Peter Steele Of Type O Negative Rest In Peace

[Chainsaw]

Sad, sucky news coming in to The Gauntlet website...

Rumors have been circulating on the net for the last 2 hours about Type o Negative frontman Peter Steele being dead. The band faked Peter Steele's death in 2005, and there have been several other rumors before and after. Due to this, The Gauntlet held off on posting...until Mistress Juliya just tweeted the following:

"Peter Steele passed today. I loved my friend...our idol...my heart is with his band and family..." followed by "he passed of heart failure today. Just spoke to Kenny"

We still hope it is a rumor, hoax, or anything other than being true, but credible information is coming in to the contrary.

This will suck if true as my last Type-O show was with Hatebreed...not the way I want to remember them.
Will post more throughout the night as info comes down.

****UPDATE 9:18pm PST
Beginning to see tweet's from Peter Steeles friends and family, those who would know if this is rumor or not stating the singer has fallen.

****UPDATE @gatekeeperzuul just reported to us that the official Type O Negative forums have now been locked barring all members access from them.

I hope it's another hoax, but it's looking like it's the real deal. Damn, this is a blow to the metal world.

[CMPunkyBrewster]

Not a huge Type O fan, but the mark he made and influence he had on the metal world is undeniable. Hope this isn't true.

[ritt works hard fo da chickens]

I seen them live on a couple occasions. Peter Steele was a very impressive fellow. Wow.

[Hawk Hart]

www.associatedcontent.com/article/2896154/peter_steele_lead_singer_of_gothic.html

Also, Mistress Juliya of Fuse TV broke the news just a little while ago on her Twitter Account stating, "Peter Steele passed today. I loved my friend...our idol...my heart is with his band and family..."

[Deleted]

Not a huge fan, but October Rust was a favorite album of mine as a teen, so this is sad to hear.

[adamclark52]

I was a huge fan in highschool, which was when October Rust first came out. Over the last few years I've moved on but I still always bought Type-O's albums and enjoyed them.

However, if this is ANOTHER hoax then f*** them. Once was funny but to do it again is rude and old.

[Evilution E5150]

i was and still am a huge type o fan, ive been listening to them all day

the website has been updated and says there will be an official statement issued soon

RIP one of metals greatest, creative and most funny men

and im memory ive changed my av to a picture of him arm wrestling Batman

[Nan Flanagan]

Man I was hoping this was another hoax.
sad sad day.

RIP Pete.

[Chainsaw]

Apr 15, 2010 7:37:18 GMT -5 Evilution E5150 said:

i was and still am a huge type o fan, ive been listening to them all day

the website has been updated and says there will be an official statement issued soon

RIP one of metals greatest, creative and most funny men

and im memory ive changed my av to a picture of him arm wrestling Batman

I'm sorry, man. It's gonna be a shitty day, that's for sure. But that picture is awesome at least.

[MCMGM]

That sucks.

[The Peoples Elbow]

NO!!!!!!!!!

[Dr. Rosenrosen]

i'm gonna skirt the religion issue here by saying...
at least he found comfort in his last years...

read his wiki article and you'll understand...

condolences to the friends and family of a metal great...

R.I.P. Peter

[W?Y]

One of the best metal vocalists ever. I really hope he isn't gone, but if so...

May he rest well, and find what he was looking for.

Either way, thank you Peter.

[Alucard]

Man, that sucks. He was awesome. RIP

[Chainsaw]

Looks like it's official.

www.examiner.com/x-19632-Salt-Lake-City-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m4d15-Type-O-Negative-lead-singer-Peter-Steele-dead-at-48-video

[erisi236]

Weird, I was just listening to the Type-o version of Black Sabbath last night.

Great voice on that guy.

[Macho Dude Handy Damage]

RIP, Peter Steele.

However, I got a question. Why did they fake his death in 2005?

[Bob Schlapowitz]

Official statement on the band's website.

typeonegative.net/index.php

[Glitch]

just found out about it from a tweet from megadeth. Rest in peace.

[beautifulscars85]

RIP PETER STEELE YOU WILL BE GREATLY MISSED !!!