This was the same but with all of morbid angle I listened to them over and over wanting to like them but finally after like my 8th try something clicked and I love them now
Scoring Heretic so low is baffling to me. It’s in my top 3. The interplay with the guitars and drums are next level stuff. The production doesn’t give me ear fatigue when I blast it at top volume which is an amazing accomplishment when it comes to death metal. Completely underrated...
Cool that I actually found someone else who doesn't think Covenant is the be all end all of Morbid Angel's discography. My favorite is Abominations , which I believe would have made a huge impact if was released in 86 to the mainstream as intended. Death Metal history re-written.
This is a pretty solid list man, I agree with the majority of your list but I’d have to shift it around slightly for mine: 9- Illud 8- Heretic 7- Kingdoms Disdained 6- Formulas Fatal to the Flesh 5- Domination 4- Covenant 3- Altars of Madness 2- Blessed are the Sick 1- GATEWAYS TO ANNIHILATION (I’m a sucker for 7 string carnage)
1. Covenant 2. Formulas Fatal to the flesh 3. Altars of Madness 4. Blessed Are the sick 5. Domination 6. Gateways to Annihilation 7. Heretic 8. Kingdom Disdained 9. Illud Divinum Insanus
1. Abominations of Desolation 2. Altars of Madness 3. Gateways to Annihilation 4. Blessed Are the Sick 5. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh 6. Covenant 7. Heretic 8. Domination 9. Kingdoms Disdained 10. Illud
"I" record (2011) In a strange way Illud is a gem in the Morbid Angel catalogue. Broke new ground in "Extreme" music. if it was "TOO EXTREME" for some, at least they did give you a warning."This is your one warning" remember shirts with ' Extreme music for Extreme People' pushing limits of comfort zones, Satanic as Fuck. Yeung played the hell out of his kit. "Nevermore" was in the band's set years before recorded has more of Pete's signature on it. "Mea Culpa" is like a culminating Frankenstein to the album. "my fault" as if they knew they created an Absolute Abomination. Crazy fast blast and slow grooves , crazy guitar layering. New sounds for sure! Vincent's vocal style and range is maddening.Can hear him do similar stuff with Vltimas. having said that. 1. G 2. FFF 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. H 8. I 9.K
1. Heretic- it's psychotic & i'm still fascinated with it! (I know i'm in a small minority) 2. Altars of Madness 3. Covenant 4. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh 5. Blessed are the Sick 6. Gateways to Annihilation 7. Entangled in Chaos 8. Kingdoms Disdained 9. Domination 10. Juvenalia 11. Illud Divinum Insanus
Great vid, Domination is my favorite and Hatework is my favorite song on that album, so underrated. I do enjoy some Illud. Might be because I like industrial, and there's a lot of variety on that album, but yeah I get why it gets all the hate.
Morbid will always be my fav death metal band minus like u said 2-3 albums are mid but the rest..... MAN talk abt heavy, catchy, and just tooooo inspirational
If I had to rank their albums from best to worst it would probably be 1.blessed are the sick 2.gateways to Annihilation 3.Covenant 4.Altars of madness 5.Domination 6.Formulas fatal to the flesh 7.heretic 8.Kingdoms Disdained 9. Illuid div Insanus I Honeslty think the first 7 albums are near perfection, the last two are either just decent or horrible
Im glad someone else found gateways.. up there. Production amazing. Tight as fuck. And although not technically complex as others, it's literally death/doom rhythmically taking you down into, oh wait a minute.. gateways to annihilation:)
I actually met the guitar player Trey Azagthoth a long time ago. He doesnt live too far from me. Anyway here is my ranking of albums out of 30 points as I have done in the past. Illud Divinum Insanus (12/30). This is alright at times sometimes seems as if it is a totally different band. Kingdoms Disdained (19/30) Sounds very death metal like but production wasnt great and every song sounds kind of the same. Domination(20/30) Vocalist does not sound great here. He would leave the band after this album. Heretic (21/30) Great vocal delivery great guitar work just not enough of everything. Altars Of Madness (25/30) Great debut songwriting is complex a couple too many blastbeats for me Gateways to Annihilation(25/30) Awesome album. Many songs are sludgy which I enjoy. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh (26/30). Great use of tempo variety here. Strange lyrics too. On Invocation the guitar player actually does the vocals! Blessed Are The Sick (29/30) The first death metal album I ever heard. Title track is the first death metal track I ever listened too and still consider it Morbid Angels best song. That riff and flute at the end is amazingly creepy. Lots of good instrumentals including Desolate Ways composed by the late Richard Brunelle (RIP). Covanent (30/30) One of the best death metal albums in history. David Vincent sounds like a beast great guitar rhythms and solos wonderful tempo changes and flows. Awesone drumming by Pete with not too many blastbeats and finally at the end God Of Emptiness!!! Great video my man. You keep getting better and better.
