{"id":47086,"date":"2016-08-14T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=47086"},"modified":"2016-12-24T17:45:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T17:45:33","slug":"news-iced-earth-part-ways-with-guitarist-troy-seele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-iced-earth-part-ways-with-guitarist-troy-seele\/","title":{"rendered":"ICED EARTH Part Ways With Guitarist Troy Seele (August 14th, 2016) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ICED EARTH Part Ways With Guitarist Troy Seele<\/strong><\/span>
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Tampa, Florida-based metal group Iced Earth parted ways with guitarist Troy Seele following a nine-year tenure, revealing this development on August 14th, 2016.<\/p>\n

Troy Seele issued the following statement: \u201cAfter close to ten years as a guitarist in Iced Earth, the time has come for me to step away. Some of you know, but many do not, that I have a child with Autism. In the past I had a great support system that has allowed me to pursue a career in music. That is no longer the case and it has forced me to make a difficult decision. I\u2019ve always believed that family comes first, and now it is time for me to focus on that. The demanding life style of being in a professional heavy metal band is no longer an option for me. Knowing the band is focused on a new album and touring cycle, and given my circumstances, this is the best time for me to step down.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaying in Iced Earth has been a great experience. It\u2019s taken me around the world many times and given me the chance to meet many of my heroes, as well as play in front of crowds larger than I ever dreamed of.<\/p>\n

\u201cI personally want to thank Jon and the guys for the music and the amazing times through the years. Thank you to the fans for understanding and for your support.\u201d <\/p>\n

Vocalist Stu Block shared the following words, meanwhile: \u201cIt\u2019s very sad that Troy is leaving. He will be missed and will always be considered family to us. I wish him the best of luck in everything he does.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rhythm guitarist and founder Jon Schaffer supplied the following: \u201cTroy was a good friend before he became a part of the team, and always will be. I understand and respect his decision. We shared some of the most amazing times of our lives together. We laughed hard, and we laughed often. Be well brother. We all wish you the very best.\u201d <\/p>\n

Iced Earth\u2019s live date at Knotfest in Mexico City on October 16th, 2016 marks Seele\u2019s last appearance with the outfit.<\/p>\n

Lead guitarist from 2007 until 2016, Seele lent parts to Iced Earth studio albums eight through to 11, namely; Framing Armageddon<\/em> (2007), The Crucible Of Man<\/em> (2008), Dystopia<\/em><\/a> (2011), and Plagues Of Babylon<\/em> (2014).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ICED EARTH Part Ways With Guitarist Troy Seele August 14th, 2016 Troy Seele Tampa, Florida-based metal group Iced Earth parted ways with guitarist Troy Seele following a nine-year tenure, revealing this development on August 14th, 2016. Troy Seele issued the following statement: \u201cAfter close to ten years as a guitarist in Iced Earth, the time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2920],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iced-earth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47086"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51113,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47086\/revisions\/51113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}