Drummer Dave McClain<\/b> has commented on his latest exit from Arizona thrash metal veterans SACRED REICH<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Earlier today (Tuesday, October 21),McClain<\/b> released the following message via his social media: “Hey everyone! As I’m sure you’ve heard, I’m no longer with SACRED REICH<\/b>.<\/p>\n
“Since rejoining in 2018 we made great music and had fun times together. I’ve decided to move on and I wish them all the best in the future!<\/p>\n
“If you’ve been at a SACRED REICH<\/b> show over the last 6 years, it was my pleasure to perform for you and to meet a lot of you.<\/p>\n
“[I will] still [be] 100% doing my thing, whether it’s touring, recording, teaching or just playing in my home studio.<\/p>\n
“Hope to see you all out there in the world again. Now back to my drum room!<\/p>\n
“Thanks, Dave<\/b>“.<\/p>\n
Replacing McClain<\/b> for SACRED REICH<\/b>‘s European shows in November with HATEBREED<\/b> will be Eduardo Baldo<\/b>, the Brazilian drummer who most recently played with the Los Angeles-based band RED DEVIL VORTEX<\/b>.<\/p>\n
When SACRED REICH<\/b> announced McClain<\/b>‘s departure on Monday (October 20),the band wrote in a statement: “Dave McClain<\/b> is no longer a member of SACRED REICH<\/b>. We wish him the best. Our friend Eduardo Baldo<\/b> will be playing the HATEBREED<\/b> shows with us in November in Europe. We thank him for jumping in on such short notice.<\/p>\n
“We are excited for this new chapter in SACRED REICH<\/b> history.<\/p>\n
“We are finishing up our new record ‘Into The Abyss’<\/b> that will be released in the Spring of 2026 on Metal Blade Records<\/b>.<\/p>\n
“Great things are coming. We can’t wait to share it with you.<\/p>\n
“With love and gratitude, Wiley<\/b>, Joey<\/b> and Phil<\/b>“.<\/p>\n
McClain<\/b> was originally a member of SACRED REICH<\/b> from 1991 to 1995. He played on the “A Question”<\/b> EP (1991) and the “Independent”<\/b> (1993) and “Heal”<\/b> (1996) albums before leaving to join MACHINE HEAD<\/b>.<\/p>\n
McClain<\/b> rejoined SACRED REICH<\/b> in December 2018 and recorded the band’s first album in 23 years, “Awakening”<\/b>, which was released in 2019 via Metal Blade Records<\/b>. The LP was produced by Arthur Rizk<\/b>, who has previously worked with CAVALERA CONSPIRACY<\/b>, POWER TRIP<\/b> and CODE ORANGE<\/b>, among others.<\/p>\n
The now-59-year-old musician, who joined MACHINE HEAD<\/b> in 1995, announced his departure from the California metal band in October 2018. McClain<\/b>, along with guitarist Phil Demmel<\/b>, went on to complete the Robb Flynn<\/b>-fronted act’s “Freaks & Zeroes Tour”<\/b> before they both officially exited the group.<\/p>\n
“Awakening”<\/b> was described in a press release as “a timeless collection comprised of blistering thrash, crushing grooves, killer solos and socially conscious lyrics that demonstrate a true understanding of everything that matters most in the world today.”<\/p>\n
“Awakening”<\/b> was engineered by John Aquilino<\/b> and was mastered by Maor Appelbaum<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drummer Dave McClain has commented on his latest exit from Arizona thrash metal veterans SACRED REICH. Earlier today…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[18,117,19,17,337],"class_list":{"0":"post-136943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-music"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}