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In 1989, they finally debuted with Altars of Madness, which is hailed as a masterpiece among the death metal community.

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In 1989, they finally debuted with Altars of Madness, which is hailed as a masterpiece among the death metal community.
community, which was signed onto Earache records, making them one of the original DeathMetal bands to sign on them, as well as on Giant Records.
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Morbid Angel is a DeathMetal band hailing from Florida, and is one of the many bands that helped lay the foundations of the genre, alongside [[{{Music/Death}} Death]], Deicide, CannibalCorpse, Obituary, and such. Despite forming in 1983, MA was plagued with lineup changes left and right, with guitarist Trey Azagthoth being the only original member left. That being said, he is not the only member many fans know.

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Morbid Angel is a DeathMetal band hailing from Florida, and is one of the many bands that helped lay the foundations of the genre, alongside [[{{Music/Death}} Death]], Deicide, Music/{{Deicide}}, CannibalCorpse, Obituary, Music/{{Obituary}}, and such. Despite forming in 1983, MA was plagued with lineup changes left and right, with guitarist Trey Azagthoth being the only original member left. That being said, he is not the only member many fans know.
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* Tim Yeung – Drums (2010–present)

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* Tim Yeung – Drums drums (2010–present)

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* [[Music/{{Zyklon}} Destructhor]] – guitar (2008–present)


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* [[Music/{{Zyklon}} Destructhor]] – guitar (2008–present)
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* Altars Of Madness (1989)
* Blessed Are The Sick (1991)
* Abominations of Desolation (1991)
* Covenant (1993)
* Domination (1995)
* Formulas Fatal to The Flesh (1998)
* Gateways to Annihilation (2000)
* Heretic (2003)
* Illud Divinum Insanus (2011)

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* Altars ''Altars Of Madness Madness'' (1989)
* Blessed ''Blessed Are The Sick Sick'' (1991)
* Abominations ''Abominations of Desolation Desolation'' (1991)
* Covenant ''Covenant'' (1993)
* Domination ''Domination'' (1995)
* Formulas ''Formulas Fatal to The Flesh Flesh'' (1998)
* Gateways ''Gateways to Annihilation Annihilation'' (2000)
* Heretic ''Heretic'' (2003)
* Illud ''Illud Divinum Insanus Insanus'' (2011)

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* Tim Yeung – Live Session drums (2010–present)

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* [[Music/{{HateEternal}} Erik Rutan – guitar, keyboards (1993–1996, 1999–2002, 2006)

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* [[Music/{{HateEternal}} Erik Rutan Rutan]] – guitar, keyboards (1993–1996, 1999–2002, 2006)
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!!!Members:
* Trey Azagthoth – guitar, guitar synthesizer, keyboards, backing vocals (1984–present)
* David Vincent – lead vocals, bass guitar (1986–1996, 2004–present)
* [[Music/{{Zyklon}} Destructhor]] – guitar (2008–present)
* Pete Sandoval – drums, percussion (1988–Present); Currently recovering from surgery.
* Tim Yeung – Live Session drums (2010–present)

!!!Notable Past Members:
* Steve Tucker – vocals, bass guitar (1997–2001, 2003–2004)
* [[Music/{{HateEternal}} Erik Rutan – guitar, keyboards (1993–1996, 1999–2002, 2006)
* Jared Anderson – vocals, bass guitar (2001–2002) (deceased)
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** They have even managed to reach level 11 with track 2 of ''Illud Divinum Insanus'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Too Extreme!"]].
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* TropeCodifier: Of DeathMetal.
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Morbid Angel is a DeathMetal band hailing from Florida, and is one of the many bands that helped lay the foundations of the genre, alongside {{Death}}, Deicide, CannibalCorpse, Obituary, and such. Despite forming in 1983, MA was plagued with lineup changes left and right, with guitarist Trey Azagthoth being the only original member left. That being said, he is not the only member many fans know.

