Swedish Doomster BELOW have to announce the departure of their guitarist Berg from the band.

Comments BELOW: “It is sad to lose a “member of the family”, but we part as friends and we respect and accept Berg’s wish to leave the band. We want to thank him for everything he has done for Below both as a musician and as a friend. We wish him best of luck in the future.“

Comments Berg: “It saddens me to inform you all that I have decided to quit Below. Having thought about it for months it is the only way for me and my well being. And it wouldnt be fair to the rest of the band to continue in Below half-hearted. The reason is simple, I need to do something else, explore my own creativity beyond Below and doom metal. I wish the guys in the band all the best. And a huge Thank you to all of you, the fans, who have helped Below become what it is today. You are a true inspiration.“

Filling Berg’s spot for upcoming live shows will be guitarist Jonte Bjoerkborg. Apart from being a close friend to the band (he’s even got credits on ‘Across The Dark River’) he is an excellent guitar player and has previously played with Zeb & Doc in Malison Rogue.

In other news BELOW are confirmed for two prestigious Doom Metal events, the Doom Over Vienna festival taking place in Vienna, Austria November, 11th and the Hammer Of Doom festival in Würzburg which is happening November, 18th.

BELOW released their latest album ‘Upon A Pale Horse‘ in May 2017 via Metal Blade Records!

Surf to metalblade.com/below to listen to music from ‘Upon A Pale Horse‘. Make sure to check out the video for ‘Disappearing Into Nothing’ and order the album on either Digi-CD or on vinyl.

“The title track features mighty choirs and beats everything Candlemass released in the last 10 years. You could say the same about ‘Hours Of Darkness’, but this one could be even on one of the 80s classic albums of the Epic Doom Gods. Killer album!” (Andreas Stappert, Deaf Forever Germany, 9,5 out of 10 points)

“All in all a very strong proof of the talent of these Swedes, I didn’t expect such a high quality!” (Boris Kaiser, Rock Hard Germany, 8,5 out of 10 points)

“Below are a heavy hit!” (Thorsten Dietrich, Break Out Germany)

‘Upon A Pale Horse‘ track listing:
01. The Plague Within
02. Disappearing Into Nothing
03. The Coven
04. Upon a Pale Horse
05. Suffer in Silence
06. Hours of Darkness
07. 1000 Broken Bones
08. We Are All Slaves