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Tampa, Florida, United States (1984 – present)

Morbid Angel is a Tampa, Florida, United States-based band assembled in 1984. They, along with Deicide, Death, Possessed, Autopsy, Suffocation, Obituary, Massacre and a handful of others were crucial in the development of the death metal genre and its standards. Their songs are complex in arrangement, owing to the considerable technical skills of both guitarist Trey Azagthoth and drummer Pete Sandoval (who also played in the grindcore/death metal band Terrorizer).

Morbid Angel made their vinyl debut in 1987 on New Renaissance Records. Morbid Angel was one of the original death metal bands signed to Earache Records, and was also influential in the transition of death metal from its thrash metal roots to its current form by adding guttural vocals, up-tempo blast beats, incorporating atonality in guitar soloing, and dark, chunky, mid paced rhythms. It was also the first death metal band to have a touch of mainstream success, such as being signed to Giant Records in 1992 and having the music video for the song “God of Emptiness” shown on an episode of Beavis and Butthead.

The original lyrical themes focused mostly on Satanism, paganism and anti-Christian subject matter, but from the second album, Blessed Are The Sick onward, the lyrics slowly moved toward the ancient Sumerian gods, though much of this is a nod to the Simon Necronomicon, which was influenced by Sumerian mythology as well as the author H. P. Lovecraft, as well as a fascination with the Roman Empire, though “anti-christian” elements continue to permeate the lyrics.
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  • DARKZSOU7

    Im pretty surprised how good they were at MDF even though I wanted to hear Day of Suffering and Angel of Disease.

    14 hours ago

  • pg666donegan

    They are coming with Kreator, Fueled by Fire and Nile. And I´m afraid that Nile will blow their asses live.

    yesterday evening

  • versionfiv

    jcpc dont worry about what reasons people have for listening to whatever they want. theyre all background noise anyway. i doubt you could ever get a true answer to a question like that unless you go spend time with numerous different morbid angel fans of varying degrees...

    yesterday afternoon

  • Perryos11

    IA IAK SAKKAKH IA SAKKATH

    Sunday morning

  • LuizOpbrasil

    Illud Divinum Insanus is great

    Saturday afternoon

  • metal_gimp

    v Yes absolutely, people are listening to Immortal Rites to get with girls and impress their boss.

    Thursday morning

  • jcpcc14

    Weird that Immortal Rites of all songs has a distinctive lead in the charts. I mean, it's one of MY favorite MA songs, and it's certainly regarded as one of the better AoM songs, but you'd think Maze Of Torment or Chapel Of Ghouls would at least manage equal love as fan favorites from the album. Or the atrocious God Of Emptiness does tend to get some plays. Why am I posting on such a minor detail? Well...it makes me wonder...are people just listening to Immortal Rites as the beginning of AoM in attempts to get a cool DM album on their charts and giving up after track one?

    Thursday morning

  • metal_gimp

    v I know wtf!

    Wednesday afternoon
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