Richard Christy’s (Death, Iced-Earth) new band, Charred Walls of the Damned (check out their myspace page) just released their first single, Ghost Town. If you didn’t know, Ripper Owens is on vocals, Steve Digorgio is on bass, and producer Jason Suecof is playing guitar. Christy left Iced Earth a few years ago to join the Howard Stern show, I was actually at his last concert in L.A. So, I’m not quite sure where this band is heading, but it’s pretty inevitable that the guy plays music, he’s just too friggin’ good on drums not to!  They’re signed to Metal Blade so I assume that they’ll at least play a few shows here and there. Their debut album is set to release in February 2010. If Ghost Town is any indication of the album, then it’s going to be pretty bad-ass!

CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED was produced by Jason Suecof and recorded at his Orlando, FL based studio, Audiohammer Studios, and boasts an all-star lineup consisting of some of metal’s most talented musicians. Richard Christy, former drummer for Death and Iced Earth, comedian, and radio personality on the legendary Howard Stern Show on Sirius-XM Satellite Radio, on drums. Famed producer Jason Suecof who has produced and/or mixed some of the most prominent albums from metal’s leading bands, including: Trivium, All That Remains, The Black Dahlia Murder, Chimaira, DevilDriver and many, many more, on guitars. Tim “Ripper” Owens, who fronted heavy metal legends Judas Priest from 1996 to 2002, performed alongside Richard in Iced Earth from 2003 to 2004, and currently performs with Beyond Fear and Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force, on vocals. And one of metal’s most heralded bassists, Steve Digiorgio, who played alongside Richard in the bands Control Denied and Iced Earth, and has also performed with Death, Autopsy, Testament, Vintersorg, and is a founding member of technical thrash pioneers Sadus.