Frank "Killjoy Pucci, longtime vocalist of Ohio death-metal band Necrophagia died today, March 18. He was 48 years old. While a cause of death has not been established as of yet, the rest of the group took to Facebook to release the following statement:
Necrophagia have been credited as one of the first death-metal bands ever, formed by Pucci in 1983. For their 25 years of being a group, Pucci has been the only consistent member. In addition to Necrophagia, he also performed in several other metal acts including Viking Crown, the Ravenous, Killjoy, Wurdulak and Enoch. Necrophagia's last release, WhiteWorm Cathedral, was released in 2014. Phil Anselmo was part of Necrophagia for three years, appearing on their second full-length Holocausto de la Morte; he also collaborated with Killjoy in the short-lived black-metal supergroup Eibon, also featuring members of Darkthrone and Satyricon.
See Necrophagia's "Embalmed yet I Breathe" below:
