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  Notorious black metal collective WATAIN has issued the following statement: Ladies and gentlemen, followers, allies and supporters, this is a solemn transmission from the Temple of Watain. We hereby announce that in III years’ time - upon our 30th anniversary - Watain’s eighth and final full-length album will be released. The album will mark the closure of a thirty-year-long magical Work, the last crossroad of Watain, after which the band will cease to exist. The ending of a triad of decades during which we have shared our sacred path through this strange world with you, our loyal audience, on a steady course towards the beckoning darkness of The End. Over the course of the next three years, the reasons for this will be spoken of and accounted for. But for now we just want to say this: Have our songs and our art not always dealt with finitude and mortality, with DEATH and the beyond? Now it is time to claim our own conclusion, and shape it as we have shaped our stage and our ...

  A Statement from Palm Reader: Dear Friends, With a heavy heart, we have decided to end our time together as Palm Reader. We all have very different priorities now, compared to the lives we led when we formed the band in 2011. We collectively feel that ending Palm Reader now rather than simply “going on hiatus” is the right thing for us to do as we grow as people and our lives move forward in different directions. These last 13 years have been extraordinary, and we can’t thank you enough for being on this journey with us. It has meant more to us than you’ll ever know. We will be embarking on one last run of UK dates and we hope you can make it out and give us the honour of playing for you one last time. July: 4th Southampton, Joiners 5th London, Camden Underworld 6th Manchester, Academy 3 7th Nottingham, Rescue Rooms Tickets are available on Friday, March 8th at 10:00 am from: www.wearepalmreader.com Our final show will be on Friday, July 12th at 2000 Trees Festival - which we’ve ...