Pelle Ekegren, former drummer of Coercion, has parted ways with his band Grave. The Swedish death metallers have posted the following message on their official web site:\"After careful consideration our drummer Pelle has decided to leave the band due to personal reasons and also the increasement of touring that we will engage in the coming months and hopefully years to come. Pelle has been a very important part of the band and has played a big part in Grave\'s sound on the albums he appeared on. We wish him all the best with his other projects and life in general.\"
Ronnie Bergerståhl, of Julie Laughs Nomore, Amaran and Centinex among others, has been drafted for Grave\'s upcoming tours. Ronnie\'s first live appearance with Grave will be on September 30 when they kick off the first leg of their 2006 US tour.
Grave will tour in North America with labelmates Vital Remains among others. The European \"Masters Of Death Tour 2006\", featuring Grave, Entombed, Unleashed and Dismember, will kick off in early November.
In related news: Grave \'s upcoming \"Enraptured\" dvd is tentatively due in November via Metal Mind Productions.Grave shot the dvd with seven cameras on August 24 at the Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland. The set, which will be available as a standard dvd edition and a dvd+cd limited edition, will also feature rare live footage, video clips and more.
