Symphonity Bassist loses battle with cancer

[poundingmetal74]

I'm not sure if anyone on here is aware of Symphonity, but they're one of my favorite bands of the last 5 years. They're relatively unknown but they have Olaf Hayer on lead vocals (Luca Turilli, Dionysus, Magic Kingdom). Speed metal in the vein of Yngwie meets Stratovarius.

Anyways, their bassist just passed away from Pancreatic cancer, and Olaf's wife recently passed away from Stomach cancer. May both of them RIP.

It has been almost a year since the last news entry on our website. Many of you asked for any news about the band, new record and it´s my duty to share these news finally with you. While writing you last summer about some difficulties we had to deal with, nothing I knew of what was going to happen this year. In 2010 Olaf´s wife Petra was diagnosed with stomach cancer and soon passed away. This was the reason why Herbie stepped in to fill for Olaf and we didn´t have to cancell the show in Zlin. It seemed for a while that things would go back to normal when a twist of fate came again.

Even though it´s not an easy task, with sorrowful heart, I would like to let you all know that our band-mate and bass player of SYMPHONITY, Tomáš Čelechovský, lost his battle with pancreas cancer in the evening of Wednesday, June 27th 2012. He fought hard to his very last breath but this uphill battle could not be won.... Tom, I would like to thank you for your friendship, all that we shared together and I am happy that I could be a part, even it was such a short one, of your life...

 

[speed103]

Never heard of them but RIP.