Switzerland Folk Metal Titans ELUVEITIE have announced, via their Official Facebook Page, as follows:

With a heavy heart we have to share with you the news that Päde [Patrick Kistler] is no longer a part of Eluveitie. After six years and four albums, he leaves big shoes to fill. While we have no further comment at this time, we would like to wish him all the best for his future endeavours.

At the same time, we can announce that we have already found a very talented musician to step in and keep the show going: multi-instrumentalist Matteo Sisti, from our friends and colleagues at KRAMPUS, has not hesitated to jump in and learn our full set in just a few days. A big THANK YOU goes out to Matteo and Krampus at this point – in the midst of the European leg of our Origins World Tour, their support is much appreciated. Matteo is joining us as a temporary session musician for the remainder of this tour. We can’t wait to rock the stages together for you!

– Eluveitie.

Upcoming dates on the Origins European tour are:

20.11.14 DE Bremen – Tivoli
21.11.14 DE Bochum – Matrix
22.11.14 DE Hamburg – Gruenspan
23.11.14 NL Eindhoven – Effenaar
25.11.14 DE Köln – Essigfabrik
26.11.14 CZ Prag Meet – Factory
27.11.14 PL Krakow – Kwadrat
28.11.14 PL Warzaw – Progresja
29.11.14 PL Sczecin – Slowianin
30.11.14 DE Berlin – K17
02.12.14 DE Heidelberg Halle – O2
03.12.14 LU Esch-Sur-Alzette – Kulturfabrik
04.12.14 DE Ludwigsburg – Rock Fabrik
05.12.14 DE München – Backstage
06.12.14 DE Geiselwind – Music hall
07.12.14 DE Lindau – Vaudeville
09.12.14 SI Ljubljana – Kino Siska
10.12.14 HU Budapest – Club 202
11.12.14 SL Bratislava – Majestic
12.12.14 AT Wien – Szene
13.12.14 AT Salzburg – Rockhouse

All dates & tickets: http://www.eluveitie.ch / http://www.facebook.com/eluveitie
Check out Krampus at: http://www.facebook.com/krampusfolk