the tsnumai affects the metal world too

from Relapse Records:

"Vocalist, Mieszko Talarczyk, of Relapse Records recording artists NASUM has been officially been declared missing by the Swedish government. Mieszko and his girlfriend went to Thailand to spend the holidays. They left a few days before Christmas and were scheduled to return right after New Years Eve. They were staying in a bungalow at Phi Phi Island and when the tsunami came and swept the bungalow away, the two were separated. Mieszko's girlfriend was found injured has returned to Sweden.

Mieszko Talarczyk is among the more than 500 Swedes still missing in Thailand following the massive undersea earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale. An official list of the dead and the missing was published in the February 9th edition of the Swedish daily newspaper Aftonbladet and can be viewed online here.

The Relapse family is very saddened by this tragedy. Mieszko is a legendary person, both in music and in character. Our sincerest condolences to his family, band-mates, and friends. "

I always thought that Nasum was a pretty good band...what a damn shame...