Morbid Angel

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Morbid Angel is a Florida-based death metal band assembled in 1983 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 were 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.

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 "Domination" onward, the lyrics slowly moved towards the Ancient Sumarian Gods, which ended up becoming the focal point of Morbid Angel's lyrical themes from then on, though many other anti-religious themes are still present.

1 Line-up
- 1.1 Former members
2 Discography
3 External links

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Line-up

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

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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)

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Discography

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