In a post the Facebook page of the Borgholm Brinner Festival, an announcement was posted that Anthrax has canceled their appearance at the fest because they have canceled their entire summer tour has canceled its plans to tour Europe this summer “due to scheduling conflicts.”. The band added that “they sincerely apologize to all of their fans and hope to see them very soon” in a statement. No further announcement has been made or announced Borgholm Brinner Festival is curated by In Flames and takes place on July 27-28 at Borgholm Castle in Borgholm, Sweden.

Anthrax will open for Slayer on the first leg of their farewell tour this spring,  and will release its long-awaited live-in-concert DVD, Kings Among Scotland, on April 27 via Megaforce. The DVD can be pre-ordered at www.anthrax.com.