Death Metal Legends Morbid Angel Guitarist Richard Brunelle Dead At 55 Confirms Band Members Friday

TAMPA, FL. (THECOUNT) — Former Morbid Angel guitarist, Richard Brunelle, has died, according to Friday reports. He was 55.

Band members confirmed the passing of the death metal guitarist. Brunelle passed away on Monday, September 23rd. A cause of death was not provided.

Brunelle’s former bandmate Pete Sandoval seems to confirm the news on Instagram, writing:

RIP #richardbrunelle: This is really sad! So many great memories we shared together that I’ll never forget, hope and wish you are in a better place. My condolences to his family. I just received an email of his family letting me know about this sad new, please, a little respect guys, don’t ask me the cause of death or something like that, does it matter? he just passed away and that’s sad,” reports MetalInjection.

Brunelle joined the band in 1985 and stayed through 1992 and played on their two classic albums, 1989’s Altars of Madness and 1991’s Blessed Are the Sick. He recently launched a new project called Mosaic Covenant.

Morbid Angel have been described as one of “the most influential and emulated bands in death metal.”

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