Iced Earth and Demons & Wizards Century Media Records website , suggesting that their contract has ended. This happened after guitarist Jon Schaffer was arrested for participating in the Capitol invasion earlier this month.
Century Media has deleted any trace involving Jon Schaffer's two bands. Iced Earth and Demons & Wizards are no longer listed on the label's current artist page, nor in the catalog of artists who have worked with them. All merchandise has also been removed from Century Media's online store.
The record label has not yet released any statement about the incident. Jon Schaffer is currently in FBI custody and has been charged with six violations: entering and remaining in restricted access buildings without authorization; disrupting the normal conduct of government affairs; conducting acts of physical violence against persons or property in restricted access buildings; violently entering and engaging in disorderly conduct in the Capitol; conducting acts of physical violence inside the Capitol; and holding demonstrations and picketing inside the Capitol.
Jon Schaffer and approximately 200 individuals stormed the Capitol to protest the final vote count in the US presidential election, which gave the victory to Democrat Joe Biden . Read the Iced Earth band's statement following the incident here.
The image that went viral of Schaffer at the Capitol shows him wearing a sweatshirt that reads “Oath Keepers Lifetime Member.” The Oath Keepers is a far-right, anti-government militia formed in 2009.