So Metal: Dutch Bassist Ruptures Testicle Onstage, Still Finishes Set
Metal musicians proving how hardcore they are might have just met their match.
Dutch symphonic-metal outfit Delian had one of the most bizarre stage mishaps possibly ever at a U.K. concert when an apparently-way-too-close streamer cannon walloped their bassist in his genital region. Otto Schimmelpenninck (above) wrote in a blog post to fans that he knew he was bleeding, and one point even felt like he would go unconscious, but still finished the performance and "even squeeze[d] out some grunts!"
The bassist went on to detail the gruesome aftermath (guys, prepare yourselves...) that included his scrotum swelling to "the size of a big grapefruit" where he learned his left testicle and some arteries had been ruptured. Schimmelpenninck went into surgery the following morning where "more than 500 ml of blood was removed from [his] scrotum and [his] testicle was stitched up."
There are no words.
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