# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/glen-alvelais
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:24:56.311Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/glen-alvelais"
name: "Glen Alvelais"
slug: "glen-alvelais"
description: "Glen Alvelais is an American heavy metal guitarist from the San Francisco Bay Area. He was the lead guitarist for the thrash metal band Forbidden and has also played in Testament."
tagline: "American guitarist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1968-02-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.345681333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/glenld50"
    handle:    "glenld50"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/649470"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "جلين الڤيلايس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Alvelais"
    title: "Glen Alvelais"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Alvelais"
    title: "Glen Alvelais"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Alvelais"
    title: "Glen Alvelais"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Alvelais"
    title: "Glen Alvelais"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Alvelais"
    title: "Glen Alvelais"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Alvelais"
    title: "Glen Alvelais"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Элвелас, Глен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0739177e-2eda-4a05-b363-f3a299f08c06"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q781007"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump