Morbid Angel is my all-time favorite Death Metal band. I love their sound. It's really old-school. Well, at least on their first 4 albums. Their first few albums are my favorite, but I'm unable to choose which one is my definite favorite. It's either "Domination" or "Covenant".

Altar Of Madness and Covenant

I like this song : brainstorm from Blessed Art The Sick

Written by Guest on 11.03.2008 at 16:08

But lets face it Steve Tucker has nothing on David Vincent

I personally found Steve Tucker's much more powerful than Vincent's, but I'd say that Vincent's vocals fit in the first three albums best and Tucker's the last three, with 'Domination' somewhere in between. I'd like to hear what Tucker could have done on the earlier albums too, but I've only seen a few live videos, but they do kick ass.

Written by Clintagräm on 14.05.2008 at 01:32

Written by Guest on 11.03.2008 at 16:08

But lets face it Steve Tucker has nothing on David Vincent

I personally found Steve Tucker's much more powerful than Vincent's, but I'd say that Vincent's vocals fit in the first three albums best and Tucker's the last three, with 'Domination' somewhere in between. I'd like to hear what Tucker could have done on the earlier albums too, but I've only seen a few live videos, but they do kick ass.

I agree with that... Vincent vocals' main characteristic is certainly not "power", but its raw force is amazing and overall is a far better vocalist than Tucker if you ask me.

Written by Guest on 14.05.2008 at 02:30

Written by Clintagräm on 14.05.2008 at 01:32

Written by Guest on 11.03.2008 at 16:08

But lets face it Steve Tucker has nothing on David Vincent

I personally found Steve Tucker's much more powerful than Vincent's, but I'd say that Vincent's vocals fit in the first three albums best and Tucker's the last three, with 'Domination' somewhere in between. I'd like to hear what Tucker could have done on the earlier albums too, but I've only seen a few live videos, but they do kick ass.

I agree with that... Vincent vocals' main characteristic is certainly not "power", but its raw force is amazing and overall is a far better vocalist than Tucker if you ask me.

force, scorn, and, well, enunciation. you can understand him - which makes his vocals even more impressive.

Written by BitterCOld on 14.05.2008 at 05:30

Written by Guest on 14.05.2008 at 02:30

Written by Clintagräm on 14.05.2008 at 01:32

Written by Guest on 11.03.2008 at 16:08

But lets face it Steve Tucker has nothing on David Vincent

I personally found Steve Tucker's much more powerful than Vincent's, but I'd say that Vincent's vocals fit in the first three albums best and Tucker's the last three, with 'Domination' somewhere in between. I'd like to hear what Tucker could have done on the earlier albums too, but I've only seen a few live videos, but they do kick ass.

I agree with that... Vincent vocals' main characteristic is certainly not "power", but its raw force is amazing and overall is a far better vocalist than Tucker if you ask me.

force, scorn, and, well, enunciation. you can understand him - which makes his vocals even more impressive.

For me enunciation doesn't make any difference since I just understand some random words from sang english hehe

All of them are great, but Altars of Madness it's the best

Written by Guest on 14.05.2008 at 02:30

Written by Clintagräm on 14.05.2008 at 01:32

Written by Guest on 11.03.2008 at 16:08

But lets face it Steve Tucker has nothing on David Vincent

I personally found Steve Tucker's much more powerful than Vincent's, but I'd say that Vincent's vocals fit in the first three albums best and Tucker's the last three, with 'Domination' somewhere in between. I'd like to hear what Tucker could have done on the earlier albums too, but I've only seen a few live videos, but they do kick ass.

I agree with that... Vincent vocals' main characteristic is certainly not "power", but its raw force is amazing and overall is a far better vocalist than Tucker if you ask me.

I think Steve Tucker is an excellent vocalist and performed quite well on each of the albums. I also think David Vincent is great, but his style is more orthodox and has greater mass appeal. He was also lucky enough to be part of the band during the Alters and Covenant eras, which were definitely better received. So, I think it is unfair to call Steve Tucker inferior to David Vincent.

Domination is my favorite, but it's a close tie with Covenant.

Blessed would be next, followed (closely) by Altars.

As for the rest, I enjoy the music, but without David Vincent the vocals just sound like generic death metal in my opinion.

I don't even think I could fill a CD with the song's I like from FFF, Gateways and Heretic. And none of them even come close to the reason Morbid Angel is my favorite death metal band. Stuff like God of Emptiness, Inquisition, & Dawn of the Angry are decidedly lacking in the last few albums.

