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Mike Howe (August 21, 1965 – July 26, 2021) was an American heavy metal singer who performed with Metal Church, Heretic, and Snair.

Mike Howe
Howe with Metal Church live at Wacken Open Air 2016
Background information
Born	August 21, 1965 Taylor, Michigan, U.S.
Died	July 26, 2021(2021-07-26) (aged 55) Eureka, California, U.S.
Genres	Heavy metal thrash metal speed metal power metal
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter
Years active	1986–1997 2015–2021
Labels	Metal Blade Elektra Epic

Career

Howe began his career as the singer for a Detroit band called Hellion (later renamed Snair after moving to Los Angeles) before joining the band Heretic, who were formed in 1986. Heretic released its sole full-length album, Breaking Point in 1988 before Howe departed to join Metal Church and Heretic disbanded.[1]

From 1988 until 1996 Howe sang in Metal Church, replacing David Wayne. After Howe joined Metal Church the subject matter deepened. The band's lyrics tackled political and social issues of the day with the releases of Blessing in Disguise and The Human Factor. Howe recorded three albums with Metal Church before the group split up in 1996.[2]

Although he had rarely recorded or performed outside of Heretic and Metal Church, Howe provided guest vocals on Hall Aflame's 1991 album Guaranteed Forever and Megora's 1997 EP Illusions.[3][4]

Metal Church founder Kurdt Vanderhoof reported in 1998 that Howe had retired and was living in Tennessee with his family.[5] Outside music, he had a full-time job in carpentry and was a father to two sons born in 1997 and 2002, respectively.[6]

On April 30, 2015, Metal Church announced that Howe had rejoined the band,[7] and he appeared on two more albums with them – XI (2016) and Damned If You Do (2018), as well as their 2017 live album Classic Live and the 2020 compilation album From The Vault.

Death

On July 26, 2021, Metal Church announced via the band's Facebook page Howe died that morning at his home in Eureka, California, at the age of 55.[8] The cause of death was ruled asphyxiation due to suicide by hanging.[9] At the time of his suicide, Metal Church was in the process of working on a new album that they had planned to release in 2022.[10] He is the second singer of Metal Church to have died, following David Wayne in May 2005.

Discography

With Heretic

• Breaking Point (1988, Metal Blade)

With Metal Church

• Blessing in Disguise (1989)
• The Human Factor (1991)
• Hanging in the Balance (1993)
• XI (2016)
• Classic Live (2017)
• Damned If You Do (2018)
• From the Vault (2020)

References

External Links

• Mike Howe discography at Discogs

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Mike Howe (Taylor, 21 de agosto de 1965 – Eureka, 26 de julio de 2021)[1] fue un cantante y compositor estadounidense, reconocido por su trabajo en la banda de thrash metal Metal Church.[2]

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