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Goatlord - Former Member Murders Two, Commits Suicide


According to a report from Las Vegas Review Journal, former Goatlord guitarist and founding member Joe Frankulin murdered two people before committing suicide a few weeks ago in Las Vegas. This horrifying and disturbing act happened in early October when Joe Frankulin murdered a woman and her son before fatally shooting himself.

Frankulin reportedly shot Jennifer Bagley Donoso inside her home sometime around 7:00 a.m. Donoso's three children were also in the house at the time. Following the initial shooting, her daughter ran to a neighbor's house for help. Once police arrived, however, they became aware that one of the children was missing. Frankulin allegedly took one of Donoso's sons back to his house. Before officers were able to reach out to Frankulin, they discovered the boy's body, along with Frankulin's, in the house's garage.

An anonymous neighbor told reporters that Frankulin had been acting strange shorty before the murders. He had sold most of his possessions throughout the past few weeks and barricaded his home, covering the windows with boards and street signs. Police had been called to check on Frankulin multiple times, the last time taking place just days before the murders. A motive has not yet been established.

A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help the victims' family.

The American metallers Goatlord released an album and several demos in the '90s, plus a disc of previously unreleased material in 2007.

Source: altpress.com
Band profile: Goatlord
Posted: 20.10.2015 by Bad English


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20.10.2015 - 22:57
ManiacBlasphemer
Black Knight
Old news... but wow, you do not see such heinous acts happening every day within the metal community. Fucking hell, the guy must've been whacked. Then again within the BM scene, there have been a lot of misfits and occassional criminals.
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20.10.2015 - 23:13
Lit.
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Written by ManiacBlasphemer on 20.10.2015 at 22:57

Old news... but wow, you do not see such heinous acts happening every day within the metal community. Fucking hell, the guy must've been whacked. Then again within the BM scene, there have been a lot of misfits and occasional criminals.

Honestly, the last time I saw something like this happen in general was with Chris Benoit back in 2007.
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21.10.2015 - 02:54
Lord_Regnier

I don't know if he was crazy before or if he suddenly "blew up a fuse" but man, that's crazy and extremely sad when such horrible things happen.

There are lots of violent or gruesome lyrics in Metal but I usually see them kinda like a comic book, a way to express feelings and not something that you should really do, unless you're insane. When it happens in reality, it is frightening.
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"Why would we fear death, when life is so much more frightening?"
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21.10.2015 - 13:41
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
Even Chris Benoit's death was frightening. I don't know how people get awfully fucked up in head and lead to end their life. Such an awesome fighter and ending his life was just plain sad.

Anyhow, this news just the same as Benoit's death.
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21.10.2015 - 14:07
ManiacBlasphemer
Black Knight
Written by Guest on 20.10.2015 at 23:13

Written by ManiacBlasphemer on 20.10.2015 at 22:57

Old news... but wow, you do not see such heinous acts happening every day within the metal community. Fucking hell, the guy must've been whacked. Then again within the BM scene, there have been a lot of misfits and occasional criminals.

Honestly, the last time I saw something like this happen in general was with Chris Benoit back in 2007.


Thing is the guy actually had some brain damage and suffered from depression. But this guy? What the hell did he suffer from? Then again even the news is not very explicit in this regard.
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26.10.2015 - 18:08
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Daaaaamn. That's fucked up. I recall I heard his band and liked it. I also used to watch the gore videos from the website he administrated, Bloodshows.
Like Regnier said, I tend to take the lyrics and imagery with a pinch of salt and just laugh it out. But then it turns real and youa re left wondering.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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