So I'm guessing Matt is back in Iced Earth for good

Almost zero chance Steve will be playing Iced Earth.

Are you satisfied with DiGiorgio’s and Christy’s contribution in this album?

Well yeah, Richard is going to be around for a long time. Steve is already out, he already stabbed me in the back. He was required to come on tour with us and he lied to me. Then he didn’t even have the balls to call me and like had his manager - to whom I introduced him to, since he didn’t have one - send my manager a FAX saying that because of prior commitments, he can’t come on tour. It was like "fuck you"! That’s why I hired him for and told him these were the terms. He agreed just to get the gig because he wanted to promote himself and luckily before the album went to press I had at least enough time to take his photo off and to take his "thanks list" off. Fuck him! He stabbed me in the back dude. I’ll never hire him again or recommend him to someone else.

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