Queen City News She can’t speak up for herself." - Elizabeth Szumski HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Huntersville Police are investigating after a Blythe Elementary School teacher was allegedly caught kissing a 5-year-old student in the school’s bathroom The student’s mother told Queen City News a staff member saw the kiss and reported it to school officials Elizabeth Szumski’s daughter is nonverbal with autism and the mom knew something was wrong when her child started showing signs she didn’t want to go to school “What else has she endured?” she said “Why has she been crying every day since she started this school?” Those are the questions running through Szumski’s mind after pulling her kindergartener out of her Blythe Elementary classroom “I knew something was wrong at the school,” she said The mom said she noticed behavioral differences in her daughter and went to the school to figure out the problem but administrators didn’t have an answer “There was an incident where a staff member was caught kissing my daughter in the bathroom caught by another staff member,” said Szumski Knowing her 5-year-old can’t communicate what might have happened hurts the most “She can’t tell her side of the story,” she said She can’t speak up for herself.” An incident report shows the staff member was removed from the classroom but not from the school “I’ll never be able to trust somebody again with my child for as long as she goes to school,” she said Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leaders released the following statement: We are aware of an alleged incident involving a staff member we are unable to share any details or information regarding the investigation I want to assure you that we take the safety and well-being of our students very seriously We appreciate and understand your interest in this matter Thank you for your continued support of Blythe Elementary School these are the actual most popular baby names so far in 2025 Whether it’s a short vacation or they’re jetting off to begin their career show the future traveler you care with a meaningful graduation gift National Teacher Appreciation Week begins May 5 take advantage of these freebies and deals passed away peacefully after a courageous fight against cancer on Saturday She was preceded in death by her husband Wayne and father Aaron “Bud” Unger Left behind to cherish her memory are her mother Dorothy Applebee Cathy was born and raised in Lincoln and was a 1967 graduate of Southeast High School and later attended Kearney State College and loving “Mimi” to her granddaughters Cathy hosted KFOR’s local morning show on the radio for over 30 years She twice won the National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Award for her work on these shows She was inducted into the Nebraska Broadcasters Association’s Hall of Fame in 2011 A celebration of Cathy’s life will be held at 2:00 pm Tuesday Memorials in lieu of flowers may be given to: KFOR Operation Santa Claus Program NE 68504; 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Blythe continued: "It was very hard — very very fucking hard — 'cause I was looking at him 'Don't you know you're fucking killing yourself This is horrible.' And I'm looking at him thinking all that and that's what people were saying about me for 22 years 'Just because you've been sober for three years doesn't make you the fucking king of sobriety This is what you've gotta do.' And then he'd go back out And he's been clean and sober six years now So you've got four out of the five dudes in the band that don't do shit Somebody's gotta put foot into the pool first." Blythe previously talked about his sobriety earlier in the month during an appearance on "The New Man" podcast with Tripp Lanier Asked about how he got over the notion that really creative people need alcohol or drugs to find their best ideas or perform to the best of their ability Randy said: "That's a sort of cultural mythos I believe that that mythos is sort of shifting and the young kids don't think it's as cool to be fucked up anymore like we did when we were kids it's definitely a lie that you need all that stuff to do what I do But it's a cultural sort of mythos that I bought in to because like any other angst-riddled 20-something male American dude all these members of this supremely male canon of authors who really reshaped modern English literature And all of them had a few things in common — all of them were wild All of them drank to excess and generally got into some sticky situations from time to time I would talk about being a writer a lot and I was doing all the things that all those writers all those guys did — I did a lot of drinking I was doing all the things the great writers did except for the writing part So that's that cultural mythos with the writers and the sort of cultural perception of that and me personally knowing some of the legends from this who did drink and drug to excess and every now and then some drugs were useful." Asked what he means when he says that alcohol and drugs were "useful" a little bottled confidence [would always help in the early days] The crowd can either aggressively not like you or aggressively really like you — either way "There's no school to teach you how to be a frontman how to get in front of people and do your thing," Blythe continued I'm relying on my training,' like a Navy seal like falling back on to the level of your training let's go out and see what fucking happens.' And so that can give you the nerves I could quiet those nerves with some alcohol They don't call it liquid courage for nothing So if Pavarotti or Marvin Gaye got up there all fucked up this sucks.' When you're in a heavy metal band And there was definitely an element of danger to what we did Randy said: "I had to get beat on the head repeatedly that I was going to die if I didn't stop drinking I can tell you about my first sober show if you want [to hear it] and we were on tour with a band called METALLICA And we had been out with them for about a year over the course of two and we ended this tour in New Zealand and Australia And my last night of drinking was in Brisbane And I went out with some friends and just got completely I drank enough and I'm sure had I been given a breathalyzer There's almost no blood left in his alcohol system.' … And the alcohol was a thing that shut off the voices in my head the voices that were angry at the way the world was behaving that were angry at myself for my own shortcomings and asshole-ish behavior or moral cowardice at times — whatever The inner critic was incredibly harsh — and still is sometimes But I'm trying to ameliorate that from time to time And I woke up in Brisbane on a hotel balcony And I looked out on the street below… And one of my favorite bookstores in the world was directly across the street from the hotel And then down the streets more were great restaurants And then over to the left was the Brisbane Botanical Gardens so you're gonna see weird-ass animals and birds It's the biggest heavy metal band in history not to mention one of the biggest bands in the world I've learned somehow to function well enough I still had a romantic partner at that time a longterm romantic partner that ended eventually And I looked out over this street and all this cool shit and I realized I didn't want to do anything I just want to vanish from existence.' And