
August 8 – Tim Audette, former guitarist of Fuck the Facts, died from multiple sclerosis. July 26 – Joey Jordison, drummer of Sinsaenum and Vimic, former drummer of Slipknot and Scar the Martyr, and former guitarist of Murderdolls, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 46. July 26 – Mike Howe, vocalist of Metal Church and former vocalist of Heretic, died by suicide by hanging at the age of 55. July 14 – Gary Corbett, former touring keyboardist of Kiss and Cinderella, died from lung cancer. July 14 – Jeff LaBar, former guitarist of Cinderella, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 58. July 10 – Chris Hutka, former vocalist of The Bunny the Bear, died from undisclosed reasons.
Pere, drummer of Hum, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 52.
June 29 – John Lawton, vocalist of Lucifer's Friend and former vocalist of Uriah Heep, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 74. June 26 – Johnny Solinger, former vocalist of Skid Row, died from liver failure at the age of 55. June 11 – Sven Gross, vocalist of Fleshcrawl, died from cancer at the age of 44. "Dirt" Karloff, former bassist of Society 1, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 48. Tsamis, guitarist of Warlord, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 60. May 9 – Robb Farr, bassist of Warrior, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 58. April 29 – John Hinch, former drummer of Judas Priest, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 73. April 18 – Lars "Ratz" Ranzenberger, bassist of Metalium, died in an airplane crash at the age of 53. March 17 – Corey Steger, former guitarist of Underoath, died in a car accident at the age of 42. March 14 – Gerri Miller, former editor of Metal Edge, died of cancer at the age of 67. March 8 – Adrian Bărar, guitarist of Cargo, died from COVID-19 at the age of 61. and former vocalist of Entombed, died from bile duct cancer at the age of 49. March 7 – Lars-Göran Petrov, vocalist of Entombed A.D. February 24 – Sean Kennedy, former bassist of I Killed the Prom Queen, died by suicide at the age of 35. February 18 – Tony Matuzak, former guitarist of Lizzy Borden, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 59. February 5 – Örs Siklósi, vocalist of AWS, died from leukemia at the age of 29. January 13 – Tim Bogert, former bassist of Cactus and Vanilla Fudge, died of cancer at the age of 76. January 10 – Marsha Zazula, co-founder of Megaforce Records, died of cancer at the age of 68. January 6 – Paul de Leon, drummer of Las Cruces, died from COVID-19 at the age of 52.