to "creative differences". A year later Marc Charron quit, pursuing a career in the technology industry. At the beginning of 2003, a new line-up was announced, with Ricci and Rik Charron returning along with new vocalist Rob Degroot and new bassist Paul Champagne. This line-up only lasted until March 2003 when Degroot left. His replacement was former vocalist Jacques Bélanger. In 2004, Paul Champagne was released from the band. The band recorded their ninth studio album, New Testament, with Ricci on both guitar and bass. New Testament is somewhat of a compilation album of re-recorded classics from throughout the band's entire career. Later that year, bassist Rob "Clammy" Cohen joined the ranks. The year ended with the band heading out on a European tour with Swedish power metal band Steel Attack. Exciter participated in a number of European summer festivals in 2005, including the Tradate Iron Fest in Tradate, Italy, Bang Your Head!!! in Balingen, Germany and Metalcamp in Tolmin, Slovenia. Annihilator founder Jeff Waters was able to get the rights back to most of Exciters' catalogue titles from the old labels and get them a new deal to re-release these titles. As well, Waters re-mastered these titles and new booklet info, including comments from the original 3 band members, as well as additional photos were added to the re-releases. In 2006, Exciter played Keep It True VI in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. Shortly thereafter, Bélanger left once again. An official statement from the band stated that "Due to 'differences of opinion' on many issues between Jacques and the rest of the band, he felt he could no longer continue as vocalist for EXCITER." This lead them to regrettably cancel upcoming shows in Europe, the USA, and Canada that they'd been working on for the summer. He was quickly replaced in October of that year by Kenny "Metal Mouth" Winter, from Brooklyn, New York. The band played only one headlining show in Toronto, Canada in August 2007 thanks to an intense rehearsal and recording schedule involving a weekly 23-hour trek from NYC to Ottawa by Kenny Winter. Twice delayed in December 2007 and January 2008, the band's tenth album Thrash Speed Burn was released on February 22, 2008, in Europe, and on March 4, 2008, worldwide. It has since garnered positive reviews from many a European fanzine. The band's first European show for the tour, with the current line-up, saw their debut