I looked over at this table where I had set the beer bottles from the night before 'cause I'd been drinking for a few days and I'm kind of a weirdo OCD dude with my surroundings lined these beer bottles perfectly up in this — you know how bowling pins would be exert some sort of control on the disaster that is Randy So I looked over at these beer bottles that were empty and they were stacked there and I realized that they were a metaphor for my life everything was perfect and orderly and in its place I had just become an empty receptacle for alcohol and drugs And all it would take would just be a little push and those bottles would just fall and shatter maybe I ought to really try and quit drinking this time,' because I'd been trying half-assed for I have to quit drinking.' And so I asked the universe like… I didn't have a picture of a bearded dude in the sky or anything but I just asked — I use the term 'God' for lack of a better term please help me because I don't know what to do.' I knew then 'Let's stop and try drinking,' and a peace washed over me to put it simply recognizing that I was indeed totally fucked So I had this brief moment of immense peace wash over me and it lasted for approximately 45 seconds Maybe you've just had a bad 22 years of solid drinking and drugging And it wasn't the first time I'd felt that way And I'd had these repercussions for drinking… You feel like you can't function and then before that you wanted to die and now you wanna drink again "Some of the guys in METALLICA's band and crew were sober on that tour and they had had words with me," Randy added kindly members of the Richmond Fraternal Order Of The Police I had a journalist in Richmond write a story about me 'I think what I'm gonna do is I'm just gonna try not to drink.' I made a decision 'cause there was beer in the fridge right there in that hotel I'm gonna go to tonight's show and I'm gonna talk to these guys What the fuck do I do?' So I went to the gig and I showed up early and I found a couple of those guys I walked on stage that night in front of 14,000 people so I'm just crying… I think [the emotion at the time] was just How did I reach this point?' It's like someone had scraped my entire skin So I stood on stage in front 14,000 people screaming my head off while weeping uncontrollably no one could tell because I was just constantly running and headbanging In a separate interview with the The Lydian Spin podcast Blythe spoke about the challenges of going on tour and being around people who are drinking The 53-year-old musician said: "I can be kind of antisocial in general anyway I just wanted to be alone: 'Leave me the fuck alone I'm not afraid of being around alcohol or drugs being around utterly shitfaced people is fairly intolerable now I'll hang out and I'll hang out until people hit me with the 'I love you I don't have a problem [being around people who are drinking] and I don't walk around like some sort of angry curmudgeon 'Don't fucking talk to me.' And when I am trapped by those people because I fucking terrified and annoyed countless people for decades Randy previously discussed his sobriety during a September 2022 appearance on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk" He said at the time: "It's not attractive to sit up and fucking drink and snort coke and say a bunch of stupid shit with a bunch of morons when you're [in your early 50s] [Laughs] I haven't had a hangover in over [more than a decade] Asked by host Eddie Trunk if it was "tough" for him to be on the road where alcohol can be found everywhere especially when they 'party party' and get stupid… I don't judge I'm trying to do good things with my life — write books and do photography and shit like that I'm not gonna discover anything new in drugs and alcohol." Pressed about whether it bothers him when people around him are drinking It only bothers me if they're fucking wasted and saying stupid shit to me and then I run Seeing people drink does not bother me at all The only thing that bothers me is when they're hammered and in my face I don't expect the rest of the world to behave… I can't expect the rest of the world to behave in the way I do and not drink because not everybody's an alcoholic like me Blythe discussed his battle with alcoholism and how he got sober after a couple of decades of drinking during a book-signing event and question-and-answer session for his memoir when they stop… It's entirely individual… Some people hit bottom because they wake up in jail or because they just can't… they can't take it anymore." He continued: "When I woke up the morning… I wrote about this in my book; I wrote about the last night I drank and the first day of sobriety I was opening up for the biggest band in metal My wife hadn't left me yet — and she still hasn't beyond the fact that I looked kind of busted Not millions of dollars; don't get me wrong I woke up one day and I just did not want to do anything It's the strangest feeling to not want to… I couldn't think of a single thing I wanted to do or else I might as well be dead.' And I firmly believe I would be dead [by now if I hadn't stopped] I drank 22 years — heavy — and finally I got enough pain where it's I've gotta stop.' But it's different for everyone Anybody who's ever had a drinking problem can tell you that it's different for everyone." "Just Beyond The Light: Making Peace With The Wars Inside Our Head" "Just Beyond The Light" was described by Blythe as a "tight concise roadmap of how I have attempted to maintain what I believe to be a proper perspective in life Blythe announced more spoken-word and question-and-answer events to promote "Just Beyond The Light" The special "evening with" event includes a spoken-word performance a copy of "Just Beyond The Light" and an opportunity to have the book signed Blythe was arrested in the Czech Republic and charged with manslaughter for allegedly pushing a 19-year-old fan offstage at a show two year prior and causing injuries that led to the fan's death Blythe spent 37 days in a Prague prison before ultimately being found not guilty in 2013 Blythe's prison experience inspired two songs on LAMB OF GOD's 2015 album "VII: Sturm Und Drang": "512" a dilapidated facility built in the 1880s that had been used for executions by the Nazis during World War II in which he shared his whole side of the story publicly for the first time Home / Sports / Iowa High School Sports / Iowa High School Football Blythe has served as a Raiders assistant for two seasons after 7-year NFL career The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread WILLIAMSBURG – Austin Blythe recalled contemplating what life would be like after his playing days He tried to envision the path when his competitive journey ended The road led him back to where it all began and three children moved back to Williamsburg He wanted to help coach football but wasn’t sure if he would ever want to lead a program His perspective changed when Curt Ritchie stepped down as the Raiders head coach to take over the Cornell College program discussing the possibility of him replacing his high school coach and father-in-law I decided that it was it was something that I wanted to pursue and see how good I could be at it,” said Blythe a 2011 graduate and former all-state lineman for Williamsburg “I want to continue the success and legacy that Curt established and really just help