Morbid Angel - Blessed Are The Sick

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Release date:	1991
Style:	Death metal
Owners:	784 have it 59 want it 3 trade it

Disc I [CD]
01. Intro
02. Fall From Grace
03. Brainstorm
04. Rebel Lands
05. Doomsday Celebration
06. Day Of Suffering
07. Blessed Are The Sick / Leading The Rats
08. Thy Kingdom Come
09. Unholy Blasphemies
10. Abominations
11. Desolate Ways
12. The Ancient Ones
13. In Remembrance

Disc II [DVD] [2009 Reissue bonus]
Tales Of The Sick: A Closer Look
01. Making The Records
02. The Cover And The Image
03. The Background Of The Live Show
04. You¹re Either With Us...
05. Inspiration
06. Making The Video
07. At War With Weakeners
08. Band Merchandising
09. The Tampa Scene
10. Who Is Morbid Angel?
+ Blessed Are The Sick [video]

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Nearly every band's career goes like this: it starts with a good album, which is not very experimental, and then continues with an album which is more weird and progressive (and has better production). After that they either start making music that is inferior to the first two albums or start playing catchy and accessible stuff (some bands fail to do either). Morbid Angel belongs to the latter group, but this review will focus on their second and probably the best work (some say that Altars of Madness is better, but I disagree).

