Cannibal Corpse guitarist Erik Rutan has left the loss of life steel band’s present European and U.Ok. tour to return residence to cope with “catastrophic” harm to his residence trigger by Hurricane Helene.

In assist of final 12 months’s album, Chaos Horrific, Cannibal Corpse kicked off the abroad run with Municipal Waste and Immolation on Sept. 20 in Germany.

While the tour stays underway, the loss of life steel legends are working short-handed with longtime guitarist Rob Barrett serving because the lone guitarist in the intervening time.

A submit on social media (seen under) revealed the unlucky information relating to Rutan’s residence, saying that he must be current along with his household with the intention to “deal with this situation.”

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Hurricane Helene made historic landfall as a Category 4 storm, inflicting widespread flooding in Florida and close by states akin to Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. The storm has additionally resulted in energy outages for tens of millions of individuals because the storm’s loss of life toll has now exceeded 100, in line with a latest NBC report.

In St. Petersburg, the place Rutan lives, the Washington Post studies that the town skilled a file storm surge of practically 6.5 ft, besting a earlier file by 2.3 ft.

Rutan’s Mana recording studio can be situated in the identical metropolis, however there isn’t a phrase on the situation of the ability at the moment. Every Cannibal Corpse album since 2006’s Kill (besides 2014’s A Skeletal Domain) was tracked at Mana with Rutan, as nicely.

Loudwire needs Erik Rutan and his household the very best throughout this tough time.

Watch Cannibal Corpse Play Without Erik Rutan

In the video under, you possibly can watch Cannibal Corpse’s full present at The Roundhouse in London as a single-guitar assault.