Stampin' Ground Calls It Quits

After months of speculation, UK metal band Stampin' Ground (Century Media Records, Thorp Records) has confirmed their imminent demise. The band has issued the following statement:

"We slogged our hearts out for 11 years; harder than any band we've ever met, and we loved every minute of it. It's been the greatest ride and were proud to have been part of it, but all good things come to an end and so has SG. This has nothing to do with musical differences, personal stuff or any other lame ass excuse you've heard a million times, truth is we just feel the time is right to hang it up. We never set out to win the world title, we just wanted to go the distance for 15 rounds and get some good punches in."

Prior to disbanding, the group will embark upon one final UK tour. Here's the info:

10/15 Manchester @ Damnation Festival
10/26 Newcastle @ Trillians
10/27 Sheffield @ Corporation
10/28 Merthyr, Wales @ Merthyr Studio Bar
10/29 London @ Islington Carling Academy