US death metallers DEEDS OF FLESH have issued the following update via their website:

"Jacoby (Kingston - bass, vocals) has announced his retirement from the band and will be replaced by Erlend Caspersen from Norway."

Jacoby's official statement reads: ""To begin, I want to express my gratitude to all of the Deeds Of Flesh fans and friends out there who have supported me throughout my 14 year tenure as bassist/vocalist for the band. It makes me sad to know that I won't see a lot of you whom I have come to know so well. As for myself, I can no longer live the life of a traveling musician; therefore, I am giving up my position in the band to someone who can put 100% into it and keep the music going strong. I will continue to support the band and help out in any way I can. I still love Death Metal and all things dark and that will not change. This was a hard dicision, but it is for the betterment of Deeds. It would not be fair to my band mates to not put full effort into the music.

Erlend will do a kick ass job in my place. Many of you have seen him play with VILE on the European and US tours in 2006. The guy is a freakin' machine. He will play on the new album and will tour with the band. He is a great guy and I am glad someone like him will replace me."

Deeds Of Flesh recently announced that they are currently working on their new CD and that it will be, "over the top technical and will include a re-recorded version of 'Infecting Them With Falsehood' from Inbreeding the Anthropophagi. We will start recording in April for a summer release."

The band also recently confirmed that Sean Southern had been offered the full time duties as second guitar player in the band He will be featured on the next album.