Via twentyfourbit:

To echo Fuse VJ Juliya Chernetsky’s posts late last night, “Today is a very sad day in metal… End of an era.” Type O Negative keyboardist Josh Silver and the band’s German record label, SPV/Steamhammer, have both confirmed (via Blabbermouth) that singer/bassist Peter Steele has died of what is believed to be heart failure. Steele, born Petrus T. Ratajczyk, was 48.

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First reaction: “Wat?” Then, “Bawwwww.”