PYRAMAZE have issued the following message from guitarist Michael Kammeyer:

"Hello friends,

As you can all read in (singer) Matt (Barlow)'s statement, the term of our cooperation has changed due to the fact that he's back in ICED EARTH.

When Matt approached me with his thoughts and decisions, we had the choice of, A) Letting Matt go and finding another singer right away, or B) record this album as planned and with the singer for whom the music was written.

Matt let us know that he was still very hooked on recording this album with us, but that he would understand and respect our final decision, should we wish to terminate our cooperation right away.

After discussing this with my band brothers we came to the conclusion that we've started the journey of recording our new album together with Matt, and we will finish this album together with him.

After we have completed this new album Matt is going to be concentrating solely on Iced Earth again. So this will be a onetime cooperation between Pyramaze and Matt, and this album will be one for the books.

We all understand and respect Matt's decision, and there's no bad blood here at all. Matt is a genuinely nice guy with a honest heart, and we are proud to be working with him.

I will also encourage you to read Matt's other statement at www.icedearth.com to give you some more insight in the situation.

I guess now is a good time to reveal the cover for our new album which is called Immortal. Let me also take this opportunity to wish you all a merry Christmas and a rocking new year. We thank you all for your support.

Michael Kammeyer and Pyramaze.

The cover art for Immortal is pictured. Stay tuned for album updates.