The New Orleans metal community came together this past weekend to help raise money for Eyehategod‘s Mike Williams. The front man underwent a successful liver transplant last year, and fans helped out by crowdfunding over $50,000 on their YouCaring account. While that total is now over $74,000, the bills are still huge, and so bands like Superjoint, Crowbar, Goatwhore, and many others put on three shows in the New Orleans area to help out Mike and his family. We’ve now learned that over $20,000 was raised throughout the three days, and that is absolutely AMAZING.

Bassist Gary Mader had this to say: “We were able to raise over $20,000 after combining ticket sales, raffle money and benefit merchandise. I don’t think any of us involved in putting this together anticipated this, so thank you all so much for making this a complete success. Aside from being a benefit, it absolutely warms my heart to be a part of this true family we have as fans, friends, and bands.Not many other genres are so personally committed to looking after one another when things get rough, and the sense of community we have is something that has kept this music close to my heart for many years.”

Check out footage from the benefit shows, including Phil Anselmo and Ben from Goatwhore singing with Eyehategod below, and if you’d still like to help, donate to the YouCaring page today! Get well soon Mike!