Psychlona Announce New Bassist and Lead Guitarist
So, this isn’t the only announcement UK heavy rockers Psychlona have on deck. The proverbial “big things coming,” except that’s pretty true here as opposed to many other cases. What I’m saying is you’ll hear about them again, soon, but this is an important first. Psychlona bassist Martyn put it out on socials that he was quitting the band, and it seems they concurrently lost a guitar as well. But some trains can’t be stopped and the band will continue as guitarist/vocalist Phil Hey and drummer Scott Frankling bring in lead guitarist Martin Wiseman and bassist Ian “Izak” Buxton to complete the four-piece lineup and continue to move ahead toward their next album release.
And that’ll be another announcement. And tour dates? Yup, another announcement to come. Festivals? I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised. So no, this isn’t the hugest announcement Psychlona will make in the next few weeks and months, but you can’t do all kinds of awesome band stuff if you don’t have a band. Better to take care of it now.
Their statement follows:
As some of you already know Martyn decided to leave the band recently as he doesn’t want to spend time away from his family while touring. What you probably don’t know is that Dave decided to leave at the same time for exactly the same reason. So although we’re gutted they chose to leave after being in the band from the start over 10 years ago we wish them the very best for the future. We’re gonna miss them massively. They both leave behind a great legacy of 3 albums, lots of festival and gig performances and lots of good times. We can’t print some of the stories here but there’s been some crazy laughs along the way in various countries around the world. The main thing is that we all remain great friends.
So where does that leave Psychlona? Next year we will release album number 4, be appearing at various European festivals and we’ll be touring Europe again in October so a pretty busy time ahead.
We’d like to take this opportunity to introduce our two new band members. Step forward Martin Wiseman on lead guitar and Ian ‘Izak’ Buxton on bass duties. Both guys have been prolific on the heavy rock scene for a number of years. You might have seen them performing in Ironrat, Lazarus Blackstar, Wolves in Winter, Silverburn, Oakenthrone etc. Well now their asses belong to Psychlona and we’re looking forward to them sharing the ride with us into the future.
So thanks to Dave and Martyn for all the hard work up until now and let’s have a big ‘hell yeah’ for Martin and Izak. Coming to a town near you real soon……………..
More announcements coming shortly…………………
Psychlona are:
Ian “Izak” Buxton: bass
Martin Wiseman: lead guitar
Scott Frankling: drums
Phil Hey: guitar/vocals
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