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Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness



8.8 | 969 votes |
Release date: 12 May 1989
Style: Death metal

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Disc I
01. Immortal Rites
02. Suffocation
03. Visions From The Darkside
04. Maze Of Torment
05. Lord Of All Fevers And Plague [CD version bonus]
06. Chapel Of Ghouls
07. Bleed For The Devil
08. Damnation
09. Blasphemy
10. Evil Spells
11. Maze Of Torment [remix version] [bonus]
12. Chapel Of Ghouls [remix version] [bonus]
13. Blasphemy [remix version] [bonus]

Disc II [DVD] [2006 Reissue bonus]
Live In Nottingham Rock City, 1989
01. Immortal Rites
02. Suffocation
03. Visions From The Darkside
04. Maze Of Torment
05. Lord Of All Fevers And Plague
06. Chapel Of Ghouls
07. Bleed For The Devil
08. Damnation
09. Blasphemy
10. Evil Spells

Top 20 albums of 1989: 2
Top 200 albums of all time: 91

Additional info
Artwork by Dan Seagrave

Guest review by
Mega-Slayer
Rating:
9.8
Where do I begin to explain such a worthy debut? Well, I should start with the affect it had on me, and the metal community: I believe this had the biggest affect towards the influence of extreme music with it's relentless blasting, blasphemous lyrics, and heavy riffing. I mean this record contains any metal heads' dream that being if solos are your thing. Well my friend they are a plenty here, there must be 35-40 solos, and what impresses me is that there isn't really any similarity between any of them. Richard Brunelle and Trey Azagthoth make the greatest team, equivalent even to the mighty Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King, the solos and performance for a debut will really blow your mind. Trey had formed Morbid in '83 so his eagerness to release a record must've really helped as he poured his heart and soul in the composition and execution of the riffs and soloing.

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published 17.11.2006 | Comments (13)

Guest review by
Ænigma
Rating:
7.9
There is a living continuum that flows through all of us, connects us together, but also lets us be who we are. It's just ever-flowing lava, and the inner rhythm that guides and commands us. It was always bound to happen, and somewhere in the musical mess of the 80's death metal was born. You could say the force of the universe gave us the creative mind to birth a genre of such musical genius that would later be labelled as one of the very few that still requires a substantial amount of talent to create.

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published 25.03.2011 | Comments (22)

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20.03.2010 - 10:47
Pauleto
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Best album that the when Morbid Angel issued. Unfeigned jewel Death Metal!!!
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01.05.2010 - 12:50
Rating: 6
Uirapuru
Liver Failure
Gotta love the solos... no Death metal band has done what Azagoth and Brunelle make in here.

David Vincent vocals are not the most wonderful thing in the world, but they are ok, and the rest is everything Death metal is all about
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member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/
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01.05.2010 - 18:14
soadbyob
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Amazing fuckin album, one of the best debut albums ever
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13.06.2011 - 23:13
Daydream Nation
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Listened to the ending of Suffocation today...That's how Morbid Angel pushed the boundaries of metal properly. This album isn't just one of the best debuts ever-- it is one of THE best albums.
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06.08.2011 - 22:34
Rating: 10
azucarnegra

Excellent album, it's only the Azagthoth solos that suck.
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12.09.2011 - 08:49
Rating: 10
Mad Mike

This is the best album I've ever listened to.... I would try to give a thoughtful explanation as to why I love this album so much, but I can't, because I have a hard time describing perfection...
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03.01.2012 - 20:39
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Cool story bro, we didn't read it the first time in the review thread.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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10.02.2012 - 14:30
Rating: 10
Syk
myspace/bonerama
"Pete & David started M.A in the begining of 1989" + "5 MONTHS" my ass. You know some of these songs were demo'd by M.A two years earlier, right..?
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death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon!

he's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays
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10.02.2012 - 14:38
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Syk on 10.02.2012 at 14:30

"Pete & David started M.A in the begining of 1989" + "5 MONTHS" my ass. You know some of these songs were demo'd by M.A two years earlier, right..?


even three years earlier
And he also got it wrong that Pete formed MA
Pete was even part as drummer when MA formed and he doesn't even drum on the first two demo's that was Mike Browning at the time.
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05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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10.02.2012 - 14:40
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Oh yeah and Oscar Garcia never had anything to do with MA or even Napalm Death
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
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05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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12.05.2012 - 18:54
Rating: 8
Oaken
Hipster
Crushing effort, yet I still think it's very overhyped.
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In that case, man is only air as well.
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13.05.2012 - 05:26
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Written by Oaken on 12.05.2012 at 18:54
Crushing effort, yet I still think it's very overhyped.

I don't think this album has been hyped in probably 20 years. Overrated you mean?
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13.05.2012 - 15:52
Rating: 8
Oaken
Hipster
Written by Troy Killjoy on 13.05.2012 at 05:26

Written by Oaken on 12.05.2012 at 18:54
Crushing effort, yet I still think it's very overhyped.

I don't think this album has been hyped in probably 20 years. Overrated you mean?