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Morbid Angel is a DeathMetal band hailing from Florida, and is one of the many bands that helped lay the foundations of the genre, alongside {{Death}}, [[{{Music/Death}} Death]], Deicide, CannibalCorpse, Obituary, and such. Despite forming in 1983, MA was plagued with lineup changes left and right, with guitarist Trey Azagthoth being the only original member left. That being said, he is not the only member many fans know.
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* LeadBassist: David and Steve Tucker were both type B. David is also a type C.
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* BrokenBase: There's either no more albums after ''Covenant'', ''Domination'', ''Formulas Fatal to the Flesh''...
** Let's just say Morbid Angel fans have a habit of picking pretty much every album they've put out to call it the "pre-suck album". The only one most fans will agree on is ''Altars of Madness''.



* FanonDiscontinuity: Almost all Morbid Angel fans would like to believe that Illud doesn't exist.

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* AltumVidetur: ''Illud Divinum Insanus'' is supposed to be this, and is supposed to mean something resembling "that insane being", however even basic students of Latin will be able to point out that the grammar is incorrect and that it more closely resembles something that ran through Google Translate.
* BrokenBase: There's either no more albums after ''Covenant'', ''Domination'', ''Formulas Fatal to the Flesh''...
** Let's just say Morbid Angel fans have a habit of picking pretty much every album they've put out to call it the "pre-suck album". The only one most fans will agree on is ''Altars of Madness''.



* FanonDiscontinuity: Almost all Morbid Angel fans would like to believe that Illud doesn't exist.



* NewSoundAlbum: Illud Divinum Insanus had a more industrial sound

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* NewSoundAlbum: Illud Divinum Insanus had a more industrial soundsound, [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks much to the dismay of many MA fans.]]


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* ThemeNaming: Every album's title starts with a letter of the Latin alphabet in chronological order.
** An interesting case, as it was done unintentionally with ''Altars'' and ''Blessed'', but done intentionally from then on.

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Morbid Angel is a DeathMetal band hailing from Florida, and is one of the many bands that helped lay the foundations of the genre, alongside {{Death}}, Deicide, CannibalCorpse, Obituary, and such. Despite forming in 1983, MA was plagued with lineup changes left and right, with Trey being the only original member left. That being said, he is not the only member many fans know.

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Morbid Angel is a DeathMetal band hailing from Florida, and is one of the many bands that helped lay the foundations of the genre, alongside {{Death}}, Deicide, CannibalCorpse, Obituary, and such. Despite forming in 1983, MA was plagued with lineup changes left and right, with guitarist Trey Azagthoth being the only original member left. That being said, he is not the only member many fans know.


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* ShoutOut: Creator/HPLovecraft gets referenced from time to time, more so on their newer stuff. In fact, Trey's stage name is a Lovecraft ShoutOut.
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* VoiceOfTheLegion: Just after the solo on "Chapel of Ghouls".
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* PromotedFanboy: Erik Rutan, Thor Myrhen, and Tim Yeung.
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* CreatorBacklash: Pete has made it clear that he is ''not'' a fan of how ''I'' turned out.

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* CreatorBacklash: Pete has made it clear that he is ''not'' a fan of how ''I'' turned out. Semi-subverted in that he was only involved with a couple of the songs on the album; the rest were written by either Trey, Vincent, or Thor.
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* StartMyOwn: Erik Rutan left to focus on HateEternal.

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* StartMyOwn: Erik Rutan left to focus on HateEternal.Music/HateEternal.

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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally a 10, as per being death metal. Illud Divinum Insanus sometimes drops to a nine

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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally a 10, as per being death metal. Illud Divinum Insanus sometimes drops to a ninehard 9.


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* StartMyOwn: Erik Rutan left to focus on HateEternal.
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* IAmTheBand: Play Straight for the most part. Trey Azagthoth is the only original member left and thus, the main songwriter, but Pete Sandoval and David Vincent are equally as well known as, if not, moreso than Trey.

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* IAmTheBand: Play Straight for the most part. Trey Azagthoth is the only original member left and thus, the main songwriter, but Pete Sandoval and David Vincent are equally as well known as, if not, moreso than Trey.Azagthoth
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* JumpingTheShark: How the fans felt about ''I'', and that's putting it ''very'' lightly.
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Morbid Angel is an USA DeathMetal band hailing from Florida, and is one of the many bands that helped lay the foundations of the genre, alongside {{Death}}, Deicide, CannibalCorpse, Obituary, and such. Despite forming in 1983, MA was plagued with lineup changes left and right, with Trey being the only original member left. That being said, he is not the only member many fans know.

