\"I decided to end my official envolvement with Ancient for a number of reasons. It has been a nice and rewarding five years, full of great experiences and I wish to thank all the other guys in the band and all the great fans, but I have reached a point in my career where I simply feel I need to move on. There were profound professional differences as well between me and the rest of the band and that convinced me it was time to quit.\"

Grom\'s collaboration with Ancient may continue, both live and in studio, but only on a \"session\" basis. Meraviglia will be concentrating on his \"session drummer\" career as well as his numerous other projects, including extreme metal-gothic prog band Hortus Animae.