We all thought that heavy metallers Nevermore were as good as finished when iconic members Jeff Loomis and Van Williams departed the band. There has never been an official announcment however that the band is done, and recent comments from frontman Warrel Dane have come to prove that he is going to revive this band with or without the classic line-up.

When asked in a recent interview with Merina Headbanger of Brazil about Nevermore being dead, Dane replied:

“No, Nevermore is not dead. I have secret plans. I had all the lyrics written for a new Nevermore record right after… When Jeff and Van both decided to leave the band… The band didn’t break up. They left the band. I had all the lyrics written for the next [album] — all of them. [It was] kind of a conceptual thing and continuing with the tradition of all the Nevermore lyrics that were evolving and turning into a perpetual story. And there’s a possibility that, yeah, there will be another [album]. There’s support there from the record company, probably. There’s support from other people involved in the business that would mean maybe it would be a good idea to do another one. So don’t be surprised if there is a new Nevermore record within the next two years. But I don’t know who will be in the band. All I can say is that I will be, Jim Sheppard will definitely be… I would love for Jeff Loomis to do it, but he’s in Arch Enemy now, so I don’t know if that’s possible. Because we’re not enemies. We don’t talk much, but we’re definitely not enemies. We didn’t part on bad terms, so… We’ll see.”

Some positive comments coming from Dane, especially about a potential return of Jeff Loomis. A new Nevermore record would certainly be excellent, but it is hard to imagine without the classic line-up.