Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness

The Time Is Right To Destroy The World

#92) Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (1989)

 1. Immortal Rites
 2. Suffocation
 3. Visions From the Dark Side
 4. Maze of Torment
 5. Lord of All Fevers & Plague
 6. Chapel of Ghouls
 7. Bleed For the Devil
 8. Damnation
 9. Blasphemy
 10. Evil Spells
 11. Maze of Torment (Remix)
 12. Chapel of Ghouls (Remix)
 13. Blasphemy (Remix)

Altars of Madness is the official debut for Florida's Morbid Angel. they recorded an album called Abominations of Desolation before this but they didn't like it and it remained unreleased until '91.

this is another Earache re-issue and as such has a few goodies. tracks 11 - 13 are bonus tracks. they claim to be remixes but they didn't really sound all that different to me. also included is a dvd with a live show recorded on November 14th 1989 at Nottingham Rock City, as part of the Grind Crusher tour with Carcass (whose set from that night can be seen on the Wake Up and Smell the...Carcass dvd) , Bolt Thrower and Napalm Death. i didn't watch the whole set, i just kinda flipped through it for now but from what i saw it was waaay better than the Carcass dvd. it sounded good and looked like it was actually professionally shot. i'll have to come back to it at some point.

Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness

Your Rectum I Will Flood, With Bleach, Detergents And Suds

#82) Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness (1989/2008)

 1. Reek of Putrefaction
 2. Exhume to Consume
 3. Excoriating Abdominal Emanation
 4. Ruptured in Purulence
 5. Empathological Necroticism
 6. Embryonic Necropsy and Devourment
 7. Swarming Vulgar Mass of Infected Virulency
 8. Cadaveric Incubator of Endoparasites
 9. Slash Dementia
 10. Crepitating Bowel Erosion

Symphonies of Sickness demo (1988)

 11. Reek of Putrefaction
 12. Slash Dementia
 13. Embryonic Necropsy and Devourment
 14. Cadaveric Incubator of Endoparasites
 15. Ruptured in Purulence
 16. Crepitating Bowel Erosion

the 2nd album by Carcass finds them improving both sound quality and the overall quality of their musicianship. in just 1 year they already started distancing themselves from the goregrind of the first album and moving into more death metal territory. the grind is still there but there's also a lot more going on. the songs are more intricate, there are slower parts and the tracks are longer as well. while Reek of Putrefaction had 22 tracks with most under 2 minutes, Symphonies of Sickness has only 10 tracks with the shortest being 3:10. the riffs are awesome and the lyrics are just as disgusting and hilarious as before.

this is part of the 2008 reissue series and includes the Symphonies of Sickness demo as bonus tracks. the recording quality is actually worse than their first demo but it's still cool to have.
also included is a dvd with the next part of the documentary, The Pathologist's Report Part 2 - Propagation. during the tours for Sickness, Carcass picked up second guitarist Michael Amott who would become a permanent member after. most of the dvd focuses on the touring and the acquisition of Amott, although the band members, including Amott himself, all seem to have different stories about how he came into the picture.

another great album and a great reissue from Earache.