Morbid Angel’s guitarist Trey Azagthoth collapses on stage

Morbid Angel’s guitarist Trey Azagthoth collapsed on stage during the band’s stop in Tampa, Florida on Friday night. According to his mother, he was dehydrated and suffering from a back injury when he collapsed.

The incident happened during the sixth song on the band’s set at The Orpheum in Azagthoth’s hometown. The 58-year-old musician whose real name is George Emmanuel III was struggling to stay on his feet while performing before he is helped off the stage by one of the roadies.

Cutting the show short

The band then took a short break before bassist and vocalist Steve Tucker told the crowd that Azagthoth had “injured himself.” The rest of the band performed one more show and then ended the show for the night.

“I think we’re gonna call it a night, man,” Steve told the crowd. “Without the leader… I apologize. I love all you m**********s. Thank you for coming. Hopefully, Trey is all right. We’ll see you all again real soon, man. You have a good fucking night.”

Updates from mom

The next day Aazagthoth’s mother Janell Fulghum Emmanuel posted a Facebook post updating everyone on her son’s condition.

“I would like to say thank you for all of your well wishes for my son, Trey. As it appears, Trey was totally dehydrated. His back issue was due to him slipping while going down the stairs of the bus and hit his back on one of the stairs. They have decided to go ahead and have a show tonight And I am just hoping and praying that all goes well,” She wrote in the post.

“I had a message from Dan [Vadim Von, Morbid Angel’s guitarist], he said that Trey got rest last night and was up and around and seem to be ready.”

She continued, “I will continue to watch anything I can find about tonight. When he returns home tomorrow, I know he’ll need rest, but also needs to get some medical help.

She concluded with, “Again, thank you so much for your concern. He loves his fans.”

The band is next scheduled to play tonight, Saturday, April 22 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.