(1967-04-02) April 2, 1967 (age 57) Dublin, California, U.S.
Genres
Heavy metal
thrash metal
groove metal
nu metal
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Guitar, vocals
Years active
1985–present
Musical artist
Phil Demmel (born April 2, 1967)[citation needed] is an American musician who played lead guitar in the heavy metal band Machine Head between 2002 and 2018, making him their longest running member in that position. He has also performed with other artists such as Vio-lence, Torque, Metal Allegiance, BPMD, Kerry King and Category 7, and briefly played with Slayer, Nonpoint, Overkill, Lamb of God and Testament[1] as a fill-in guitarist.
^Kennelty, Greg (May 24, 2023). "ALEX SKOLNICK To Sit Out Part Of TESTAMENT's European Tour". Metal Injection. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
PhilDemmel (born April 2, 1967)[citation needed] is an American musician who played lead guitar in the heavy metal band Machine Head between 2002 and...
Demmel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: James Demmel (born 1955), American mathematician and computer scientist PhilDemmel (born...
of Death Angel on vocals, former Vio-lence and Machine Head guitarist PhilDemmel, Hellyeah bassist Kyle Sanders, and Slayer and former Testament, Forbidden...
April 20, 2004. This album was also the first album to feature guitarist PhilDemmel, who would stay with the band until his departure in 2018. On December...
Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth, Vio-lence and former Machine Head guitarist PhilDemmel, and two members of Metal Allegiance–bassist Mark Menghi and drummer...
respectively, and three-fifths of the Eternal Nightmare lineup – lead guitarist PhilDemmel, vocalist Sean Killian and drummer Perry Strickland – remaining. This...
The Demmelition V is the signature guitar of PhilDemmel, the lead guitarist of the American heavy metal band Machine Head. The Demmelition V model was...
Ex-MACHINE HEAD Guitarist PHILDEMMEL To Step In". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved December 2, 2018. "Ex-MACHINE HEAD Guitarist PHILDEMMEL: 'It's Beyond My Utmost...
Through the Ashes of Empires shortly after). Former Vio-lence guitarist PhilDemmel is present on "None But My Own" and "The Burning Red", in place of Ahrue...
Luccketta on drums/percussion, Steve Souza's brother John Souza on bass, and PhilDemmel on guitar. They made one more change after the album, adding their 11th...
Alissa White-Gluz and Steve "Zetro" Souza, guitar by Heafy, Gary Holt, PhilDemmel, Andreas Kisser, Misha "Bulb" Mansoor, Ben Weinman, Charlie Benante and...
was released to join local thrash metal rivals Vio-lence, alongside PhilDemmel. Flynn then went on to form Machine Head, whose debut album Burn My Eyes...
bassist Kyle Sanders, and Vio-lence and former Machine Head guitarist PhilDemmel. In addition to appearing on Slayer's albums, he has also made several...
fine tuning songs chosen for the album and performing pre-production. PhilDemmel resumed lead guitar duties and Adam Duce returned as bassist. Machine...
vocalist. Among those who auditioned were Chuck Billy of Testament, PhilDemmel of Machine Head and Vio-lence, Marc Grewe of Morgoth, Jorge Rosado of...
the Y2KV, the Demmelition King V is the signature model of guitarist PhilDemmel of Machine Head. Demmelition King Vs however are not built like traditional...
Final Ride, in Warrendale, Pennsylvania. On February 5, founding member PhilDemmel announced his departure from Vio-lence. On February 5, after years of...
and Phil Demmel's killer guitar work." Thom Jurek of AllMusic felt "the intense dual arpeggios between both guitarists — Flynn and PhilDemmel on 'Aesthetics...
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