Erik Wunder, multi-instrumentalist of blackened sludge metallers Cobalt, Man’s Gin and more, has passed away. Nachtmystium‘s Blake Judd posted the following tribute to Wunder online overnight, confirming the sad news:
“More photos of my amazing 2010 tour experience with our dearly departed friend, @wundererik Erik was playing drums for legendary SWANS female vocalist Jarboe on her 2010 tour where she and Nachtmystium did a co-headlining run. We played all over the UK, Inferno and Roadburn Festivals in Norway and Holland, and did a slew of unforgettable eastern European shows in places like Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. To this day, my only time ever getting to visit and perform in such far away places I’d never in a million years thought my life would take me to.
Erik rode in our bus for a majority of this tour. The formation of the Charlie Fell-fronted era of COBALT was formulated from this. What a difference spending a couple weeks living with a group of people you had never travelled with like that previously can do.
Threw in the color version of our last ever picture together at the Richmond VA Cobalt gig too.”
Abigail Williams‘s Ken Sorceron also lamented the loss, stating:
“I got the sad news that Erik Wunder passed yesterday. He had a tragic last chapter but he was a good dude and a great songwriter.
I was a fan of Cobalt and got to play guitar live for the band on their last tour back in 2017. My heart goes out to all of his friends that knew him well.”
