Former Ice Nine Kills bassist Shane Bisnett passes away at the age of 31

Former Ice Nine Kills bass player Shane Bisnett, who played and recorded between 2009-2011 on the band’s full-length Safe Is Just A Shadow, has passed away at the age of 31. Ice Nine Kills vocalist Spencer Charnas took to Instagram, uploading a video of the two recording together, saying:

“Shane was built like a tough looking dude, but as soon as you engaged with him you realized what a lovable and gentle soul he was….and that smile! He was the kind of dude that would always have your back, no matter what. This video of us playing was filmed probably around 2010 when the band was still crashing on people’s floors after shows. It breaks my heart that I’ll never get to play music with him again, but I’m so thankful that I got to know him. My thoughts are with his family and friends. RIP my man. #RIPShaneBisnett””

Recording on Safe Is Just A Shadow was around the time that the now very successful band was “still crashing on people’s floors after shows”, and while that’s not the case anymore, Shane was certainly an integral part of the band’s evolution despite his relatively short time in the band. He’ll certainly be missed.

You will NEVER be forgotten… #RIPShaneBisnett pic.twitter.com/1LqNHISDNc

— ICE NINE KILLS (@ICENINEKILLS) January 4, 2019

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I am so incredibly sad to hear that my old friend Shane Bisnett died on New Year’s day. Shane was an immensely kind and talented musician who had such a powerful and beautiful tone to his voice. In addition to touring with Ice Nine Kills for years, Shane also wrote a ton of the great melodic elements of our ‘Safe Is Just A Shadow’ album with me. I’ll always remember those cold Rochester, NY nights in 2009 working on songs with him and searching for that “perfect chorus” together. Shane was built like a tough looking dude, but as soon as you engaged with him you realized what a lovable and gentle soul he was….and that smile! He was the kind of dude that would always have your back, no matter what. This video of us playing was filmed probably around 2010 when the band was still crashing on people’s floors after shows. It breaks my heart that I’ll never get to play music with him again but I’m so thankful that I got to know him. My thoughts are with his family and friends. RIP my man. #RIPShaneBisnett

A post shared by Spencer Charnas (@spencerink) on Jan 3, 2019 at 1:19pm PST