Nuclear Blast Records posted the following news announcement on their official website:
Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS have posted a new message on their official web site regarding singer Messiah Marcolin's announcement that he was leaving the band. As previously reported, Marcolin contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET on Friday (April 28) to reveal that he has parted ways with the group and that it's 100 percent definite that he will not return. “We could not agree on how to do the new album,” he said, but would not further elaborate on his sudden exit.