Granted, I love every album up to (and including) Domination, Covenant is by far my favorite. The nailed it on the head with this album! There isn't ONE thing that makes it the best, its a mix of everything from the guitars, drumming and classic Morbid Angel vocals. It was hard between Covenant and Altars, even though they're different albums, Alters is just classic! I have a prefence to his vocals on Altars as well.....

Covenant is the best album for me even if i believe that all fucking morbid's records are the best but covenant catches me much more

I voted "Altars of Madness". "Blessed are the Sick..." comes closer for me than this poll says.

My favorite is Covenant, but Altars is bigger within the metal scene and all... hard to decide

Altars Of Madness and Blessed Are The Sick are just about equal musically. Blessed has a creepier atmosphere that I enjoy though, so I'm gonna go with Blessed rather than Altars.

I'm surprised I haven't voted in this poll yet as it seems to have been around for ages.. But my vote goes to Blessed are the Sick. It's one of my favourite albums, not just from Morbid Angel or of Death Metal, but of any genre, ever.

The songwriting is top-notch, and as ForeverDarkWoods just said, it has a creepy atmosphere - rather befitting a band with such a name! There's quite a lot of variation throughout the album - fast parts, doomy parts, groove, catchiness, and vocal patterns that compliment the flow of the songs without being cheesy.

Also, I think it has the best production of a Morbid Angel album so far. Everything is clearly audible whilst retaining the heaviness. Even the instrumental tracks are really good on this album, unlike some of the filler instrumentals on some of their other albums. Desolate Ways in particular is a beautiful haunting acoustic guitar piece.

AoM is one of the best metal albums of all time, seriously, it never fails to amaze me.

*looks at the poll results*

ahhh now that's what I like to see

Alters i can listen to over and over again can't say that for any other morbid angel album.

Written by Guest on 21.03.2009 at 23:32

*looks at the poll results*

ahhh now that's what I like to see

It's not what I like to see. Though still an excellent album, Blessed are the sick is my least favorite of the Vincent-era albums, while this poll would suggest Formulas to be their worst, and I think that is completely wrong. Not a single vote for that album?

Written by theflyingmachine on 26.04.2009 at 20:29

Written by Guest on 21.03.2009 at 23:32

*looks at the poll results*

ahhh now that's what I like to see

It's not what I like to see. Though still an excellent album, Blessed are the sick is my least favorite of the Vincent-era albums, while this poll would suggest Formulas to be their worst, and I think that is completely wrong. Not a single vote for that album?

I'm not sure if I'd put it over 'Gateways..' but it definitely is better than domination or heretic imo.

Written by theflyingmachine on 26.04.2009 at 20:29

Written by Guest on 21.03.2009 at 23:32

*looks at the poll results*

ahhh now that's what I like to see

It's not what I like to see. Though still an excellent album, Blessed are the sick is my least favorite of the Vincent-era albums, while this poll would suggest Formulas to be their worst, and I think that is completely wrong. Not a single vote for that album?

well things have changed a little since I last posted that. Personally I think "Covenant" should have more votes, I think it's their best

Definetely Altars of Madness... Covenant also has great songs like rapture or pain divine but altars has one my favorite songs ever: Immortal Rites and how to forget Maze of torments!!

I would go with Altars Of Madness on this one. Although Covenant and Blessed Are The Sick albums are pretty fine of death metal evilness too Generally I quite like Morbid Angel, considering them also as one of top death metal bands of course.

I went with covenant. MA imo in this album are more completed than ever...

Covenant all the way for me. I really like the first two, but Covenant is just an amazing album from start to finish. 'Angel Of Disease' is an all time favorite for me

I really like Domination, but I don't really have a favorite.

Has to be covenant for me follow closely by blessed are the sick.

Never got the big deal about Covenant, it's decent but Blessed Are the Sick is their best. Darker than AoM.

Written by Demonmayonnaise on 11.02.2010 at 17:54

I really like Domination, but I don't really have a favorite.

I really like it too. Ive heard a lot of fans slating it, but I dont get why. And "Where The Slime Live" is a monster of a song. <3

Anyways, my fave Morbid Angel album is "Blessed Are The Sick". It was the first album by them I heard, and its atmosphere is unmatched by any of their other albums. The beautiful instrumental pieces are the perfect foil for crushing classics like "Day Of Suffering" and "Fall From Grace". xD One of the best death metal albums ever.