Sup dudeman? You once did a tier list of your favorite black metal bands, please do the same for death metal bands. Keep up the great videos, you are a charismatic dudeman
1. Altars of Madness 2. Covenant 3. Gateways of Annihilation 4. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh 5. Blessed Are The Sick 6. Domination 7. Kingdoms Disdained 8. Heretic 9. Illud divinum insanely shittus
Picking a least favourite Morbid Angel record is very easy (do I even have to say it?) but most favourite is....well, not easy. I'd probably pick "Altars Of Madness" as well though - that sound mix is fucking INCREDIBLE even by today's standards, and this represents Morbid Angel at their most primal.
@@Questformetal honestly, I've always wondered the same - there are plenty of fans that would rush to the defense of records like "St. Anger" and "Repentless", so I'm certain there must be a small minority of fans for "Illud Divinum Insanus" to call upon.
@@themetalmeltdownofficial Yeah everything made must have some fans I've just never seen them. Might be my quest tonight to find some good reviews for it
I love how on Illvd Div David literally decided to make a pseudo theme song for the band (I’m Morbid) two decades and 8 albums in to the band’s existence.
1. Covenant 2. Gateway to annihilation 3. Domination 4. Blessed are the sick 5. Formulas fatal to the flesh 6. Altars of madness 7. Heretic 8. Kingdoms distained 9. Illud Divinum Insanus
9. Kingdoms disdained 8. Illud divinum insanus 7. Formulas fatal to the flesh 6. Heretic 5. Blessed are the sick 4. Altars of madness 3. Gateways to annihilation 2. Domination 1. Covenant 1-5 may change a bit from day to day. They‘re all absolutely amazing. 8 and 9 made me stop listening to their music sadly. They were my favorite DM band up to the release of Heretic, but then it went totally downhill.
MA is and always will be my favorite Death metal band. Sure they released a couple of stinkers, but other than that they have one of the most consistent discographies by any Death metal bands imo. My ranking: 1: Covenant 2: Altars of Madness 3: Blessed are the Sick 4: Gateways to Annihilation 5: Domination 6: Formulas Fatal to the Flesh 7: Kingdoms Disdained 8: Heretic 9: Illud Divinum Insanus
I give Illud Divinum Insanus respect for trying new and different, experimental styles that forced the following album to be predictible and safe. Since the hiatus I felt bands like Behemoth and Septicflesh rubbed on them too much.
My list The essentials: 1. Altars (perfect album) 2. Covenant (has 1 filler interlude but perfect apart from that) 3. Blessed (they fuck up with those filler interludes but still essential) Great albums: 4. Formulas (lots of lame fillers that should not be on) 5. Gateways (has those horrible frog noises on the first track) I don't even listen to them: 6. Domination 7. Heretic 8. Kingdoms 9. Ilud (shit)
1. Domination 2. Covenant 3. Blessed Are the Sick 4. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh 5. Altars of Madness 6. Entangled in Chaos 7. Gateways to Annihilation 8. Heretic 9. Illud Divinum Insanus 10. Kingdom’s Disdained
I gotta disagree with the list. Gateways to Annihilation goes to the top for me. The dynamics in the songwriting, with Erik Rutan on second guitar was on point on this album. There's more dimensions, and depth. Things like on Summoning Redemption one guitar tremolo picking, while the other is doing triplets is brilliant layering, and using a stereo recording of a frog in Trey Azagtoths yard layered into the first two tracks was so unique, and brilliant. The drumming is on point, and Steve Tucker sounds way better on that than on any of the Vincent albums.
