TÝR Part Ways With Drummer Amon Djurhuus Ellingsgaard
February 13th, 2016
Faroe Islands-based power metal group Týr parted ways with drummer Amon Djurhuus Ellingsgaard following a three-year tenure, revealing this development on February 13th, 2016.
Amon Djurhuus Ellingsgaard issued the following statement: “I regret to announce that I will resign as a member of Týr. It has proven difficult to make time for touring and rehearsal with a full time occupation on the side, as well as children and bills to pay. I will not retreat from the metal scene entirely, since I am still member of two other bands, The Happening and Heljareyga. Thanks to the lads of Týr for the time and best wishes for the future, thanks to all who came to our shows during my time as drummer and thanks to all the great people I’ve met on tour. Hope to see you all again sometime.”
A member of Týr from 2013 until 2016, Ellingsgaard stepped behind the drumkit for touring commitments in support of September 2013 studio full-length Valkyrja – the band’s seventh overall.
