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Glen Alvelais (born February 22, 1968) is a heavy metal guitarist from the San Francisco Bay Area. Alvelais was the lead guitarist for Forbidden[1] and has also played in Testament.[1]

Alvelais left Forbidden in 1989, a year after the release of their cult classic debut Forbidden Evil.[1] In 2008, Alvelais orchestrated the reuniting of Forbidden, and has written guitar solos for the metal band Tenet, featuring Jed Simon, Gene Hoglan, and Steve "Zetro" Souza.[2] As of July 2009, Glen is no longer part of Forbidden's reunion.[3]

Alvelais projects include, "LD/50", which features vocalist Clark Brown, bassist Terry Goss, and drummer Tony Providence. The lineup formerly included noted drummer Jeremy Colson.[1]

He is currently working with his new project, "Earth Crawler", which consists 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

  • 1988: Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
  • 1989: Forbidden - Raw Evil - Live At The Dynam
  • 1991: Bizarro - demo
  • 1993: Testament - Return to the Apocalyptic City
  • 1995: Damage - demo
  • 1997: Testament - Demonic (one solo)
  • 1998: Bizarro - demo #2
  • 2000: LD/50 - Y2K demo
  • 2003: LD/50 - demo II
  • 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 - Southern Renegade (solo)
  • 2015: Eversin - Trinity: The Annihilation We Will Prevail (solo)
  • 2016: Lipshok - To Haunt A Quiet Realm (all guitars)
  • 2017: Klank - Rise - damage done (solo)
  • 2017: Earth Crawler - From Below

References

  1. ^ a b c d Metal-Rules: Interview with Glen Alvelais - Forbidden, Testament, LD/50
  2. ^ Tenet: Demo Recordings Posted Online! Archived 2003-10-28 at the Wayback Machine blabbermouth.net
  3. ^ Guitarist Glen Alvelais Quits Forbidden blabbermouth.net
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