Lamb of god vocalist D. Randall Blythe finally tells the whole
incredible story of his arrest, incarceration, trial, and acquittal
for manslaughter in the Czech Republic over the tragic and
accidental death of a concertgoer in this riveting, gripping,
biting, bold, and brave memoir.On June 27, 2012, the long-running,
hard-touring, and world-renowned metal band lamb of god landed in
Prague for their first concert there in two years. Vocalist D.
Randall "Randy" Blythe was looking forward to a few hours off,a
rare break from the touring grind,in which to explore the elegant,
old city. However, a surreal scenario worthy of Kafka began to play
out at the airport as Blythe was detained, arrested for
manslaughter, and taken to Pankrac Prison,a notorious 123-year-old
institution where the Nazis' torture units had set up camp during
the German occupation of then-Czechoslovakia, and where today
hundreds of prisoners are housed, awaiting trial and serving
sentences in claustrophobic, sweltering, nightmare-inducing
conditions.Two years prior, a 19-year-old fan died of injuries
suffered at a lamb of god show in Prague, allegedly after being
pushed off stage by Blythe, who had no vivid recollection of the
incident. Stage-crashing and -diving being not uncommon
occurrences, as any veteran of hard rock, metal, and punk shows
knows, the concert that could have left him imprisoned for years
was but a vague blur in Blythe's memory, just one of the hundreds
of shows his band had performed over their decades-long career.At
the time of his arrest Blythe had been sober for nearly two years,
having finally gained the upper hand over the alcoholism that
nearly killed him. But here he faced a new kind of challenge:
jailed in a foreign land and facing a prison sentence of up to ten
years. Worst of all, a young man was dead, and Blythe was
devastated for him and his family, even as the reality of his own
situation began to close in behind Pankrac Prison's glowering walls
of crumbling concrete and razor wire.What transpired during
Blythe's incarceration, trial, and eventual acquittal is a rock'n'
roll road story unlike any other, one that runs the gamut from
tragedy to despair to hope and finally to redemption. While never
losing sight of the sad gravity of his situation, Blythe relates
the tale of his ordeal with one eye fixed firmly on the absurd (and
at times bizarrely hilarious) circumstances he encountered along
the way. Blythe is a natural storyteller and his voice drips with
cutting humour, endearing empathy, and soulful insight. Much more
than a tour diary or a prison memoir, Dark Days is D. Randall
Blythe's own story about what went down,before, during, and
after,told only as he can.
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