Burnt By The Sun to carry on

Undeterred by the recent departure of vocalist Mike Olender and drummer Dave Witte, the remaining members of Burnt By The Sun will apparently be pushing ahead. Here are two semi-cryptic messages from the band: "Things are looking up at Camp BBTS today. Johnny and I are talking about future plans. They are not as bleak as they seemed last week, we'll keep this a secret for a while... [and later] 3 out of 4 are taken care of. Things will start to roll in October and November. 2005 will be a good year for BBTS." According to one source, the band has already lined up drummer Brandon Thomas (Dim Mak, Ripping Corpse), but we can neither confirm nor deny this rumor right now. Stay tuned.