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The reissue of the 1991 sophomore album from these American death metal legends showcases the solid songwriting and innovative musicianship that transformed them from early torchbearers to masters of their genre. With guitarist/ songwriting mastermind Trey Azagthoth just blossoming at the helm, tracks like the pace-setting opener "Fall From Grace" show off the band’s unmatched ability to move from slow-burning creepy-crawls to high-intensity, full-throttle speed with precision and grace. Brimming with the blast beats, gruff vocals, spoken-word warnings, odd time signatures, eclectic instrumentals and wailing, masterful guitar solos Morbid Angel crafted a landmark album, one justly heralded amongst their peers. To put it another way: Blessed is experimentally evil.
The mood-setting instrumental passages that both bookend the album and also provide ghostly interludes are a perfect counter to the pure aggression and face-melting intensity of tracks like "Day of Suffering" and "The Ancient Ones." With each evil intricacy in place, Morbid Angel set forth on a mind-blowing opus. Minor studio tampering is usually a given with reissues, but Morbid Angel’s innovative and influential sound holds up 18 years later — still remaining ahead-of-the-curve and offering untouchably great death metal for others to learn by. -
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Morbid Angel had impressed many with Altars of Madness, but they still hadn't climbed into the upper class of death metal bands until this record. Overshadowed by great albums from Sepultura, Entombed, and Carcass the same year, Morbid Angel still managed to solidify their reputation as a heavy metal maelstrom with the 13 tracks found here. Songs like "Thy Kingdom Come," "Brainstorm," and the redundantly titled "Unholy Blasphemies" would go on to become cult favorites in the metal underworld, while "The Ancient Ones" became their first true anthem, as it covered the drug-fueled religious theories of guitarist Trey Azagthoth. Despite his unusual beliefs, his playing is on par with the best the genre has to offer, shredding through these songs with an unbelievable ease and dexterity that brings to mind his guitar hero, Eddie Van Halen. This unique approach to the genre is definitely what makes this band more memorable, although the simple fact that they bothered to write semi-catchy songs and had a fantastic vocalist in David Vincent did not hurt matters one bit. The album is short, to the point, and doesn't waste time noodling on forgetable riffs and needless tempo changes the way so many of their contemporaries did. Still sounding vicious, Blessed Are the Sick is an unheralded classic in the short-lived but rewarding first wave of death metal.
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Intro |
1:27 |
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| 02. | |
Fall from grace |
5:13 |
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| 03. | |
Brainstorm |
2:34 |
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| 04. | |
Rebel Lands |
2:41 |
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| 05. | |
Doomsday Celebration |
1:49 |
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| 06. | |
Day of suffering |
1:54 |
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| 07. | |
Blessed are the sick/leading the rats |
4:47 |
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| 08. | |
Thy Kingdom Come |
3:24 |
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| 09. | |
Unholy Blasphemies |
2:10 |
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| 10. | |
Abominations |
4:27 |
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| 11. | |
Desolate Ways |
1:40 |
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| 12. | |
The Ancient Ones |
5:53 |
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| 13. | |
In Remembrance |
1:25 |
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13 Total Tracks, 39:24 Total Length
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Credits
- Morbid Angel - Producer // Morbid Angel - Main Performer // Trey Azagthoth - Guitar // Trey Azagthoth - Guitar (Rhythm) // Trey Azagthoth - Keyboards // Richard Brunelle - Guitar (Acoustic) // Richard Brunelle - Guitar // Tom Morris - Engineer // Tom Morris - Mixing // Pete Sandoval - Drums // David Vincent - Guitar (Bass) // David Vincent - Vocals // G. Cussac - Photography
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