When we last wrote about Vitriol, it was a write-up for their song “Crowned In Retaliation” from their 2019 album To Bathe From The Throat Of Cowardice. Now, we’re writing about them because the members of the metal band have quit and abandoned the frontman at a gas station in Vermont in the middle of their tour.
As Lambgoat pointed out, guitarist Keith Merrow, who recently joined the group after several lineup issues, announced in an Instagram Story that he, bassist Brett Leier, and drummer Andy Vincenzetti ditched the sole original member Kyle Rasmussen after his “cowardly and weak outbursts of misplaced anger.” Here’s what the full post said:
HE FUCKED AROUND AND FOUND OUT.
I’LL BE HOME FOR THANKSGIVING, BABY.
SORRY VITRIOL FANS. WE HAD TO ABANDON HIM AT A GAS STATION IN VERMONT.
MYSELF, ANDY, BRETT, AND MATT WILL NOT TAKE KYLE’S COWARDLY AND WEAK OUTBURSTS OF MISPLACED ANGER.
WE GAVE EVERYTHING WE HAD, AND NOW HAVE NOW LEFT YOU WITH NOTHING. MASS EXODUS.
THIS WAS THE DARKEST DAY OF MY MUSIC CAREER TO DATE
Rasmussen responded with two 20-minute videos on the band account addressing the situation. He explained that the band got in a disagreement after playing a show in New York and indulging in “nose beers.” He clarified that it was not just him they abandoned at the gas station, but also his girlfriend and his dog. He has since set up a GoFundMe to help get them home.
“Let me just say they didn’t just put me in this situation,” he said, “they put a loving, caring woman who was looking for a new purpose and a new thing thrive in, you took her and you left her alone in the snow with no reason to believe that we’d be able to find our way out of that situation. You did that to a dog.” Watch the full thing below.
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