On December 8 , 2004 , while on tour to support Damageplan 's album , Darrell was shot and killed along with three others by Nathan Gale at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus , Ohio . Damageplan disbanded shortly thereafter . In a 2016 interview with Loudwire , Vinnie Paul revealed that there are five unreleased Damageplan tracks that were meant for the band 's second album that was set to be released in 2005 , but that those tracks have no vocals , only him and Dimebag playing on them . Paul said that he did n't know what to do with those tracks , but he often thought about having some of Dimebag 's favorite singers like Rob Halford of Judas Priest and Chris Cornell of Soundgarden to record vocals for the songs , but he did n't have time to do it because he was focused on his band Hellyeah
shot and killed along with three others
Columbus nightclub shooting
Vinnie Paul