Ahrue Luster

Ahrue Ilustre (born September 17, 1968),^[1] commonly known as Ahrue Luster, is an American guitarist. He is a current guitarist of heavy metal band Lions at the Gate and was the lead guitarist for the Ill Niño.^[2] He is also a former guitarist for Machine Head,^[3][4] as well as Manmade God and a Bay Area thrash metal act called The Horde of Torment, who were originally called "Pestilence" but had to change their name because another Pestilence had signed to Roadrunner Records.^{[citation needed]}

Ahrue Luster
Born	(1968-09-17) September 17, 1968 (age 57) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.[1]
Occupation	Guitarist
Member of	Lions at the Gate
Formerly of	Machine Head Ill Nino

In 2015, Luster joined the horror metal band Terror Universal founded by Ill Niño drummer Dave Chavarri.^[5] He produced Motograter's second studio album, Desolation, which was released in August 2017.^{[citation needed]} In September 2019, Nonpoint announced Luster would be their touring lead guitarist for their upcoming tour.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Machine Head

• The Burning Red (1999)
• Supercharger (2001)
• Hellalive (2003)

Ill Niño

• Confession (2003)
• One Nation Underground (2005)
• The Under Cover Sessions (2006)
• Enigma (2008)
• Dead New World (2010)
• Epidemia (2012)
• Till Death, La Familia (2014)

Lions at the Gate

• The Excuses We Cannot Make (2023)