For me its Abominations of Desolation, then Altars of Madness (bought in 1989, then I got Abominations on bootleg LP in 1991, then it was offically released by earache on all formats), Covenent, Blessed Are the Sick, Domination, Gateways to Annihilation, Formulas Fatal to the Flesh, Heretic (terrible production), Kingdoms Disdained (basic death metal), Illud Divinum Insanus (used toilet paper and full on bloody diarrhea)...
My ranking would be : 1. Domination (9/10) 2. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh (8/10) 3. Altars of Madness (7,5/10) 4. Heretic (7/10) 5. Blessed Are the Sick (7/10) 6. Gateways to Annihilation (6,5/10) (I love the songs a lot but quite dislike the production, too mechanical) 7. Covenant (6,5/10) 8. Kingdoms Disdained (4/10) 9. Illud (2/10)
I always hear they’re so good..I bought gateways at my local record store..and I absolutely hate it. I LOVE most bands from that era..but this album is shit. So am I crazy or do people agree?
Illvd sounds like crappy industrial and crappy death metal happening at the same time. Piece of sh*t. My favourite is Covenant. Great technicality, groove and overall balance.
Where The Slime Lives broke my brain when I heard it the first time. I feel I’m also one of the few who really likes Kingdoms Disdained.
Still think its a solid album and yeah that song broke mine too, still breaks it when I hear it
Kingdoms of Disdain lacked solos! Other than that great record!
Wwwwhwhooowwwere the slime liiivvvs, wahwhere the slime breathes... brutal
@@Questformetal one of my favourite solos in that track ever since I started music
You never did a Morbid Angel tier list!?
It took me a few spins for Altars of Madness to fully sink in, but now I’m in love with it, and am really excited to dig deeper
The intensity of it, so good!
Same for me too. It all just crashes by so fast that it’s difficult to comprehend at first.
Same. This is also how it went for me with Death- Leprosy
This was the same but with all of morbid angle I listened to them over and over wanting to like them but finally after like my 8th try something clicked and I love them now
yeah once it clicks it really clicks
I bought Blessed are the Sick on casette the day it came out. My favorite Morbid Angel album. In my top 5 Death Metal albums of all time.
Scoring Heretic so low is baffling to me. It’s in my top 3. The interplay with the guitars and drums are next level stuff. The production doesn’t give me ear fatigue when I blast it at top volume which is an amazing accomplishment when it comes to death metal. Completely underrated...
Cool that I actually found someone else who doesn't think Covenant is the be all end all of Morbid Angel's discography. My favorite is Abominations , which I believe would have made a huge impact if was released in 86 to the mainstream as intended. Death Metal history re-written.
Yep. Abominations... is the best.
Agreed, its my favourite as well...
