Best album that the when Morbid Angel issued. Unfeigned jewel Death Metal!!!

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

Amazing fuckin album, one of the best debut albums ever

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.

Excellent album, it's only the Azagthoth solos that suck.

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...

Cool story bro, we didn't read it the first time in the review thread.

"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..?

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.

Oh yeah and Oscar Garcia never had anything to do with MA or even Napalm Death

Crushing effort, yet I still think it's very overhyped.

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?

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.

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.

I haven't listened to Altars in quite some time, but I definitely remember it being more varied than what you're implying.

Man, I love these guitar solos.

Totally

Perfect. Need I say more?

Аbsolute classic

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.