We Came As Roman‘s vocalist Dave Stephens announced that the band will be continuing on as a five-piece.
Stephens made the announcement on behalf of the band during a new interview with Kerrang!, where he shared with the magazine that they will continue on as a quintet, but not without taking a break.
With the BFMV tour finished and the tribute show finished, Stephens told Kerrang that it’s time to take a much-deserved break to process their grief.
“I think as of now, we need some time to navigate our grief,” Stephens said. “We got the tour done and a lot of those firsts that were going to be really difficult out of the way. I guess the next first would be writing music without him, and I’m not sure when that will happen. We definitely plan on continuing on. Kyle and all of us dedicated so much time to making this happen because we all wanted it so, and I know he would be pretty livid if we threw in the towel.”
“We wrote those songs together and they’re still my songs as well, but it’s weird even for me singing his parts,” he says. “I’m sure it’s kind of strange to the fans and the band, but I can’t imagine how much more strange it would be to have someone else singing them permanently. We don’t ever want to add another member again, and at this point, we’re closer than ever. We wanna do our best to honour [him] and make him proud but never replace him. He definitely won’t be forgotten.”
