Shannon Lucas had been sitting out of the current Black Dahlia Murder tour with Alan Cassidy (Abigail Williams) standing in for him (or in this case, sitting in for him). Shannon released a video statement saying that he’s departing from drum duties in The Black Dahlia Murder to focus on other things in life. The video statement can be viewed below. The short version of the statement is that Shannon is leaving the band, he helped BDM pick Alan Cassidy as the replacement and that Cassidy is not a permanent replacement.
This is the second time this year that The Black Dahlia Murder have had a new member on tour with them without any prior announcements – The first being Max Lavelle who made his debut with the band back in January, three months prior to it being announced that Ryab “Bart” Williams would remain in the band as a collaborator for writing and recording.
