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Bolt Thrower Drummer Martin Kearns Passes Away

Bolt Thrower has released the following statement about drummer Martin Kearns unexpectedly passing away earlier this week:

"With the heaviest of hearts, and still numb from shock, we have to share the very sad news that on Monday 14th September Bolt Thrower lost our powerhouse drummer, Martin ‘Kiddie’ Kearns.

"After the first rehearsal for our upcoming tour of Australia, Kiddie suddenly felt unwell which continued throughout the night, and the next day he passed away peacefully in his sleep.

"He was a fantastic dad, husband, son, friend, but to us he was always ‘Kiddie’, the same 17 year old Coventry kid whose drumming style and personality blew us away when he first walked into our rehearsal room 20+ years ago.

"Kiddie enriched our lives, and the Bolt Thrower sound. He leaves a massive hole in the lives of everyone who knew him and will be very sorely missed by many."

Bolt Thrower recently performed a series of Canadian shows (including at the Amnesia Rockfest shown in the footage below) and was scheduled to perform later this month in Australia, with those shows presumably cancelled.

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4 Comments on "Bolt Thrower Drummer Passes Away"

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1. Ginnie Moon writes:

Those Once Loyal and Honor, Valor, Pride are two of my most favorite albums ever. The world has lost a treasure. Such sad news. To Valhalla, Martin!!!

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2. Drum_Junkie writes:

RIP Martin. \m/

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3. Borntomosh writes:

Such a shame. RIP.

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4. damn writes:

f***ing tragic :(

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