the kids as athletes and as people Prepare them for life after high school and just be the best people that they can be It was just an easy decision once we sat down and talked about it “My excitement just continued to rise I'm looking forward to the opportunity.” Blythe will take over a program that has made 25 postseasons four finals appearances and won the Class 3A state title in 2023 “He is a great example of what you want players to be when they leave the program.” Ritchie said We are lucky to have him leading the young men in the program “He knows what the history of the program is and will continue to take things to a higher level than ever.” Blythe enjoyed an impressive career at the University of Iowa playing in 54 games and earning all-Big Ten and national accolades The offensive lineman played seven years in the National Football League taking the field for the Indianapolis Colts including the 2019 Super Bowl with the Rams Blythe will attempt to incorporate what he has learned from coaches at all levels “I think the best coaches that I played for at any level want to leave the players feeling like they don't want to disappoint you,” Blythe said the care and dedication that you pour into them “I think that's why Curt is the coach that he is He instilled in his players a level of care and loyalty that he was able to have reciprocated by his players I think that's the best quality that I found in the best coaches that I've been around.” Both Ritchies and Blythes have been cornerstones in the Williamsburg community The love for the Williamsburg community brought them back set up a business and influenced the decision to throw his hat in the ring “We never felt shorted as far as support and love by the people in the community,” Blythe said “I think everyone tries to give their best to the students and student-athletes the best chance for success “There's a reason we came back and we're living here now Our kids are going to the school that we grew up going to so it was a huge factor in applying for the job.” Blythe’s staff is a work in progress He praised Ritchie for the staff he put together and said anyone who wants to return is welcome Blythe also plans to reach out to some old football acquaintances to gauge their interest Blythe is also excited about the talent in the program “They always have great kids,” Blythe said “Kids that are involved in everything Kids that give great effort and are just all-around good kids that bring a good attitude every day to practice It's been fun being around for these last two years as an assistant coach Now to be able to put my own touch on the program is going to be challenging Prep Sports & Hawkeye Wrestling Reporter. Get the Sports Newsletter The Gazette has been informing Iowans with in-depth local news coverage and insightful analysis for over 140 years independent journalism with a subscription today © 2025 The Gazette | All Rights Reserved In a new interview with the The Lydian Spin podcast spoke about the challenges of going on tour and being around people who are drinking The 53-year-old musician said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I can be kind of antisocial in general anyway During an appearance on "The New Man" podcast with Tripp Lanier LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe opened up about his feelings on religion He said in part (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I had some negative experiences with religion There were some negative experiences within the church when I was a child I was raised in the church; I was raised in the Southern Baptist church And I was always taught that God loves everyone and we shouldn't judge everyone and we shouldn't judge anyone and that we're all equal under the eyes of God I began to notice rank hypocrisy within church-going people on how they treated other people this is all bullshit.' So I was kind of done with the whole God thing And it wasn't until I was really brutalized by alcohol to the point where I had to ask something outside of myself for help Something.' And so I definitely believe in a higher power I don't know if it is simply a reality itself I don't know if it is an underlying energy that runs through everything but I think there is at least a sense of order to the universe "I've heard that the God uses an acronym for 'good orderly direction'," Randy continued I think everything would just cease to exist Do I attempt to have a conscious contact with that quote-unquote God I think we are not attuned to the frequencies of the divine it doesn't make sense for me for there to be a specific sort of monolithic one particular god that 'this is it.' Because if there was despite what cult leaders and televangelists and charlatans throughout the ages have tried to tell you then it would be self-evident when they presented it to you And maybe it's the divine expressing itself through a particular person so that that culture in that moment fundamentalist religious people of any stripe," Randy said He is a human being who supposedly attained enlightenment beneath the Bodhi tree who appeared however many thousand years ago in India — he made sense when he he appeared there Would he make sense to the Celtic tribes in Ireland at the same time who were running around and committing warfare with the blue paint on their face or whatever So I think there may be culturally appropriate expressions of the divine throughout history in each corner of the world So who am I to tell you my conception of the divine is the correct one when it wouldn't even make sense to you?" "Just Beyond The Light" was previously described by Blythe as a "tight In a recent interview with Radioactive MikeZ host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM program "Wired In The Empire" Blythe was asked if "Just Beyond The Light" picks up where his debut book which focused on his ordeal in a Czech Republic prison and his subsequent acquittal left off or if it's a completely different book Randy said: "It's a completely different book It's a collection of — I wouldn't call 'em essays basically different people and experiences who have [changed] my perspective for the better I try not to make the same stupid mistakes again and again and again and again," he explained if you look at people who — you look at them and you think 'They've acted in a manner that I find admirable,' if you pay attention to them and follow their example I'm not saying that I don't still do stupid things but I'm trying fully in my old age to learn from others more." It also led him to write the aforementioned "Dark Days" There are similarities between Randall Blythe’s music and his prose; both acknowledge the inescapable turmoil Just Beyond the Light: Making Peace with the Wars Inside Our Head by Randall Blythe When he’s on stage performing with the band Lamb of God ready to pounce as he leans into his band’s heavy Is this the guy you want to go to for advice as borne out (again) in his second book Just Beyond the Light: Making Peace with the Wars Inside Our Head 2015’s Dark Days is grounded in Blythe’s horrific experiences of being charged with manslaughter and jailed in the Czech Republic; in contrast Just Beyond the Light draws its inspiration from many sources arriving as a well-paced and finely crafted series of thematic vignettes that fit together into a philosophical tapestry Coming a decade after