On December 13 2001, one of the most influential musicians in the extreme metal world,
DEATH/
CONTROL DENIED mastermind
Chuck Schuldiner, tragically passed away at age 34 after a a battle with pontine glioma, a rare type of brain tumor. In order to keep his memory alive,
Capitale du Metal will present a very special benefit concert on December 12, 2007 at the Theatre Imperial in Quebec City, QC, Canada. This event will feature the ultimate
DEATH tribute band
SYMBOLIC, with former members of
DEATH and other very special guests, which will be announced shortly on the
Capitale du Metal web site. It will be over two hours long with a few surprises throughout the night. Tickets will be on sale via
Billetech starting November 17 at 10 a.m. There will also be limited V.I.P tickets available. This will allow people to enter the show 30 minutes before doors open, have a meet-and-greet with the band, free posters of the show and more. All profits will be divided between
Chuck's foundation for cancer research and a local foundation.
Back in December 2006, the Greek edition of
Rock Hard magazine published a tribute to late
DEATH mastermind
Chuck Schuldiner, including statements and stories from many of the people that played with
Chuck — such as
Kam Lee,
Chris Reifert,
Terry Butler,
Steve DiGiorgio,
Richard Christy and
Paul Masvidal — plus music industry notables who dealt with
Schuldiner, and other musicians, among them
Michael Amott (
ARCH ENEMY),
Niklas Sundin (
DARK TRANQUILLITY),
Donald Tardy (
OBITUARY),
Alex Webster (
CANNIBAL CORPSE),
Trym (
EMPEROR),
Dan Lilker (
NUCLEAR ASSAULT),
Kelly Shaefer (
ATHEIST), and
Tony Choy (
ATHEIST,
CYNIC). The magazine has posted all the individual statements from the article (which came out in Greece on December 27, 2006) at
this location (scroll down to May 14, 2007 blog entry).
To coincide with what would have been
DEATH mastermind
Chuck Schuldiner's 40th birthday (
Chuck was born on May 13, 1967), the official
DEATH web site
Empty Words posted the
Schuldiner tribute article (entitled
"Lust for Life") which was published in
Guitar World magazine's April 2007 issue. Check it out at
this location.
Chuck Schuldiner memorial video made by his mother (and which was shown at his funeral):
