NewsOctober 23, 2015 4:22 PM ET5,038 views

Hate Eternal part ways with drummer

Death metal act Hate Eternal has announced the departure of drummer Chason Westmoreland, who has left the band "due to family matters." The group has enlisted German drummer Hannes Grossmann (ex-Obscura, ex-Necrophagist, etc.) to fill in for their upcoming North American tour. Hate Eternal frontman Erik Rutan had this to say:
"Hannes is an incredible drummer, amazing person and absolute professional. We had the fortune of touring with Obscura many years ago and got to witness first hand the kind of pedigree Hannes is as a musician. Rehearsal is going great and we could not be more excited about getting out there on our first headlining tour for our new album 'Infernus' with Hannes behind the kit! Hope to see you all out there on the road!"

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anonymous 10/23/2015 1:27:39 PM

Not Djent Dont Care. Please post more news about about Misha Mansoor Ray Djent Clark

anonymous 10/23/2015 1:28:41 PM

Followup news story, dude becomes their new permanent drummer.

anonymous 10/23/2015 1:55:42 PM

He probably left to join the faceless

dog_boner 10/23/2015 2:02:40 PM

carl winslow is stoked

anonymous 10/23/2015 2:17:13 PM

"Followup news story, dude becomes their new permanent drummer." This.

birdman_prrr_prrr 10/23/2015 2:32:04 PM

there is no such thing as a "permanent drummer" for Hate Eternal, or most death metal bands for that matter

anonymous 10/23/2015 2:35:34 PM

Wes Borland is sad for Westmoreland.

anonymous 10/23/2015 2:51:50 PM

He quit for a show that's been off the air for almost twenty years?

anonymous 10/23/2015 3:52:15 PM

^^^ For the win!

anonymous 10/23/2015 4:54:18 PM

Wes Borland is stoked

anonymous 10/23/2015 5:46:33 PM

We took the boys in HEAD ETERNITY on tour with us back in...'97. Cho SUY was making the rounds on radio play, and SHAVO had just bought a cool blue bass! Thinking the "head e" boys woud be cool friends, they turned out to be nothing but rioters, screamers, and looting after the shows. It came to a head when they broke shavos cool new blue bass- um..3000$ damages! We kicked them off our tours and went our ways- told Daren if he wanted to keep friends with them he's out of sustem!

anonymous 10/23/2015 7:03:30 PM

this saddens me because I love this band so much but... That new record is not so good.

anonymous 10/23/2015 8:12:33 PM

hey it's chason

anonymous 10/24/2015 12:52:40 AM

Chason the wild goose

anonymous 10/24/2015 7:46:03 AM

System of a Down > Hate Eternal

genghisjohn 10/24/2015 4:17:20 PM

anonymous1 day ago He quit for a show that's been off the air for almost twenty years? Holy shit lol

anonymous 10/25/2015 6:40:54 PM

whoever made the tv show joke has something wrong in their head. It was even funny and you're trying waay to hard to be funny to a bunch of immature fckboys

anonymous 10/25/2015 10:24:05 PM

It was even funny ^^^ idiot

SN00PY 10/26/2015 3:20:30 AM

I WOULD HATE LOSING AN OCTOPUS TOO BUT LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE NO MORE PET INSURANCE NECESSARY ON TOUR

anonymous 10/26/2015 7:00:57 AM

he's tired of Chason poon out there. needs to settle down.

anonymous 10/27/2015 3:07:15 PM

He was so dope, only Hannes Grossman could replace him. FIRE ASS DRUMMER! Hate all you want, Chason is a beast.




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