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Tampa, Florida, United States (1984 – present)

Morbid Angel is a Tampa, Florida, United States-based death metal band assembled in 1984. They, along with Deicide, Death, Possessed, Suffocation, Obituary, Massacre and a handful of others were crucial in the development of the death metal genre and its standards. UK music magazine “Terrorizer” ranked two Morbid Angel albums in its “Top 40 Greatest Death Metal Albums,” with Altars of Madness appearing at #1. Decibel Magazine also rated guitarist Trey Azagthoth as the #1 “Death Metal Guitarist Ever.” Their songs are complex in arrangement, owing to the considerable technical skills of both 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.

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1	Immortal Rites	761
2	Maze of Torment	662
3	Chapel of Ghouls	658
4	Suffocation	602
5	Bleed for the Devil	491
6	Damnation	459
7	Visions From the Dark Side	434
8	Evil Spells	424
9	Day of Suffering	405
10	Fall From Grace	394
11	Rapture	389
12	God of Emptiness	352
13	Blasphemy	323
14	Where the Slime Live	319
15	Dominate	312

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Eduardo_Bardo wrote:
22 hours ago

Ia iak sakkakh iak sakkakth Ia shaxul.

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Blackhearted94 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

All First 4 albums with Vincent are elite and others are also pretty good. And Does someone know when their new album will finally release?

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NitrousBlond wrote:
Tuesday evening

I noticed that I love almost all of their top 15 tracks. The only one I don't love is Day of Suffering. Hmm... I guess I just simply like it.

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TommiToXication wrote:
Tuesday evening

gaspingfoair you should totally have some one naw off yer ears :3 apparently your not using them

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Fyn_X wrote:
Tuesday morning

олдскульный дэт) хороши

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SemiazasRises wrote:
Monday morning

Great band.[2]

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RedArmada wrote:
Monday morning

THE DARK SIDE CALLS! I SHAN'T RESIST!

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miqmiranda wrote:
Sunday evening

one of the best of deathmetal!!

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Global_Carnage wrote:
Sunday evening

The guitar tone on Heretic is atrocious...

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eyesofnorth wrote:
Sunday evening

best death metal ...

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symbyosys wrote:
Sunday morning

Heretic IS fantastic. The unique production adds to the palpable disgusting atmosphere. The composition and execution is unique and flawless. Give it another listen, haters.

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ATKaleo wrote:
Saturday morning

I honestly don't think Heretic was that bad. It certainly wasn't amazing, but I can still listen to and enjoy it.

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UndeadMessiah wrote:
7 days ago

"Yeah... You jest?" Actually, Hell Awaits has a very death metal-esque sound, and early Sepultura sounds more like black metal than death metal

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gavrosaurus wrote:
7 days ago

I mean - if there is a Legend in whole Death Metal, it would probably be this guy - Pete Sandoval. How many drummers have tried to top this man over the years? Hundreds? Thousands, perhaps? You know what - they failed! They maybe (maybe) got faster but nothing else, really. A Legend.

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Hippie_Scum wrote:
7 days ago

...or SLAYER!

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UndeadMessiah wrote:
7 days ago

Meh, first death metal band was Celtic frost imo

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xFrailWordsx wrote:
7 days ago

WHERE THE SLIME BREED \m/

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ShowNoMercy9786 wrote:
7 days ago

Covenant & Domination are my two favorites probably, really like their modern sound. Other albums are great too, not a huge fan of Heretic though. No tracks to me stand out on it.

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SeatigerJr wrote:
7 days ago

Probably the first Death-Metal-Band, isn't it? 1983...Well, Kreator was one year earlier, but they did not play pure death metal, its rather death-thrash...

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Kuolonkyyti wrote:
8 days ago

Heretic is indeed a good album.

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