HISTORY
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(BIO UFFICIALE)Words
that are meaningless without the structured weight of action behind them.
From their inception over a decade ago, Morbid Angel have truly embodied
those words, both in spiritual and earthly manifestations, becoming death metal
ground-breakers in the process.With the recording of their fifth studio
album, Formulas Fatal To The Flesh, Morbid Angel have forged a
testament to their conviction, once again proving that their power is
generated solely from within and unable to be swayed by outside influence or
opposing ideology. In the noble process of giving the highest of praise to the
Ancient Ones and celebrating the Triumvirate of the Living Continuum
(the ultimate purpose behind this creation), Morbid Angel have made an album
that reaches heights and depths previously unfathomed within the death
metalworld. As with any genre of music, the cream will always rise to the
top. With the demise of so many bands bound and defined solely by imitation,
Morbid Angel, the true innovators, remain alone, on top.The world at-large
was introduced to the furious intensity of Morbid Angel in 1989 with
Earache's release of Altars Of Madness. The album was a revolutionary
and unprecedented statement in extreme metal at the time, its strong song
writing, finely tuned musical firewinds and uncontrollable lyrical rage
catching so many ears that it catapulted to #1 on the UK Independent chart.
Their global debut has gone on to be unequivocally acknowledged as one of the
most influential death metal albums ever recorded, a whirling vortex of
searing anger and unstoppable energy. 1991's Blessed Are The Sick
cemented Morbid Angel's (song writer/guitarist Trey Azagthoth in particular)
reputation as truly innovative composers, infusing prevalent classical undercurrents
within their exceedingly powerful material. Blessed... retained the
devastating windstorm sound that had become their trademark and took it to
yet another dimension. With two acclaimed albums behind them and a maniacal
touring schedule, the band had now become a force that demanded to be
recognized even further outside of the growing death metal community. In 1993,
they broke a major barrier within that community by becoming the first
death metal band to be signed to a major label. Covenant proved to
be a milestone, signifying that a band as uncompromisingly brutal as Morbid
Angel could not only release an album inside of the major label system, but
thrive in that world. That was further proven with their next release. The
slime-ridden guitar mastery of 1995's Domination was a statement of
what the band had become: an ever-expanding organic machine, fueled by an
unquenchable thirst and driven by an unstoppable will.The first two classics,
coupled with two major label triumphs that have sold nearly a half million
albums worldwide, and a live album (Entangled In Chaos) which marked
the emergence of Trey Azagthoth as a producer to be reckoned with, have set
the stage for the radiating future of Azagthoth, drummer extrordinaire and
emerging songwriter Pete Sandoval and newly recruited vocalist/bassist Steve
Tucker. As the new album's producer and conceptual mastermind, Azagthoth
describes Formulas Fatal To The Flesh as "a collection of Cutha Hymns
that lift up and give praise to the Most Ancient of Days." A true
concept album from beginning to end, its aim is to lift up and ignite the
soul, awakening and inspiring those bound by the shackles of the falsifiers.
The music within Formulas... will undoubtedly cast it as a milestone of metal
extremity. Encompassing all aspects of the complete Morbid Angel sound, the
album is as fast and furious one minute and as slimy and torturous the next
as any of its predecessors. The sheer strength and diversity of the musical
material, along with its strong and uplifting ideology, is destined to set it
leagues apart from any death metal album in the past.Ensconced in praise of
the Ancient Ones and in celebration of the thunderous Me-Gal-Gal, the
Most High Triumvirate of the Living Continuum (the composite of all things,
positive and negative), Morbid Angel have created a work with a timeless
message. "Good and evil, right and wrong -- they are inherently
interconnected and a part of everything," says Azagthoth. The anger
contained within Formulas Fatal To The Flesh, while often seeming
all-encompassing if viewed strictly at the surface, is tightly focused.
"They say knowing is half the battle," continues Azagthoth.
