‘Best screamer in Singapore’: Musician paralysed after stage accident dies of cancer at 32

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Metal musician Melvin Ong faced death with equanimity, taking care to leave voice logs and blog posts for loved ones. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Mr Melvin Ong faced death with equanimity, taking care to leave voice logs and blog posts for the soon-to-be bereaved, his brother said.

“Ask anyone, they’ll tell you he was the best screamer in Singapore,” said former Hrvst guitarist Sanjay Mohan.In 2019, the band was performing at the Esplanade Annexe studio when Mr Ong fell off the stage and fractured his spine in two places. The freak accident left him paralysed from the neck down.

“I’d try to write something and he would tell me if it was nice. He’d add vocals, not screaming but whispering,” said Mr Mohan.Melvin Ong was front man of the three-piece metal band Hrvst, known in the alternative music scene for their “big” sound and riotous compositions. PHOTO: MARIO STEFAN/INSTAGRAM

 

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