Necrophagist announces new drummer

Necrophagist has added drummer Marco Minnemann to their line-up. Minnemann replaces Hannes Grossmann, who announced his departure from the group earlier this year. Necrophagist comments: "The band is absolutely stoked to announce that Marco Minnemann will be drumming on the new Necrophagist album, due in 2008. We can't wait to work on arranging the new songs with such an incredibly talented, proficient and complete musician/composer. The list of musicians Marco collaborated with throughout his impressive career includes but is not limited to legends such as Paul Gilbert, Mike Keneally, Allan Holdsworth, Terry Bozzio, Chad Wackerman, etc."