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Baroness Drummer Allen Blickle Passes Away at 42

9/9/2025

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Allen Blickle, founding drummer of Baroness, died at 42, confirmed by frontman John Baizley.
Tributes poured in on September 6, including heartfelt messages from friends like Laura Pleasants.
Blickle co-founded Baroness in 2003, contributing to the 2007 Red Album and 2009's Blue Record.
He left the band after a serious bus accident in 2012.
The cause of death is undisclosed, though tributes suggest health issues.

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Allen Blickle, founding drummer of Baroness, died at 42, confirmed by frontman John Baizley.
Tributes poured in on September 6, including heartfelt messages from friends like Laura Pleasants.
Blickle co-founded Baroness in 2003, contributing to the 2007 Red Album and 2009's Blue Record.
He left the band after a serious bus accident in 2012.
The cause of death is undisclosed, though tributes suggest health issues.