Nebraska-based power metallers CELLADOR, who recently parted way with guitarist Bill Hudson, have issued the following update:

"So summer has arrived, and as mentioned to our auditionees we set the start of the season as the deadline for announcing a new guitarist.

Before we announce it we want to thank the hundreds of you who messaged us about the spot, and even more to the several dozen of you who ACTUALLY MADE THE EFFORT to learn and record the demo songs we asked you to record for us. We had some phenomenal (and even decently well known) players come forth with serious shred skill. Thanks a bunch! We salute you all as new friends and brothers!

And with that we are happy to announce Yord into the band as Cellador's 2nd guitarist. We feel Yord is a perfect fit in Cellador because he quickly showed to have all the elements we needed in a band member. Not only does he have an energetic playing style, but also a strong work ethic, selfless attitude, and above all an honest nature.

The guy takes guitar like it's a full time job, 8 - 5 Monday thru Friday SHRED SHRED SHRED all day long. On top of that we found him to be local to us as well, which bottom line is always an advantage for someone auditioning. Despite only having about 12 days to learn our whole set, Yord learned all our songs and filled in for our last show back in May, which we set up as basically a test show for whomever we were most considering. MISSION SUCCEEDED YORD!

We look forward to reaching that next level with Yord at our side! With his addition our new material is looking stronger than ever!

Thanks again to those who auditioned or otherwise kept up with us through this epic monumental quest for a guitar player. SHRED ON!"