The four members of Venezuelan nu metal band Van Der Dijs are among the 1,700 confirmed dead after the north of the country was shaken by two earthquakes on Wednesday (June 23).
According to Venezuelan news site Últimas Noticias, the band members died after their rehearsal space in La Guaira, a state on the country’s northern coast, collapsed in the quakes, which had a magnitude of 7.2 and 7.5 and struck within 39 seconds of each other.