Erik Wunder obit

Erik Wunder (Cobalt, Man's Gin) has reportedly passed away

 

He was not on the list.

We’re very shocked and saddened to hear reports that Cobalt and Man’s Gin leader Erik Wunder has passed away. Blake Judd of Nachtmystium and Ken Sorceron of Abigail Williams are among those who shared the terrible news.

Judd posted a pair of tributes to Wunder on Instagram. “I’m absolutely devastated,” he wrote in the first. “Erik Wunder, rest easy brother. I am so grateful for our times together. We experienced the most amazing European tour I did out of all of them together….you rode in our bus, your alliance with Charlie Fell that became an incredible COBALT album in ‘Slow Forever’ (that I was given the opportunity to release a tape version of in 2017)….I never in a million years thought I’d not ever get to see you again. Rest easy, brother. This one’s gonna sting for a long time….”

“More photos of my amazing 2010 tour experience with our dearly departed friend, Erik Wunder,” the second post reads. “Erik was playing drums for legendary SWANS female vocalist Jarboe on her 2010 tour where she and Nachtmystium did a co-headlining run. We played all over the UK, Inferno and Roadburn Festivals in Norway and Holland, and did a slew of unforgettable eastern European shows in places like Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. To this day, my only time ever getting to visit and perform in such far away places I’d never in a million years thought my life would take me to.”

“Erik rode in our bus for a majority of this tour,” the post continues. “The formation of the Charlie Fell-fronted era of COBALT was formulated from this. What a difference spending a couple weeks living with a group of people you had never travelled with like that previously can do. Threw in the color version of our last ever picture together at the Richmond VA Cobalt gig too.”

Ken Sorceron wrote, “I got the sad news that Erik Wunder passed yesterday. He had a tragic last chapter but he was a good dude and a great songwriter. I was a fan of Cobalt and got to play guitar live for the band on their last tour back in 2017. My heart goes out to all of his friends that knew him well.”

Read an interview with Erik from 2012 on Invisible Oranges. Erik himself also interviewed Unsane for BV that same year. The last Cobalt album, Slow Forever, was our #2 album of 2016. Rest in peace to one of the greats.