This is a dark dark day for Metal. My bands playing at a gig soon and we're meant to be playing Walk. Now we'll have to get it spot on perfect in respect.
Post your condolences for Dimebag here.
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Dreadful
When Man& Machine Collide
stoned&drunk
tuopin henki
My band is making demo today and we play music like Pantera. 
Dimebag is my biggest influence on rythm playing vice. We are going to dedicate a song for him on our future gigs. This is so sad day for all metal fans. To lost one of the most dedicated and best metal guitarist that the world offers. Let`s all hope Vinnie Paul will be alright.
Dimebag is my biggest influence on rythm playing vice. We are going to dedicate a song for him on our future gigs. This is so sad day for all metal fans. To lost one of the most dedicated and best metal guitarist that the world offers. Let`s all hope Vinnie Paul will be alright.I thought it was a sick joke when I first heard its a sad sad day when musicians are murdered on stage. And has anyone heard if Vinnie is alright or not?
goth_fiend
happiness is jagermiester
RIP Dime, i cant bear to say much more, its a sad day for metalheads, and musicians for that matter.
OutlawCFH
Wild Child Jr
Vinnie is alright. He was seen afterwards looking out of it and heard saying he wanted to be with his brother (like by his side I'm guessing). Anyways, it truely is a sad day in metal. RIP Dimebag.
Xred_light_eyeX
zombie flesh eater
that must be a joke! I can´t believe that 
dimebag is one of the best guitarist ever and he is really dead????
dimebag is one of the best guitarist ever and he is really dead????
-Gavin-
Gavornator
Regna
Everytime i die
Wings of a dream
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - A gunman charged onstage at a packed nightclub and opened fire on the band and the crowd, killing top heavy metal guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and three other people before a police officer shot him to death, authorities and witnesses said.
AP Photo
Five Shot Dead at Heavy Metal Concert in Ohio
(AP Video)
Columbus police department spokeswoman Sherry Mercurio identified three of the victims of Wednesday's shooting as Abbott, guitarist with the heavy metal rock band Damageplan, and two other men, Nathan Bray and Erin Halk.
Damageplan had just begun their first song at the Alrosa Villa when the man opened fire, first targeting Abbott, shooting him multiple times at point-blank range, a witness said.
Abbott, 38, one of metal's top guitarists, and his brother, Damageplan drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott, were original members of Grammy-nominated thrash rock pioneers Pantera, one of the most popular metal bands of the early 1990s.
The witness, 22-year-old Chris Couch, said he was standing about 30 feet away from the stage when he noticed a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and hockey jersey walk up to the stage, followed by a bouncer and another club employee.
The man in the jersey climbed onto the stage, started yelling and shot the guitarist five or six times at close range, Couch said. He said the gunman also shot a bouncer who pulled him off the musician.
Columbus police spokesman Sgt. Brent Mull said that after shooting at members of the band, the gunman fired into the crowd. Mull said a police officer who arrived shortly after the shooting began shot and killed the gunman.
"If the officer wasn't as close as he was, I think this would have been a lot worse," he said. "It was a chaotic scene, just a horrific scene."
Mercurio said the officer who killed the suspect was patrolling nearby when he heard the call go out. He entered the club through a back door and was directed to the stage, where he saw one person lying dead and the suspect holding onto another person, Mercurio said. The officer shot and killed the suspect.
The suspect's name and that of the fifth person killed were not immediately released. Mercurio said their family members are still being notified.
After the shooting began, Couch and a friend headed for the exit along with a tide of hundreds of fans.
"It was definitely a grudge. It was against something," Couch said.
Amanda Stankus, 19, who attended the show with Couch, said she initially thought the shooting was part of the show. "I just saw the guitarist fall down, and we decided to get out of there," she said.
The Abbott brothers produced Damageplan's debut album, "New Found Power," which was released in February. Other band members are vocalist Patrick Lachman and bassist Bob Zilla.
"Damageplan carries on the tradition Pantera started, the ... hell-raising tradition we were all about," Vinnie Paul Abbott told The Dallas Morning News in October. "We do play some Pantera songs. Me and Dime wrote them, and we feel like we have the right to play them. But the focus is on Damageplan.
"It took a while for some of the Pantera fans to accept it; we knew that was gonna be the case," he said. "Change is something that people have a hard time accepting. But me and Dime intended on doing this our whole lives."
A message left with Atlantic Records, which oversees the record label on which Damageplan records, was not immediately returned.
Damageplan's Web site said Darrel and Vinnie Abbott grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area where their father, country songwriter Jerry Abbott, owned a recording studio.
Telephone numbers for both Darrell and Jerry Abbott are unlisted and could not be reached early Thursday by The Associated Press.
Pantera, known for its brutally hard, fast and aggressive sound, recorded four albums in the 1990s. They attracted a massive cult following and the band's third release, "Far Beyond Driven," debuted at No. 1 in 1994, surprising chart-watchers and critics alike.
Pantera was nominated for Grammys (news - web sites) for best metal performance in 1995 for "I'm Broken" and in 2001 for "Revolution Is My Name." The video "The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits," made charts earlier this year as one of the top 10 in music video sales.
Dozens of messages were posted to the Dallas band's Web site after the shootings.
"This is the worst day in metal history," one posting read. "The metal world feels your pain," another wrote.
BULLSHIT! This is not what metal is about!
