Mithras are down to one man. The remaining soldier, Leon Macey, has explained on the band's Facebook page that bassist/vocalist Rayner Coss has departed the band. Rayner Coss was one of the founding members along with Leon. The band has been preparing the release of their first full-length in nine years, On Strange Loops, but no release date has been officially announced.

Leon Macey posted: "I'm very sad to announce that Rayner Coss has decided to depart Mithras as of today, and thus will not be performing at any future live shows with the band. Rayner was a founding member of Mithras way back in 1998 (when we were originally named Imperator) and bar his hiatus of a few years (from 2008-2011) was in Mithras for nearly two decades. Rayner leaves to focus on his family and flooring business, and I'd personally like to wish him all the best for the future and thank him for the great work he did on all the Mithras releases he was a part of. We had a lot of trials and difficulties in the band over the years, so it was not easy going by any stretch, but out of those trials came some amazing and fulfilling records, and the experiences of making them were once in a lifetime events for me, Leon Macey c/o Mithras."

Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Mithras