Bryan Hipp was an extreme metal

Extreme metal

Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. The term usually refers to a more abrasive, harsher, underground, non-commercialized style or sound nearly always associated with genres like black metal,...

 guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

. He played in the bands Brutality

Brutality (band)

Brutality is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida. " Brutality" formed in 1986 and soon after released their first demo called "Abomination". In 1988, they released their second demo "Brutality" that led them into the fanzine underground. The band's third demo "Dimension Demented" was...

 (1993-1995), Cradle of Filth

Cradle of Filth

Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...

 (1994-1995), Acheron

Acheron (band)

Acheron are an American black/death band, originally based in Florida.-History:Founded in 1988 by vocalist/bassist/songwriter Vincent Crowley , Acheron's musical output is almost exclusively Satanic and anti-Christian in content. Early albums featured interludes by Peter H. Gilmore...

 (1998), Unholy Ghost, Diabolic

Diabolic

Diabolic is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida, founded in 1998 by drummer Aantar Lee Coates and guitarist Brian Malone.-Biography:...

 (1999) and Blastmasters.

He was one of the many people to assume the live role of the fictional 'Jared Demeter' during his time with Cradle of filth, after leaving the band, he was replaced by Paul Mcglone

Hipp died on October 21, 2006 of unknown causes.

Discography

• Brutality
  Brutality (band)
  Brutality is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida. " Brutality" formed in 1986 and soon after released their first demo called "Abomination". In 1988, they released their second demo "Brutality" that led them into the fanzine underground. The band's third demo "Dimension Demented" was...
  
   - When the Sky Turns Black
  When the Sky Turns Black
  When the Sky Turns Black is the second album by Brutality and was released in 1994 on Nuclear Blast Records.-Track listing:# "When the Sky Turns Black" # "Race Defects" # "Awakening"...
  
  (CD, 1994)
• Diabolic
  Diabolic
  Diabolic is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida, founded in 1998 by drummer Aantar Lee Coates and guitarist Brian Malone.-Biography:...
  
   - Subterraneal Magnitude (CD, 2001)
• After Death - Consumed by Fire/Sulphur, Mercury and Salt (Demo, 2002)