THIS AINT RIGHT, THIS ISN'T FAIR! I'm, shocked, saddened and REALLY sorry to report this. Adrian "The Energizer" BROMLEY, a key figure, fan, reviewer in the Canadian metal scene has passed away at the age of 37. I'm sooo sorry to hear this because Adrian was an excellent reviewer, active in CHRONICLES OF CHAOS (webzine), UNRESTRAINED (Canadian) magazine, BWBK (Brave Words Bloody Knuckles-Canada) and the amazing extreme metal forum on BWBK.COM. ADRIAN was always, active in the Canadian metal scene, hilariously funny, at shows, and always had an EDUCATED opinion on extreme metal, an opinion you can trust. I'm sooo sorry to hear this, and I miss all you Canadians up there, you are always the best metal heads. RIP Adrian, I'll NEVER forget you. A few minutes of silence for ADRIAN BROMLEY today, metal flags at half mast today. RIP ADRIAN, I miss your "opinion" and I miss you on the forum. The extreme metal scene, Canadian and abroad will NOT be the same without Adrian.
FROM THE BWBK.COM FORUM: Adrian passed in his sleep, from complications due to pneumonia.
A trust account will be set up in Adrian's name where if people want to make donations, they can. Donations will go towards the Canadian Cancer Society. A cause very close and dear to Adrian.
There will not be a funeral service nor a wake for Adrian. A memorial event will be planned for the near future, where people all can gather to share their memories of the life and their times with Adrian.
OK, we have confirmed a date for the memorial for Adrian, it will be on Saturday Janurary 17 @ The Opera House, In Toronto. All are encouraged to attend.
More details will be listed in the next couple of days, with an official announcement thread made as well.
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-RIP ADRIAN "ENERGIZER" BROMLEY
FROM BWBK.COM:
It is with a very heavy heart we report that Adrian 'The Energizer' Bromley passed away in his sleep on December 7th, 2008 at the young age of 37. He had just celebrated his birthday on November 30th. To say that Adrian was active in the metal scene is an understatement. Early in his journalism career he worked at Canada's M.E.A.T Magazine (along with BW&BK's Carl Begai and "Metal" Tim Henderson). Soon-after, Adrian, along with Gino Filicetti formed one of the world's first extreme metal webzines called Chronicles Of Chaos. Adrian went on to create Unrestrained! Magazine which gained worldwide popularity in the extreme underground realm. More recently he worked press and publicity at The End Records and moved on to form Ixmati Media, a company that represented the likes of Listenable Records, Blistering Records, Northern Storm Records, Ibex Moon Records, Shadow Kingdom Records among others. He had also started his new label called Absurdist Records.
BW&BK President/CEO "Metal" Tim Henderson had this to say about his passing: "We are in total shock. We used to joke that BW&BK and Unrestrained! were vicious rivals, but that was totally inaccurate. I'd known Adrian since the M.E.A.T. days in Toronto in the late '80s as we all were trying to cut it as potential journalists! Hell, he lived on our BraveBoard! You won't meet anybody in this biz that worked as hard as Adrian, fighting for "the cause" at every waking moment. And the key was that his heart was in the right place. He'd give you his left arm if you needed it. Always a friendly hand-shake or a heavy metal hug. Every band and label that Adrian represented felt his presence. His head was filled with a sea of metal knowledge - underground and above ground. Virtually every conversation we had was about music - it was his life. Adrian had incredible vision, always thinking of ideas on how to push the scene to greater heights. Those of us based in Toronto - take a look around at your next metal show/gathering. Adrian touched every one of those souls as he helped the scene grow larger than ever.
Damn, it as just over a year ago we lost Ray "Black Metal" Wallace. Life just ain't fair.
He will be terribly missed..."
FROM BWBK.COM: A Tribute To Adrian Bromley - "Energize This!"
Posted on Tuesday, December 09, 2008 at 03:34:36 EST
As reported yesterday (December 8th), Toronto-based metal everyman Adrian 'The Energizer' Bromley passed away in his sleep on December 7th, 2008 at the young age of 37. BW&BK scribe Carl Begai has issued the following tribute:
Energize This!
Ever see that cartoon featuring Spike the bulldog heading out to deliver pain to a poor unfortunate feline while his yap-dog sidekick bounces around him like a superball, rattling off comments and questions about how some cat is going to get a hurt real bad? There was a time when I considered Adrian Bromley that yap-dog.
