As heavy metal hit its peak in popularity in the late 1980s, Morbid Angel were
one of the first acts to amp-up the growling, down-tuned menace and added
grinding, guttural riffs helping to create the sub-genre of death metal.
Formed in Florida in 1984 by guitarist Trey Azagthoth, the band played heavy
instrumental jams in their early days, but really came together when they
recruited front man David Vincent and high energy drummer Pete Sandoval to
release their debut 'Altars of Madness' in 1989. Taking the dark satanic rock
theatrics of Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne while see...