RIP brother. :[[[

Terrible news…… RIP…. So young….

What the hell? He was so nice to talk with or discuss things in threads. R.I.P.! This is really horrible!

fuck. RIP brother, he was a good dude

rest in peace brother.

Very sad, way too young. RIP my man.

Horrible news, do we know how he passed away?

The obituary just says natural causes.

Huge loss for the family, huge loss for the site. Rest in peace.

"The obituary just says natural causes"

I read the obituary, it's crazy to think that one so young can die of natural causes, no one dies this young of natural causes...

RIP king

Lost another great one way too soon. RIP. Condolences to his friends and family

What the fuck. I second what junkie said, this is crazy.
From my limited interactions with him on here, he seemed really nice and passionate about what he was doing. R.I.P. hard, and condolences to those close to him.

Gosh, what a way to start the year.

RIP condolences to his family

Oh no that's terrible. RIP man. He seemed like a super chill dude, this sucks.

"I read the obituary, it's crazy to think that one so young can die of natural causes, no one dies this young of natural causes..."

i just think about how he was at the lowest point in his life and suddenly died. everything leading up to this makes it even more heartbreaking. i remember eagerly awaiting his input on noise stuff since he was one of the only people here that likes it. i've already grieved, but now i'm just confused.

RIP man, this fucking sucks so much.

Damn this is awful. RIP hard man

A man whose consuming passion was music, rivaled only by the profound love he had for his cats (and any other animal that crossed his path). His passions exemplified the inner world of one with a tortured yet gentle soul.

ThyCrossAwaits - You will undoubtedly be missed by your family, your friends, the Sputnik community, the noise scene/other musical endeavors you were involved in, and your beautiful kitties - "your girls" as you called them - who loved you so much.

*A toast* To a fellow lover of music and animals, and the inspiring passion he had for both.

Rest in peace, Ryan. You are loved.

Oh man, not again 😔

He was always bumping bangers and sharing hard jams. He will be missed

Rest easy Ryan. I hope you’re surrounded by cats wherever you are.

RIP — I did not personally know Ryan but his presence was a gift. Peace to all, prayers for his friends and family, and may death indeed be but a station to something even greater

may he rest in peace

Fuck man, this is terrible news. He seemed like a really cool, intelligent dude. We never really had any personal interactions but I always valued his takes (on metal especially) and enjoyed seeing him around. Now this place feels even more empty and desolate.

RIP Ryan.

Rest in peace fellow sput king

this is horrible news.. RIP man

Taken from us far too soon. Rest easy Ryan, you’ll be missed dearly.

fuck man...never good to see anyone go down

RIP

33 is way too early to go, rip

fuck i meant to reach out to you since we were both minnesota sputnikers. rip

Aww RIP.

RIP

Rest in peace

Didn't really know him well, but RIP regardless

33 is so young

Man that's such awful news... RIP

RIP

hurts to lose anyone here but especially such a mainstay who contributed so many great reviews and lists. seemed like a great guy. such a touching obituary and just to know how much this place meant to him. as it does for so many of us. absolutely tragic at such a young age. rest easy ryan.

Fuck, rip man, his contributions will definitely be missed, wishing his family the best,

awful, awful news. rest well, man.

This is so sad, rest in peace Ryan! You had the best profile pic among us all.

Fuck. Terrible news man gone waayyy too young. RIP

Fuck man, thats awful to hear... RIP

Rest in peace and riffs

RIP man, what a tragedy

Rest in peace Cross

Younger than I am, terrible. Rest in peace.

Big rip.

This is awful news. The phrase ‘rest in peace’ is very profound and I realize this the older I get.

Rest in peace, Ryan, our sputbro.

Rip, always kind, always thoughtful, great taste. Will miss seeing him post here.

Horrible news, I remember a few interactions with him, really smart dude, and he always had cool music to share. It's so sad to see people so young go. Lots of love for his family and friends.

RIP

Awful news. Too fucking young to die. Rest in Peace : (

What a loss, rest in peace.

Nooooooo what???

RIP

Damn RIP dude was two months younger than me, I liked his lists a lot. That is awful

Holy shit. Legend. Huge RIP

Well fuck

too many people dying from this website man, fuck

^yeah man

RIP

Man.

Here's a link to the cat rescue listed in the obit, I sent some money over in his honor.

https://www.thekittenleague.org/ways-to-help/

big RIP that's absolutely heartbreaking

Thanks for the link Zar. Also just donated for our mate. I hope he knew how many people care.

Rest in peace, man.. thank you for being a our brother here.

