Death metal band VITRIOL have split up mid-tour, citing their frontman’s “cowardly and weak outbursts of misplaced anger”.

Writing on Instagram Stories on Monday, their former guitarist Keith Merrow (who joined in March) shared details on the circumstances that had led to them parting ways with Rasmussen.

“He fucked around and found out,” he wrote in all caps. “Sorry VITRIOL fans. We had to abandon him at a gas station in Vermont. Myself, Andy, Brett, and Matt will not take Kyle’s cowardly and weak outbursts of misplaced anger. We gave everything we had, and now have left you with nothing. Mass exodus. This was the darkest day of my music career to date”.

This isn’t the first time VITRIOL has faced a major walkout during a tour since bassist/vocalist Adam Roethlisberger also quit during the band’s 2024 tour.