Blythe’s first foray into book publishing this volume benefits from the fact that he was able to marinate a bit longer as an artist and his writing bears the impact of his eye for visual detail and variety Just Beyond the Light‘s introduction and epilogue take their titles from songs that have been important to Blythe tunes recorded by bands and artists ranging from punk rock icons the Ramones to gospel songwriter Albert E This  naming device is apt because Blythe’s discussions about the power of art are all about connecting people and Just Beyond the Light is a book about gathering what’s needed to evolve as a human being But Blythe is not a bright-eyed cheerleader promising rainbows and unicorns if one follows his or her own creative paths he shuts that idyllic notion down pretty hard in an early chapter on creativity Despite the flaming load of feel-good horseshit that some suspiciously self-helpy books about creativity try to tell you Blythe explains that being an artist grants him no special privileges or powers to do away with the book’s titular wars in our heads His mission is to encourage people’s natural urge to develop whatever they are good at and to be open to change and growth to recognize the myriad forces – internal and external – that interfere with that process The musician contemplates what he was taught from time spent with elderly relatives another who learned through public-awareness work (by the band) how to become a marrow and blood stem cell donor Blythe moves between the personal and the political ably weaving dynamic shifts in focus between lessons supplied by heavy He evokes the anger provoked by school shootings and violence in South American towns ravaged by the drug trade; he also talks about maintaining sobriety and recognizing the ramifications (good and bad) of his actions Blythe is as adept at maintaining a see-sawing rhythm across 290 or so pages as he is in a 5-minute heavy metal song The ongoing push and pull fits into Blythe’s larger narrative bookended between the fan who loses his life to leukemia and the fan who helps save a life threatened by the same disease His observations form a unified thematic web suggesting that nothing occurs in isolation and the only thing with any real permanence is death but one that would probably be frightening to other musical tastes knowledge of or appreciation for Lamb of God is not necessary to understand or enjoy Blythe’s writing in Just Beyond the Light There are similarities between Blythe’s music and his prose; both acknowledge the inescapable turmoil Blythe’s writing serves as a source of inspiration a fierce plea that we not become buried under those negative forces Consider Just Beyond the Light essential heavy-metal lit Blythe’s spoken-word and Q&A tour for Just Beyond the Light will hit the Center for Arts at the Armory Scott McLennan covered music for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette from 1993 to 2008 He then contributed music reviews and features to The Boston Globe He also operated the NE Metal blog to provide in-depth coverage of the region’s heavy metal scene Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" The Lady’s Dressing Room (1732) BY JONATHAN SWIFT Five hours (and who can do it less in?) 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Site by AuthorBytes I have a note that just says: just beyond the light—book title,” mentions Randy Blythe; or D written out the way his father once said would look really sharp as a professional name The same way it’s marked on Blythe’s second and latest book Just Beyond the Light: Making Peace with the Wars Inside Our Head “I have all these random notes that are weird things in my phone and sometimes I don’t even remember what they are I believe it was a documentary or something I was reading our nature compels us to gather around light together at night or at dark seeking the safety of the warm glow of the fire—since primitive man humans stay within this protected circle of light The fire keeps away animals at night and other things and I was thinking about that and how just beyond the light “I’m speaking to my experience of not mentally staying in the same place that’s kinda the life of an artist … If you read Lamb of God lyrics or if you look at my last book (Dark Days) or even some of my photography And sometimes you have to go into the darkness to truly learn and experience things Primarily known for his furious bellow and hair-raising shrieks that have pierced through hundreds of thousands of raging fans’ ear canals Blythe has dominated stages around the world for 25-plus years as vocalist for the successful and supremely heavy Lamb of God he’s had the opportunity to connect with people from all different walks of life experiencing a variety of places and cultures alongside his bandmates Blythe’s artistry—arising from his dedication to writing lyrics and screaming them at people—has expanded through developing a passion for different creative endeavors such as photography and writing—all things that have nurtured his artistic soul and things that have guided him to cross paths with people who’ve tremendously impacted his view on life I wanted to write about perspective,” says Blythe I’m trying hard to keep my eyes open and not get stuck into this black and white way of seeing everything which I think is a big problem in our world right now I feel I need to constantly be broadening my perspective I started thinking about things in my life that have changed my perspective for the better—traveling Then I started thinking about different people I’ve met that I’ve learned from.” His offbeat career path as a musician would eventually lead Blythe to Lamb of God-fan-turned-friend who was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2010 and lost his battle to it in 2015—transforming Blythe’s life in the years between “I knew I wanted to write the first chapter who died and handled his death with so much grace at a young age,” Blythe explains “A story that was already out there because I told it when (Lamb of God) released the song of the same name But I wanted to look at it further because we all have to come to terms with our mortality sooner or later—His came sooner and I was very inspired by how stoic he was about it Blythe digs up experiences from childhood and his upbringing that paint the picture of how his perspective was shaped and how the people he discusses over the course of the book helped profoundly impact that perspective he details being raised under his grandmother’s roof—Mary Blythe who lived to be 100—and the way he’s absorbed stories about the way she grew up and lived in a world that no longer exists today as well as stories of meeting friends through surfing who’ve not only brought him to otherworldly waves far beyond the East Coast of the United States but also shared with him the grim realities of deforestation in their homeland Blythe examines the hardships of growing up as an outcast a skateboarder addicted to punk rock music and how drastically it differed from being an outcast today and increasingly tragic from what he’s observed “You’re Never Alone,” as being “the hardest chapter “I did a lot of research with that chapter on mass shootings—school shootings in particular “I had to read a lot of very unpleasant stuff … When I wrote the last part of the chapter when I’m speaking directly to the kids who