I say this fondly and with the utmost respect.
In all honesty, when I met Adrian in late ’93 as part of the M.E.A.T Magazine crew I thought he was whacked out of his mind. If he wasn’t moving he was talking, and the guy never stopped. He wasn’t annoying (most of the time ;-)) because there was substance in his words backed by a wicked sense of ironic humour, but on occasion it became a stress test trying to keep up with him. I once joked at one of the many M.E.A.T in-house pizza-and-beer parties that he was like the Energizer Bunny… he just kept going and going and going. I’m glad the nickname stuck, but it comes as no surprise that it did.
And now I sit here having to say goodbye. For once I wish I could pay my respects to the people that matter while they’re still here with us, but I suppose that would be considered ass-kissing rather than a tribute. Adrian had no time for kiss-asses.
I’m sad, I’m pissed off, I’m almost lost for words when I think about just how unfair life can be. I’m also reminded, however, of just how precious that life is. Adrian was with me at the beginning, when the whole metalhead journalist thing started to take shape for both of us, and looking back I’m able to smile even as I mourn his passing. And in truth, I’m kind of surprised by just how much road we ripped up together.
Standing front row at RPM at a Slik Toxik gig pie-eyed on beer and yelling out song requests list between tunes while Nick Walsh gave us the good-natured finger. Laughing with sadistic glee as Monster Voodoo Machine’s redwood-sized keyboardist THREW one overzealous stage-diver back into the audience (overhand) at Sneaky Dee’s. Listening to a discombobulated love-sick Adrian trying to center himself following a face-to-face interview with L7 bassist Jennifer Finch, the lust of his life for about a month. Watching in disbelief as a pre-ultra-fame Marilyn Manson threw himself repeatedly into the audience from 15 feet up during his set at a Nine Inch Nails show at the Gardens. Getting crushed at a Machine Head show at the Opera House, which Robb Flynn found incredibly funny. Raiding the M.E.A.T promo coffers. The list does indeed go on and on and on…
Adrian was warm, generous, intelligent, absolutely unique, with more ambition and energy than any 10 people combined. He was passionate about the music and the people behind it. That’s how I got to know him and that’s how he stayed to the end. That’s how I’ll always remember him.
FROM BWBK.COM: There will not be a funeral service nor a wake for Adrian. A memorial event will be planned for the near future, where people all can gather to share their memories of the life and their times with Adrian.
OK, we have confirmed a date for the memorial for Adrian, it will be on Saturday Janurary 17 at The Opera House, In Toronto. All are encouraged to attend. More details will be listed in the next couple of days, with an official announcement thread made as well.”
Rest easy, my friend. You’ll be missed.
ADRIAN BROMLEY MEMORIAL: THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER, WOODS OF YPRES
Come down and share stories with friends and family, and reminisce about the good times shared. A microphone will be available on stage for anyone who would like to take the stage to pay tribute to Bromley, who passed away in his sleep on December 7, 2008 at age of 37 from complications of pneumonia.
Other scheduled performers include DETSORGSEKALF, ECLIPSE ETERNAL, ENDORPHINS, INTO THE VOID and MUSK OX. There will also be a silent auction taking place throughout the evening.
Admission is PWYC/Donation, with all proceeds going to the Canadian Cancer Society.
If you are unable to attend, and would like to make a donation in Adrian's name, visit www.unrestrainedmag.com.
A Memorial For Adrian Bromley
Saturday January 17, 2009
The Opera House, Toronto
735 Queen St. E.
(416) 466 0313
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Bromley was a longtime music journalist whose writing appeared regularly in Chart, M.E.A.T. and Unrestrained! magazines, and online at Chronicles of Chaos and Canoe.ca. More recently, he worked as a publicist for The End Records and formed Ixmati Media, a company that handled publicity for such metal labels as Listenable, Blistering, Northern Storm, Ibex Moon and Shadow Kingdom. He had also started a new label called Absurdist Records.
Also, let's remember Darrel "Dimebag" Abbott as today is the anniversary of that fateful date in Columbus, Ohio. Darrel Abbot was an excellent guitarist
(Pantera/Damageplan), great guy, hilariously funny and friendly. A lasting memory of DIMEBAG is that died doing what he loved, and did best, playing shredding guitar in a quality metal band. All the best to the Abbott family, and Dimebags friends and fans, and band mates. RIP DIMEBAG, and I love the "bar" in the tour bus, lol.
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal- \m/ -l-
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