Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel is based in Tampa, Florida. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked two Morbid Angel albums in its "Top 40 greatest death metal albums," with their 1989 debut Altars of Madness appearing at number 1. Decibel Magazine also rated guitarist Trey Azagthoth as the number 1 "death metal guitarist ever". The band's songs are complex in arrangement, owing to the considerable technical skills of both Azagthoth and drummer Pete Sandoval who also played in Terrorizer. Morbid Angel is the third best-selling death metal band in the United States with sales over 445,000 in the United States alone, with their third album Covenant being the best-selling death metal album of all time in the United States, at over 127,000 units sold.
- On March 18, 2010, the band announced that Tim Yeung would play drums on the upcoming album, allowing Pete Sandoval to recover from back surgery.
- On June 22, 2010, the band entered the studio to begin the recording of their new full-length album, which is due for release in late 2010/early 2011.
Current line-up
- Trey Azagthoth – guitar, guitar synthesizer, keyboards, backing vocals (1983–present)
- Steve Tucker – vocals, bass guitar (1997–2001, 2003–2004, 2015-)
Former members
- Bass guitar
- Dallas Ward – bass guitar, vocals (1983–1985)
- John Ortega – bass guitar (1985–1986)
- Sterling Von Scarborough – bass guitar (1986)
- Drums
- Mike Browning - drums, percussion, vocals (1983–1986)
- Wayne Hartsell – drums (1986–1988)
- Pete Sandoval – drums, percussion (1988–2011)
- Tim Yeung - session drums (2010–2015)
- Guitar
- Richard Brunelle – guitar (1985–1992, 1994, 1998)
- Gino Marino – guitar (1992–1993)
- Erik Rutan – guitar, keyboards (1993–1996, 1999–2002, 2006)
- Tony Norman – guitar (2003–2006)
- Destructhor – guitar (2008–2015)
- Vocals
- Kenny Bamber – vocals (1985)
- Michael Manson – vocals (1986)
- David Vincent – bass guitar, lead vocals (1986–1996, 2004–2015)
- Jared Anderson – vocals, bass guitar (2001–2002)
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat |
US |
FRA |
NLD |
UK | ||
| 1989 | Altars of Madness
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| 1991 | Blessed Are the Sick
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| 1993 | Covenant
|
24 | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | Domination
|
13 | — | — | 93 | 124 |
| 1998 | Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
|
22 | — | — | 93 | — |
| 2000 | Gateways to Annihilation
|
— | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | Heretic
|
27 | 28 | 146 | — | — |
Live albums
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Entangled in Chaos
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