read this book I was thinking about just how tough it is to be different and how weird it is in our society with these cell phones everyone looking to document your every fuck-up I never had to deal with the idea of someone coming to school and killing me.” what can I possibly do in my position as an artist Life can be awesome if you get through the bullshit—Get through this stuff that seems so important when you’re young,’ because when I was a teenager there was stuff that felt like the end of the world to me.” Blythe analyzes his life through the lens of both his “fucked up XVI) that he held in his substance-abused past and his more clear-headed outlook Intertwining tidbits of philosophy as he unravels his family relationships “I think this experience just made me more cognizant of how fucked up my head is,” jokes Blythe With making peace with the wars inside our head I’m not saying winning the wars inside our head recognizing that they’re there and trying to keep them in check I can only share my perspective based on my experiences Issue 73 featuring Pinhead Gunpowder is available now This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website  Learn more Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe has issued a parental advisory ahead of his upcoming book tour in February for his memoir which is set for release on February 18th.  Tickets are available here. In an Instagram post, Blythe shared a message advising against bringing children to the events. He explained that the tour will not be a typical book reading, but rather a series of storytelling sessions where he will recount personal experiences to highlight the book's themes. Blythe emphasized that the content may not be suitable for younger audiences. Aloha and happy New Year to everyone! I am very busy grinding away at stories for my upcoming spoken word tour to support my new book, Just Beyond the Light. I am quite excited for the tour, but I do feel the need to clarify something in advance about these shows. I just got an email from an acquaintance mentioning that they have already bought tickets to one of the shows, and that they will be bringing their son, a lovely young man I have met before. I had to reply and tell them that I am not so sure this is a good idea. As I have mentioned elsewhere, this is NOT a regular book tour, meaning an author sitting at a stool looking all scholarly and reading a few passages from their book, then sitting at a table and signing copies. I will be reading a tiny excerpt at one point from the book, but the rest of the time I'm onstage I will be attempting to illustrate the major themes of the book via stories from my life. I'm not going to be gratuitously foul-mouthed, but I'm not a choir boy, my life hasn't been a never-ending trip to Sunday school and we aren't going to be sitting around a campfire at summer camp- it's adult story telling time, y'all, so leave the kids at home. I don't want to traumatize your children, and trust me, you don't want to have to answer the questions your 8 year-old will have after hearing some of this stuff. View this post on Instagram A post shared by D. Randall Blythe (@drandallblythe) PA @ Underground Arts  02/21 Harrisonburg VA @ The Golden Pony  02/23 Somerville MA @ Arts at the Armory  02/25 Montreal QC @ Théâtre Fairmount  02/26 Toronto ON @ Red Room at The Concert Hall  02/28 Lansing MI @ Grewal Hall at 224  03/01 Joliet CA @ The Independent  03/13 Los Angeles NC and often spoke of her wonderful childhood She retired after a long career with Clariant Corporation (formally Hearst/Celanese)  Sandra also spent many years working in retail with Ivey's and Belk  The retail work started as part time and became full time after her retirement from Clariant  She developed a love for fashion and makeup and was always immaculate in her appearance She had a wide and wonderful group of friends that also included her sister and cousins  They share so many fond memories of birthday celebrations Sandra loved being a great aunt to her great nieces and nephews  She also loved her "four legged friends"  She had several cats whom she doted on  She always had a pocketful of treats for any dogs that would cross her path A memorial graveside service will be held at St Memorial donations may be made to Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home & Cremation Services During an appearance on bestselling author Mark Manson's The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck podcast LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe was asked if being in a band can be compared to a marriage where instead of having one significant other to keep happy you're usually fully committed professionally financially and personally to a whole group of passionate creative and often strong-minded individuals Randy responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Is it the hardest relationship possible … I think that the intensity of probably people who serve in combat together is much more intense than our relationship And they form these lifelong bonds because they've been through these horrific experiences together But hopefully in most places that sort of relationship has its time and its place and its intensities "It's strange to me because there's very few bands that last as long as ours [has]," Randy continued We're kind of moving into the legacy sort of era but most bands just don't last as long as ours do — because of the personality differences and so forth we have become better friends that we're still here," Blythe explained Me and my guitar player Mark [Morton] famously got in a drunken brawl in Scotland 'I can't believe you two are sitting next to each other after this fight,' 'cause it's this frozen-in-time moment But Mark and I are extremely close friends — extremely And we text and talk to each other very often And I think we're very fortunate in that." When Manson noted that it sounds like being in a band can be compared to being in "a synthetic family" that Blythe and his bandmates put together and that "it comes with all the trappings of a family relationship," Randy concurred "You're talking about this idealistic version you had of being in a band when you were younger," Blythe said to this day… I've been in this band almost 30 years When I'm at home and I'll go to the grocery store or something We aren't attached at the hip.' Even in Richmond 'What are you doing here?' 'Buying produce I'm a normal human being.' 'Shouldn't you be on tour?' 