The Apparatus

Nuclear Blast Records will collect donations from people around the world to help the families of DECAPITATED drummer Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka and singer Adrian "Covan" Kowanek. As previously reported, Kieltyka died at the age of 23 in a Russian hospital from injuries sustained in a recent road collision.

To send PayPal donations, please:

* Go to www.paypal.com
* Log into your account (…or sign yourself up)
* Click on the "Personal" tab
* Click on "Send Money"

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* From: Your PayPal e-mail address
* Amount: your choice!
* For: service/other (donation)

To send donations via bank money transfers, here is info:

* Recipient's name: Anna Kieltyka
* Account Number: 70 1050 1458 10 0000 2293 2551 01
* Bank Swift Code: INGBPLPW
* Bank Name: ING Bank Slaski
* Bank Address: Rynek 8, 38-400 Krosno, Poland

European donations can be mailed to:

Nuclear Blast Europe GmBH
Attention: Vitek/Covan Assistance
Oeschstr. 40
73072 Donsdorf
Germany

North American donations can be mailed to:

Nuclear Blast USA
Attention: Vitek/Covan Assistance
2323 W. El Segundo Blvd.
Hawthorne, CA 90250
United States Of America

In addition, JSR Direct will soon be releasing exclusive tribute shirts. Funds raised from these tribute shirts will go directly to help the Vitek and Covan's families. Also, preparations are in progress to organize a special fund-raising sale through eBay with:

* Original DECAPITATED gear (some of which was actually used in the recording studio)
* Limited/never-before-printed -shirts and merchandise
* One-of-a-kind memorabilia
* Exclusive items donated from other bands to help raise money for Vitek's and Covan's families.

Fans are encouraged to visit www.myspace.com/decapitated for up-to-the-minute information of this sale of these items.

DECAPITATED drummer Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka died late last week at the age of 23 in a Russian hospital from injuries sustained in a recent road collision. DECAPITATED singer Covan (real name: Adrian Kowanek) was also hurt in the accident, which involved the band's tour bus and a truck carrying wood in Gomel, on the Russia/Belarus border. The frontman reportedly also sustained a head injury in the collision, which is believed to have been the fault of the band's driver (although this has not yet been officially confirmed).

Covan's family released a statement on Thursday (November 1) that the vocalist's condition had improved. At the time, the singer was still said to be at a hospital in Novozybkov, Russia, where he and Vitek were taken following the accident.

Footage from Vitek's last show on 10/28/2007:

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