Brett Hoffmann

Bret Hoffmann (February 8, 1967 – July 7, 2018) was an American death metal vocalist. He was a former member of Malevolent Creation. He 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 10th, 11th and 12th album. On July 7, 2018, Hoffmann died from colon cancer at the age of 51.