'No "Somehow we have learned how to function better now than we ever did when we were younger," Randy added And I think the only reason why we didn't break up is because nobody wanted to be the guy that broke the band up because that would be defeat 'I hate you.' And you do spend so much time around these guys 'I hate the way this guy ties his shoes.' But you don't wanna be the guy to crack and but it went down the tubes 'cause you wimped out.'" came out on February 18 via Grand Central Publishing (GCP) The track marks the final preview ahead of the release of the band's highly-anticipated full length Maori collective Alien Weaponry are primed to set the world of heavy music ablaze with the eagerly-awaited arrival of their Napalm Records full length The project was produced by Josh Wilbur and further underscores the band's potent pummeling composition and savvy songwriting the band's aggressive soundtrack is driven by substantial themes - delving into subject matter ranging from cultural identity to technological dependence and beyond The band spoke about the final single ahead of the album release and the kind of full circle moment they experienced in working with such an influential figure like Randy Blythe “Lamb of God played a significant role in making Alien Weaponry what it is today and this collaboration with Randy Blythe feels like one of those ‘pinch yourself’ moments that our teenage selves would never believe possible Randy’s lyricism and vocal expertise was an amazing addition to this song and we are beyond stoked to share this song/milestone with the world.” Speaking to the greater scope of the album as we understood that this album had to go further We went through a lot of songs and scrapped entire sections of songs We kept working them and working them until we got them right with the way we were pushing ourselves musically I knew it was important to challenge myself lyrically as well This time I delved into difficult emotional places and mental states There’s a lot of existential dread running through the album and I tried to find the right words to describe the indescribable.”  Te Rā lands March 28th via Napalm Records. Order the album - HERE In a new interview with Nikki Blakk of the San Francisco Bay Area radio station 107.7 The Bone who is promoting his just-released second book was asked what the next year will look like for him and his bandmates He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "For me that's kind of rough… We'll do some festivals And I suppose we will eventually start getting together and going through demo ideas." He then quickly clarified: "No Our bass player [John Campbell] did an interview [recently] where he's it's time to start working on music again.' Everybody's And that will continue on after the book's release because I think books sell slower than records do It takes a while sometimes for them to find their audience So I'm gonna continue to promote this thing And 'cause we have a pretty light touring year I'd like to just kind of enjoy myself a little bit." Elaborating on LAMB OF GOD's decision to play fewer shows in 2025 Randy said: "We do not have to tour forever We don't live in New York City or Los Angeles You can be wise with your money and take a little time off and enjoy your life "There's always pressure to tour from everyone not necessarily management or whatever," he continued they've offered us some gigs [for later this year] We're chilling for a little bit.' We're gonna do a few." "A lot of my guys [in LAMB OF GOD] have young children," Blythe explained you only get a chance to raise that kid once And we've been doing this for almost 30 years — 30 years So if we wanna kick back for a little bit and work a little smarter We've played everywhere — everywhere — multiple times It's okay if we don't come back the next month And also I think absence makes the heart grow fonder If you're playing somewhere three times a year LAMB OF GOD completed its "Ashes Of Leviathan" co-headlining tour with MASTODON also featured openers KERRY KING and MALEVOLENCE "Ashes Of Leviathan" celebrated the 20th anniversary of LAMB OF GOD's "Ashes Of The Wake" and MASTODON's "Leviathan" albums both of which were released on the same date in 2004 (August 31) Epic Records and Legacy Recordings marked the two-decade anniversary of "Ashes Of Leviathan" with "Ashes Of The Wake (20th Anniversary Edition)" featuring new mixes by Justin K Broadrick (GODFLESH JESU),HEALTH and KUBLAI KHAN TX and MALEVOLENCE as well as demo and live versions of the album's classic songs LAMB OF GOD is Randy Blythe (vocals),John Campbell (bass),Mark Morton (guitar),Willie Adler (guitar) and Art Cruz (drums) Virginia-based band have released nine critically acclaimed albums received five Grammy Award nominations and are widely regarded as one of the most influential and innovative forces in heavy music noting that the album finds the band "as reliably heavy and pissed off as ever," and Consequence saying the "album will break you down to nihilistic pieces." During an appearance on The Midlife Makeover Show hosted by Wendy Valentine LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe once again offered his perspective on the well-known downside of social media He said in part (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "See We can see each other in this magic device called a computer And now we all carry these little tiny computers around in our pocket that are millions of times more powerful than the ones that guided our first space missions People went to the moon using computers the size of this hotel room and we have ones that are bazillions of times more powerful So the technology is good for us being able to talk I can FaceTime my friends in Japan or Finland or whatever it should be used as a supplement to real human interaction and all that stuff gets lost when you're not face to face and you unconsciously are constantly evaluating someone's body language and seeing how they're carrying themselves And that will give you real clues as to their emotional state and therefore how you should interface with this person face to face but it is a digital representation of real life And I think people have come to rely on it too much I have lots of friends on Instagram or TikTok or Facebook' or whatever Are those friends gonna come help you when you blow a flat on the side of the road on your car and you don't have a spare and you need them to go to the store to get one Blythe previously discussed social media's impact on our mental health during a September 2020 appearance on "The Hardcore Humanism With Dr. Mike" podcast He said at the time: "This is one thing that worries me for the younger generation I've been to every continent except for Antarctica vast difference from looking at pictures of or watching a documentary about the Highlands in Scotland — you can learn some things There's a vast difference between viewing that on a screen and being there That's a plug for the Highlands; it's an amazing place I'm not a Luddite — I believe the Internet is a valuable tool — but I feel it should be as the tool a means to an end rather than the end itself people chasing likes and building their profiles and all that other stuff How does that translate into something of value within your life other than you're popular on cell phones Blythe went on to say that while social media can be a valuable educational and communication tool and I do hope I'm cognizant when I am dying — I hope I'm awake," he said "I want to experience this; I want to understand what's happening and hopefully I will meet it with fortitude and bravery But when I lay down on my death bed and I think about my life I really wish I had spent more time looking at my cell phone I really wish I had been on the computer more Googling kangaroos,' or whatever I was doing "I like to use these things in order to inject myself into the stream of life," he continued "I'm lucky enough to travel — or I used to be — with my band a lot or what's an interesting neighborhood here And then I put the phone in my pocket and I go I want to walk in that museum — I want to see these things that become mundane after you're exposed to them daily And I'm trying to really broaden my perspective on where I live and go see some