Poisonblack Frontman To Leave After European Tour

POISONBLACK frontman Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto has announced plans to leave POISONBLACK following the completion of the group's upcoming European tour.

"This kind of decision [was not made overnight]," stated Leppäluoto. "The question is not about [whether or not I would] WANT to sing on next POISONBLACK album, but [rather] that Charon is going to be always Number 1 to me, and I don't want to slow down [the progress] of POISONBLACK with my own business. They have a lot of potential to achieve much more if there is [someone fronting the group] that can concentrate 100% [on] POISONBLACK. This was not an easy decision [to make]! [But] there is still a lot of gigs [left for me to do] with POISONBLACK..."

POISONBLACK, who also feature in their ranks SENTENCED vocalist Ville Laihiala on guitar, released their debut album, "Escapextacy" in February, 2003.

Source: siN's Metal News