Battle Beast Sacks Guitarist And Founder Member Anton Kabanen

After a European tour and before upcoming shows in Finland this March, Battle Beast is about to undergo a guitarist change. Due to insurmountable disagreements and on the initiative of other members, one the founding members, author of all the songs, and lead guitarist Anton Kabanen is forced to leave the band.

A substitute guitarist has been engaged for the upcoming shows. Anton Kabanen is going to continue making music and working on new projects. Battle Beast is already preparing new material for an upcoming fourth album. On January 9th, Battle Beast released third full-length studio encounter “Unholy Savior” and entered the Finnish charts at number one.

Their website read ‘After long and heavy consideration, Battle Beast has decided to go seperate ways with guitarist Anton Kabanen. This is due to musical disagreements and various other unsolvable issues within the band. Kabanen has stated he will be continuing making music with other projects. The band will not giving interviews concerning the topic. On the upcoming tour dates the lead guitar duties will be handled by a temporary replacement. Any details considering permanent replacement for mr. Kabanen will be decided in the future. During the upcoming spring Battle Beast will tour as a headliner in Finland, Russia, Japan, Sweden and Germany. The band is already preparing new material for the upcoming fourth album. A sad day for everybody involved, Battle Beast wishes Anton all the best in his future projects.’