Morbid Angel A-G is untouchable. Tucker on Formulas and Gateways just levels me every time.

My god this shit was my life in 1990-‘92. Morbid Angel all the way. Blessed Are The Sick is in my top ten. But all of these bands are great.

seby wrote: Tue Jun 21, 2022 4:45 pm My god this shit was my life in 1990-‘92. Morbid Angel all the way. Blessed Are The Sick is in my top ten. But all of these bands are great.

Super underrated choice out of the first 4 albums. Also my top pick.

biscuitdough wrote: Wed Jun 22, 2022 7:36 pm

seby wrote: Tue Jun 21, 2022 4:45 pm My god this shit was my life in 1990-‘92. Morbid Angel all the way. Blessed Are The Sick is in my top ten. But all of these bands are great.

Super underrated choice out of the first 4 albums. Also my top pick.

It really is a masterpiece. I am going to put it on when I get home now. Laundry, tidying, and Morbid Angel

I saw them tour for BATS in ‘92 and they were fantastic. Holy shit that was a long time ago

Never think of Blessed Are the Sick as an underrated shout - was always sold to me as their standout.

Going to give F, G and H a shout sometime soon, as I've never heard them.

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:31 am Going to give F, G and H a shout sometime soon, as I've never heard them.

H is a disaster and with piss-poor production to boot. G is to a large extent a slow, sludgy type of record in the vein of "Blessed are the sick" (the song) so if you dig that aspect of their sound, it's pretty cool except that Steve Tucker is no David Vincent. F was the first album with Tucker and is one of those "reaction against sell-out accusations"- records; many fans thought Domination was too wimpy and that the band was over after Vincent quit so this is pretty much a muscle-flex and their most "brutal" album. I like it quite a bit but again, the vocals are too dry and the songs lack the catchiness of the Vincent-era records. Anyway, none of those albums are crucial listening but both F and G are perfectly functional and enjoyable for the fan IMO

jakethesnake wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:48 am

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:31 am Going to give F, G and H a shout sometime soon, as I've never heard them.

H is a disaster and with piss-poor production to boot.

I think it's the worst record they've made by quite some margin. Yes, worse than Ilud...whatever, which is at least an interesting listen. (Not a good album, but there's variety there and a few mildly ripping DM tracks amidst the frankly bizarre and outdated 90s electronic / industrial influences).

F and G are good records w/ great moments but the magic is missing.

Blessed... is also one of my fav records of all time but it has a weird rep in the metal world where many of the trve fans hated the tempo variation and instrumental interludes. For my money it's astounding ambitious and the musicianship is awesome - Sandoval played those songs without a click track, straight to tape, if I'm remembering correctly...

F did nowt for me, fwiw.

What were your thoughts on K? I felt it was a buzzy mess tailor-made to sound brutal, yet lacking anything memorable. Also, it brought back some shitty aspects from Domination.

Krev wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 12:59 pm What were your thoughts on K? I felt it was a buzzy mess tailor-made to sound brutal, yet lacking anything memorable. Also, it brought back some shitty aspects from Domination.

That