Suicide Silence: Death of vocalist Mitch Lucker 'devastating'

There’s sad news to report as Suicide Silence frontman Mitch Lucker has died at the age of 28 after a late night motorcycle accident in Huntington Beach, Calif. The Press-Enterprise reports that Lucker passed away Thursday morning (Nov. 1) following the accident. The Orange County coroner’s office said the musician was pronounced dead at 6:17AM PT at the UCI Medical Center in Orange County, Calif. Huntington Beach police were investigating the crash Thursday morning and expected to release details once their investigation was complete. Lucker, a native of Riverside, Calif., formed Suicide Silence with his friends in 2002. The group released their debut disc, ‘The Cleansing’ in 2007 and followed that by the well-received discs ‘No Time to Bleed’ and ‘The Black Crown.’ During his tenure, Lucker and his bandmates won Revolver Gold Gods Awards for Most Innovative Band and Best New Band.Mitch Lucker, the tattooed frontman for the American metal band Suicide Silence, has died after being involved in a motorcycle crash in California on Wednesday evening, according to reports. The band released the following statement regarding Lucker's death: "There's no easy way to say this. Mitch passed away earlier this morning from injuries sustained during a motorcycle accident. This is completely devastating to all of us and we offer our deepest condolences to his family. He will be forever in our hearts. R.I.P. Mitchell Adam Lucker. We love you, brother." Singer Mitch Lucker of the metal band Suicide Silence died Thursday morning in Orange County following a Halloween motorcycle crash. He was 28 years old. Lucker crashed around 8:55 p.m. Wednesday night in Huntington Beach, according to a press release from the Huntington Beach Police Department. He was driving a black 2013 Harley Davidson motorcycle and hit a light pole, according to the release, flinging him from his bike. His motorcycle kept going down the street and hit a Nissan pick-up truck, but those inside that vehicle and nearby trick-or-treaters avoided injury.