Allen West (musician)

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Name = Allen West

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Born = October 17, 1966
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Origin = United States of America
Instrument = Guitar
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Genre = Death metal
Groove metal
Death 'n' Roll
Occupation = Musician, Guitarist
Years_active = 1988 - present
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Associated_acts = Obituary, Six Feet Under
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Allen West (born October 17, 1966, Brandon, Florida, United States) is an American guitarist who has been in such bands as Obituary, Six Feet Under and Lowbrow. He is considered to have been one of the first pioneers of death metal in the 1980sFact|date=February 2007.

In high school, West formed the band Massacre.West's second band was Xecutioner, which laid down the foundation of Obituary. He is currently in the original line-up reunion of Lowbrow.

West has one son and resides in Florida.

He was recently incarcerated at the Gainesville Correctional Institution and released on January 19, 2008.

Discography

Obituary

* "Slowly We Rot" (1989, re-released in 1997)
* "The End Complete" (1992, re-released in 1998)
* "World Demise" (1994, re-released in 1998)
* "Back from the Dead" (1997)
* "Frozen in Time" (2005)
* "Frozen Alive" (DVD) (2007)

Six Feet Under

* "Haunted" (1995)
* "Warpath" (1997)

Lowbrow

* "Victims at Play" (2000)
* "Sex, Death, Violence" (2003)