Dark Tranquillity announces the departure of drummer and bassist

Swedish melodic death metal masters Dark Tranquillity has announced that the band’s drummer Anders Jivarp and bassist Anders Iwers will be leaving the band. The band’s frontman Mikael Stanne issued the below statement on the matter yesterday, August 13th:

“Anders Jivarp has of course been there from the very beginning, being instrumental in creating the sound that eventually became our own. His songs are some of our most beloved and with the exception of one insane evening in Istanbul 20 years ago he has played every single show since the band’s inception. We’re excited to hear what will come out of Anders‘ future musical projects.

Anders Iwers has been with us for the last six years but since we have known each other from the very early days of the band it felt like he had always been there. He played on our two latest records, not to mention being an integral part of our live shows.

We love you guys so much and we wish you the absolute best in everything that you do.

Mikael, Dark Tranquillity

Follow @ajivarp and @iwers72 on Instagram and Anders Iwers Official. and Anders Jivarp here for further info and also just because they’re awesome.

Filling in for Jivarp and Iwers respectively these coming shows are Joakim Strandberg Nilsson and Christian Jansson.”

– Mikael Stanne