In a brand new interview with “The Rock Is George Podcast”, former MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover was requested concerning the present standing of ACT OF DEFIANCE, the band he launched in 2015 with fellow former MEGADETH member Chris Broderick (guitar),alongside ex-SCAR THE MARTYR singer Henry Derek Bonner and SHADOWS FALL‘s Matt Bachand (bass). Drover, who’s presently selling the debut album from his WITHERING SCORN venture, mentioned (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “ACT OF DEFIANCE actually broke up as a result of Chris Broderick received a suggestion to hitch a a lot greater band known as IN FLAMES, which is a superb band out of Sweden. They have been round for at the very least 25 years now, I consider. So, that was a great alternative for him. This was proper earlier than the pandemic; this was, like, 2018, if I bear in mind proper. So, I used to be all for it. We had been all extraordinarily supportive of him doing that and it was actually a smart move on his half. After which, actually, the pandemic hit not too far after that. Clearly, we took a break between 2018 and pandemic, however I used to be simply type of in a lull musically and wasn’t actually doing something. And as soon as the pandemic hit, that is when my brother [former MEGADETH and current WITHERING SCORN guitarist Glen Drover] type of reached out and mentioned, ‘Hey, let’s get one thing going right here. Let’s write a batch of songs like we did again within the day and have some enjoyable. In order that’s precisely what we did.”

Drover give up MEGADETH in November 2014 “to pursue [his] personal musical pursuits”, in line with a press release he launched on the time. Later that very same day, Broderick introduced his departure from the group, saying that he was exiting the band “as a consequence of inventive and musical variations.”

ACT OF DEFIANCE launched two albums earlier than calling it quits: 2015’s “Delivery And The Burial” and 2017’s “Previous Scars, New Wounds”.

Along with Shawn, WITHERING SCORN options his brother, and fellow ex-MEGADETH member, Glen Drover, together with former FATES WARNING bassist Joe DiBiase and German singer Henning Basse, who has beforehand performed with FIREWIND, METALIUM and MAYAN.

WITHERING SCORN‘s debut album, “Prophets Of Demise”, was launched on July 7 through Frontiers Music Srl.

WITHERING SCORN was fashioned in 2020 by Glen and Shawn, who beforehand performed collectively in MEGADETH, in addition to in EIDOLON. The pair have teamed up as soon as once more for his or her newest musical providing and are joined by DiBiase, who performed with FATES WARNING for 14 years on a number of data and world excursions, and Basse. The potent mixture of those 4 extremely proficient musicians becoming a member of forces has given delivery to an uncompromising heavy metallic file within the type of “Prophets Of Demise”.

Shawn joined MEGADETH in 2004 because the substitute for Nick Menza, who had solely simply rejoined the group. Drover carried out on 4 MEGADETH studio data: 2007’s “United Abominations”, 2009’s “Endgame”, 2011’s “TH1RT3EN” and 2013’s “Tremendous Collider”.

Glen Drover left MEGADETH on the finish of 2007 and was changed by Chris Broderick, who beforehand performed with NEVERMORE and JAG PANZER.