Sweden's THERION have parted ways with drummer Sami Karppinen. According to frontman Christofer Johnsson, Karppinen “is tired of touring and drumming with a band. He will instead concentrate on working in our studio (this mean we will finally have more time available for other bands that want to record there).
THERION-mastermind Christofer Johnsson confirmed that the next studio album will be finished until the end of june, so a release can be expected for autumn 2001.