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1:08 Piles of Little Arms 32:30 Day of Suffering 35:05 Unholy Blasphemy 38:31 Rapture 43:12 Ageless Still I Am 48:53 Summoning Redemption 57:08 God of Emptiness TREY AZAGTHOTH guitars STEVE TUCKER bass/vocals CHARLIE KORYN drums DAN VADIM VON guitars Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida, started in 1983 by guitarist, primary composer and sole remaining original member Trey Azagthoth. With vocalist and bassist Dallas Ward, and drummer Mike Browning (NOCTURNUS). Widely considered one of the most influential and established death metal bands and an important transition of death metal from its thrash metal roots, they were one of the first bands to incorporate guttural vocals, up-tempo blast beats, multiple tempo changes and a dark atmosphere. They have been described as one of “the most influential and emulated bands in death metal“ alongside Obituary, Death, Cynic, Suffocation, Autopsy, Deicide, and have been cited as an influence by many later bands. They were also the first death metal band to experience commercial success in connection with being signed to Giant Records in 1992, heavy rotation of their music videos on MTV, and having the music video for the song “God of Emptiness“ shown on an episode of Beavis and Butt-Head. Their first three studio albums – Altars of Madness (1989), Blessed Are the Sick (1991), and Covenant (1993) – remain death metal classics. British music magazine Terrorizer ranked Altars of Madness first in its list “Top 40 greatest death metal albums“. Decibel magazine also rated guitarist Trey Azagthoth as the number one “death metal guitarist ever“. The band's songs are complex in arrangement, owing to the considerable technical skills of both Azagthoth as well as drummer Pete Sandoval, the latter of whom also played in the grindcore band Terrorizer. According to Nielsen SoundScan, Morbid Angel is the third best-selling death metal band in the United States (after Cannibal Corpse and Deicide up until 2003 with sales of over 445,000), with their third album Covenant being the best-selling death metal album of the Soundscan era with over 150,000 units sold. The band's original lyrical themes, when helmed by Vincent (and Azagthoth and Browning respectively) focused mostly on Satanism, occultism and blasphemous subject matter, but from Formulas Fatal to the Flesh onward, via Azagthoth's influence, the lyrics moved toward the ancient Sumerian gods. Much of this is a nod to the Simon Necronomicon, which was influenced by Sumerian mythology, the author H. P. Lovecraft, and fascination with the Roman Empire, and during Steve Tucker's tenure they take on more anti-religious and barbaric themes, namely of the strong overcoming the weak. In 1996, shortly after the release of their live album titled Entangled in Chaos, bassist/vocalist David Vincent departed the band and was replaced by Steve Tucker. They released their fifth full-length album Formulas Fatal to the Flesh in 1998, which was considered more aggressive and complex than their previous album Domination. With Tucker, the band went on to release Gateways to Annihilation and Heretic in 2000 and 2003 respectively. Tucker briefly left Morbid Angel in 2001 and was replaced by former Hate Eternal bassist and vocalist Jared Anderson. That year, the band joined Pantera, Skrape, Slayer and Static-X on the Extreme Steel Tour of North America, which was Pantera's last major tour. In 2002, Anderson left the band and Tucker re-assumed his position as bassist and vocalist. MORBID ANGEL USA tour 2023 United States Tour Of Terror REVOCATION SKELETAL REMAINS (March 15 - April 4) VITRIOL (April 6 - April 22) CRYPTA Tour dates: Mar. 15 - The Vinyl Music Hall - Pensacola, FL Mar. 17 - Rise Rooftop - Houston, TX Mar. 18 - Amplified Live - Dallas, TX Mar. 19 - Come and Take It Live - Austin, TX Mar. 21 - Marquee Theater - Tempe, AZ Mar. 23 - Virginia Street Brewhouse - Reno, NV Mar. 24 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA Mar. 25 - Brick By Brick - San Diego, CA filming location Mar. 26 - Regent Theater - Los Angeles, CA Mar. 28 - Oriental Theater - Denver, CO Mar. 30 - The Rave - Milwaukee, WI Mar. 31 Apollo Theater Belvidere, IL tornado 🌪 Apr. 02 - The Art Theater - Hobart, IN Apr. 04 - Piere's Entertainment Center - Ft. Wayne, IN Apr. 05 - The Forge - Joliet, IL Apr. 06 - The Machine Shop - Flint, MI Apr. 07 - Riverfront Live - Cincinnati, OH Apr. 08 - The King Of Clubs - Columbus, OH Apr. 09 - Jergels - Pitttsburgh, PA Apr. 11 - Gramercy Theater - New York City, NY Apr. 12 - Warehouse on Watts - Philadelphia, PA Apr. 14 - Empire Live - Albany, NY Apr. 15 - Worcester Palladium - Worcester, MA Apr. 16 - Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD Apr. 18 - The Concourse - Knoxville, TN Apr. 19 - The Masquerade (Heaven) - Atlanta, GA Apr. 21 - The Orpheum - Tampa, FL Apr. 22 - The Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL iPhone 14 Pro HD Front Row Concert Recording #morbidangel #deathmetalpromotion #deathmetalchannel
