CANNIBAL CORPSE’s ERIK RUTAN Lost Pretty Much Everything In Hurricanes Milton & Helene

Cannibal Corpse guitarist Erik Rutan left the band’s European tour just a few weeks in the past to get house and deal with the damages executed to his Florida house by Hurricanes Milton and Helene. Rutan has now issued a really somber replace, revealing that roughly 90% of all the pieces he and his spouse personal has been destroyed.

I might say we want Rutan and his household all the most effective presently, however that looks like such a gross understatement. What Rutan and the remainder of everybody down south goes by means of proper now’s nothing in need of terribly tragic.

“We’re so grateful for all of the love and assist that has come our means,” wrote Rutan. “The optimistic phrases, messages, texts and telephone calls have meant a lot to us. We really feel so blessed to know that so many individuals care. Hurricane Helene and Milton decimated so many houses and lives and ours was one in every of them.

“90% of all the pieces we personal together with private and household belongings, images, issues that may by no means get replaced in addition to musical and studio gear was both severely broken or fully destroyed. This expertise has been troublesome past phrases. Virtually 3 weeks in the past I left the Cannibal Corpse tour to fly house to be with my Spouse, solely to see our house and all our belongings in break.

“This has been one of the crucial troublesome occasions of our lives. Proper now, we, in addition to many are struggling past measure. We labored so onerous our whole lives to attain what we now have solely to see all of it taken away in a fleeting second. I don’t know how we’ll overcome all of this, however anybody that is aware of us is aware of that we’ll combat our means again by means of sheer will and willpower to hopefully at some point reclaim some type of normalcy.

“As we attempt to decide up the items of our lives, please ship all of the optimistic power and power you may. I’ll give additional updates when time permits. Everlasting Gratitude. RUTAN”