German heavy metal act, Alpha Tiger, have parted ways with vocalist Stephan Dietrich. A message from the band follows:

“Today is the most troubling day in our bands career so far, as we regrettably have to let you know that Stephan, our singer, will no longer perform with us. We have to accept his wish, to withdraw into his private life, to concentrate on his new job, even if this is very difficult to swallow.

Because the band stands for everything we achieved in the last few years, for all the great and sad moments, for friendship and passion and a lot more, the band will not break up in this critical moment.

We will now start looking for a suitable replacement of Stephan and hope that we can present to you  good news very soon. Potential singers, who feel they are up to this challenge, my write to us at: info@alphatiger.de.”

Alpha Tiger recently released the music video for "We Won`t Take It Anymore", taken from their new studio album, iDENTITY, available in three formats: as a Digipak including DVD featuring recordings from Alpha Tiger’s performance at the Bang Your Head festival in June 2013, as a jewel case and as a gatefold vinyl LP.