SAN FRANCISCO — Limp Bizkit announced the death of Sam Rivers, the band's original bassist. He was 46.

"Today we lost our brother. Our bandmate. Our heartbeat," the band to social media Saturday. "(He) wasn’t just our bass player — he was pure magic."

Rivers was the original bassist for the nu metal band alongside Fred Durst, Wes Borland, John Otto and DJ Lethal. Nu metal is a subgenre of metal that combines additional music genres like hip hop, funk, industrial and grunge.

"From the first note we ever played together, Sam brought a light and a rhythm that could never be replaced," the post continued. "His talent was effortless, his presence unforgettable, his heart enormous."

The post, signed by the original members, called him a "once-in-a-lifetime kind of human, a true legend of leg

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