A Toronto-based doom metal band announced to its fans in the most brutally honest way that they will be taking an “extended hiatus” after the guitarist apparently slept with another band member’s girlfriend and “also our drummer died.” 
 
 Witchrot shared a photo of a smashed guitar and told fans Sunday the band is taking a break because it lost a crucial member but mostly because “the unfortunate reality of our guitarist f***ing my girlfriend of almost 7 years.” 
 
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 “WITCHROT will be taking an extended hiatus,” the band said on Facebook. “I however will continue the band in another space and time, being ripe with hate the music is slowly flowing and without a doubt will become the most devastating, torturous music I have ever created.” 
 
 The band, known for non-classics like Crypt Reaper, Druid Smoke Part i (The Keeper), thanked fans for their support. 
 
 “Stay heavy,” the band said. “Also our drummer died…” (possibly a Spinal Tap reference). 
 
 The breakup noticed spread quickly on social media with some suggesting it was nothing more than a publicity stunt. 
 
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 “Amazing publicity stunt, you had no posts before November 4th and your likes have jumped up by 30 – 40 in the last 7 minutes,” reads a comment. 
 
 “Kinda disrespectful to put the death of the drummer and I assume a close friend, as the afterthought foot note,” reads another. 
 
 “I have so many questions about the drummer,” reads another. ||||| Due to the unfortunate reality of our guitarist fucking my girlfriend of almost 7 years WITCHROT will be taking an extended hiatus. I however will continue the band in another space and time, being ripe with hate the music is slowly flowing and without a doubt will become the most devastating, torturous music I have ever created. Thanks for the support, stay heavy - Peter 
 
 Also our drummer died... ||||| They are now on an "extended hiatus" 
 
 As band breaks-up go, they don’t come much more dramatic than that of Toronto-based doom metal outfit Witchrot, who broke up at the weekend. 
 
 Described as “hex, drugs and rock-n-roll”, the band, who have a self-titled EP, posted an update on Facebook on Sunday (November 25) which alleged: “Due to the unfortunate reality of our guitarist fucking my girlfriend of almost 7 years, WITCHROT will be taking an extended hiatus.” 
 
 The post, signed off by an individual named Peter, goes on to say that he is “ripe with hate” and about to write some “devastating torturous announcement.” Then, as an aside at the bottom of the post, Peter wrote: “Also our drummer died.” Beneath the caption was a picture of a broken, smashed up guitar in the trash. 
 
 Sadly, it doesn’t look like Witchrot will be going on tour anytime soon – but Peter did leave a link to his other band, ‘Crazy Bones’, whose music you can listen to here. 
 
 Meanwhile, music fans have been reacting to the news on social media: 
 
 Witchrot are not the first band to go through a spectacular break up, though. Oasis, Fleetwood Mac, The Smashing Pumpkins and Rage Against the Machine have all had their fair share of messy break-ups in recent years.
– Well, this is awkward. A Canadian metal band has broken up after two members of it were part of an infidelity triangle—dirty laundry that was aired very publicly. "Due to the unfortunate reality of our guitarist f---ing my girlfriend of almost 7 years WITCHROT will be taking an extended hiatus," band member Peter Turik wrote on Facebook alongside a picture of a broken guitar in the trash. "I however will continue the band in another space and time, being ripe with hate the music is slowly flowing and without a doubt will become the most devastating, torturous music I have ever created. Thanks for the support, stay heavy." In a fun twist, Sky News notes the band wasn't well-known before the message, but it is now. The post has been shared more than 13,000 times so far. "This is some Fleetwood Mac drama!!" gossip blogger Perez Hilton wrote on Facebook. People were talking about it on Twitter, too, declaring their newfound love for the band and calling the breakup note "epic." It got discussed on KROQ's morning show, and media outlets were referring to the whole thing as "spectacular" and "amazing," among other things. Witchrot took advantage of the attention on Twitter, retweeting some of the most excited sentiments and declaring, "We will only do an interview with @joerogan." (One YouTube power couple's breakup video became a phenomenon.)