Just before the Midtown-based metal trio, led by brothers Rob Evil and Michael Murder, was due to leave town for a coast-to-coast U.S. tour headlined by Down, a supergroup of southern hard rock icons including Phil Anselmo (Pantera, Superjoint Ritual, Arson Anthem, etc), Kirk Windstein (Crowbar, Kingdom of Sorrow), Rex Brown (Pantera), Pepper Keenan (Corrosion Of Conformity), and Jimmy Bower (eyehategod), the entire tour was canceled, according to this Brooklyn Vegan blog post.

And today, it was posted on the Goner Records message board that Evil Army bassist Matt “Bones” Brown (pictured above) has died of an overdose. The funeral will be held in Brown’s hometown of Oakland, TN on Saturday. R.I.P., Matt. You will be missed.