Ralph Santolla was a guitarist known for playing in influential bands such as Deicide, Obituary, Iced Earth, and Death. On May 31, 2018, it was reported that Santolla had suffered a heart attack and fallen into a coma. He was taken off life support and died on June 6, 2018, at the age of 51. […]

Kevin DuBrow was the lead singer of the popular heavy metal group Quiet Riot, known for hit songs in the 1980s such as “Cum On Feel the Noize” and “Metal Health (Bang Your Head).” He sang on ten of the band’s releases, including the multi-platinum-selling Metal Health (1983) and the platinum-selling Condition Critical (1984). On […]

Philip John Taylor, better known as Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor, was the drummer for Motörhead. He played with the band from 1975 to 1984, and again from 1987 to 1992, recording eleven studio albums and four live albums during his time with them. Phil Taylor passed away on 12 November 2015 at the age of […]

Pavel Nicholas “Paul” Baloff (born Pavel Nikolayevitch Balchishkov, April 25, 1960 – February 2, 2002) was an American singer, best known as the original lead vocalist of the thrash metal band Exodus. He was fired from Exodus shortly after the release of the band’s 1985 debut album Bonded by Blood, and later performed with various […]

At St Mary’s Church in Hambleden, a unique gravestone bearing a line of music marks the resting place of Jon Lord — the legendary composer and keyboardist best known for his work with Deep Purple. Lord co-founded Deep Purple in 1968 and co-wrote many of their biggest hits, including Smoke on the Water and Child […]

Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan was born in Huntington Beach, California. He was a powerhouse drummer, nicknamed “The Rev,” short for The Reverend Tholomew Plague. Sullivan was the drummer and a founding member of the band Avenged Sevenfold. In addition to touring with the group, he was also a vocalist, songwriter, and pianist, contributing to their […]

Illvastar, whose real name was Espen Seljeseth, played bass in the black metal band Svartahrid from 1996 to 2001. Although Svartahrid never became a very well-known band, Illvastar gained infamy in 2003 when he and three friends broke into a chapel, decapitated a corpse, and took the head with them. This act was carried out […]

Paul Di’Anno, whose real name was Paul Andrews, was the singer for Iron Maiden from 1979 to 1981 and performed on the band’s first two records. Paul Di’Anno passed away on October 21, 2024, at his home in Salisbury, England, at the age of 66. In the years leading up to his death, Di’Anno had […]

Trondr Nefas, whose real name was Trond Bråthen, was best known as the vocalist and guitarist for Urgehal. He was also involved in several other bands, including Angst Skvadron, Beastcraft, Blodsworn, Kvist, Endezzma, and Vulture Lord. Trondr Nefas passed away on May 12, 2012, at the age of just 34. He is buried at Norderhov […]

Marc Bolan (30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and poet. He was a pioneer of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex. On 16 September 1977, Bolan was a passenger in a car driven by Gloria Jones as they headed home from Morton’s […]