Due to ongoing circumstances and issues in vocalist Dan Tyrantor‘s personal life, he has resigned from Chicago’s USURPER. The remaining four members will indefinately continue as a four-piece, with guitarist Rick Scythe and bassist Jon Necromancer taking over the vocal duties.
USURPER is still confirmed and will perform at both the Minneapolis Mayhem 3 festival on August 26 and the Day of the Equinox concert in Toronto, Canada on September 23. The band will also enter the studio in early 2007 to record their sixth full-length album, as previously announced.
USURPER‘s sixth full-length album is tentatively scheduled for a summer 2007 release through Earache Records. The album is currently untitled but some new songtitles include “Talons of Steel“, “Planet of the Humans” and “Rebel Wolf“.