Real 'Death' Metal

[Necroscythe]

In the death metal/black metal world...

what band member(s) that has died, do you miss.

 

[greatapoc]

Chuck Schuldiner

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Dead from Mayhem, he was an excellent vocalist.

Most the people I miss are just in prison, not dead...

 

[Nico]

Euronymous was a brilliant guitarist... though I'm sure many people would disagree with me.

...And the already mentioned musicians.

 

[byrne]

Chuck Schuldiner

chuck rules

 

[sikth]

Dead from Mayhem, he was an excellent vocalist.

Most the people I miss are just in prison, not dead...

Who killed him? I heard it was a guy from Burzum.

 

[Henrik Main]

@ sikth: Dead commited suicide.

 

[sikth]

@ sikth: Dead commited suicide.

Ah, thanks for clearing that up. Can't remember who it was that told me that!

 

[Life Sucks]

Fred "Death" Duvall of Massacra
Dead and Euronymous of Mayhem
Steve MacDonald of Gorguts

 

[Henrik Main]

You probably mixed up the murder of Euronymous, the Mayhem founder, with the suicide of Dead, former Mayhem vocalist. Euronymous was killed by Varg Vikernes (who IS Burzum, as Burzum was a (now defunct) one-man project). If you want to read the whole story, search google or this forum (lots of threads about that incident), as it has been discussed way too much to be discussed again.

 

[Thor Kjaer-Olsen]

I heard a rumour, probably untrue like most of the shit on the net. Apparently Euronymous never kept his shotgun loaded, so Dead had to buy some bullets first, and apparently Varg got them for him. I doubt it's true, probably made up by some pro-Euronymous-and-Mayhem anti-Burzum person.

 

[Jaded]

Valfar of Windir
Teemu of Finntroll and Impaled Nazarene

 

[Nico]

Fuck... how could I have forgotten Valfar and Somnium... good call

 

[Ultimate_Symphony]

Valfar - Windir
Chuck - Death

 

[Donnie Darko]

Chuck Schuldiner
Euronymous
Dead

 

[DiscipleOfPlato]

Apart from the late individuals already mentioned, I feel inclined to add Criss Oliva, former guitarist of Savatage, to the list. Today, he is still one of the most underrated guitar-players in metal, and his manner of death was rather disheartening, especially since I'm a resident of Florida. For those unaware, he was killed by a speeding drunk-driver while en route to a concert in my homestate. His wife, who was in the passenger seat, survived to endure the grim reality of the tragedy. NOBODY could mimic or emulate Criss's unique style of playing, nobody.

R.I.P.

 

[no country for old wainds]

No mention of Cliff Burton so far? Ah, today is a glorious day.

EDIT: Oh, that's why, it's for extreme metal only.

D'oh.

 

[DiscipleOfPlato]

Ah, exclusively for extreme metal. I feel like a dolt.

 

[andrew_plamondon]

Chuck Shuldiner was great, but I miss Steve Macdonald way more. He has written the drum parts on Obscura and he has all my respect for that. FWTH drum parts were good too.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Schuldiner is probably my most missed.