengia the best of luck in the future!
/Daniel"

We also would like to introduce a new member in the band! We welcome Conny Pettersson as the new drummer for Revengia. Some of you know him from his other band Anata. He has also played with bands like Trendkill and Eternal Lies (where he played with Revengia's Martin Karlsson). Conny's playing is intense, technical and tasteful so we will surely create some great music in the future!"

(source: the official Revengia website)