Germany's AGATHODAIMON have issued the following update:

"Yes, time for some news!

First of all, we'd like to announce that we parted ways with our guitarist Jan, due to musical and personal differences. But we already

can reveal our new guitar player: Please welcome Thilo Feucht (pictured at left)!

He's no unknown musician to our fans, you will know him from various contributions and guest appearances he had on Chapter III and Serpent's Embrace, back then under the nick name of Azrael. He has also joined us on stage several times in the past since Chapter III, and participated already at our recent gigs we had in Austria and Germany. For more info, check our website.

We're proud that he joined our ranks as full member now, and will work on our 6th album together. Speaking of it, for which we can announce the working title In Darkness... it will be a step back to our roots, girls and boys!

A studio date is scheduled for early 2011. More news to come soon.

By the way, we just realized that Agathodaimon was formed almost 15 years ago - so we decided to have a little party in September, at

Die Halle in Frankfurt. Well, nothing big and fancy, but we'll play an extended, long set with lots of old classics, plus there'll be other bands such as ODIUM, CONTRAST and APSIS. And of course there will be time to chat and have a drink together, so, come along and party with us!

To celebrate our anniversary, we'll be giving away 3 (sets of) 2 tickets for the concert in Frankfurt. Just send us an email to competition@agathodaimon.de and let us know why you should be getting free access, and you might be the lucky winner of 2 tickets.

By the way, there'll be 2 more gigs in October:

October

22 - Darmstadt, Germany - Steinbruch (with EISREGEN)
24 - Hamburg - Germany - Markthalle (Metalbreed Festival with ARCH ENEMY, etc.)

We're also thinking to re-issue some limited editions of our old T-shirts (Blacken The Angel, etc.). Interested? Let us know and participate in our poll at this location.

Well, that's all at this point!"

Further updates to follow. More on Agathodaimon at this location.