Overview
- Lozinak first experienced numbness and brief loss of speech at Download Festival in June before scans in France found a large, benign meningioma likely present for years.
- He underwent a craniotomy on August 4 and spent about five days in the hospital, initially unable to speak or write due to the tumor’s location near his speech center.
- The guitarist describes relearning speech and guitar as part of his rehabilitation and reports strong progress since early August.
- Doctors advised a four-to-eight-week recovery window and told him to avoid vigorous headbanging as he eased back into performances.
- Hatebreed kept touring with stand-ins Matt Bachand on guitar and Carl Schwartz on bass, and Lozinak says he is now back on the road under medical guidance.