"And in this case, it's identifying the problem of mankind: the
treachery, the deception, the enslavement, the falsifying, the ill-natured
intentions... we must know what it is and drive it away from ourselves and
have it push us towards our goals." Coming just two years from the dawn
of a new millennium, Formulas Fatal To The Flesh is ultimately destined to become
the band's most glorious work, something which death metal music, and more
importantlindividuals, will consistently turn towards for its innovative
brutality and inspiring message for as long as music remains.Morbid Angel
have done what they do best by once again re-defining an entire genre of
music and creating the new standard for death metal bands. Formulas Fatal To
The Flesh is nothing less than a musical, lyrical and conceptual masterpiece. |
NEWS
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INTERNET
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1989 |
ALTARS OF
MADNESS |
1° |
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IMMORTAL
RITES, SUFFOCATION, VISIONS FROM THE DARK SIDE, MAZE OF TORMENT, LORD
OF ALL FEVERS AND PLAGUE, CHAPEL OF GHOULS, BLEED FOR THE DEVIL, DAMNATION,
BLASPHEMY,EVIL SPELLS, MAZE OF TORMENT (REMIX), CHAPEL OF GHOULS (REMIX),
BLASPHEMY (REMIX). |
EARACHE |
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1991 |
BLESSED ARE
THE SICK |
2° |
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INTRO,
FALL FROM GRACE, BRAINSTORM, REBEL LANDS, DOOMSDAY CELEBRATION, DAY OF
SUFFERING, BLESSED
ARE THE SICK / LEADING THE RATS, THY KINGDOM COME, UNHOLY BLASPHEMIES,
ABOMINATIONS,DESOLATE WAYS, THE ANCIENT ONES, IN REMEMBRANCE |
EARACHE |
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1991 |
ABOMINATIONS
OF DESOLATION |
UNPUBLISHED |
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EARACHE |
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1993 |
COVENANT |
3° |
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RAPTURE,
PAIN DIVINE, WORLD OF SHIT (THE PROMISED LAND), VENGEANCE IS MINE, LIONS
DEN,BLOOD OF MY HANDS, ANGEL OF DISEASE, SWORN TO THE BLACK, NAR MATTARU, GOD
OF EMPTINESS |
EARACHE |
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1995 |
DOMINATION |
4° |
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DOMINATE
WHERE THE SLIME LIVE EYES TO SEE, EARS TO HEAR MELTING NOTHING
BUT FEAR DAWN OF THE ANGRY THIS MEANS WAR CAESARS
PALACE DREAMING INQUISITION (BURN WITH ME) HATEWORK |
GIANT |
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1996 |
ENTANGLED IN
CHAOS |
LIVE |
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IMMORTAL
RITES BLASPHEMY OF THE HOLY GHOST SWORN TO THE BLACK LORD
OF ALL FEVERS AND PLAGUE BLESSED ARE THE SICK DAY OF SUFFERING CHAPEL
OF GHOULS MAZE OF TORMENT RAPTURE BLOOD ON MY HANDS - DOMINATE |
EARACHE |
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1997 |
FORMULAS FATAL
TO THE FLESH |
5° |
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HEAVING
EARTH PRAYER OF HATRED BIL UR-SAG NOTHING IS NOT CHAMBERS
OF DIS DISTURBANCE IN THE GREAT SLUMBER UMULAMAHRI
HELLSPAWN: THE REBIRTH COVENANT OF DEATH HYMN
TO A GAS GIANT INVOCATION OF THE CONTINENTAL ONE ASCENT
THROUGH THE SPHERES HYMNOS RITUALES DE GUERRA - TROOPER |
EARACHE |
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2000 |
GATEWAYS TO
ANNIHILATION |
6° |
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KAWAZU,
SUMMONING REDEMPTION, AGELESS STILL I AM, HE WHO SLEEPS, TO THE VICTOR THE
SPOILS, AT
ONE WITH NOTHING, OPENING OF THE GATES, SECURED LIMITATIONS, AWAKENING, I,
GOD OF THE FORSAKEN. |
EARACHE |
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NATION
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GENRE
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U.S.A.
FLORIDA |
DEATH
METAL |
BAND
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2000 |
ACTIVE |
ALBUM |
OTHER BAND |
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VOCALS/BASS |
STEVE
TUCKER |
5°
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GUITARS |
ERIK RUTAN
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95 96
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HATE ETERNAL
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GUITARS |
TREY AZAGTHOTH
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ALL
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DRUMS |
PETE SANDOVAL |
ALL
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TERRORIZER
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*VOCALS/BASS |
DAVID
VINCENT |
1° -
5°
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TERRORIZER
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*GUITARS |
RICHARD BRUNELLE
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1° -
3°
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