Cradle Of Filth fired guitarist Marek "Ashok" Šmerda, just after he took to his social media account stating that he was planning to leave the band at the end of the band's ongoing Latin American tour. There seems to be a bit of drama unfolding around Ashok's announcement with the band firing back. "Despite all attempts to illegally defame and derail the band, CRADLE OF FILTH WILL NOT cancel any of our South American shows, though fans will have to bear with us being a band with only one guitarist live, that is of course until Ashok's temporary replacement is flown out to join the tour in a few days time." The band went on to post the following: More...