Remembering Never, Ether Coven Vocalist Peter Kowalsky Has Died

Peter Kowalsky, vocalist for numerous hardcore and metalcore bands together with Remembering Never, Ether Coven, Until the End and xBISHOPx, has died after battling colon most cancers.

Known to many as “Mean Pete,” Kowalsky was recognized with Stage 3 colon most cancers in early 2020. According to an replace the musician shared on Remembering Never’s social media in July of 2021, he’d completed chemotherapy in October of 2020, and his scans have been coming again unfavourable on the time. In August of 2022, he did a characteristic with Lambgoat about his favourite items of music.

“Music has been my obsession since I was a child and I own more records and CDs than I care to admit… I am a firm believer that music heals and is so much more than just some strings on a guitar or keys on a piano,” the vocalist wrote. “It’s more than spotlights and $40 shirts and loading bass cabs up flights of stairs. It’s more than a 9-month turnaround time for vinyl and more than bands skipping your town because you live in Monowl, Nebraska. It’s a way to connect to something that makes you feel less alone in a fucked up world, and when I was a kid I needed it. As an adult, I need it more than I ever thought I would.”

Kowalsky’s dying was confirmed by Vadim Taver on the Furnace Fest Community Facebook web page [via Lambgoat].

“Some unfortunate news to share. I know a lot of you probably knew him from posting here every now and then or from the bands he played in, but unfortunately Peter Kovalsky passed away today from an aggressive cancer that had returned,” Taver wrote.

“I remember meeting him in 2000/2001 when This Day Forward played Club Q in Ft. Lauderdale and Remembering Never was opening. We played countless shows together with Until the End and even though we didn’t speak regularly, I considered him a friend through the years. Thankfully, I got to see him last year because of Furnace Fest, but didn’t think that would be our last meeting. Rest easy, old friend.”

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Several different fellow musicians have taken to social media to pay tribute to Kowalsky, together with Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta, Unearth and extra. See the posts under.

Loudwire sends our condolences to Kowalsky’s family members and followers. Rest in peace.