Terrance Hobbs

Terrance Hobbs
Hobbs at the 2014 Free & Easy Festival.
Background information
Birth name	Terrance Hobbs
Born	(1970-04-06) April 6, 1970
Origin	Long Island, New York, United States
Genres	Death metal, technical death metal
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Guitar, bass guitar
Member of	Suffocation

Terrance Hobbs (born April 6, 1970) is an American musician and the lead guitarist in the American death metal band Suffocation. Hobbs has been a constant member in the band since their first released title Reincremated along with band mates Frank Mullen and Mike Smith, who all met in high school. Hobbs also played in the deathgrind project, Criminal Element, which featured fellow Suffocation member Derek Boyer.

Techniques

Hobbs is renowned in the death metal scene for having combined fast and repetitive barred riffing closely accompanied by other swept and often technical unexpected patterns: laying down the basics of Technical/Brutal death metal of today. He is also well known for his bizarre sounding, swept mocking solos famously accompanied with his signature tremolo utilization, usually in the form of divebombs and trills along with finger tapping. Pierced from Within is a classic example, containing an array of complex breakdowns and atmospheric solos, along with Effigy of the Forgotten and Souls to Deny, which features a great deal of layered riffing and unusual melodies.

Equipment

Hobbs mainly uses a custom B.C. Rich Warlock installed with a Floyd Rose locking tremolo, a DiMarzio Super Distortion bridge pickup, Gotoh tuners, and fitted with D'Addario strings. His pedals include a Maxon OD-9 overdrive pedal, and a Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor. His amplification includes a Peavey 6505+ played through Vader cabinets.