Morbid Angel - Illud Divinum Insanus & Illud Divinum Insanus: The Remixes

My Sickness Will Lay Claim

#95) Morbid Angel - Illud Divinum Insanus (2011)

 1. Omni Potens
 2. Too Extreme
 3. Existo Vulgore
 4. Blades For Baal
 5. I Am Morbid
 6. 10 More Dead
 7. Destructos Vs The Earth/Attack
 8. Nevermore
 9. Beauty Meets Beast
 10. Radikult
 11. Profundis - Mea Culpa

#96) Morbid Angel - Illud Divinum Insanus: The Remixes (2012)

Disc 1
 1. Laibach - I Am Morbid
 2. cEvin Key/Hiwatt Marshall - OmniDead
 3. Brain Leisure - Too Extreme
 4. The Toxic Avenger - 10 More Dead
 5. Malakwa - I Am Morbid
 6. Synascape - Too Extreme
 7. Punish Yourself vs Sonic Area - Destructos vs Earth
 8. HIV+ - Too Extreme
 9. Micropoint - I Am Morbid
 10. Metallyzer AKA John Lord Fonda - Too Extreme
 11. Evil Activities - Radikult
 12. Mixhell - Too Extreme
 13. Black Lung - I Am Morbid
 14. Mondkopf - Radikult
 15. Xytras - Existo Vulgore
 16. Toxic Engine - I Am Morbid

Disc 2
 1. Ahnst Anders - I Am Morbid
 2. Nachtmahr - Destructos Vs The Earth
 3. Skold - Profundis - Mea Culpa
 4. Black Strobe - 10 More Dead
 5. Miss Construction by Chris Pohl - Too Extreme
 6. Project Pitchfork - Destructos vs Earth
 7. Treponem Pal - 10 More Dead
 8. Scott Brown - I Am Morbid
 9. Fixhead - Radikult
 10. DJ Ruffneck - I Am Morbid
 11. Igorrr - Remixou Morbidou
 12. Tamtrum - I Am Morbid
 13. Tek-One - 10 More Dead
 14. Adrian - I Am Morbid
 15. The Horrorist - Existo Vulgore

 Bonus Download Tracks
 1. Combichrist - Destructos vs Earth
 2. Chrysalide - Nevermore
 3. Asche - Destructos vs Earth
 4. Sylvgheist Maelstrom - 10 More Dead
 5. Dead Sexy Inc. - I Am Morbid
 6. Roger Rotor - Radikult
 7. The Procesus - I Am Morbid
 8. Mulk - Existo Vulgore

so i decided to post both these albums together because they're what prompted me to listen to old Morbid Angel. it started when i heard there was going to be a remix album and it was going to have an Igorrr track on it. being an Igorrr fan i of course wanted the album but i figured i should hear the original album before checking out all the remixes. 

overall it isn't a horrible album. i liked quite a few tracks and there weren't any that were unlistenable or anything. i'm definitely curious to see what they do next.


as for the remix album, 2 discs, 31 tracks. the first pressing of the album also comes with a dropcard that lets you download 8 additional tracks for a total of about 3 hours worth of music. a few of these artists i knew but most i didn't. there are a lot of different electronic genres represented, from industrial and hardcore to clubby dance shit and dubstep (ugh). all in all you get 5 mixes of Destructos, 3 of Existo Vulgore, 12 of I Am Morbid, 4 of Radikult, 6 of Too Extreme and 5 of 10 More Dead and then a few random tracks.

about half of the remix tracks really stood out to me. decent enough

Morbid Angel - Covenant

Stain The World With The Blood Of Man

#94) Morbid Angel - Covenant (1993)

 1. Rapture
 2. Pain Divine
 3. World of Shit (Promised Land)
 4. Vengeance Is Mine
 5. The Lion's Den
 6. Blood On My Hands
 7. Angel of Disease
 8. Sworn to the Black
 9. Nar Mattaru
 10. God of Emptiness

Morbid's 3rd album is another slab of death metal.. on this album they also focus more on the Lovecraft/Summerian god influence lyrically. while the first 2 albums were recorded with a 2nd guitarist, Richard Brunelle, this album was recorded as a 3 piece without him. the change didn't seem to affect anything as Covenant went on to become the best selling death metal album of all time. there's really not a lot to say about this album that i haven't been saying about the other 2. rad riffs and heaps of evil.

Morbid Angel - Blessed are the Sick

Lord Of Light, I Will Swarm Against You Now

#93) Morbid Angel - Blessed are the Sick (1991)

 1. Intro
 2. Fall From Grace
 3. Brainstorm
 4. Rebel Lands
 5. Doomsday Celebration
 6. Day of Suffering
 7. Blessed are the Sick/Leading the Rats
 8. Thy Kingdom Come
 9. Unholy Blasphemies
 10. Abominations
 11. Desolate Ways
 12. The Ancient Ones
 13. In Remembrance


Morbid Angel's 2nd album finds them getting more technical. not really a lot to say about this one. besides the intro there are 3 instrumentals on the album. "Doomsday Celebration" is a cheesy keyboard deal that sounds like old computer game music. "Desolate Ways" is a nice, melodic acoustic guitar jam but it feels really out of place on the album. "In Remembrance" is a piano piece that again is very melodic and well written but feels out of place on it's own. .

another Earache reissue. there are no bonus tracks but there is a dvd called Tales of the Sick: A Closer Look, a 60 minute documentary filmed in 2009 that contains interviews with David Vincent (bass and vocals), Tom Morris, who engineered and and mixed the album, and a few other people.

from what i've read most people consider this to be the ultimate Morbid Angel album. i liked it just fine.

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.