Dutch melodic death metallers CALLENISH CIRCLE have issued the following statement:

"After nearly 15 years we've decided to lay our precious Callenish Circle to rest. We'll play our last show on Saturday March 10th at De Azijnfabriek in Roermond, The Netherlands. This wasn't the easiest decision to make, but in the end, we all agree that Callenish Circle has now run its course. We've accomplished everything that we set out to do and even more but now the time has come to move on. We're all very proud of our latest album, [Pitch.Black.Effects], and feel that now is a good time to call it a day.

After all those years the inspiration to keep Callenish Circle going was slowly fading away. We always aimed to deliver the goods with the highest quality possible and we simply do not want to continue a band that can't give the essential blood, sweat and tears anymore. We prefer to burn out on a high note now, rather than just slowly fade into obscurity. Some bands linger on for years past their expiration date but Callenish Circle will definitely not become one of those bands.

Over the past 15 years, Callenish Circle have left their mark on the worldwide metal scene with five albums released, toured with many great bands and played lots of great shows and festivals. It was definitely an interesting journey for all of us, and we look back at our past with absolutely no regrets, only with pride. When we started this band in the early '90s we were just a bunch of kids who thought it would be fun to play some cover tunes of our favourite bands at the time, just think of influential bands like DEATH, PESTILENCE, (old) PARADISE LOST and BOLT THROWER. Back then we never could have imagined that, almost 15 years later, we would have released five full-length albums of which the last three were released worldwide on the highly acclaimed Metal Blade Records and that we would have played over 200 shows and festivals all over the world, being our Mexican tour 2006 one of the definite highlights in our career.

So many of you from all around the world have gotten into our music, and for us musicians playing in a band, that's really what it's all about. Having people from all over the world tell you that they've genuinely been moved by your music is definitely a great thing. We're very pleased that you enjoyed what we created. Those words were always an inspiration to us and we can truly walk away from Callenish Circle with our heads held high at this point, no doubt about that.

But as always... all good things come to an end and we'd like to thank every one of our fans across the globe for their never ending support. You are the main reason why we stuck around for so long. Thank YOU! And of course thanks to everyone else that had a role in making Callenish Circle what it is today. You all know who you are.

Not much more really needs to be said. We hope to see some of you at our last show in Roermond on March 10th. Dutch fellow thrashers ENGINE OF PAIN will release their debut album that night and the opening slot is filled by STATE:CHAOS (the new band of former Callenish Circle bass player Rocco).

This will definitely become a night to remember."

Wim, Muuk, Gav, Ron and Pat / Callenish Circle