Few would describe Obituary’s catalog of festering riffage and grotesque, groove-heavy pummeling as an all-out laugh riot, but when it came time for the Tampa, Florida-formed death metal icons to make their 11th album, Dying of Everything, lead guitarist Ken Andrews’ quixotic approach to soloing had him cracking up behind the scenes.
“I always joke around,” he explains to Guitar World over Zoom from a tour stop in Georgia. “Obituary’s sound is Trevor [Peres]’s massive guitar, and I’m just the jerk-off making weird noises.”
