THREAT SIGNAL Guitarist TRAVIS MONTGOMERY Diagnosed With Myocarditis

THREAT SIGNAL guitarist Travis Montgomery has been diagnosed with myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart and the tissue around the heart. He tells Metal Injection: "There's a lot of the same symptoms as a heart attack, and apparently it feels just like one. The difference, though, is that this was caused by a virus."

He continues: "From all of the testing and things they've done, it looks like my heart is pretty damaged at the moment. It's working at about 35% of what it should be for someone my age. That can be fixed over time, though. I just need rest, to stay on a healthy diet, and to take my meds. I'll have to be on blood pressure medicine, and make sure to keep track of my heart rate and blood pressure a few times a day for probably the next year.

"They told me today that the average recovery time for someone that's gone through what I have is about 9-12 months.

"This did happen when I was outside of the hospital.

"I'm visiting my family in Texas, and it happened while I was just hanging out at the house. My brother and cousin rushed me to the hospital here when I started having the symptoms (pain in chest, hard time breathing, pain in arms, etc.). They ran an EKG and it came back with symptoms for a heart attack, so I was air lifted to Medical Plaza in Ft. Worth, and they took care of everything else there."

THREAT SIGNAL's third, self-titled album was released in October 2011 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Planet Z studios in Hadley, Massachusetts with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris (CHIMAIRA, HATEBREED, ALL THAT REMAINS, THE ACACIA STRAIN, BORN OF OSIRIS, SHADOWS FALL).

THREAT SIGNAL members Jon Howard and Pat Kavanagh were also involved with ARKAEA, the band featuring FEAR FACTORY members Raymond Herrera (drums) and Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar).