Lamb Of God Vocalist Hope After 7 Years Of Free From Murder Case

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JAKARTA - Lamb of God metal band frontman Randy Blythe hopes to perform again in the Czech Republic. What's wrong with the Czechoslovakia?

In 2012, Blythe was arrested in the Czech Republic and charged with murder. He allegedly pushed a 19-year-old fan under the stage at a show two years earlier and caused injuries that led to the fan's death.

Blythe spent 37 days in a Prague prison before being found not guilty in 2013.

Randy discussed the possibility of appearing in the Czech Republic when answering fan questions earlier this week on the Reddit AMA.

"I would love to play in the Czech Republic again - I'm not at odds with the Czechs, and I'm not being persecuted there. Finally I think we might play there again, but it has to be 100 percent with the cooperation of the families of the teenagers who died, and I want to give the money from the show to the charity they choose, "said Blythe.

"If we played there it would be big news, and I don't want to cause the teen's family to suffer again - they didn't do anything wrong, and weren't cruel to me at all; they even showed me kindness. But they have suffered enough, so out of respect for them, we are not back yet. I hope the Czech fans understand. "

Blythe's experience in prison inspired two songs on the album VII: Sturm Und Drang which was released five years ago, namely 512 - one of three prison cell numbers, and Still Echoes, written while he was in Pankrac prison, a dilapidated facility that was built. in the 1880's it was used for executions by the Nazis during World War II.

This experience also led Blythe to write the memoir Dark Days. In this book, he shares his entire dark story of living in bars to the general public for the first time.

"I think artistically, it's a very valid choice to use those two songs (on album VII) because they come from a very real, very dark place," Blythe told the New York Post in 2015.

"I write about things that have an impact on my life, that stir up emotions in me, that affect me, that have some kind of impact on my life. It's not that going to prison has no impact on my life, but I got out of prison and I felt dishonest to use it as a creative well to draw from. "

Blythe is currently promoting Lamb Of God's latest self-titled album which was released on June 19 through Epic Records in the US and Nuclear Blast Records in Europe. VII follow-up: Sturm Und Drang marked the band's first record with Art Cruz, who joined the band last year as a replacement for the group's founding drummer, Chris Adler.

The album Lamb Of God was recorded with longtime producer Josh Wilbur (Korn, Megadeth, Gojira, Trivium). This album featured guest musicians such as Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed) and Chuck Billy (Testament).