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My Brother Has Cancer

"We are saddened to announce today that our brother Kristov will be forced to undergo immediate chemotherapy to battle newfound cancerous growths. Test results received this past week confirm new growths in two critical areas. As per physician recommendation, Kris will begin chemotherapy this coming Monday.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Kemp family during this unexpected and disappointing turn for the worse and we appreciate everyones understanding and patience as we deal with this situation privately.

We will have an announcement shortly on how this will affect our Fall tour plans."

~DNK
MARAZENE

For those of you not 100% on what's going on, Kristov is my drummer and business partner in MARAZENE, and even more importantly, he's my friend. I've known him since I moved to Chicago in May 2001 and we have been working together for years.

Thanks for your continued love and support.

XoXoX

~D

MARAZENE Press Release
Street date 09.20.07
As reported by www.Bravewords.com
MARAZENE On Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles

MARAZENE Drummer Suffers Cancer Relapse, Tour With MUSHROOMHEAD Uncertain

In an official statement from the band on their Myspace blog, Chicago based MARAZENE ( http://www.myspace.com/marazene ) have revealed that drummer and co-founder Kristov Kemp has confirmed to the band a cancer relapse on the eve of their scheduled upcoming National Tour with MUSHROOMHEAD.

The text from the blog follows:

"We are saddened to announce today that our brother Kristov will be forced to undergo immediate chemotherapy to battle newfound cancerous growths. Test results received this past Tuesday confirm new growths in two critical areas. As per physician recommendation, Kris will begin chemotherapy this coming Monday.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Kemp family during this unexpected and disappointing turn for the worse and we appreciate everyones understanding and patience as we deal with this situation privately.

We will have an announcement shortly on how this will affect our Fall tour plans."

Kristov Kemp was first diagnosed with intestinal cancer in May 2006 and had surgery to remove a cancerous growth and numerous lymph nodes followed by chemotherapy for much of the remainder of the year. Despite the intensive treatment, he continued to perform with Marazene as they toured the Midwest in support of the self release of their debut album, 'MachiNation'.

Marazene only weeks ago announced their upcoming tour with Megaforce recording artist MUSHROOMHEAD and Metropolis records PSYCLON NINE. The three bands had previously toured together for four weeks in the Spring.


courtesy: De Los Santos Productions