Trey Azagthoth
Trey Azagthoth ( born March 26, 1965 in Bellingham, Washington, real name George Emmanuel III, in some sources also George Emanuelle III) is an American metal musician who is best known as the guitarist of the band Morbid Angel. He is considered one of the best guitarists in the extreme metal, the Decibel Magazine takes him around the world as the best death metal guitar players.
Life
Emanuel grew up in Tampa, Florida. At the age of 16, he began playing guitar when he received his first guitar, a Gibson SG. He then built a tremolo and bought some effect pedals, including a wah-wah of the company Morley. He began to play classical metal chords along the lines of bands like Judas Priest or Black Sabbath, and developed his own guitar style. The main influences he cites Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Tony Iommi or Michael Schenker.
During the visit, the 11th grade of high school, he founded together with his school friend Mike Browning his first band in 1982 under the name Ice. Under the influence of Black Sabbath or Iron Maiden, the band played cover versions and was not of long duration. After high school graduation in 1984 he founded his second band under the name Heretic and began writing the first songs:
"I tried to mix different styles ... fast, aggressive and dark stuff, wacky material. For example, like Slayer and Mercyful Fate - only bundled in a song. "
In keeping with the band's music, which a little later renamed to Morbid Angel, Emanuel gained the pseudonym Trey Azagthoth. Trey is supposed to be a reference to the name component " III. " ( The third party ), Azagthoth is borrowed from the Cthulhu Mythos. Lyrically, he turned to the myths of HP Lovecraft, particularly the Necronomicon is one of his main sources of inspiration. To date, Trey Azagthoth head of the band.
Style
Since Azagthoth plays with Morbid Angel, he attaches great importance to his personal mythology, which are ultimately reflected in his lyrics. It is a from old Sumerian cuneiform tablets, ideas of Lovecraft and the occult supplements created an independent view of the world. For him, the issues and the nature in his song lyrics in real life have a meaning. Satanism he regarded exclusively as a means to break down the previous, limiting beliefs, since he is a work based on principle of destruction in its essence.
Richard Brunelle, former guitarist for Morbid Angel, Azagthoth described as " sensational composer ". The author and music journalist Albert Mudrian writes that his " intricate rhythms and crazy solos [ ... ] not only once the limits of the incomprehensible " stripes. The Guitar World magazine declared him one of the 50 fastest guitarists in the world.
Equipment
In the 1990s Azagthoth played on a seven- guitar. He currently uses an exclusive made for him X-Core Razorback V from Dean Guitars, provided with a pickup company Seymour Duncan and 24 frets. Furthermore, the company developed a custom Dean Astro -X Star for him.
Discography
→ see: Discography of Morbid Angel