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\nNew Orleans sludge metal act CROWBAR have announced the addition of bassist Jeff Golden to the group’s ranks.<\/p>\n
Jeff (pictured all the way left in photo above), 32, is from Bolton, Connecticut, but currently resides in Estero, Florida.<\/p>\n
CROWBAR will enter the studio in December to begin recording its new album for an early 2014 release.<\/p>\n
Bassist Patrick Bruders quit CROWBAR earlier in the month. No reason was given for his departure.<\/p>\n
Said CROWBAR guitarist\/vocalist Kirk Windstein: “I’m more hurt than anyone about Pat leaving CROWBAR, but keep in mind that there were years that I was the only member in CROWBAR.”<\/p>\n
Bruders’ exit from CROWBAR does not appear to have affected his position with DOWN, a band that also features Windstein on guitar.<\/p>\n
CROWBAR’s latest album, “Sever The Wicked Hand”, sold around 3,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 4 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.<\/p>\n
CROWBAR’s previous album, “Lifesblood For The Downtrodden”, premiered with 1,900 copies back in February 2005.<\/p>\n
“Sever The Wicked Hand” was released in the U.S. on February 8, 2011 through E1 Music and in Europe on February 14, 2011 via Century Media Records.<\/p>\n
CROWBAR’s “The Cemetery Angels” video was filmed on December 5, 2010 in New York City with director Dale “Rage” Resteghini.<\/p>\n