Domination RULES!!!! It's my favorite one
This is a pretty solid list man, I agree with the majority of your list but I’d have to shift it around slightly for mine:
9- Illud
8- Heretic
7- Kingdoms Disdained
6- Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
5- Domination
4- Covenant
3- Altars of Madness
2- Blessed are the Sick
1- GATEWAYS TO ANNIHILATION (I’m a sucker for 7 string carnage)
1. Covenant
2. Formulas Fatal to the flesh
3. Altars of Madness
4. Blessed Are the sick
5. Domination
6. Gateways to Annihilation
7. Heretic
8. Kingdom Disdained
9. Illud Divinum Insanus
1. Abominations of Desolation
2. Altars of Madness
3. Gateways to Annihilation
4. Blessed Are the Sick
5. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
6. Covenant
7. Heretic
8. Domination
9. Kingdoms Disdained
10. Illud
I would swap spots with gateways/ formulas and domination/heretic but thats what mine would be
1.Covenant
2.Domination
3.Blessed are the sick
4.Altars of madness
5.Gateaways
6.FFf
7.Kingdoms disdained
8.Heretic
9.Illud
"I" record (2011)
In a strange way Illud is a gem in the Morbid Angel catalogue. Broke new ground in "Extreme" music. if it was "TOO EXTREME" for some, at least they did give you a warning."This is your one warning" remember shirts with ' Extreme music for Extreme People' pushing limits of comfort zones, Satanic as Fuck. Yeung played the hell out of his kit. "Nevermore" was in the band's set years before recorded has more of Pete's signature on it. "Mea Culpa" is like a culminating Frankenstein to the album. "my fault" as if they knew they created an Absolute Abomination. Crazy fast blast and slow grooves , crazy guitar layering. New sounds for sure!
Vincent's vocal style and range is maddening.Can hear him do similar stuff with Vltimas.
having said that.
1. G
2. FFF
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. H
8. I
9.K
I love the Lovcraftian style of Morbid Angel, friggin sick
Maze of Torment
....
Maze of Death
1. Heretic- it's psychotic & i'm still fascinated with it! (I know i'm in a small minority)
2. Altars of Madness
3. Covenant
4. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
5. Blessed are the Sick
6. Gateways to Annihilation
7. Entangled in Chaos
8. Kingdoms Disdained
9. Domination
10. Juvenalia
11. Illud Divinum Insanus
Heretic sounds awesome and it’s furious but the song writing is lacking
I would put Blessed as number 1, because it is the album that I got me into Morbid Angel.
Blessed Are The Sick and Domination are my tied firsts.
Great vid, Domination is my favorite and Hatework is my favorite song on that album, so underrated.
I do enjoy some Illud. Might be because I like industrial, and there's a lot of variety on that album, but yeah I get why it gets all the hate.
Morbid will always be my fav death metal band minus like u said 2-3 albums are mid but the rest..... MAN talk abt heavy, catchy, and just tooooo inspirational
If I had to rank their albums from best to worst it would probably be
1.blessed are the sick
2.gateways to Annihilation
3.Covenant
4.Altars of madness
5.Domination
6.Formulas fatal to the flesh
7.heretic
8.Kingdoms Disdained
9. Illuid div Insanus
I Honeslty think the first 7 albums are near perfection, the last two are either just decent or horrible
Im glad someone else found gateways.. up there. Production amazing. Tight as fuck. And although not technically complex as others, it's literally death/doom rhythmically taking you down into, oh wait a minute.. gateways to annihilation:)
Awesome reviews!
IMMOLATION.
INCANTATION
Altars is my fave death metal album of all time but Immolation's discography is way more consistent than Morbid Angel's.
Yes IMMOLATION
I actually met the guitar player Trey Azagthoth a long time ago. He doesnt live too far from me.
Anyway here is my ranking of albums out of 30 points as I have done in the past.
Illud Divinum Insanus (12/30). This is alright at times sometimes seems as if it is a totally different band.
Kingdoms Disdained (19/30) Sounds very death metal like but production wasnt great and every song sounds kind of the same.
Domination(20/30) Vocalist does not sound great here. He would leave the band after this album.
Heretic (21/30) Great vocal delivery great guitar work just not enough of everything.
Altars Of Madness (25/30) Great debut songwriting is complex a couple too many blastbeats for me
Gateways to Annihilation(25/30) Awesome album. Many songs are sludgy which I enjoy.
Formulas Fatal to the Flesh (26/30). Great use of tempo variety here. Strange lyrics too. On Invocation the guitar player actually does the vocals!
Blessed Are The Sick (29/30) The first death metal album I ever heard. Title track is the first death metal track I ever listened too and still consider it Morbid Angels best song. That riff and flute at the end is amazingly creepy. Lots of good instrumentals including Desolate Ways composed by the late Richard Brunelle (RIP).
