Morbid Angel - Definition and Overview

Morbid Angel is a Florida-based band considered to be the "godfather" of death metal, along with Death, Obituary, and Cannibal Corpse. Songs are quite complex in arrangement, owing to the considerable skill of guitarist Trey Azagthoth and drummer Pete Sandoval.

Morbid Angel were one of the original death metal bands signed to Earache Records.

Morbid Angel was featured on Beavis and Butthead briefly, when a clip from God of Emptiness (off the album Covenant) was played while Butthead chanted Bow to me... along with the band.

Statistics

• Genre: Death metal
• Country: USA
• Status: Active
• Time: 1983-

Members

Current members

• Trey Azagthoth - (guitar) 1983-
• Pete Sandoval - (drums) 1989-
• David Vincent - (vocals, bass) 1989-1996, 2004-

Former members

• Mike Browning - (drums, vocals) 1983-1989
• Dallas Ward - (bass, vocals) 1983-1985
• Richard Brunelle - (guitar) 1985-1991
• Kenny Bamber - (vocals) 1985
• Sterling Von Scarborough - (bass) 1986
• Erik Rutan - (guitar, keyboards) 1993-1996, 2000-2002
• Steve Tucker - (vocals, bass) 1996-2001, 2003-2004
• Jared Anderson (vocals, bass) 2001-2002

Discography

• Altars of Madness (1989, remastered in 2003)
• Abominations of Desolation (1991, self-financed debut, actually recorded in 1986)
• Blessed are the Sick (1991, remastered in 2003)
• Covenant (1993)
• Domination (1995)
• Entangled in Chaos (1996)
• Formulas Made Fatal to the Flesh (1998)
• Gateways to Annihilation (2000)
• Heretic (2003)

So far, the first letter of each album's name seems to be following the letters in the alphabet, in order.

External links

• Official Website (http://www.morbidangel.com/)