The metal community is mourning the death of Allen Blickle, founding drummer of Baroness, who has passed away at the age of 42. Tributes from friends and fellow musicians have confirmed the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blickle was part of Baroness from its inception in Savannah, Georgia, in 2003, and played a vital role in shaping the band\u2019s sound across their first three records: Red Album (2007), Blue Record (2009), and Yellow & Green (2012). His drumming provided the powerful backbone that defined Baroness\u2019 early identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2012, a serious bus accident in Europe left him with fractured vertebrae. Though he recovered, Blickle chose to part ways with the band in 2013, closing a formative chapter of Baroness\u2019 history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After leaving, he pursued new ventures including the electronic project Alpaca, performances with A Place to Bury Strangers, and most recently the soul duo Romantic Dividends, who released their debut Giallo in 2025. He also built a parallel career as a sound designer for film, television, and video games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No cause of death has been disclosed, but his colleagues and fans remember him for his authenticity, creativity, and generosity. His legacy lives on through Baroness\u2019 foundational works and his continued artistic exploration beyond metal.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
El mundo del metal lamenta la muerte de Allen Blickle, baterista y miembro fundador de Baroness, quien falleci\u00f3 a los 42 a\u00f1os. La noticia fue confirmada a trav\u00e9s de homenajes de colegas y amigos cercanos. Blickle form\u00f3 parte de la banda desde su fundaci\u00f3n en Savannah, Georgia, en 2003, y fue pieza clave en los discos que cimentaron el prestigio del grupo dentro del metal progresivo y el sludge: Red Album (2007), Blue Record (2009) y Yellow & Green (2012). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,516],"tags":[5643,5640,5645,5641,5644,5642],"class_list":["post-62160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new","category-progressive-metal","tag-allen-blickle-42-anos","tag-allen-blickle-muerte","tag-alpaca-proyecto-allen-blickle","tag-baroness-baterista-fundador","tag-baroness-primeros-discos","tag-romantic-dividends-giallo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62162,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62160\/revisions\/62162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summainferno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}