Après le départ d'Olivier Laffond, Hacride annonce la venue de son nouveau batteur, Mike Roponus (Om Mani), qui avait déjà participé à plusieurs dates du groupe.

Samuel Bourreau, chanteur d'Hacride, sur le Myspace du groupe : « We 've been using Mike 's services over the past few months because of Olivier's wife pregnancy. It was originally supposed to be a temporary situation but he decided to quit the band to focus on his new family responsabilities which we perfectly understand. It feels a bit weird for us because we have had the same stable line-up since the band's birth. On top of being a great friend Mike has proved to be one of the best drummer known to us. We are glad to have him as a full member of HACRIDE. »

La vidéo de l'annonce officielle de l'entrée de Mike Roponus dans le groupe lors du concert du 18 février à Toulouse est disponible ici