R.I.P. Vitek

[DoomsdayZach]

Don't know how many people here actually like Decapitated, but this is such a fucking horrible thing to happen to such awesome people.



Info from Blabbermouth:


Drummer Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka of the Polish extreme metal band DECAPITATED passed away in a Russian hospital from injuries sustained in a recent road collision. He was 23 years old.

Vitek and DECAPITATED singer Covan (real name: Adrian Kowanek) were hurt in an accident earlier in the week involving DECAPITATED's tour bus and a truck carrying wood in Gomel, on the Russia/Belarus border. Both musicians reportedly sustained serious head injuries in the collision, which is believed to have been the fault of the band's driver (although this has not yet been officially confirmed).

According to the Polish Internet portal Onet.pl, Vitek underwent trepanation, a form of surgery in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the skull, and was due to be transported to a hospital in Krakow, Poland for further treatment.

Covan's family released a statement yesterday (Thursday, November 1) that the vocalist's condition had improved. At the time, the vocalist was still said to be at a hospital in Novozybkov, Russia, where he and Vitek were taken following the accident.

 

[mawdyson]

Yeah, I just heard. RIP!

 

[Danilo]

Didn't know that!
Decapitated is the death metal band I mostly listen to nowadays and it's really sad to know that Vitek has passed away. The guy was so young and talented... Don't know what to say... RIP.

 

[Beelzebub]

Yeah I heard about this the other day. It's always unfortunate when someone so young and talented dies. RIP.

 

[J-Dubya 777]

Unreal..... I think someone on the PP board said it best B.I.P (Blastbeat in Peace)

 

[SilentRealm]

yeah just heard tonight.. it's an awful thing indeed..

 

[Detective Clarence Beauregard]

So I opened the thread and I thought someone was decapitated. Then I read further.

That sucks. Just 23.

 

[Yngvai X]

This is so fucking horrible...my thoughts have been with Vitek, Covan, and everyone affected since I heard about the bus crash, but this is just horrible. So talented and so young. I feel so bad for Vogg too... I cannot imagine what he must be going through to lose a bandmate and have another one still seriously injured in a tourbus crash.

 

[Neverpurified]

I think Vogg's more upset at the fact that isnt wasn't just a bandmate...it was his kid brother

 

[Yngvai X]

I think Vogg's more upset at the fact that isnt wasn't just a bandmate...it was his kid brother

Wow really??? Shit... I didn't even know they shared that relation... goddamnit...

 

[Horus]

I heard that Decapitated got into a serious accident, but that sucks that Vitek is dead. RIP

 

[OfSinsAndShred]

What a horrible thing to hear about. When a great musician dies, it's a huge loss to the world.

 

[thorsr]

this is really sad... he was extremly talented... he was only in his late teens when the band recorded "winds of creation"! R.I.P. VItek!