AP Photo
Five Shot Dead at Heavy Metal Concert in Ohio(AP Video)
Columbus police department spokeswoman Sherry Mercurio identified three of the victims of Wednesday's shooting as Abbott, guitarist with the heavy metal rock band Damageplan, and two other men, Nathan Bray and Erin Halk.
Damageplan had just begun their first song at the Alrosa Villa when the man opened fire, first targeting Abbott, shooting him multiple times at point-blank range, a witness said.
Abbott, 38, one of metal's top guitarists, and his brother, Damageplan drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott, were original members of Grammy-nominated thrash rock pioneers Pantera, one of the most popular metal bands of the early 1990s.
The witness, 22-year-old Chris Couch, said he was standing about 30 feet away from the stage when he noticed a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and hockey jersey walk up to the stage, followed by a bouncer and another club employee.
The man in the jersey climbed onto the stage, started yelling and shot the guitarist five or six times at close range, Couch said. He said the gunman also shot a bouncer who pulled him off the musician.
Columbus police spokesman Sgt. Brent Mull said that after shooting at members of the band, the gunman fired into the crowd. Mull said a police officer who arrived shortly after the shooting began shot and killed the gunman.
"If the officer wasn't as close as he was, I think this would have been a lot worse," he said. "It was a chaotic scene, just a horrific scene."
Mercurio said the officer who killed the suspect was patrolling nearby when he heard the call go out. He entered the club through a back door and was directed to the stage, where he saw one person lying dead and the suspect holding onto another person, Mercurio said. The officer shot and killed the suspect.
The suspect's name and that of the fifth person killed were not immediately released. Mercurio said their family members are still being notified.
After the shooting began, Couch and a friend headed for the exit along with a tide of hundreds of fans.
"It was definitely a grudge. It was against something," Couch said.
Amanda Stankus, 19, who attended the show with Couch, said she initially thought the shooting was part of the show. "I just saw the guitarist fall down, and we decided to get out of there," she said.
The Abbott brothers produced Damageplan's debut album, "New Found Power," which was released in February. Other band members are vocalist Patrick Lachman and bassist Bob Zilla.
"Damageplan carries on the tradition Pantera started, the ... hell-raising tradition we were all about," Vinnie Paul Abbott told The Dallas Morning News in October. "We do play some Pantera songs. Me and Dime wrote them, and we feel like we have the right to play them. But the focus is on Damageplan.
"It took a while for some of the Pantera fans to accept it; we knew that was gonna be the case," he said. "Change is something that people have a hard time accepting. But me and Dime intended on doing this our whole lives."
A message left with Atlantic Records, which oversees the record label on which Damageplan records, was not immediately returned.
Damageplan's Web site said Darrel and Vinnie Abbott grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area where their father, country songwriter Jerry Abbott, owned a recording studio.
Telephone numbers for both Darrell and Jerry Abbott are unlisted and could not be reached early Thursday by The Associated Press.
Pantera, known for its brutally hard, fast and aggressive sound, recorded four albums in the 1990s. They attracted a massive cult following and the band's third release, "Far Beyond Driven," debuted at No. 1 in 1994, surprising chart-watchers and critics alike.
Pantera was nominated for Grammys (news - web sites) for best metal performance in 1995 for "I'm Broken" and in 2001 for "Revolution Is My Name." The video "The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits," made charts earlier this year as one of the top 10 in music video sales.
Dozens of messages were posted to the Dallas band's Web site after the shootings.
"This is the worst day in metal history," one posting read. "The metal world feels your pain," another wrote.
BULLSHIT! This is not what metal is about!
It's a shame the gun man died. Why should he get the easy way out. Life imprisonment, not being shot.... Livings worth than death, especailly where he get's arse raped everyday of his miserable existence.
ND24/7
Member
It just doesn't seam true.... fuck! I saw Damage Plan last week..it was mostly to see The Haunted but I enjoyed Damage Plan's stuff aswell. The show was really good.! A lot of DP fan showed up ; it was a big party...with lots of drink passing around. I even caught one of his guitar picks at the end of the gig. Anyway.... he was in my top 5 of favorite guitarists and his music will be always remembered! 
delt
and his staff
wtf ..... i just saw some people accessing that picture of him ^^^^^ in Gavin's account............
why the fuck??? did the murderer want revenge for something, or was he just fucking insane, ...... ????? why did he also killed 3 or 4 people in the crowd then??
Guns belong in video games and movies.
why the fuck??? did the murderer want revenge for something, or was he just fucking insane, ...... ????? why did he also killed 3 or 4 people in the crowd then??
Guns belong in video games and movies.
delt
and his staff
just saw this on mtv.com --->
: Damageplan had just begun their first song in front of several hundred at Alrosa Villa when
: the gunman jumped onstage, made a comment about Pantera's breakup, and began firing at
: close range into Darrell's body, shooting him several times before opening fire on the crowd.
: Damageplan had just begun their first song in front of several hundred at Alrosa Villa when
: the gunman jumped onstage, made a comment about Pantera's breakup, and began firing at
: close range into Darrell's body, shooting him several times before opening fire on the crowd.
Trashdevil
Trash till Death
R.I.P Dimebag Darrell
He was one of those guitarist that had a great influence on all heavy guitar players after him. He just had his only distinctive style, you just knew who was playing. I for one have to go kick myself now cause I never gotta see him play live.
Shred=Emotion
He was one of those guitarist that had a great influence on all heavy guitar players after him. He just had his only distinctive style, you just knew who was playing. I for one have to go kick myself now cause I never gotta see him play live.
Shred=Emotion
scornful blessing
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