Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS posted the following announcement regarding the recent cancellation of their appearance at this year's 'Keep It True XIII' festival"

"CANDLEMASS are very sorry for the last weeks cancellations. The band haven't missed a show in over 20 years and now it happens twice in one week!
Please don't blame it on the band. Believe us!we would rather play great shows at cool festivals than just sitting on our asses at home! But we can't fight a volcano on Iceland. We've been following the latest news 10 times per day, and when airports opens and closes every day depending on the wind, nobody can say if we can get back from Germany or not, and we really don't wanna be stranded in Frankfurt with lots of other unfortunate travelers. A bus or Van wasn't an alternative. The band wouldn't be in good shape either after over 20 hours in a car. No point in playing shows that are so-so!also!Lars has got a very bad back.
The promoter for 'Keep It True XIII' understood this when we told him a couple of days ago, but nevertheless put out a remark about it yesterday.
Sorry, but we are not 20 anymore!..Blame the fucking volcano!not us!!! Anyway!a 1000 apologies to all the fans of true heavy Metal that went to'Keep It True XIII' !!!"

Source: www.Candlemass.Se