Covanent (30/30) One of the best death metal albums in history. David Vincent sounds like a beast great guitar rhythms and solos wonderful tempo changes and flows. Awesone drumming by Pete with not too many blastbeats and finally at the end God Of Emptiness!!!
Great video my man. You keep getting better and better.
10. Illud
9. Kingdoms
8. Gateways
7. Heretic
6. Abominations (had to include that one)
5. Domination
4. Formulas
3. Covenant
2. Blessed
1. Altars
Covenant was my first death metal album so it has a sweet spot you can't lie
Very legit list. Domination is def top 3. I’m triggered when it’s not in top 3 lol.
Same. It’s so underrated. Dawn of the Angry is top 3 Morbid Angel songs for me.
Formulas is my favorite hands down. Peak Morbid Angel.
Sup dudeman? You once did a tier list of your favorite black metal bands, please do the same for death metal bands.
Keep up the great videos, you are a charismatic dudeman
ganda tuga
My next video will be death metal related but not the tier list, but I am planning on doing that at some point as well its on my list of things to do
1. Altars of Madness
2. Covenant
3. Gateways of Annihilation
4. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
5. Blessed Are The Sick
6. Domination
7. Kingdoms Disdained
8. Heretic
9. Illud divinum insanely shittus
Picking a least favourite Morbid Angel record is very easy (do I even have to say it?) but most favourite is....well, not easy. I'd probably pick "Altars Of Madness" as well though - that sound mix is fucking INCREDIBLE even by today's standards, and this represents Morbid Angel at their most primal.
Yeah think most people would agree on the worst haha but be interesting to see any defenders of it and what they have to say about it
@@Questformetal honestly, I've always wondered the same - there are plenty of fans that would rush to the defense of records like "St. Anger" and "Repentless", so I'm certain there must be a small minority of fans for "Illud Divinum Insanus" to call upon.
@@themetalmeltdownofficial Yeah everything made must have some fans I've just never seen them. Might be my quest tonight to find some good reviews for it
Gateways very underrated album IMO 🤘🏻🤘🏻
I love how on Illvd Div David literally decided to make a pseudo theme song for the band (I’m Morbid) two decades and 8 albums in to the band’s existence.
My intro to Morbid Angel was 'God of Emptiness'
1. Covenant
2. Gateway to annihilation
3. Domination
4. Blessed are the sick
5. Formulas fatal to the flesh
6. Altars of madness
7. Heretic
8. Kingdoms distained
9. Illud Divinum Insanus
Can you rank the annihilator and deicide albums?
Heretic is a masterpiece sorry guys, got in vinyl is different , riffin amazing re ceck pls, u are not ready for that album
9. Kingdoms disdained
8. Illud divinum insanus
7. Formulas fatal to the flesh
6. Heretic
5. Blessed are the sick
4. Altars of madness
3. Gateways to annihilation
2. Domination
1. Covenant
1-5 may change a bit from day to day. They‘re all absolutely amazing. 8 and 9 made me stop listening to their music sadly. They were my favorite DM band up to the release of Heretic, but then it went totally downhill.
MA is and always will be my favorite Death metal band. Sure they released a couple of stinkers, but other than that they have one of the most consistent discographies by any Death metal bands imo.
My ranking:
1: Covenant
2: Altars of Madness
3: Blessed are the Sick
4: Gateways to Annihilation
5: Domination
6: Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
7: Kingdoms Disdained
8: Heretic
9: Illud Divinum Insanus
1. Blessed
2. Altars
3. Covenant
4. Gateways
5. Domination
6. Heretic
7. Formulas
8. Kingdoms
9. Ilud
Exactly the same as my ranking, except Domination would go down 3 spots. Respect \m/
9. Ilud
8. Kingdoms
7. Heretic
6. Domination
5. Blessed
4. Formulas
3. Altars
2. Covenant
1. Gateway's
I give Illud Divinum Insanus respect for trying new and different, experimental styles that forced the following album to be predictible and safe. Since the hiatus I felt bands like Behemoth and Septicflesh rubbed on them too much.
