MANOWAR guitarist David Shankle's DAVID SHANKLE GROUP have posted the following updates:

"Due to creative differences that are completely out of the band's control, Carlos Zema has left DSG David Shankle Group.

After working together for a very short time it became clear that DSG and Carlos were heading in different directions and both parties felt like it would be better to part ways.

DSG and Carlos are still family and we would like to make it very clear that there is no damage to our relationship and Carlos and all members of DSG, David, Jeff, Steve and Mike are great friends and DSG wishes Carlos the best

In ALL of his future musical journeys."

An updated from the band reads: "DSG is proud as hell to anounce the new singer and frontman for the David Shankle Group. Chitral "Chity" Somapala Is the new singer for DSG!!

Chity's vocal range and tone are AMAZING! and he is an Incredible songwriter. With Chity's talent DSG will finaly be able to play all of our material from both albums, Ashes and Hellborn LIVE!!! This makes Chity the PERFECT addition to our band.

Please help us welcome our new Brother and please stop by his MySpace page and add him to your list.

Bio from Chity:

The Native Sri Lankan, Chitral "Chity" Somapala (CIVILIZATION ONE, ex-FIREWIND) broke into the Hard Rock/Heavy Metal scene in 1996, and has recorded, toured, and made guest appearances with several bands around the world, including AVALON, FARO, Firewind, and RED CIRCUIT, to name a few. His unmistakable style of singing combines the passion of blues and soul, with the heaviness of hard rock and heavy metal. Chity has been compared favorably to Ronnie James Dio (RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL, DIO) and Klaus Meine (SCORPIONS), and he has established himself as one of the leading heavy metal vocalists in the business today.