Huge RIP, sorry to hear

Rest In Peace fallen brother. Thank you for your service

Holy fucking shit... devastating news. RIP, bro.

horrible news. my heart goes out to his friends and family. discovered some good music because of him. RIP

I see the mods featured some of Ryan's reviews on the front page to commemorate him, nice touch. I'm not a religious man, but I still hope there's some kind of afterlife for a decent guy who loved music and cats, that is better than just 33 years burdened with debts, rejection, and medical issues (that's judging by his own description provided in one of his lists).

RIP

Rest easy, brother. Hearts out to his family and friends.

RIP fellow rocker.

RIP

RIP mate. You were too young to die so soon.

Awful news, RIP Ryan.

we shared the same music site for almost 20 years and I only just learned his name was Ryan

;~;

I’m so sorry to his family and loved ones for their loss. Thank you for making this a news item sowing. I hope his family sees how many lives he touched. Rest easy buddy.

Damn...RIP Ryan

RIP brother.

Hard RIP

Don't think I was too familiar with him but RIP it's absolutely fucked up that we all aren't naturally living to 100 by this point in human history.

Very sad to hear this. I ran across a reddit post featuring him and had no idea that there was a connection to here. Seemed to be a very talented noise artist and a great contributor to the site.

damn he was only one day older than me. brutal. RIP brother

he was one of the earliest supporters of my music and really encouraged me to keep going, on top of that his endless passion was a joy to read about and discuss with him

heartbreaking. i'm eternally grateful for knowing him.

Awful.
When one of us goes you can’t help but feel it.
Condolences to friends and family

i would like to add it is best we don't speculate about the cause of his death here - the family will release more information if they wish to. in the event they find this page i'd want them to appreciate the fact that ryan touched so many people as opposed to dwelling on the no doubt tragic circumstances around his passing. let's focus on our fond memories of him.

RIP

Terrible news. Rest in peace, man. May your passion for music inspire us all in some way, shape, or form.

Rest easy king

rip. didn't know him very well directly but he was a friend-of-friends, and I knew he liked noise music and cats, so was always cool in my books. way too young. glad he left his mark on the community

hi everyone, i had a brief conversation with ryan's mother who gave me permission to share this:

"We so appreciate all the kind words and tributes being shared on Sputnik. We noticed a few questions about Ryan’s cause of death, which are very understandable for a person of his age. As I am sure many of the community are aware, Ryan had struggled with depression and other mental health challenges for a long time. What was probably less known is that he had a significant history of physical illnesses, as well. Through all of his mental and physical challenges he kept up the good fight, but in the end his physical body is what gave up. Feel free to share if you feel it would be helpful for both those who are concerned about Ryan and for others who may find themselves battling similar challenges."

she is immensely appreciative for your kind words and i encourage all of you to continue sharing your memories of ryan. it's best we don't ask any further questions about ryan's circumstances as it was extremely graceful of her to share these further details. ♥

RIP BROSKI !! Long Live The Riff M/

That’s very kind of her to share that, thanks Noct

RIP

very nice to get closure like that. still is devastating but it does connect with some dots. respect to his family and friends.

Very kind of her indeed, thanks for sharing.

RIP cross

This sucks hard. I hope his family can take some modicum of solace knowing we grieve with them. No parent should have to bury their child.

Rest in peace, Ryan. We'll miss you around these parts.

damn this is terrible. don't know if I ever interacted with him but rip. way too young

cherish every single day you have, life is unfair.

RIP brother. No one deserves to have a life cut before it's led to completion. From my limited interactions with him he definitely had a sense of warmth and passion.

god fucking dammit, RIP thycross, Ryan, you will be missed

RIP to Ryan and condolences to his family. His mother sharing that update and knowing how much Sput loved him is powerful.

rest in peace

"His mother sharing that update and knowing how much Sput loved him is powerful."

considering that we are the smallest of the small music communities around and we were still so impactful in his life should really make us all reconsider how we treat each other around here, once more RIP R, today we celebrate you bud.

RIP

@DarkNoctus thank you for sharing that with us, I hope she knows her son will be missed here

damn that is so sad

RIP hard, fellow enjoyer of music

damn, hate to see a longtime sputter go down at too young of an age. RIP

RIP.

"considering that we are the smallest of the small music communities around and we were still so impactful in his life should really make us all reconsider how we treat each other around here"

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Thanks for sharing that update, Noctus.

Horrible news, RIP

Fucking hell. Through all the shit this community has gone through Ryan has always been a beacon of decency and common sense. Rest in peace Ryan.

RIP to a truly special person
Life sucks so bad

so sorry to hear. rip

Rest in peace, Ryan.

