Schmier ist raus:
"I had some great fun with PÄNZER the last years but now it is time for me to move on! Yes I need to let go.
I wanna focus a 100% on DESTRUCTION and the upcoming challenges. A new drummer and a new record...
I wanna thank all the PÄNZER boys and hope they will go on without me, I was never a great Heavy Metal singer but I had fun doing it!
Good-byes are never easy but I need to do this for the sake of my livetime project, my privacy and my future!
Thanks to those who supported my PÄNZER years - United we stand! See you hopefully soon on the stages of the world ..."