Band Biographies: A Moortal

I have been playing guitar since I was 14. My first exposure to playing music was in middle school band, where I played flute. Shortly after, my friends decided to teach me to play bass so I could join their "punk" band. Yup. Flute to bass guitar.

These same friends showed me bands like Disturbed, Slipknot, and Sum 41. This music spoke to me. I was an angry youth, picked on endlessly. This music showed me I was not so different. After this, all I wanted to listen to was Nu Metal.

Around the same time I started playing bass, my dad started playing guitar. I, of course, messed around on his guitar for fun. In January 2002, my dad brought me home a guitar of my own.

I became obsessed and started writing my own songs. I fell in love with the instrument and started looking for heavier music. That's when I found Pantera, Cannibal Corpse, As I Lay Dying and so many more. If it had distorted guitars and screaming, I needed it.

I have been in several bands over the years. I started learning to record and produce in 2006.

All of this has led me to finally go solo.

This is me. This is...

A.Moortal