MORBID ANGEL: Altars of Madness (1989). LP. Death Metal
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Description
Altars of Madness is the first full-length album from the legendary Florida Death Metal band, Morbid Angel. Recorded at Morrisound and released in early 1989, this L.P. features many songs that had been previously recorded on various demos and even an unreleased album from 1986. Fate determined that it would be this unholy release that brought together the evil forces that inspired Black, Death and Speed Metal to create a timeless classic.
Altars embodies all that is good about death metal, with aggressive, thrash-influenced yet still audibly death metal riffs all over the album, but with vocals that completely redefined what it meant to be metal. In addition, the sheer atonality implemented in this album clearly separated it from it’s thrash roots. The drumming, which may use many slower blastbeats drawn in from thrash, still operates on a much different plane than anything before it, utilizing many unexpected stops, starts, and off-time signatures, and a generally faster tempo than anything heard in thrash metal.
This album is full of classic songs, but standout cuts include the opener, ‘Immortal Rites’, ‘Suffocation’, ‘Maze Of Torment’, and the epic ‘Chapel Of Ghouls’. ‘Chapel Of Ghouls’ in particular has a very interesting, unorthodox structure that really helped set the path for death metal to be more ambitious than their thrash roots.
But the most important thing about this album is that it is unrelentingly heavy, even by modern standards. These riffs stood the test of time. These vocals were the gold standard. This drumming is still uncompromisingly relentless. Even in times of more modern, polished production, this classic album is what death metal bands should strive to be.
dimension: 9 track album
label: Earache
extras, comments: ORIGINAL RELEASE from 1989! This is NOT the remastered version from 2003 or the newest one from 2006. Perfect Condition.
style: Death Metal. Old style.
Side A:
- Inmortal Rites
- Suffocation
- Visions from the Dark Side
- Maze of Torment
Side B:
- Chapel of Ghouls
- Bleed for the Devil
- Damnation
- Blasphemy
- Evil Spells
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