Longtime In Flames drummer Daniel Svensson has just announced his departure from the band.

“Time to turn the page,” he says in a statement. “I have decided to close my chapter in In Flames after finishing up this current tour. It has truly been a fantastic journey and I want to thank Anders, Björn, Peter, Jesper and Niclas from the bottom of my heart, for all great memories and experiences that we've shared during the last 17 years (!) together. It's hard to leave what have become my second family, but now it's time for me to take care and spend more time with the most important people in my life - my wife and my three daughters. Perhaps some of you of will see me again, as I will start my very own brewery in a very near future. Something I am just as passionate about as In Flames. I wish my friends in the band, the whole crew and everyone that’s working for In Flames the very best in the future. To you, all fans around the world, I want to say, thank you, massively, for all the support you have shown during my years in the band.”

Remaining dates in In Flames' current European tour are as follows:

November

7 - Folkets Park / Teaterladan - Huskvarna, Sweden
8 - Train - Aarhus, Sweden  
10 - Effenaar - Eindhoven, Netherlands   
11 - Zeche - Bochum, Germany          
12 - Le Splendid - Lille, France        
13 - Le 106 - Rouen, France
14 - L' Autre Canal - Nancy, France  
15 - Z7 - Pratteln, Switzerland     
17 - L'Usine - Geneva, Switzerland
18 - Posthof - Linz, Austria  
19 - Batschkapp - Frankfurt, Germany
20 - Hellraiser - Leipzig, Germany