I just found out about this today from @seoulsearch mentioning it on a post on my profile. It is very bittersweet. A part of me is really devastated to learn about it, but I also knew the amount of health issues he was dealing with when we got close about ten years ago or so, and all the mental issues he struggled with.
I knew him as Ugly, I believe he changed his name shortly before I left here, but we were good friends. He, myself, and another individual were the resident Christian metalheads here who constantly shared music with each other and others, and were always defending ourselves from the more conservative Christians who thought our music was demonic. Yes, he was vocal, opinionated, and even abrasive at times, but he was a genuine person and it was always something I admired about him. We were friends on facebook for quite some time after I left here, and somehow lost contact. But I always considered him a good friend, and someone I looked up to. I just came back here last night, and he was honestly the first person I thought of that I hoped to reconnect with. But I am also happy that he is finally at peace now.
I knew him as Ugly, I believe he changed his name shortly before I left here, but we were good friends. He, myself, and another individual were the resident Christian metalheads here who constantly shared music with each other and others, and were always defending ourselves from the more conservative Christians who thought our music was demonic. Yes, he was vocal, opinionated, and even abrasive at times, but he was a genuine person and it was always something I admired about him. We were friends on facebook for quite some time after I left here, and somehow lost contact. But I always considered him a good friend, and someone I looked up to. I just came back here last night, and he was honestly the first person I thought of that I hoped to reconnect with. But I am also happy that he is finally at peace now.