things I haven't seen in a while or maybe find some new things — try and view the world in a different way." What I see is not the Italian version of fascism or whatever but the sort of hallmarks and the early signs of that kind of thing I come from the punk rock scene and we've been warning about this for a long time There's a band called Corrosion Of Conformity who released a record in the '80s called 'Technocracy' When you have the richest man on earth giving what is a Nazi salute… That was not a fucking mistake People can say he's self-diagnosed autistic or he was giving his heart I don't know if you can print this shit or not It's dangerous and you're seeing it not just in America Some of his contemporaries have said that he's bored with money He also added the following after beng asked if there is "a disconnect between the general public calling out for change and those who have the authority to make a definitive impact": Well there is a big difference between me and Elon Musk With some elected officials there has got to be a common ground I learned my lessons from Black Flag and the Sex Pistols I don't believe that all politicians are evil I believe a lot of them start with an honest intent to serve the people and there's such a disconnect between the working person and the people in power there's this disconnect where you feel as if your vote doesn't count – therefore people don't engage in the political process as much as they could So I think there is a bit of a disconnect between the common person and people who can affect change to change this is to become politically engaged I believe that apathy and the feeling of hopelessness and powerlessness is what has got us where we are You have to engage with politics if you're going to change anything During an appearance on B&H Event Space's "Leica Stories" Randall "Randy" Blythe spoke about his upcoming book He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "My first book the main theme was personal accountability that some people are probably familiar with because I didn't have a very clear plan when I started writing it It's about looking for outside perspectives from people or experiences I've had in order to have me course correct and not to make so many of the stupid mistakes I've made over the years the only way I've ever been able to shift my perspective to a more balanced perspective is listening to people who have experienced things and come out on the other side of it a better person," he explained And there is a lot of self-searching in it I don't know if you would describe the book as a memoir And I'm writing about my experiences that I've had with other people or just in life and I was questioning myself as I was writing the book I knew I wanted to write about a couple of things "Something I really want for the reader — hopefully that's the main point — is to think about their own perspective on life and to ask themselves about their own perspective and how they can change it for the better." Blythe went on to say that learning from past experiences is a fundamental aspect of personal growth and development But that doesn't mean I need to sit here and castigate myself and flagellate myself and crucify myself forever I need to learn from these experiences and hopefully become a better person If I just sit there and [say things to myself] you're horrible,' and beat the crap out of yourself it's really just the other side of the egomaniacal narcissism coin Because if I'm just sitting there thinking I'm just the worst person in the world because I did something wrong then I'm still just thinking about one person — myself my life goes a lot smoother the less I think about me [Laughs] When I try and reach out and think about other people I should never go up there without adult supervision." When Radioactive MikeZ noted that it's "interesting" that Randy actually interviewed his then-94-year-old grandmother for the book She raised me for part of my childhood and she was raised during the The [Great] Depression She was a very real person who lived through a whole lot just for the fact that I heard so many stories from her of growing up in a different time I might as well get all this stuff down,' just for my own purposes and for my family to have She was the last of that generation in my family So when I started to write this book on perspective and people I've learned things from So if you have old people in your life — this is what I'm gonna tell you — if you have old people in your life interview them now… I'm gonna have to do that with my parents soon but your memory starts failing as you get older So it's time to get that stuff before it disappears." In 2012, Blythe was arrested in the Czech Republic and charged with manslaughter for allegedly pushing a 19-year-old fan offstage at a show two year prior and causing injuries that led to the fan's death. Blythe spent 37 days in a Prague prison before ultimately being found not guilty in 2013. Blythe's prison experience inspired two songs on LAMB OF GOD's 2015 album "VII: Sturm Und Drang": "512", one of his three prison cell numbers, and "Still Echoes", written while he was in Pankrac Prison, a dilapidated facility built in the 1880s that had been used for executions by the Nazis during World War II. It also led him to write the aforementioned "Dark Days", in which he shared his whole side of the story publicly for the first time. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Send help right to the people and causes you care about Your donation is protected by the GoFundMe Giving Guarantee Lamb Of God vocalist Randy Blythe doesn’t see retirement in his future. The 53-year-old vocalist/author recently spoke with Full Metal Jackie about his upcoming new book, ‘Just Beyond The Light: Making Peace With The Wars Inside Our Head‘ Blythe‘s comments came about while discussing his passion for reading and writing and what the differences are to him between writing books and creating albums much less financially lucrative than being in a band I’m a glorified traveling black T shirt salesman with Lamb of God But that’s not really the case with writers most of the time When I was a little kid our television exploded during a lightning storm he wanted my brothers and I to experience childhood without TV for a little bit But I’m very grateful in retrospect for his decision because without TV deeply in love with books and always have been they’re time travel because I can read something by Shakespeare 500 years ago or Marcus Aurelius from 2000 years ago and I’m right there with that person So it’s something I’ve always wanted to do and it’s something that I can do till the day I die We don’t ever have to break breakup officially But I don’t know if at like 85 I’m going to be capable of running around onstage and whipping up mosh pits It’s a very energetic performance you put on Blythe will be undertaking a promotional tour for this upcoming tour which will find him engaging in storytelling [via Loudwire] "These bands are way too popular to be in arrears." "Guess you'll have to go Steal This Album if you want to hear it now.." Community Safety Department Director To Resign Amid Tension With Cambridge Police Department From Lab to Startup: Harvard’s Office of Technology Development Paves the Way for Research Commercialization People’s Forum on Graduation Readiness Held After Vote to Eliminate