"[We] want to congratulate our brother, forever, Paul Bostaph on his new band, BlackGates. And while 'The Hands of Mayhem' will be sorely missed from our band, we wish him the ultimate success in everything that he does in his future."

Testament are now seeking a full time replacement for Paul. Chuck Billy:

"We’re actually going to be holding a couple of auditions with probably small group of drummers that we chose — we don’t want to have a revolving drum stool, we have a new record, we want a permanent drummer."

Paul joined Testament in 2007 and played 'The Formation of Damnation'. He previously drummed for Slayer, Exodus, and Forbidden among others.