Terry Butler
He is married with three children, and is brother-in-law of former Six Feet Under bandmate Greg Gall. On May 7, 2019, Butler's then 27-year-old daughter, Jona Wright, died in a single-vehicle car accident after her car came off the road and was overturned multiple times, also leaving Butler's two grandsons, ages 6 and 10 at the time, who were also in the vehicle, with minor injuries.
Terry Butler

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- Terry Butler
- Birth Name
- Terrence Butler
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- YYYY MM DD
- Occupation
- Musician
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- death metal
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He is married with three children, and is brother-in-law of former Six Feet Under bandmate Greg Gall. On May 7, 2019, Butler's then 27-year-old daughter, Jona Wright, died in a single-vehicle car accident after her car came off the road and was overturned multiple times, also leaving Butler's two grandsons, ages 6 and 10 at the time, who were also in the vehicle, with minor injuries.
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• Name — Terry Butler • Birth Name — Terrence Butler • Born — YYYY MM DD • Origin — Tampa, Florida, U.S. • Occupation — Musician • Instrument — Bass guitar • Genre — Death metal • Years Active — 1986–present • Current Member Of — * Obituary • Inhuman Condition • Past Member Of — * Death • Six Feet Under • Massacre Terry Butler is an American musician who is currently the bassist for the death metal bands Obituary and Inhuman Condition. He was also a member of Six Feet Under, Massacre, and Death. He is married with three children, and is brother-in-law of former Six Feet Under bandmate Greg Gall. On May 7, 2019, Butler's then 27-year-old daughter, Jona Wright, died in a single-vehicle car accident after her car came off the road and was overturned multiple times, also leaving Butler's two grandsons, ages 6 and 10 at the time, who were also in the vehicle, with minor injuries.
Death
Death
• Spiritual Healing (1990) Though Butler is also credited on Death's 1988 release Leprosy, he did not play on the album. The bass was instead performed by sole constant member Chuck Schuldiner, with Butler joining the band after the album was completed; though Schuldiner defended Butler's inclusion on the album's credits, stating "Terry contributed to the songwriting as well".
Massacre
Massacre
• From Beyond (1991) • Inhuman Condition (1992) • Back from Beyond (2014)
Six Feet Under
Six Feet Under
• Haunted (1995) • Alive and Dead (1996) • Warpath (1997) • Maximum Violence (1999) • Graveyard Classics (2000) • True Carnage (2001) • Bringer of Blood (2003) • Graveyard Classics 2 (2004) • 13 (2005) • Commandment (2007) • Death Rituals (2008) • Graveyard Classics 3 (2010) • Wake the Night! Live in Germany (2011)
Obituary
Obituary
• Inked in Blood (2014) • Ten Thousand Ways to Die (2016) • Obituary (2017) • Dying of Everything (2023)
Inhuman Condition
Inhuman Condition
• Rat God (2021) • Fearsick (2022) • Panic Prayer (2023)
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• Illustration — Butler with Obituary in 2012
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