MCAS 8 Takeaways From Harvard’s Task Force Reports For new Director of Harvard Art Museums Sarah Ganz Blythe museums have always been a place that gave her “a way to understand the world.” who before assuming her current position in August was Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Programs at the Rhode Island School of Design began her career in conservation as a teenager when she interned at the Metropolitan Museum of Art “What made a big impression on me was not just the work that we were doing but the way in which I was among grown ups who were passionate about their work and they were asking complex questions and figuring things out together,” she said in an interview with The Crimson Her first exposure to Harvard Art Museums was as a student intern while she attended nearby Wellesley College “There are ways for me to directly connect to 1500s Italy or to actually look at this visual evidence and be able to deduce meaning from it,” she said The educational experience Harvard Art Museums offers its students has, for nearly the past two years since the museum instituted free admission become more accessible to the broader public Ganz said the museums’ attendance has nearly tripled in that time “From what I understand and from what I remember from coming here beforehand the pace of the place has transformed significantly the influx of new visitors does not come without its challenges “How do we lean into that particular space of being an academic museum which we are so good at and — at the same time — connect people who might be new to art and to really use works of art as a point of connection across many different perspectives?” she said The difficulty lies in being “accessible” without “losing that depth and rigor,” Blythe said Blythe led the museum in increasing its acquisitions from underrepresented artists and says she intends to do the same at Harvard And then start to develop some intentionality towards where we want to build the collection,” she said As Blythe seeks to expand the diversity within the museums’ collections she and her team will also continue reckoning with whether and how to display artifacts that contain racist or other offensive subtext the museums began an initiative to relabel those artworks to better explain their context the label for “The Black Countess” by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was updated to acknowledge the identity of the the Haitain aristocrat depicted in it and mentions of the Boylston family’s involvement in the slave trade were added to their portraits’ labels the relabeling effort is only a “first step.” “We have the opportunity to reflect the last 10 years of learning and research and even the shift in our publics so that is going to be our work that we’re going to start to get underway,” she said “I think it's a wonderful opportunity to build new relationships to conduct new research and really interrogate the histories.” the biggest goal was simply to begin to understand the history of this place to understand its responsibilities and its obligations and then to start thinking about its opportunities,” she said Blythe and her team are still in the early stages of revisioning the museum’s galleries. In the meantime, “Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking,” an exhibition on the Norwegian experimentalist‘s work is on view at the Harvard Art Museums through July 27 —Staff writer Alexandra M. Kluzak can be reached at alexandra.kluzak@thecrimson.com Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter. Lamb Of God vocalist Randy Blythe is the latest artist to take aim at Elon Musk. The frontman called the billionaire a "fucking asshole" after he made what appeared to be a Nazi salute during Donald Trump's presidential inauguration Blythe said the following about the incident: It's taken me a couple of days to wrap my head around this one Maybe he's just so socially awkward he can't control himself But one thing is blatantly obvious-he's a FUCKING ASSHOLE That doesn't mean he's not a COMPLETE ASSHOLE- the two are not mutually exclusive he named his son 'X Æ A-Xii'- who would do that to a child other than a pure and unadulterated thoroughbred PRICK I know a few people with autism- not a single one of them has ever REMOTELY reminded me of Hitler and that tells us everything we need to know that's what people with correctly calibrated moral compasses do- they admit their mistakes Supposedly Musk may become an actual government employee at some point- that means we the people will be paying his salary (not that he needs it.) So as a tax paying citizen of the United States I have a request for the 47th-President Trump please put your KETAMINE-FUELED PET ROCKET MONKEY back in his cage so he can do things he's suited for- obviously appearing in public is not one of them Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe has issued a warning ahead of his upcoming book tour In support of his forthcoming memoir Just Beyond the Light: Making Peace with the Wars Inside Our Head, Blythe will embark on a spoken word tour and Q+A around North America during February and March. The book will be out Feb. 18 and can be pre-ordered at this location.  The vocalist took to his social media yesterday (Jan 6) to address something regarding the tour The statement was prompted by an email he received from someone he knows that told him they've purchased tickets to the tour for themselves and their son "I had to reply and tell them that I am not so sure this is a good idea," the singer asserted Blythe explained that the tour won't just feature him reading passages from the book on a stool from a stage — he actually plans to act out and "illustrate" some of the scenarios described in it "Just in case any of y’all are completely unaware of my history as a human being 'full throttle life' — there is a VERY GOOD reason that I have been clean and sober for 14 years now but SOME of the stories I will be telling will involve heavy as well as the batshit insane situations that occurred as a result of said substance intake," he elaborated READ MORE: Rockers Who've Been Sober for 10 Years or More The frontman assured that there will be moments that are humorous but others will have a darker feel to them and won't necessarily be appropriate for kids "I’m not going to be gratuitously foul-mouthed my life hasn’t been a never-ending trip to Sunday school and we aren’t going to be sitting around a campfire at summer camp- it’s adult story telling time Read the full post below. Check out the tour dates underneath, and get tickets on Blythe's website Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe shared a warning that his upcoming book tour will not be appropriate for children because of the subject matter.\nRead More Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe has issued a warning ahead of his upcoming book tour In support of his forthcoming memoir Just Beyond the Light: Making Peace with the Wars Inside Our Head, Blythe will embark on a spoken word tour and Q+A around North America during February and March. The book will be out Feb. 18 and can be pre-ordered at this location.  READ MORE: Rockers Who've Been Sober for 10 Years or More Read the full post below. Check out the tour dates underneath, and get tickets on Blythe's website. View this post on Instagram A post shared by D. Randall Blythe (@drandallblythe)