My list
The essentials:
1. Altars (perfect album)
2. Covenant (has 1 filler interlude but perfect apart from that)
3. Blessed (they fuck up with those filler interludes but still essential)
Great albums:
4. Formulas (lots of lame fillers that should not be on)
5. Gateways (has those horrible frog noises on the first track)
I don't even listen to them:
6. Domination
7. Heretic
8. Kingdoms
9. Ilud (shit)
1. Domination
2. Covenant
3. Blessed Are the Sick
4. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
5. Altars of Madness
6. Entangled in Chaos
7. Gateways to Annihilation
8. Heretic
9. Illud Divinum Insanus
10. Kingdom’s Disdained
I gotta disagree with the list. Gateways to Annihilation goes to the top for me. The dynamics in the songwriting, with Erik Rutan on second guitar was on point on this album. There's more dimensions, and depth. Things like on Summoning Redemption one guitar tremolo picking, while the other is doing triplets is brilliant layering, and using a stereo recording of a frog in Trey Azagtoths yard layered into the first two tracks was so unique, and brilliant. The drumming is on point, and Steve Tucker sounds way better on that than on any of the Vincent albums.
For me its Abominations of Desolation, then Altars of Madness (bought in 1989, then I got Abominations on bootleg LP in 1991, then it was offically released by earache on all formats), Covenent, Blessed Are the Sick, Domination, Gateways to Annihilation, Formulas Fatal to the Flesh, Heretic (terrible production), Kingdoms Disdained (basic death metal), Illud Divinum Insanus (used toilet paper and full on bloody diarrhea)...
❤
Alters #1, that shit is borderline heresy lol. Id say gateways 1, dominate 2, covenant 3 and formulas 4. Fucking incredible catalogue pre 2002 lol.
I’d place FFTF above Covenant, Domination, and Gateways!
I LOVE KINGDOMS DISDAINED
I just listened to a couple of songs from that Illud divine album and I never heard worst noise in my life
come one how can C be under D
Illud Divinum Insanus BEST
Altars of Madness🤘🤘🤘
Entangled in Chaos is the best Morbid Angel album.
Lol
My ranking would be :
1. Domination (9/10)
2. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh (8/10)
3. Altars of Madness (7,5/10)
4. Heretic (7/10)
5. Blessed Are the Sick (7/10)
6. Gateways to Annihilation (6,5/10) (I love the songs a lot but quite dislike the production, too mechanical)
7. Covenant (6,5/10)
8. Kingdoms Disdained (4/10)
9. Illud (2/10)
I always hear they’re so good..I bought gateways at my local record store..and I absolutely hate it. I LOVE most bands from that era..but this album is shit. So am I crazy or do people agree?
Heretic with great production AND Dave Vincent would be a contender to break top 3 for me. Such a shame !!
Why everybody trashed illud divinum insanus. Is one of the greatest death metal album of all time.
ngl I kinda like 10 More Dead lmao
Can you make Rhapsody (of fire) albums ranking?
As morbid tied with darkthrone, they will be next but after them I could do
I think Covenant is a bit overrated too
Illvd sounds like crappy industrial and crappy death metal happening at the same time. Piece of sh*t.
My favourite is Covenant. Great technicality, groove and overall balance.
strange that you would place kingdoms over heretic because of the PRODUCTION. i can’t stand Kingdoms’ production
Nope. I was alive when Death Metal became a thing... Blessed are the Sick is easily the best. You’re neglecting context.
Kingdom disdained is the worst album of Morbid Angel.
If you don't like illud divinum insanus you are a poser
No, the production on Altars in not on point. In fact, it's not on point at all. On the OG LP, the album sounds like a cheap demo.
Everything post 2001 sucks
1 Altars of Madness
2 Formulas Fatal
3 Heretic
4 Blessed are the sick
5 Gates to Annihilation
1. Blessed
2. Formulas
3. Domination
4. Altars
5. Covenant
6. Heretic
7. Kingdoms
8. Gateways
9. Illud