ARSIS Rejoined By Bassist NOAH MARTIN

May 13, 2010

Bassist Noah Martin, who announced his departure from Virginia's melodic/technical death metallers ARSIS in September 2008, has announced his return to the band.

ARSIS was taking part in the "Facemelter Tour" with DYING FETUS, MISERY INDEX, ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY and CONDUCTING FROM THE GRAVE when bassist Nathaniel Carter abruptly left the group.

Commented the band in a statement: "So it's true that we have been playing as a three-piece for a few gigs.

"Nat is out, and if you want the real story, come to a show and ask us, because trust [us], that is much more fun and potentially colorful than reading it in an officially sanctioned and sanitized press statement. But this is a problem of very small gravity because WE ARE INEVITABLE and by the time the clock strikes midnight tonight we will be rejoined by our very dear friend and long-missed colleague ... (insert drum roll here) ... The immortal Noah Martin is back in our traveling circle of insanity!

"We will be turning the hell up to 11 in New Mexico tonight!”

Martin added: "Since leaving ARSIS, I've been back in Virginia, finishing up my bachelor's degree. I'm still enrolled in college, so I'm kinda in the same boat as Mike [Van Dyne, drummer] as far as playing live goes.

"It's tough to stay away from what you love and know so well.

"For me, making music with James Malone means listening to obscure '80s metal, staying in seedy hotels, peeing in wrecked trailers, playing with Dutchstep, and singing like King Diamond.

"It feels good to be back in the fold, to make music with my friends. Good times."

ARSIS' new album, "Starve For The Devil", sold 1,800 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at No. 13 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

"Starve For The Devil" was released in North America on February 9 via Nuclear Blast Records. The album was recorded at Planet Z Studios in Hadley, Massachusetts with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris, who has previously worked with MUNICIPAL WASTE, AGNOSTIC FRONT and HATEBREED, among others.

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