"considering that we are the smallest of the small music communities around and we were still so impactful in his life should really make us all reconsider how we treat each other around here"

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"considering that we are the smallest of the small music communities around and we were still so impactful in his life should really make us all reconsider how we treat each other around here"

Amen, brother.

thanks for the update, Noct and Mom. ❤️

this place has a weird magic about it.

"considering that we are the smallest of the small music communities around and we were still so impactful in his life should really make us all reconsider how we treat each other around here"

Could not agree with this more. It is a small comfort that he found joy in this place. I truly hope he is at peace. RIP this is so, so sad. I joined the same year as him and we are the same age. This is sobering news for sure.

if there's anyone with the ability to fix the account creation issue...this might be a reminder of what Sputnik means to people. in real life, beyond the blogosphere. I think we've all made great friendships here and want to keep sharing that joy.

All we can do is hold on hope that it’ll get fixed, in the meantime I’m going to enjoy the dedication of this small community as if it were a small up and coming site and cherish its flaws as such

Thanks for that update noctus, just saw that. What a wonderful lady

I can't fucking imagine having to bury one of my children. How do you even cope with that. The pain and grief must be unimaginable.

RIP hard brother

yeah now i can't listen to goregrind without thinking of thycrossawaits. its really surreal and heartbreaking to know that i dude that i paid a lot of attention to is really gone.

because of him i got into Sulfuric Cautery from his last list, and checked out Killing Spree. now I'm actually trying out Last Days of Humanity and giving goregrind another chance. it's sticking more this time around. he for sure has helped me explore more extreme music and noise. also, his last soundoff was a harsh noise album that i wrote down to check before he died. it's brutal that he's not there to make lists or anything anymore.

my deepest condolences.

It always sucks seeing a community member isn't with us anymore. RIP to one of the iconic users to visit here.

make sure your homies know they're iconic while they're still around

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"make sure your homies know they're iconic while they're still around"
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if you ever needed further evidence as to why i prefer the community (warts and all) on sputnik vs. rym/etc., look no further than this thread

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damn fucking rip

As Sevengill pointed out elsewhere, Ryan's comment from 26/12, just few days before his passing is really heart-wrenching:

"I always forget that I joined in early December. This will be year 18 for me which blows my mind that I’ve been on this site for over half my life now."

I saw that, hope to god I never delete that list on accident

We should have an effigy for our fallen sput mates with their favorite music.

"make sure your homies know they're iconic while they're still around"

I'll be real, that's an iconic sentiment. Youre iconic too.

great user ^

Rest in peace, ThyCrossAwaits.

Do we have some kind of thread with everyone we’ve lost?

I feel like that would be a good move… it’s sad that we’ve lost so many longtime users but it would be a nice little place for everyone to pay their respects

RIP Thy… I didn’t know him well but he seemed chill the few times I interacted with him, and his maudlin review is excellent so I’m kinda bummed I didn’t get to know him better.

Rest easy brother, hope they got good music for us on the other side.

https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=1061284&listid=200628

"Do we have some kind of thread with everyone we’ve lost?

I feel like that would be a good move… it’s sad that we’ve lost so many longtime users but it would be a nice little place for everyone to pay their respects"

idea is good but id say its a bit difficult to implement when some users just never log back in and we never find out what happened, maybe a In Memoriam tab with some of the best write ups of the ones we do know of their passing would be nice.

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lmao yeah that would do it, tho i was thinking more of a tab at the top next to best new music or something like that that the staff could keep up to date when these things happen, but yea that works lol

I mean, a tab would be optimal for being in a visible and accessible spot. Don't know how feasible it is from the coding angle but definitely a good idea.

it would be easy to do, html-wise, but it would require mx to do it

also, i had no idea so many users had died :[

somehow, everyone in my mind is just frozen in time

To me it's an effect of anonymity and comments outliving the users. I suspect the site is outright littered with eidola. That's bitersweet.

shame after this wonderful thread the site instantly devolved into well you know

Circumstances outside our control bring people together

Rip

“To me it's an effect of anonymity and comments outliving the users. I suspect the site is outright littered with eidola. That's bitersweet.”

ugh my heart, very well said.

Like I can think of at least 5 once very active users that have passed, but I’m sure that number is a lot higher.

RIP Sprit, Funeral, and Papa too 💔

@Futures

Devolved into arguments and slander i.e. actual Sputnik lol

RIP

Damn man.

"Peacefully of natural causes"

Dude was 33. We know not the hour. Enjoy life guys.

RIP.

Very sad news. RIP

RIP hard, that is so sad