Ex-SCARLET SINS drummer Elie Bertrand has issued the following update:

"Heeeeeello y’all,

Damn, it’s freaking 2010!!! Can you believe this?! New resolutions. Did you take a million like I did for this new decade? I wish you all the best, health, happiness and love because it’s really important but also lots of projects, tons of discoveries and a whole lotta fun.

On my side, there’s LOTS to come this year. I recorded some new vids check the first one out below.

If you’re on YouTube please subscribe to my channel here. I’ll be posting more and more of what I’m doing and working on. Let me know your thoughts!

I’ve been back in the freelance world. First show in 2010 is in Bromont, QC on January 15th. It’s an after party for the Nuit Blanche Of Bromont. So come ski all day and at midnight come party with us at the St. Hub pub!

Stay tuned for all the updates. If you’re on Twitter, you can find me here or under @ElieBertrand ...and if you’re not on super wicked awesome Twitter, you should really add that to your To Do list for 2010 ;)

Peace and love to all..."

xx. El

(Photo by Carl Begai)

Following is the press release announcing the end of Scarlet Sins:

"To our faithful Sinners,

It is with a heavy heart that we're announcing the end of Scarlet Sins.

Sadly, in spite of all that we've accomplished prior to and beyond the release of our debut album, we've come to a point where it no longer makes sense to continue as a band. Scarlet Sins is made up of four individuals with their own ideas of where we should take our music. The deeper we got into making our second record it became more and more obvious that the dynamics just weren't there. Some of the ideas gelled, some didn't, and unfortunately some of the gaps in our thinking were too far and too deep to bridge.

Rather than make a mockery of our debut album and everything we've accomplished we've decided it's best if we move on to other things. We part as friends, and we're eternally grateful to the people that have stood by us and made Scarlet Sins something worth remembering.

We would like to thank all of our fans for the unconditional support and for every email, note, message, letter, comment you ever left us encouraging us to do what we love to do. Each of us fed off your strength and support, and, hopefully, we've given that back to you through our music.

Also, thank you to every DJ, journalist, sponsor, producer, promoter, agent, manager, publicist, band, roadie, tech, former band member, friend and relative who helped us along the way. Without you, we wouldn't be able to cherish the memories we will have forever.

The four of us will continue to make music, of course. Watch our personal MySpace pages for updates as things start to take shape.

We came, we saw, we kicked ass, we went out on a high note."

<3,

Sylv, Cris, Tanya, Elie

Check out the band members' official MySpace pages via the links below:

Sylvya NuVynska (vocals)

Tanya Nicklaus (bass)

Elie Bertrand (drums)

Cris Bishop (guitar)