Drummer-Vocalist Mike Browning (Morbid Angel, Nocturnus) Dead at 62
Profound Lore Records confirmed the death of the Florida death metal pioneer, who helped shape Morbid Angel and founded Nocturnus.
- On Monday, July 13, Profound Lore Records confirmed the death of Mike Browning, the 62-year-old death metal drummer and vocalist known for pioneering work with Morbid Angel and Nocturnus.
- Browning co-founded Morbid Angel in Tampa, Florida, in 1983, recording the band's intended debut album, "Abominations Of Desolation," before his 1987 departure from the group.
- Following that departure, Browning formed Nocturnus, which released its sci-fi-themed 1990 debut, later launching Nocturnus AD in 2013 with albums "Paradox" and "Unicursal" .
- Morbid Angel paid tribute on Instagram, writing, "R.I.P Mike, thanks for helping making all this happen," and offered condolences to his family and daughter.
- His work on Nocturnus' 1990 debut, "The Key," is widely considered to have laid essential groundwork for the progressive death metal genre that followed.
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