{"id":74337,"date":"2018-11-15T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T00:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=74337"},"modified":"2018-11-18T15:01:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T15:01:18","slug":"news-metal-mirror-guitarist-paul-butterworth-dies-aged-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-metal-mirror-guitarist-paul-butterworth-dies-aged-56\/","title":{"rendered":"METAL MIRROR Guitarist Paul Butterworth Dies Aged 56 (November 15th, 2018) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

METAL MIRROR Guitarist Paul Butterworth Dies Aged 56<\/strong><\/span>
\nNovember 15th, 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Metal Mirror 1981 (l-r): Chris Haggerty, Cameron Vegas, Ian Thompson, Gary Hitchens and Paul Butterworth<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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\nPaul Butterworth, guitarist of London, England-based heavy metal band Metal Mirror, passed away on November 15th, 2018 following a heart attack. Butterworth was 56 years old.<\/p>\n

Metal Mirror issued the following statement: \u201cOur hearts are broken to have to inform you that our lead guitarist Paul Butterworth has died, he was 56 years old. He passed away yesterday following a heart attack. He was not only a incredible guitarist, he was one of the nicest people you could wish to meet. We ask you all to please raise a glass to our Brother, The Legend That Is, PAUL BUTTERWORTH. R.I.P Paul. 1962-2018. Rock An\u2019 Roll Ain\u2019t Never Gonna Leave Us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Formed in 1979, Metal Mirror made their mark in the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement with the release of their debut seven-inch single \u2018Rock An\u2019 Roll Ain\u2019t Never Gonna Leave Us\u2019 in 1980. The song was co-written by Paul Butterworth and vocalist Cameron Vegas, as was the b-side track \u2018English Booze\u2019. The band also had the song \u2018Hard Life\u2019 included on the 1981 compilation album Heavy Metal Heroes<\/em>, released by Heavy Metal Records.<\/p>\n

Metal Mirror did begin work on a debut full-length album, but the band split in 1982 before the record had been completed.<\/p>\n

With a renewed interest in the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal genre, the German-based label High Roller Records released separate live albums \u2013 Metal Mirror I<\/em> and Metal Mirror II<\/em> \u2013 in 2006, which both featured live recordings from a June 1981 Metal Mirror show at Dingwalls in London. Metal Mirror I<\/em> was dedicated to former Metal Mirror guitarist Chris Haggerty, who had sadly passed away in 2004.<\/p>\n

In February 2014 High Roller released the compilation album Metal Mirror III<\/em>, which contained every studio recording from the band between 1979 and 1982. The label would also repackage the entire Dingwalls show under the title Dingwalls Tapes: Live In London 1981<\/em> for issue in May 2017.<\/p>\n

After an abortive reunion in 2006, Metal Mirror eventually reformed in 2014, and then later with a line-up which saw Butterworth and Vegas joined by bassist PJ Phillips and drummer Mike \u201cStav\u201d Stavoski the band recorded the album Vodka Hell And Angels<\/em>. Featuring 12 songs the outing was initially released digitally in July 2017, followed by a CD version issued in 2018 via Swedish label Downfall Records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

METAL MIRROR Guitarist Paul Butterworth Dies Aged 56 November 15th, 2018 Metal Mirror 1981 (l-r): Chris Haggerty, Cameron Vegas, Ian Thompson, Gary Hitchens and Paul Butterworth Paul Butterworth, guitarist of London, England-based heavy metal band Metal Mirror, passed away on November 15th, 2018 following a heart attack. Butterworth was 56 years old. Metal Mirror issued […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-metal-mirror-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74337"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74355,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74337\/revisions\/74355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}