Mesopotamian thrashing black metal pioneers MELECHESH have amicably parted ways with bass player Rahm, who officially joined the band a year ago. The band cited professional reasons as grounds for this.

Founding member Ashmedi commented: "The band unanimously decided it is best to part ways with Rahm due to professional reasons that could have seriously affected the well being of the band. We wish him nothing but the best, we had good times. For now we will be auditioning bass players /backing vocalists.“

The band will start auditioning experienced bass players effective immediately.

Candidate requirements:

- Interest in the themes and music of Melechesh is paramount
- Of semi-sound and open mind
- Skilled musician
- TEAM PLAYER
- Living in or around The Netherlands is a plus; we will look into all submissions

Says the band, "Applicants should send, recordings, musical resume as well as photos and videos. NO time wasters , no ulterior motivations, no joy riders please!"

Melechesh recently returned home after their first ever tour of North America as direct support to ROTTING CHRIST. Joining them were polish death metallers HATE, as well as ABIGAIL WILLIAMS and LECHEROUS NOCTURNE.

Vocalist/guitarist Ashmedi offered the following tour wrap up: “We have recently completed our North American tour, which took us all over the place and over several climates. From snow filled mountains and ice cold weather to the pure summer heat of deserts and beaches. We met also a lot of interesting people. From rap gangsters, to crazy fanatic Christians (who seem to hate soup kitchen operators, motor mouth women, sport fanatics), to pastor’s kids who do not seem to know where Jerusalem is, to rednecks who were rather funny and nice, to a haunted venue and its “ghosts(?)”. It was a pure pleasure to meet our fans, friends and supporters in North America. We thank you all for the warm reception and enthusiasm . You made us hungry for more!

We would like to thank Gerardo and Nuclear Blast records USA for making this tour possible as well as our brothers in Rotting Christ, Hate, Abigail Williams and Lecherous Nocturne. Last but certainly not least our crew Vikki, Spud, Jeff, Yannis and Tim.”

Melechesh recently released the video for the song 'Grand Gathas Of Baal Sin', from their most recent masterpiece, The Epigenesis. The clip was shot at the cisterns in Istanbul, Turkey in late 2010 by Canadian director Rouzbeh Heydari and produced by Tumay Irgas.

Check out the clip below: