US bashers Shatter Messiah have issued the following announcement:

"Shatter Messiah would like to welcome Mr. Kelly Conlon from Death and Monstrosity into the family as our new bass player. The outstanding level of skill and power in Kelly's playing has elevated Shatter Messiah to a new level of sonic devastation. We know that this is not a very well kept secret, but we wanted to make an official announcement since word about the new album (Orphans Of Chaos) is starting to spread, and we have been rather lax in getting you guys all the new information! So without further ado... look at this fucking guy!"

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Shatter Messiah guitarist Curran Murphy recently posted the following update.

"Mastering and sequence for the fourth Shatter Messiah album is complete! There are also three bonus tracks from a writing and recording session from over two years ago that we will be releasing and that you can get your hands on very, very soon. Artwork and photos will be getting wrapped up today and sent off to Sleazy Rider. Get ready!"

This update was following by a message to the fans from Shatter Messiah drummer Robert Falzano:

"Okay, so I'm sitting here proofing and trying to relearn the new Shatter Messiah material in preparation for some possible live dates....

First of all, Curran did an EXCELLENT job producing and mastering this new record, which should be out in October (I believe) on Sleazy Rider Records.

Second, this material is friggin' ridiculous! WTF were we thinking when we wrote this?!?!?

Third, Curran tells me 'try to relearn it on a 5 piece kit!' HA HA HA! More than half of this material is insanely bizarre poly-rhythmic Terry Bozzio style drums parts written for a 48+ piece drum set! So I can 'realistically' play 6 out of 11 tracks on a 5 piece kit. F.M.L."

Stay tuned for updates and a Falzano status report as he relearns the material....

Shatter Messiah's first two albums Never To Play The Servant and God Burns Like Flesh were released by Dockyard 1 and their third album, Hail The New Cross, was released in October 2013 by Mausoleum Records.