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Morbid Angel is an USA a DeathMetal band hailing from Florida, and is one of the many bands that helped lay the foundations of the genre, alongside {{Death}}, Deicide, CannibalCorpse, Obituary, and such. Despite forming in 1983, MA was plagued with lineup changes left and right, with Trey being the only original member left. That being said, he is not the only member many fans know.

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Morbid Angel is an USA DeathMetal band hailing from Florida, and is one of the many bands that helped lay the foundations of the genre, alongside {{Death}}, Deicide, CannibalCorpse, Obituary, and such. Despite froming in 1983, MA was plagued with lineup changes left and right, with Trey being the only original member left. That being said, he is not the only member many fans know.

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Morbid Angel is an USA DeathMetal band hailing from Florida, and is one of the many bands that helped lay the foundations of the genre, alongside {{Death}}, Deicide, CannibalCorpse, Obituary, and such. Despite froming forming in 1983, MA was plagued with lineup changes left and right, with Trey being the only original member left. That being said, he is not the only member many fans know.



* CreatorBacklash: Pete has made it clear that he is ''not'' a fan of how ''I'' turned out.



* FiveManBand: (currently):

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* FiveManBand: [[FiveManBand Four Man Band]]: (currently):


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* OneOfUs: Trey is known for his love of video games and anime.
* RevolvingDoorBand: For most of the Nineties.


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* ThoseWackyNazis: Dave flirted with this for a brief period of time, and some of the lyrics on ''Domination'' have ''strong'' UnfortunateImplications depending on how you interpret them.
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* AchievementsInIgnorance: The band once played a prank on Pete by playing an extremely fast drum machine track and telling him that it was a legit recording; Pete, thinking that they were telling the truth, practiced and practiced until he was actually able to play ''faster'' than the recording, finally forcing his bandmates to inform him that it was not, in fact, an actual drummer on said recording.


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* JumpingTheShark: How the fans felt about ''I'', and that's putting it ''very'' lightly.


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** Hell, every album they did was this.
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Morbid Angel is an USA DeathMetal band hailing from Florida, and is one of the many bands that helped lay the foundations of the genre, alongside {{Death}}, Deicide, CannibalCorpse, Obituary, and such.

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Morbid Angel is an USA DeathMetal band hailing from Florida, and is one of the many bands that helped lay the foundations of the genre, alongside {{Death}}, Deicide, CannibalCorpse, Obituary, and such. \n Despite froming in 1983, MA was plagued with lineup changes left and right, with Trey being the only original member left. That being said, he is not the only member many fans know.

In 1989, they finally debuted with Altars of Madness, which is hailed as a masterpiece among the death metal community.

Discography:
* Altars Of Madness (1989)
* Blessed Are The Sick (1991)
* Abominations of Desolation (1991)
* Covenant (1993)
* Domination (1995)
* Formulas Fatal to The Flesh (1998)
* Gateways to Annihilation (2000)
* Heretic (2003)
* Illud Divinum Insanus (2011)



* DeathMetal: One of the pioneers
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally a 10, as per being death metal.
* RockMeAsmodeus

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* DeathMetal: One of the pioneers
pioneers of the genre.
* DevelopmentHell: Illud Divium Insanus took eight years to complete.
* FiveManBand: (currently):
** TheLeader: Trey Azagthoth
** TheLancer: David Vincent
** TheSmartGuy: Pete Sandoval
** TheBigGuy: Destructhor
* IAmTheBand: Play Straight for the most part. Trey Azagthoth is the only original member left and thus, the main songwriter, but Pete Sandoval and David Vincent are equally as well known as, if not, moreso than Trey.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally a 10, as per being death metal.
metal. Illud Divinum Insanus sometimes drops to a nine
* RockMeAsmodeusNewSound Album: Illud Divinum Insanus had a more industrial sound
* RockMeAsmodeus
* UncommonTime
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Morbid Angel is an USA DeathMetal band hailing from Florida, and is one of the many bands that helped lay the foundations of the genre, alongside {{Death}}, Deicide, CannibalCorpse, Obituary, and such.

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! Morbid Angel use the following trope Examples:
* DeathMetal: One of the pioneers
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally a 10, as per being death metal.
* RockMeAsmodeus

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