Trey Azagthoth

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Trey Azagthoth (born March 26, 1965 in Bellingham , Washington ; real name George Emanuel 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 extreme metal , and Decibel Magazine lists him as the best death metal guitarist worldwide.

Life

Emanuel grew up in Tampa , Florida. He started playing guitar at the age of 16 when he received his first guitar, a Gibson SG . Then he built in a tremolo and bought some effects pedals , including a wah-wah from Morley. He began to play classic metal chords modeled on bands like Judas Priest or Black Sabbath , and developed his own guitar style from this. He names Jimi Hendrix , Eddie Van Halen , Tony Iommi and Michael Schenker as the main influences .

While attending the 11th grade of high school , he and his school friend Mike Browning formed his first band in 1982 under the name Ice. Under the influence of Black Sabbath or Iron Maiden , the band played cover versions and did not last long. After graduating from high school, he formed his second band under the name Heretic in 1984 and began writing the first songs:

“I tried to mix different styles ... fast, aggressive stuff and dark, weird stuff. Something like Slayer and Mercyful Fate - only bundled in one song. "

- George Emanuel III

In keeping with the music of the band, which was renamed Morbid Angel a little later, Emanuel adopted the pseudonym Trey Azagthoth. Trey is supposed to be based on the name component "III." (The third), Azagthoth is borrowed from the Cthulhu myth . Lyrically, he turned to the myths of HP Lovecraft , especially the Necronomicon is one of his main sources of inspiration. Trey Azagthoth is still the head of the band to this day.

style

Since Azagthoth has played with Morbid Angel, he has attached great importance to his personal mythology , which is ultimately reflected in his song lyrics. It is an independent worldview created from ancient Sumerian cuneiform tablets, ideas from Lovecraft and occult additions. For him, the themes and beings in his lyrics also mean something in reality. He regards Satanism solely as a means to tear down the previous, limiting beliefs, since in its essence it is a principle based on destruction.

Richard Brunelle, former guitarist of Morbid Angel, described Azagthoth as a "sensational composer". The author and music journalist Albert Mudrian writes that his "tricky rhythms and crazy solo passages [...] don't just touch the boundaries of the incomprehensible". Guitar World magazine ranked him among the 50 fastest guitarists in the world.

Equipment

Azagthoth uses several brands of six and seven string guitars such as BC Rich , Dean, Ibanez and Jackson . All are equipped with a Floyd Rose vibrato system and Dimarzio pickups . The six-string guitars are usually Explorer, V- or X-shape models while the seven-string guitars are mostly Ibanez superstrate models. Azagthoth uses the D # and A # standard tunings. His past and current guitar collection includes the following models:

  • BC Rich Ironbird
  • Charvel 375XL
  • Charvel Explorer
  • Charvel Star
  • Dean V X-Core
  • Dean Astro-X
  • Hamer Flying V
  • Gibson Flying V
  • Ibanez RG7
  • Ibanez UV7BK
  • Jackson Warrior
  • Washburn RR

Azagthoth mainly uses Marshall JCM 800 and 900 tops with 4 × 12 "speakers as amplifiers . He also uses a ProCo Rat distortion unit as a booster and various effects devices such as TC Electronics G Major Processor, Morley Bad Horsie, MXR Phase 90 and Locobox Flanger. In In the past, Azagthoth used an Eventide harmonizer .

Discography

→ see: Discography of Morbid Angel

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anthony Bartkewicz: Top 20 Death Metal Guitarists. # 1: Trey Azagthoth . In: Decibel Magazine . August 2007.
  2. ↑ Frank Albrecht: fire fountains in Mesopotamia . In: Rock Hard . No. 131 .
  3. ^ A b Albert Mudrian: Choosing Death: The Incredible Story of Death Metal & Grindcore . IP Jeske / Mader, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-931624-35-4 , pp. 65 .
  4. ↑ Daniel Böttger: A look behind the scenes of the occult rock scene . In: Rock Hard . No. 226 .
  5. ↑ Darkthrone Interview. The Lodge, 2003, archived from the original on March 13, 2010 ; accessed on July 28, 2010 (English).
  6. ↑ Albert Mudrian: Choosing Death: The Incredible Story of Death Metal & Grindcore . IP Jeske / Mader, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-931624-35-4 , pp. 162 .
  7. ↑ Albert Mudrian: Choosing Death: The Incredible Story of Death Metal & Grindcore . IP Jeske / Mader, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-931624-35-4 , pp. 70 .
  8. ↑ 50 Fastest Guitarists of All Time . In: Guitar World . No. 7/2008 , p. 79 .
  9. ^ The Dean Artists: Trey Azagthoth of Morbid Angel. (No longer available online.) Deanguitars.com, archived from the original on April 16, 2011 ; accessed on October 3, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deanguitars.com
  10. ↑ Dear Guitar Hero: Trey Azagthoth. guitarworld.com, 2010, accessed November 19, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Azagthoth, Trey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Emmanuelle, George III (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American death metal guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Bellingham , Washington