Morbid Angel is an American
death metal band based in
Tampa, Florida.
UK music magazine
Terrorizer ranked Morbid Angel's 1989 debut
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 drummers
Tim Yeung and
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 during the beginning of the Soundscan era time with over 150,000 units sold.