As some of you may have already read elsewhere, Doommantia's creator and still main inspiration Ed Barnard is relocating to Australia in order to get the healthcare he needs and should have gotten from this decaying cesspool known as the USA. He leaves on the 22nd of this month.
Note From Ed:
I just want to say thank-you to all the important people that have helped me in the past year. Some of you have helped me in ways that I thought wasn't possible given the cold and nasty world we all live in these days. Some of the support shown has been truly heart-warming and without getting over-dramatic, the reason I have still alive and breathing is due to your kind help, support and encouragement. There are people that I really should give a big Fuck You to but I am above all that and what goes around, comes around and karma is a bitch so that is good enough for me. Now with help and health relief in sight, (after a hellish and long plane flight of course) my only real battle is finding a new place to live and if at all possible, a job. These two things have been an almost impossibility in this country so I am excited at the possibilities.
Doommantia.Com will live on and may even become even stronger once I am settled. Aussie doom bands beware, you will get some extra spotlight once I get back on my feet again. Again I thank you for all the donations and thanks for downloading the compilation. That helped me a lot and I hope it introduced you to some new killer bands. The new comp should land any-day now. I know that has been said several times already but I hope it will happen very soon. The proceeds of which will go to helping me get settled down again. Thanks to everyone that traveled vast distances just to bring me food or to visit me in hospital, I will never forget you. I haven't lived in Australia in many years and have no family and little in the way of old friends so it will be a totally new start. Hopefully this new chapter in my life will be more rewarding than the last and of course any help via a donation or download would be most appreciated.
Thanks to the writers of Doommantia and especially to Tony who is the only reason the site is still going. I am not disappearing and I will be in touch with everyone as much as possible. Peace and doom on. Till we meet again.....Ed
So that's the situation. If you can help in making this gigantic move to the other side of the world a smoother experience for Ed, please donate via the usual donate button you see in the sidebar. Ed's health is still a number one priority but seeing as he is going to get the treatment he needs, we can sleep a little easier knowing that will be taken care of. Thanks for putting up with our pleas for money over the past year but it was a desperate situation. Now we can move on......
Words: Tony C