Ok, so the actual anniversay is tomorrow December 13 but I'm going to go ahead and post this up today. It was on this day 5 years ago that death metal legend and forefather Charles "Chuck" Schuldiner passed away at the age of 34. You see this isn't just another case of "oh another rockstar died, no big deal" because this is far more different. You see Chuck was diagnosed with what started out to be a brain tumor that later turned cancerous and in which case ultimately caused his death. But in the wake of all that it didn't break his spirit or get him down one bit, he was still writing the follow up to the first Control Denied album (his 2nd band outside of Death) and was also still doing tours as to raise money to be able to afford treatment for his cancer. I remember the day it happened, I was a senior in high school in my Web Design class and remember opening up the web browser and seeing it in the top news of the day, I was shocked and I didn't want to believe it but I knew that his time was soon running out and it literally made me shed a tear for his memory. You see the reason I care so much and so deeply about this is because Chuck is a major inspiration/influence on me for his musical talent and ability and just his strength to carry on battling his cancer. The man was an amazing musician who helped to shape the world of metal into what it is today and there is not enough that I or anyone else in the metal community could ever say about the memory of him but to help is a video put together by his mom Jane along with other members of his family, in it includes one of the last songs he wrote and recorded before his passing called "Voice Of The Soul" which is an instrumental, it kicks in at about the 7 min mark in the video, please watch it, thank you.
