A guitarist for a Untied States-based metalcore band had to drop out of their tour over the summer following a health diagnosis .

He is, thankfully, on the mend, and has since sat down to discuss what happened .

Metal Injection reports how Wayne Lozinak — one of the founding members of Bridgeport, Connecticut-hailing group Hatebreed — openly spoke about the brain surgery he underwent to remove a benign brain tumor that was discovered while the band was traveling abroad.

“I had symptoms at Download Festival [in the United Kingdom],” he explained during an interview on “The Mike James Rock Show.” “I went to the doctor in France the next day.

“It was weird — my lip got numb, and I was, like, ‘That’s kind of weird.’ But then I couldn’t talk. It was almost like I was having a stroke

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