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musicalkaratekid Posts: 1506	Permalink 13.09.2011 - 00:29 Rating: 9 musicalkaratekid Posts: 1506 Apart from two very tedious tracks ('Fall from Grace' and the title track) i thought this album was brilliant. A great progression from altars of madness, and i thought the piano-led interludes worked really well! Loading...
@gent_-_orange Posts: 905	Permalink +2 13.09.2011 - 00:40 Rating: 10 @gent_-_orange Posts: 905 Written by musicalkaratekid on 13.09.2011 at 00:29 Apart from two very tedious tracks ('Fall from Grace' and the title track) i thought this album was brilliant. A great progression from altars of madness, and i thought the piano-led interludes worked really well! Its all opinions of course but I cant fathom how you can think both Fall from Grace and Blessed are the sick are tedious, IMO they are two of the best songs on the record. Still though we both agree this album is awesome Loading...
musicalkaratekid Posts: 1506	Permalink 13.09.2011 - 01:13 Rating: 9 musicalkaratekid Posts: 1506 Written by @gent_-_orange on 13.09.2011 at 00:40 Written by musicalkaratekid on 13.09.2011 at 00:29 Apart from two very tedious tracks ('Fall from Grace' and the title track) i thought this album was brilliant. A great progression from altars of madness, and i thought the piano-led interludes worked really well! Its all opinions of course but I cant fathom how you can think both Fall from Grace and Blessed are the sick are tedious, IMO they are two of the best songs on the record. Still though we both agree this album is awesome Well, ive listened to this album countless times, and to me Fall from grace and Blessed are the sick just don't stand out at all-maybe because of the repetition of the riffs winding out into five minute songs. But yes the album is awesome\m/ Loading...
@gent_-_orange Posts: 905	Permalink +1 13.09.2011 - 01:25 Rating: 10 @gent_-_orange Posts: 905 Written by musicalkaratekid on 13.09.2011 at 01:13 Written by @gent_-_orange on 13.09.2011 at 00:40 Written by musicalkaratekid on 13.09.2011 at 00:29 Apart from two very tedious tracks ('Fall from Grace' and the title track) i thought this album was brilliant. A great progression from altars of madness, and i thought the piano-led interludes worked really well! Its all opinions of course but I cant fathom how you can think both Fall from Grace and Blessed are the sick are tedious, IMO they are two of the best songs on the record. Still though we both agree this album is awesome Well, ive listened to this album countless times, and to me Fall from grace and Blessed are the sick just don't stand out at all-maybe because of the repetition of the riffs winding out into five minute songs. But yes the album is awesome\m/ Maybe I am just a fan of Morbid Angel when they play slow (which they do on both those songs) IMO that is when the band is at its best, It somehow sounds "Heavier" to me Loading...
musicalkaratekid Posts: 1506	Permalink 13.09.2011 - 01:49 Rating: 9 musicalkaratekid Posts: 1506 Written by @gent_-_orange on 13.09.2011 at 01:25 Written by musicalkaratekid on 13.09.2011 at 01:13 Written by @gent_-_orange on 13.09.2011 at 00:40 Written by musicalkaratekid on 13.09.2011 at 00:29 Apart from two very tedious tracks ('Fall from Grace' and the title track) i thought this album was brilliant. A great progression from altars of madness, and i thought the piano-led interludes worked really well! Its all opinions of course but I cant fathom how you can think both Fall from Grace and Blessed are the sick are tedious, IMO they are two of the best songs on the record. Still though we both agree this album is awesome Well, ive listened to this album countless times, and to me Fall from grace and Blessed are the sick just don't stand out at all-maybe because of the repetition of the riffs winding out into five minute songs. But yes the album is awesome\m/ Maybe I am just a fan of Morbid Angel when they play slow (which they do on both those songs) IMO that is when the band is at its best, It somehow sounds "Heavier" to me Well here's the thing, I like some of morbid angel's slower songs,but not all of them. Still,its a matter of opinion... Loading...
@gent_-_orange Posts: 905	Permalink 13.09.2011 - 01:53 Rating: 10 @gent_-_orange Posts: 905 Written by musicalkaratekid on 13.09.2011 at 01:49 Written by @gent_-_orange on 13.09.2011 at 01:25 Written by musicalkaratekid on 13.09.2011 at 01:13 Written by @gent_-_orange on 13.09.2011 at 00:40 Written by musicalkaratekid on 13.09.2011 at 00:29 Maybe I am just a fan of Morbid Angel when they play slow (which they do on both those songs) IMO that is when the band is at its best, It somehow sounds "Heavier" to me Well here's the thing, I like some of morbid angel's slower songs,but not all of them. Still,its a matter of opinion... Indeed. Great album anyway Loading...
Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675	Permalink 13.09.2011 - 05:03 Rating: 10 Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 This is the first Morbid Angel album I ever heard, and it's also my favourite. It has a wonderful atmospheric quality, as well as featuring classic death metal crushers like "Fall From Grace", "The Ancient Ones", and "Day Of Suffering". It's a bleak, yet beautiful album, and Morbid Angel's masterpiece in my eyes. Loading...
Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9155	Permalink 26.03.2012 - 21:39 Rating: 8 Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9155 Awesome. ---- 14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse I do your mum *DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS* Loading...
HAAZBRUTAL8666 Posts: 24	Permalink 17.11.2012 - 11:53 HAAZBRUTAL8666 Posts: 24 This is my favorite Morbid Angel release ever, Covenant takes second. Loading...
Maco Pvt Funderground Posts: 3593	Permalink 30.03.2013 - 06:38 Rating: 9 Maco Pvt Funderground Posts: 3593 Much better than it's predecessor with no doubt ---- Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme. Loading...
Jaeryd Nihil's Maw Posts: 1062	Permalink +1 12.04.2013 - 11:08 Jaeryd Nihil's Maw Posts: 1062 Is it just me, or is the last half of the album way better than the first half? ---- Loading...
Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675	Permalink 12.04.2013 - 21:12 Rating: 10 Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 Written by Jaeryd on 12.04.2013 at 11:08 Is it just me, or is the last half of the album way better than the first half? It's their best and most consistent album from front to back in my opinion. There's not a single bad song on it. Loading...
Illog1cal Account deleted	Permalink 21.05.2013 - 23:07 Illog1cal Account deleted Written by Jaeryd on 12.04.2013 at 11:08 Is it just me, or is the last half of the album way better than the first half? Most of the songs in the second half were written a few years before the rest of the songs in the first half were written. Loading...
Maco Pvt Funderground Posts: 3593	Permalink 21.11.2015 - 02:24 Rating: 9 Maco Pvt Funderground Posts: 3593 While Altars took me longer to love, this album clicked with me after the first riff I listened to, still my favorite from them. ---- Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme. Loading...
DeathMetal Posts: 396	Permalink 21.03.2020 - 03:51 Rating: 9 DeathMetal Posts: 396 Solid album. Loading...
Metal Rasputin Posts: 1259	Permalink 21.03.2020 - 11:44 Rating: 9 Metal Rasputin Posts: 1259 One of their best albums. Not as solid as Altars, but obviously far better than anything they have done after Covenant. ---- You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like! Loading...
Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62002	Permalink 17.10.2020 - 12:35 Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62002 Written by Metal Rasputin on 21.03.2020 at 11:44 One of their best albums. Not as solid as Altars, but obviously far better than anything they have done after Covenant. I have to agree, frist 3 can be good, classic, DM classioc even not my fav, but I can agree. Cant stand new MA, its equally bad as Slayer after seasons ---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing Loading...
AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5301	Permalink 21.10.2021 - 09:31 Rating: 7 AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5301 Very good album indeed, some great songs like "Abominations", "Thy Kingdom Come", "The Ancient One's" and "Fall From Grace", I wasn't too fond of the short instrumental intervals though, for me they disrupted the flow of album, otherwise for me it would of been as good as Altars Of Madness. ---- Andy's 2024 album ranking Loading...
gavdann Posts: 835	Permalink 22.10.2021 - 10:53 gavdann Posts: 835 If you consider Morbid Angel, Death and Obituary to be the godfathers of old school death metal, I'd have to say Morbid Angel are my least favourite but Blessed Are the Sick was my introduction and it's between this and Altars for my favourite MA album. Loading...