Swedish black metal act Watain have announced that they will disband following their next album.

The band shared the news with fans via a Facebook statement, outlining a plan to release their eighth studio album three years from now before calling it quits. The record will coincide with their 30th anniversary.

The group’s statement reads:

“Ladies and gentlemen, followers, allies and supporters, this is a solemn transmission from the Temple of Watain.

We hereby announce that in III years’ time — upon our 30th anniversary — Watain’s eighth and final full-length album will be released. The album will mark the closure of a thirty-year-long magical Work, the last crossroad of Watain, after which the band will cease to exist. The ending of a triad of decades during which we have shared o

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