Nunslaughter drummer and vocalist Jim Konya, who once famous ran for a local political office with a quasi-Satanic platform, and fueled Nunslaughter through almost a dozen full-length releases and nearly infinite 7″ EPs, experienced a stroke three weeks ago and recently worsened. He will be taken off life support today, October 7, and is not expected to survive.
Konya, whose output with the band was matched by his fierce loyalty to the underground metal scene, will be remembered by many as a generous and committed persona who along with several others created one of the longest-running and most prolific bands in death metal history.
Tags: death metal, jim konya, nunslaughter, Speed Metal
I will toast to his atheist ways.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YCd2EL80no
Holy shit, I had no idea this was going on! Nunslaughter were one of the greats, masters of making death metal that was simple but not simple-minded. I’m going to go listen to “The Sephiroth” and “I Am Death” at the gym now. If anyone here hasn’t gotten around to listening to some Nunslaughter yet, you really should. I’d recommend Hell’s Unholy Fire to fans of Blood and Ildjarn, and Goat to fans of old Unleashed and Nihilist.
That video makes my day every time I watch it. You will be missed, Konya.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AMtJ1WErnI