• Metal Slipknot bassist found dead in hotel room

Joey Jordison, former drummer of the American heavy metal group

Slipknot

and one of the founding members of the band, died on Monday at the age of 46, his family confirmed to the specialized medium

Rolling Stone on

Tuesday.

"The death of Joey has left us with an empty heart and with indescribable grief," said relatives in a statement sent to the magazine, in which they

did not specify the cause of death

and addressed those who knew the musician and they understood "his sharp humor, his kind personality, his huge heart and his love for everything to do with family and music."

Numerous messages to pay tribute to Jordinson spread over the internet and through social networks, such as that of the heavy metal group

Trivium

, in which he was described as "very gentle", and it was noted that his compositions helped shape the genre musical.

"I'm shocked and saddened after

hearing

of Joey Jordison's passing,"

Slayer

drummer

Dave Lobardo said.

"An incredible composer and musician who is gone too soon."

Jordison formed the group

Slipknot

in the state of Iowa in 1995 with bassist Paul Gray and percussionist S

hawn Crahan

, and left the group in 2013, although three years later in an interview he assured that he had been fired.

In addition, he announced that shortly before leaving the group

he was diagnosed with transverse myelitis

, caused by multiple sclerosis, which led him to not be able to play.

It is unknown if this condition is what caused his death.

While he was part of the group,

Slipknot's

popularity

skyrocketed, repeatedly reaching the top ten positions on the Billboard 200 chart, from which they topped in 2008 with their album

All Hope is Gone

.

In addition to playing with

Slipknot

, Jordison also played guitar on

Murderdolls

, drums on

Scar the Martyr

and recently also on

Sinsaenum

.

He is the second member of

Slipknot

to pass away, as the group's bass guitarist,

Paul Gray

, died of a morphine overdose in 2010.

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