Former MACHINE HEAD and present VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel stuffed in for Willie Adler on almost a dozen European LAMB OF GOD exhibits earlier this month. Demmel beforehand stepped in for Adler throughout LOG's January look on the ShipRocked cruise and in Could for the Canadian portion of LAMB OF GOD's "The Metallic Tour Of The Yr" with MEGADETH.LAMB OF GOD singer Randy Blythe mentioned Demmel's involvement with the band throughout an interview with Bloodstock TV's Oran O'Beirne. After O'Beirne famous how proficient Demmel is to have the ability to step in on a second's discover, Blythe stated (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We make him put in work, although, to be honest. The guitar elements aren't straightforward. We're taking part in a tune tonight, 'The Pale Line', and that is a tune that hasn't been in our set for some time as a result of some guys are, like, 'Oh, that is arduous.' And it is, like, 'No. We have to do that.' And even he was simply, like, 'Oh. We have gotta study that. That is a fucked up riff.' However we noticed Phil fill in for SLAYER on, like, two days' discover in Europe on the finish of the SLAYER tour, 'trigger Gary Holt's dad was passing away. R.I.P. And Phil came to visit and killed it. We have recognized him for a few years. There's by no means actually been any query of whether or not he can do it. He's a phenomenally proficient man."Though LAMB OF GOD has not formally commented on Adler's absence from the exhibits, VIO-LENCE singer Sean Killian revealed in an interview in April that Willie is "not down with doing the vaxx," referring to the COVID-19 vaccine, and is being changed by Demmel for dates in these international locations that also require proof of vaccination from U.S. vacationers.In April, Demmel additionally stuffed in for LAMB OF GOD's John Campbell when the bassist needed to miss a few exhibits on "The Metallic Tour Of The Yr" as a way to "take care a household matter again house."Demmel's look with LAMB OF GOD marked his third high-profile fill-in gig in 4 years. Demmel stepped in for SLAYER guitarist Gary Holt for 4 European exhibits within the fall of 2018 after Gary returned house to be together with his dying father. Demmel additionally subbed for Dave Linsk at OVERKILL's November 13, 2021 live performance at The Wellmont Theater in Montclair, New Jersey and on the band's spring 2022 U.S. tour.In a February 2022 interview with BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Demmel mentioned how he grew to become such an in-demand employed gun. "The SLAYER factor occurred inside 24 hours of me quitting MACHINE HEAD," he stated. "I feel [SLAYER drummer] Paul Bostaph's girlfriend knew that MACHINE HEAD was achieved and knew that I used to be house, in order that they reached out for that. Because the city legend goes [laughs], I had three hours to study 19 songs. It was fairly profitable; a fill-in journey, one of many higher-profile issues you possibly can think about — SLAYER on their closing world tour. I stuffed in for my buddies in NONPOINT, too. The OVERKILL gig was extra about me and Bobby [Ellsworth, vocals] doing the BPMD document collectively [2020's 'American Made']. We're acquainted and I received the rep of having the ability to study songs fairly fast. The METAL ALLEGIANCE, guys, too. I will play 25 songs with them in an evening. It is a kind of quirky issues the place I can study songs fairly rapidly and I can decide them up fairly fast."Demmel was then requested whether or not his nerves for the LAMB OF GOD and OVERKILL gigs have been on the identical stage as taking part in with SLAYER. "I used to be fairly assured with the OVERKILL songs," he stated. "We had three good rehearsals. I did not rehearse with SLAYER in any respect. I performed two songs at a soundcheck. [Laughs] 'Okay, we're good!' It is like, 'Fuck!' OVERKILL, we had a few days of rehearsal. I had two and a half, three weeks to arrange for that. I felt fairly sturdy with that."The LAMB OF GOD gig, that was a giant deal. They'd approached me earlier than their MEGADETH States tour final summer season and needed me to study each elements, Mark [Morton] and Willie's, simply in case one received sick, they did not wish to cancel their tour. That is the place I'm: I am their bullpen man when considered one of them cannot make the exhibits, I am able to go. It is such a high-profile band. I did not wish to go on the market and blow it. I needed the band to sound good. I needed to maintain that pleasure in what they're and never have a drop-off. Willie and I play in a different way. There's completely different vibrato in our left hand and pinkies. I did not need there to be a drop-off. I needed folks to be not bummed that he wasn't there. And that is not a slag on Willie. If I went to see considered one of my favourite bands, for instance QUEENSRŸCHE. I wish to see [Chris] DeGarmo, I wish to see Michael Wilton. No slight towards the opposite dudes, however they higher fucking deliver it if they don't seem to be going to be on the market."[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECArFFH0Jcs[/embed][embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RpuFR0KQHI[/embed]