Former Cradle of Filth guitarist Stuart Anstis, who was a member of the group from 1995 has passed on. He reportedly died on August 21.
The news of his death was announced by his wife on Facebook. She wrote on Stuart’s Facebook page, “Rest in Peace, you were too beautiful for this world me Lover. Nothing will ever be the same again, Love Always and ever your Antoinette”.
The cause of his death is unknown as it was not revealed by his wife.
While Stuart Anstis only played on two of the gothic-metal group’s full albums, 1996’s Dusk and Her Embrace and Cruelty and the Beast, two years later, both were widely considered among the band’s best and most influential.