Due to health complications from years of struggling with diabetes, Kirk Arrington (photo) has stepped down as Metal Church\'s drummer.\"[Kirk] will be missed and we wish him only the best. We are pleased to announce that filling Kirk\'s shoes is the \'one and only\' Mr. Jeff Plate. We are very honored to have a musician of Jeff\'s caliber working with us and we know that he will do a fantastic job in Metal Church.\"
Jeff Plate is known as sticksman with Savatage, Chris Caffery, and Trans-Siberian Orchestra among others.
Metal Church are currently working on the follow-up of their 2004 album \"The Weight of the World\", tentatively due later in the year via SPV Records. A short European tour is scheduled for June.
