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Hatebreed's Wayne Lozinak Triumphs After Brain Surgery

10/16/2025

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Wayne Lozinak, guitarist for Hatebreed, underwent brain surgery to remove a benign tumor and later required speech therapy and relearned guitar.
Symptoms began during the European tour with numbness and speech issues at the Download Festival in June.
A scan in France confirmed the tumor.
Lozinak had surgery on August 4.
He is back on tour, with doctors estimating a four-to-eight-week recovery.

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Wayne Lozinak, guitarist for Hatebreed, underwent brain surgery to remove a benign tumor and later required speech therapy and relearned guitar.
Symptoms began during the European tour with numbness and speech issues at the Download Festival in June.
A scan in France confirmed the tumor.
Lozinak had surgery on August 4.
He is back on tour, with doctors estimating a four-to-eight-week recovery.