Drummer Jason Bittner (Shadows Fall) has replaced Kelly Smith in Flotsam and Jetsam, who left to attend to family duties. Bittner has also left his other project Toxik and will be involved with Flotsam’s new album, due out in the spring.

He commented:

“I have been a Flotsam And Jetsam fan for decades, following the band around the East Coast in the eighties and nineties. I’ve been lucky enough to be in the background of the Flotsam And Jetsam camp as a fan, supporter, and gear leader to my dear friend, Kelly David Smith.
I am hard at work relearning all the classic Flotz material and can’t wait to record and tour with the band in 2015. This will become my focus after the completion of the 2015 U.S. Shadows Fall hiatus tour, which will happen spring/summer 2015.

As they say… ‘Flotz ’till death!’ See you in Europe, in April.”