MORBID ANGEL-ALTARS OF MADNESS-1989 DEBUT L.P. EX

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You are bidding for this 1989 DEBUT album by

>>>>>> "MORBID ANGEL" <<<<<<

Titled

>>>>>> "ALTARS OF MADNESS" <<<<<<

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Recorded on the EARACHE LABEL NO:MOSH 11

Dated 1989

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The Cover is in EX- CONDITION (Very small split on top)

The Inner Pic./Lyric Sleeve is in EX CONDITION

The Vinyl is in EX CONDITION

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The Track List is as Follows

SIDE 1

Immortal Rites

Suffocation

Visions From The Dark Side

Maze Of Torment

SIDE 2

Chapel Of Ghouls

Bleed For The Devil

Damnation

Blasphemy

Evil Spells

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Morbid Angel is an American Death Metal band based in Tampa, Florida. They, along with Death, Possessed, Obituary, Massacre, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, and a handful of others were crucial in the development of the Death Metal genre and its standards, separating it from the Thrash Metal genre completely. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked two Morbid Angel albums in its "Top 40 Greatest Death Metal Albums," with their 1989 debut Altars of Madness appearing at number 1. Decibel Magazine also rated guitarist Trey Azagthoth as the number 1 "Death Metal Guitarist Ever". The band's songs are complex in arrangement, owing to the considerable technical skills of both Trey Azagthoth and drummer Pete Sandoval (who also played in the Grindcore/Death Metal band Terrorizer). According to Nielsen SoundScan, Morbid Angel is the third best-selling Death Metal band in the United States with sales over 445,000 in the United States alone, and releasing the best-selling death metal album in the United States of all time, Covenant, with sales over 127,000.

Morbid Angel was one of the original Death Metal bands signed to Earache Records, and was also influential in the transition of Death Metal from its Thrash Metal roots to its current form by adding guttural vocals, up-tempo blast beats, incorporating atonality in guitar soloing, and dark, chunky, mid paced rhythms. They were also the first death metal band to have a touch of mainstream success, such as being signed to Giant Records in 1992 and having the music video for the song "God of Emptiness" shown on an episode of Beavis and Butthead.

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I bought this album when I was 13. I'm 24 now and it hasn't lost any of its sheer power, originality or style. Altars of Madness is the "Reign in Blood" of the Death Metal Scene. Morbid Angel hammer out brutal tunes like Immortal Rites and Maze of Torment, that pound the senses, but also make sense musically, with catchy hooks and subtle melody (as far as you can have melody on a death metal album !!!) All the songs are classics. My personal fave is 'Visions From the Dark Side'. This track is just what Morbid Angel are all about. And the drumming (particularly the tempo pick up at the end) is just awesome.

This album spawned an entire scene of 90's bands, and rightly so. Its inspirational stuff !!! I came out of the scene in about 99' coz I had seen the best Death Metal had to offer. Now coming back on a nostalgia trip, I can still say that the new breed had nothing on this album !!! Technically, I think 'Covenant' is their best album, purely because of the speed and listenability of the whole record (minus God of emptiness - which is embarrassing). But 'Altars of Madness' is the best damn orginal Death Metal album on the planet.

Buy Obituary: Cause of Death, Sepultura: Beneath the remains, anything by 'Master' and Morbid Angel: Altars of Madness, and you won't need much else ever again !!!

Reviewer:A Customer

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