Glen Alvelais
Glen Alvelais (born February 22, 1968) is an American heavy metal guitarist from the San Francisco Bay Area. He was the lead guitarist for the thrash metal band Forbidden[1] and has also played in Testament.[1]
Career
Forbidden
Alvelais joined Forbidden (then known as "Forbidden Evil") in 1987 as the replacement for Robb Flynn who had quit to join Vio-lence. Alvelais recorded three demos with the band, followed by their cult classic debut Forbidden Evil.[1] After the 1989 touring to support the album, whose Dynamo Open Air appearance was captured on the live album "Raw Evil - Live at the Dynamo", Alvelais parted ways with the band.
Testament
In 1992, lead guitarist Alex Skolnick informed
Later activities
In 2008, Alvelais orchestrated the reuniting of Forbidden, but left the band in 2009 after the end of the initial reunion touring cycle.[3]
Glen also was recruited to play lead guitar for the metal band
Alvelais projects include, "LD/50", which features vocalist Clark Brown, bassist Terry Goss, and drummer
He later worked with "Earth Crawler", which consisted of members of Falling to Pieces, Left of Christ, Divided, and Scorched-Earth Policy. In 2017, Earth Crawler independently released their first EP entitled, "From Below". The album features vocalist - Ryan Reynoso, Guitarist - Kimo Sanborn, Bassist - Terry Goss, and Drummer - Nick Benigno.
Discography
- 1987: Forbidden Evil - "March into Fire" demo
- 1988: Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
- 1989: Forbidden - Raw Evil - Live at the Dynamo
- 1993: Testament - Return to the Apocalyptic City
- 1997: Testament - Demonic (solo on the song "New Eyes of Old")
- 1998: Bizarro - demo
- 2000: LD/50 - Y2K demo
- 2006: X-3 - "Fluoxetine" for Drum Nation 3 (Magna Carta)
- 2009: Tenet (band) Sovereign (solos)
- 2009: Defiance (band) - The Prophecy (solos)
- 2010: LD/50 - LD/50 (demo)
- 2012: Moccasin Creek - Born Ready - Southern Renegade (solo)
- 2015: Eversin - Trinity: The Annihilation We Will Prevail (solo)
- 2016: Lipshok - To Haunt A Quiet Realm (all guitars)
- 2017: Klank - Rise - The Damage (solo)
- 2017: Earth Crawler - From Below
- 2018: War Curse - Eradication - Asylum (solo)
- 2019: Testament - Live at Dynamo Open Air 1997
- 2019: Moshpit Justice - Justice - God Wills It (solo)
- 2020: Slow Down - single from Peace In Chaos
- 2020: October - single from Peace In Chaos
- 2020: Forward Thinking - single from Peace In Chaos
- 2020: Perri's Song - single from Peace In Chaos
- 2020: Game Over - single from Peace In Chaos
- 2020: Daddy Mike - single from Peace In Chaos
- 2020: Never Forget - single from Peace In Chaos
References
- ^ a b c d Metal-Rules: Interview with Glen Alvelais - Forbidden, Testament, LD/50
- ^ "The New Order". Guitar School. July 1993.
- ^ Guitarist Glen Alvelais Quits Forbidden blabbermouth.net
- ^ "Blabbermouth.net". Archived from the original on October 28, 2003. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
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