StrydegoR Guitarist Slava Giebel Killed in Car Crash

Posted on May 29th 2009 9:25AM by Chris Harris Comments
Over the past few years, metal has lost some true shredders. This week, we lost yet another. According to German Viking metallers StrydegoR's Web site, the band's guitarist, 20-year-old Slava Giebel, was killed in a fatal car wreck the night of May 23. Sadly, Giebel died less than two weeks before the release of the band's debut disc, 'Back On Ancient Traces.'

In a statement posted online in German, the surviving members of the band bid farewell to their fallen brother and faithful friend. "It is not easy for us to put our feelings into words," the statement reads. "The most important thing is that Slava never be forgotten...Thanks Slava for all of the wonderful times we had together at concerts, parties, rehearsals. Thanks for all the conversations we had...[and] thanks for all the sh-t that we've experienced together, and we still always have zueinander gehalten" (which, directly translated, means "held together").

The band says it will carry on, despite the sudden loss, and wished Giebel's "family much strength in this difficult situation" and promised they would "be there for them."

"We were more than friends, we [were] brothers," the statement continues. "For many years, we sang the same songs. Only the best die young - you were the best."

We here at Noisecreep would like to extend our deepest condolences to Giebel's family, friends, and the rest of his band.

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DAM AKA DAMAJA

rest in peace fucko,tell god i said hi!!!

June 03 2009 at 12:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
epicfail13337

is this thing taking my posts? o.o

June 02 2009 at 12:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
epicfail13337

Not a metal guitarist!! They're so talented!! Especially the European ones!!
The next one to die (real life or famous) metal musician beter not be someone I know...and better not be me.

June 02 2009 at 12:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
nccc40

shitty metal music,they keep spinning their head while they sing like crazy bunch of retard

May 30 2009 at 3:43 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ray

sorry about posting that twice- this thing was acting like it wasn't taking my post.

May 30 2009 at 3:28 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ray

Heavy Metal is not garbage, and it is more inspired by classical themes than the garbage that comes down the pike in the form of the manufactured pop/rock/rap stuff that seems to be everywhere. Metal is harder to play than you think it is. Take Megadeth for example. I would like to see YOU try to play any of it acurately. I play guitar, and it's tough for me, much less someone who doesn't know what they're talking about. I've never heard of this band either, but RIP Slava. 20 is too damned young to die. Rock on, brother.

May 30 2009 at 3:10 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ray

Heavy Metal is not garbage, and it is more inspired by classical themes than the garbage that comes down the pike in the form of the manufactured pop/rock/rap stuff that seems to be everywhere. Metal is harder to play than you think it is. Take Megadeth for example. I would like to see YOU try to play any of it acurately. I play guitar, and it's tough for me, much less someone who doesn't know what they're talking about. I've never heard of this band either, but RIP Slava. 20 is too damned young to die. Rock on, brother.

May 30 2009 at 3:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
FreedomCourage

The moral here of course is, "Never try to drive with your feet."

May 30 2009 at 1:34 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
antimarxist2009

Too bad it wasn't another "rapper" instead, this guy actually played an instrument...unlike those no talent disc spinner g*ngsta's.

May 30 2009 at 12:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kachina321

AS WE ALL KNOW METAL TO METAL AT HIGH SPEEDS DONT GO WELL TOGETHER.....TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH U FEEL FOR HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS BUT REALLY WHO GIVES A RATS ASS ABOUT THIS GUY

May 29 2009 at 11:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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