Hurricane Helene has been completely devastating the Southeast of the USA these previous few days, with AP reporting yesterday that no less than 64 individuals have been killed by the hurricane and hundreds of thousands are nonetheless caught with out energy. The Washington Post described the Tampa area of Florida to be “the epicenter of Florida’s loss of life toll from Helene,” with the area’s Pinellas County having the very best loss of life toll of any county in Florida. Sadly, Tampa is the place legendary loss of life steel band Cannibal Corpse has been working out of since 1990. And it appears that evidently guitarist Erik Rutan has suffered some fairly extreme property injury from the hurricane.
Yesterday, Cannibal Corpse introduced that Rutan could be dropping off the band’s present tour due to hurricane injury on his residence. “On account of catastrophic injury to his residence from Hurricane Helene, Erik Rutan has left the tour to be current together with his household presently,” the assertion learn on the band’s social media accounts. “Our hearts exit to Erik and his Spouse as they take care of this case.”
Cannibal Corpse kicked off their European tour with Municipal Waste, Immolation, and Schizophrenia on September 20 in Oberhausen, Germany, and there appear to be no plans to skip any dates due to Rutan’s momentary departure. Within the feedback part of the Cannibal Corpse Instagram submit, followers reported that the band had carried out on their Birmingham, UK date as a four-piece band.
We actually hope that Erik Rutan and his household are protected and we want them continued security and therapeutic presently as they, and lots of households all through the area, get well from this catastrophic storm. Within the meantime, you may catch Cannibal Corpse, presumably as a quartet, on the following dates on their European tour:
9/29/2024 Roundhouse – London, GB
10/01/2024 Halle O2 – Heidelberg, DE
10/02/2024 Grosse Freiheit 36 – Hamburg, DE
10/03/2024 Amager Bio – Copenhagen, DK
10/04/2024 Klubben – Stockholm, SE
10/05/2024 Rockefeller – Oslo, NO
10/06/2024 Tradgarn – Gothenburg, SE
10/08/2024 Astra – Berlin, DE
10/09/2024 A2 – Wroclaw, PL
10/11/2024 Barba Negra – Budapest, HU
10/12/2024 Vienna Metallic Assembly – Vienna, AT
10/13/2024 Kino Siska – Ljubljana, SI
10/15/2024 Alcatraz – Milan, IT
10/17/2024 Komplex 457 – Zurich, CH
10/18/2024 Felsenkeller – Leipzig, DE
10/19/2024 Music Corridor – Geiselwind, DE
10/20/2024 Batschkapp – Frankfurt, DE
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