Yes. Overrated.
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27.05.2012 - 17:06
ThunderAxe1989
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If it's overrated, it's not by very much. This is a Death Metal jewel, such a classic! From even this first studio record, you can see that Morbid Angel sets themselves apart from other old school DM acts.
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06.06.2012 - 20:09
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
I haven't listened to Altars in quite some time, but I definitely remember it being more varied than what you're implying.
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10.06.2012 - 02:53
Cuca Beludo
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Man, I love these guitar solos.
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01.09.2012 - 23:56
danacooks

Totally
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02.10.2012 - 17:52
LordHypnos
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Perfect. Need I say more?
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15.11.2012 - 10:01
Satyr73

Аbsolute classic
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17.03.2013 - 23:15
Rating: 9
Maco
Pvt Funderground
This album has not aged well, but it's a little enjoyable still
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17.03.2013 - 23:48
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Maco on 17.03.2013 at 23:15

This album has not aged well, but it's a little enjoyable still


Not aged well? Wtf?

This album has aged brilliantly and is still head and shoulders above most death metal doing its rounds today.
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
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05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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17.03.2013 - 23:57
Rating: 9
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 17.03.2013 at 23:48

Written by Maco on 17.03.2013 at 23:15

This album has not aged well, but it's a little enjoyable still


Not aged well? Wtf?

This album has aged brilliantly and is still head and shoulders above most death metal doing its rounds today.



i can say that this album is not the big deal, that's all.
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18.03.2013 - 03:34
Lit.
Account deleted
Written by Maco on 17.03.2013 at 23:57

say that this album is not the big deal, that's all.

I'm with this guy. I don't see what's so great about this album.
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18.03.2013 - 12:43
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Maco on 17.03.2013 at 23:57



i can say that this album is not the big deal, that's all.


you might not enjoy it, that is totally possible, but saying the album is not a big deal is just ludicrous.
Altars Of Madness is one of the most important death metal albums ever, being extremely innovative for the time, containing brilliantly written songs containing stuff never heard before.
It is for a reason that ALL notable death metal and also metal in general musicians, journalists and such rate it among the top 10 best death metal albums ever. Most would put it even in a top 5 of death metal albums. For example chec out Decibel Magazine's 100 best death metal albums ever.

You have totally no clue as to the impact the album had when it was released. Goddamn, the impact was almost on par with the impact Kill 'Em All had in 1983.
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Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
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05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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18.03.2013 - 15:28
Rating: 9
Alex F
Slick Dick Rick
Written by Maco on 17.03.2013 at 23:57

i can say that this album is not the big deal, that's all.

One of the most influential death metal albums ever which impacted the scene in a way most bands never will, Maco doesn't think it's a "big deal". You're an absolute fool, that's all.
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18.03.2013 - 17:01
Monolithic
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 17.03.2013 at 23:48

Written by Maco on 17.03.2013 at 23:15

This album has not aged well, but it's a little enjoyable still


Not aged well? Wtf?

This album has aged brilliantly and is still head and shoulders above most death metal doing its rounds today.

I'll double that.
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18.03.2013 - 23:14
Rating: 9
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Written by Alex F on 18.03.2013 at 15:28

Written by Maco on 17.03.2013 at 23:57

i can say that this album is not the big deal, that's all.

One of the most influential death metal albums ever which impacted the scene in a way most bands never will, Maco doesn't think it's a "big deal". You're an absolute fool, that's all.


poor vocals, lack of emotion and overrated of course, if it wasn't for trey's riffs it would have a 4.
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18.03.2013 - 23:32
Rating: 9
Alex F
Slick Dick Rick
Written by Maco on 18.03.2013 at 23:14

poor vocals, lack of emotion and overrated of course, if it wasn't for trey's riffs it would have a 4.

I don't care if you dislike it, that's perfectly acceptable. What you can't deny is the impact it had on the death metal scene
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19.03.2013 - 00:55
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Alex F on 18.03.2013 at 23:32

Written by Maco on 18.03.2013 at 23:14

poor vocals, lack of emotion and overrated of course, if it wasn't for trey's riffs it would have a 4.

I don't care if you dislike it, that's perfectly acceptable. What you can't deny is the impact it had on the death metal scene



the kid doesnt seem to get that fact. '
And weak vocals and lack of emotion? Vocals are stronger than the majority of death metal vocalists and surely better than hamster Chuck's and there's loads of emotion in there especially when comparing to any brutal death metal band or deathcore band for that matter.
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Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal

Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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19.03.2013 - 02:07
Rating: 9
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 19.03.2013 at 00:55

Written by Alex F on 18.03.2013 at 23:32

Written by Maco on 18.03.2013 at 23:14

poor vocals, lack of emotion and overrated of course, if it wasn't for trey's riffs it would have a 4.

I don't care if you dislike it, that's perfectly acceptable. What you can't deny is the impact it had on the death metal scene



the kid doesnt seem to get that fact. '
And weak vocals and lack of emotion? Vocals are stronger than the majority of death metal vocalists and surely better than hamster Chuck's and there's loads of emotion in there especially when comparing to any brutal death metal band or deathcore band for that matter.



if you really didn't care, you would not have started a pointless discussion where it has 2 opposite opinions, and marcel, I am not criticizing the vocalist because in later works has better performance it's just that in this album is very weak.
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