Alexisonfire Parts Ways After 10 Years

NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) The Alexisonfire splits, according to the band's website. In a lengthy post, singer George Pettit said Dallas Green and Wade MacNeil were on their way out either way, and that the breakup was 'not really' amicable. The group's 4th studio album, Old Crows / Young Cardinals, was released in 2010.
From the offical website/post:

Almost a year ago, Dallas informed us he would be leaving Alexis after we finished out Old Crows / Young Cardinals tour cycle. Trying to balance his life between touring with us and at the same time quelling the success of City and Colour was a task too difficult to continue managing. He informed us he wanted to focus his efforts on City and Colour...

Our last show in St Catharines, Ontario on December 19, 2010 was poised to be the last ever Alexisonfire concert with a line-up as we knew it. In the meantime, the rest of us discussed the future of the band. After much deliberation, we decided to continue and attempt the difficult task of replacing Dallas, but time got the best of us. Over the last six months, we all dealt with a litany of personal issues, which pulled us further and further from Alexisonfire.

In addition to that, Wade was recently asked to join another band and he felt it was an opportunity he would like to pursue.

Replacing one guitar player/singer/writer was something we thought was possible, but replacing two would run the serious risk of perverting the legacy of what we had achieved. So we all took a good hard swallow and decided to end it so it would never get old and ugly.

Was the breakup amicable? Not really. Was it necessary? Probably.