Rock Guitarist Ronnie Montrose Passes Away At 64

This past Saturday (March 3), legendary guitarist Ronnie Montrose passed away after a five year battle with prostate cancer. He was 64 years old. Montrose’s official website released the following statement confirming the sad news: “A few months ago, we held a...

Lordi Drummer ‘Otus’ Tonmi Lillman Passed Away

It was confirmed late last night that Tonmi Lillman, best known as Lordi’s drummer Otus, has passed away. A cause of death has not been revealed yet. Lillman was 38 years old. The members of Lordi released the following statement confirming the unfortunate news: “Our...

Riot’s Mark Reale Passes Away At 57

While details are scarce, Riot has confirmed that guitarist Mark Reale has passed away earlier today (25) due  to complications from Crohn’s disease. The news was seconded by a post from Metal Blade’s Brian Slagel. Reale had been in a coma for the past two...

Former Incantation Bassist Passes Away

Last Tuesday, January 3, former Incantation bassist Joey “Fingers” Lombard passed away. At this moment, the cause of death is unknown, though services for Lombard were held this past Sunday, January 8. Lombard was 42 years old. Incantation drummer Kyle Severn had the...