Morbid Angel

Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel
	File:MorbidAngel logo.gif Morbid Angel logo
Background information
Origin	Tampa, Florida
Years active	1983—present
Website	www.morbidangel.com

Morbid Angel is a Florida-based death metal band assembled in 1984 which was crucial in the development of the death metal genre and standards. Their songs are quite complex in arrangement, owing to the considerable skill of guitarist Trey Azagthoth and drummer Pete Sandoval.

Morbid Angel was one of the original death metal bands signed to Earache Records, and were also instrumental in the transition of death metal from its thrash metal roots to its current form; adding uptempo blastbeats, inspired by grindcore (Terrorizer).

All of Morbid Angel's albums have thus far been released with titles in alphabetical order (A-H), according to their chronology.

Their original lyrical themes dwelled mostly on Satanism and all things anti-Christian, but from second album "Blessed are the Sick" onward, the lyrics slowly moved towards the Ancient Sumerian Gods, which ended up becoming the focal point of Morbid Angel's lyrical themes from then on, though many other anti-religious dogmatic themes are still present; even more and more Tony Robbins influenced ideas; all for the sake of enhancing creativity by free thinking.

Morbid Angel is currently writing/recording a new studio album, which is due for release sometime in 2006 or 2007.

Line-up

Trey Azagthoth - Guitar (1983-Present)
Pete Sandoval - Drums (1989-Present)
David Vincent - Vocals, bass (1989-1996, 2004-Present)
Tony Norman - Guitar (2003-Present)

Former members

Mike Browning - Drums, Vocals (1983-1986)
Wayne Hartsell - Drums (1987-1988) Thee Unright
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

Album Cover	Date of Release	Title	Label	Chart positions	Worldwide sales
	May 12, 1989	Altars of Madness (remastered in 2003)	Earache Records		500.000+
	July 5, 1991	Blessed are the Sick	Earache Records		300.000+
	September 2, 1991	Abominations of Desolation (self-financed debut recorded in 1986, actually released in 1991)	Earache Records
	June 22, 1993	Covenant	Earache Records Giant Records		500.000+
File:Morbidangel domination.jpg	May 9, 1995	Domination	Earache Records		500.000+
File:MorbidAngel EntangledinChaos.jpg	May 11, 1996	Entangled in Chaos (Live)	Earache Records
	February 24, 1998	Formulas Fatal to the Flesh	Earache Records		500.000+
File:Morbid Angel GatewaysToAnnihilation.jpg	March 2, 2000	Gateways to Annihilation	Earache Records		300.000+
	September 22, 2003	Heretic	Earache Records		210.000+

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