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Bret Hoffmann (February 8, 1967 – July 7, 2018) was an American
death metal Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, fe ...
vocalist. He fronted Fire for Effect, Resthaven, and South of Resthaven and was a former member of Malevolent Creation and Down the Drain. Hoffmann performed on the first three Malevolent Creation releases until he left the band after 1993's ''Stillborn'' album. He then returned, and performed on ''The Fine Art of Murder'' and ''Envenomed'' before leaving again and being replaced by Kyle Symons. In 2005, he returned again and replaced Symons. He returned to Malevolent again in 2006 for touring purposes and appears on Malevolent Creation's tenth, '' Doomsday X'', 11th ''
Invidious Dominion Invidious Dominion is the eleventh studio album by the Floridian death metal band Malevolent Creation. It was released in North America on August 24, 2010 via Nuclear Blast, and in Europe on August 27. A music video was created for "Slaughter Ho ...
'', and 12th album, '' Dead Man's Path''. On July 7, 2018, Hoffmann died from colorectal cancer at the age of 51.


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