Ranking the Studio Albums: Morbid Angel
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- Join host Pete Pardo as he ranks the albums of death metal legends Morbid Angel. #morbidangel
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Their first was their best. "Altars Of Madness" forever!
PETE SANDOVAL🤘
Absomotherfuckinglutely
absolutely brother, gathered for a sacred rite.....!!!!
Personally not for me… Formulas for me
Yeah if we are talking studio albums it's altars but that Thy Kingdom Come demo is untouchable.
1. Covenant
2. Blessed Are the Sick
3. Domination
4. Alters of Madness
5.
Gateways to Annihilation
6.
Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
7.
Heretic
8. Kingdoms Disdained
9. Illud Divinum Insanus
Nailed the first 4, don't care about the rest. Good job!
1. Altars Of Madness
2. Gateways To Annihilation
3. Formulas Fatal To The Flesh
4. Covenant
5. Domination
6. Blessed Are The Sick
Rarely listen to the rest. Absolutely love all of my top-4.
You have a great taste in music Pete. I love your channel so much!
1. Blessed Are the Sick
2. Altars of Madness
3. Covenant
4. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
5. Domination
6. Gateways to Annihilation
7. Kingdoms Disdained
8. Heretic
9. Illud blah blah blah garbage
R.I.P. Richard Brunelle
Yes, gateway is not number 2 either
Perfect list, 3+4 are tied, 'FFF'' is a very creative album
i agree accept i move gateways to 4 formulas to 5 and domination to 6 - blessed are the sick so underrated for some reason everyone stuck on altars even though its also a classic
Covenant was supposedly the best selling death metal album of all time, so definitely up there in sales too!
Great list! Glad to see Gateways get some love. That to this day is my favorite Morbid Angel album that never gets half the recognition it deserves. The guitar riffs are insanely good, and Erik Rutan really added a lot on that album. I always preferred the Tucker era overall over the Vincent era, but love most all of their albums.
Good AM. A super EARLY start from PETE to brighten up a rather dreary, cloudy ⛅️, overcast NJ morning. Thank you !
1. Formulas
2. Covenant
3. Domination
4. Alters
5. Kingdoms
6. Blessed
7. Gateways
8. Heretic
9. Illud
Thanks for doing this Pete!
i've been listening to a ton of Formulas lately.
It's in the top 3, that album takes the longest to appreciate, but when it finally sinks in, it is very addictive
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Thanks for this Pete,..since your rocking the shirt,..EMPEROR next !
I like Covenant and Altars of Madness the most, both equally good. Those two are classics in my ears. The rest is ok (except the disaster album Illud Divinum Insanus)
1. Altars
2. Domination
3. Covenant
4. Heretic
5. Blessed
I need to re-listen to the Tucker albums to rank, it's been a while.
Thank you for ranking the studio albums of: Morbid Angel.🎤🎸🎵🥁
How cool is this channel? Anything from late sixties hardrock to death metal! I love it! My favorite albums are Formulas Fatal to the Flesh and Blessed are the Sick👍🏻
I always think of Beavis and Butthead commenting on the God of Emptiness video. LoL
Great vid Pete
Butt-Head:Whoa...was that a bear?
For me it goes like this:
Altars
Blessed
Covenant
Gateways
Domination
Formulas
Heretic
Kingdoms
Illud
Great video. I saw Morbid Angel open for Motörhead. Great show! Blessed Are The Sick and Covenant are killer🤟🏻
That's kind of an odd pairing but that sounds amazing
To me "Abominations of Desolation" is the 2nd all time best metal album , second only to Legend's "From the Fyords" and equal only to " The Key" by Nocturnus.
This is an awesome opinion. I love Nocturnus more than Morbid, honestly. Never got the hype for Covenant.
@@evilevie87 You are the type of person that preferes good composition with bad production over bad composition with good production. Cheers to you!
From the Fjords is amaaaaaaazing
My ranking might be weird, but the first five are all extremely close for me
1. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
2. Gateways to Annihilation
3. Blessed are the Sick
4. Covenant
5. Altars of Madness
6. Domination
7. Kingdoms Disdained
8. Heretic
9. Illud Divinum Insanus
Steve Tucker albums rule. Altars of Madness would have been just as good , if not even better with Steve Tucker on Bass , and Vocals . He is a just as good as David Vincent vocally , but he really blows away David Vincent when it comes to Bass playing
thats my list too. except heretic in the place of covenant.
Every Morbid Angel album is fantastic other than Illud
@@robjabbaz Heretic is closer to being Slam Brutal Death Metal than the others . Heretic retains less humanity than the other albums. Less humanity is always a good thing in Metal music
@@wenndingofoster5680 i think that when Morbid Angel made FFTTF, they tapped into themes and vibes that were previously uncharted in metal... maybe something similar to a sumerian version of nile... but after 2 big hash cookies... heretic is such a wild album... blade of elohim is the album favorite for me.
WoW what exciting video’s coming Pete can’t wait Thursday Friday Saturday I’ll be watching can’t wait for your interview with Annie I love her voice she sings so so beautiful
I only own Covenant & Domination so I can't do a ranking but there is a song on "IDI" called "Destructos Vs The Earth" that I absolutely love. Most Morbid Angel fans hate that album but I can't get enough of that song. Whenever I watch the Tom Cruise movie "War of the Worlds", I always hear that song in my head.
That song kicks ass.
I got to see Morbid Angel Altars of Madness show at the Tropicana in Philadelphia, PA 1990. \m/
Fucking awesome. Morbid Angel was the first death metal band I heard in 1998.
I got into the game late lol
Those shows were absolutely wild. Maybe because I saw most in Philly which was a crazy town. No stagediving restrictions. Just wow.
@@christhomas1708
I'm from Philly. And the Trocadero was the best place for a concert
Philippos Kasotis
Thanks. I knew something was wrong with calling it Tropicana. Trocadero was the place. With mirrors on both sides of the walls and those two or three steps going across near in front of the stage.
Slayer 'A Week In The Abyss' 7 date tour before releasing Seasons In The Abyss was at there late 1990. The kids tore the plumbing out of the bathroom upstairs and the balcony flooded over.
The show ended with Slayer playing Raining Blood as everyone was told to leave and not drink the water coming down.
The Trocadero was closed for remodeling because of all the damage. The metal years ended after that and went to Green Day, Nirvana, Soundgarden etc...
@@christhomas1708
Hahshs. Yea a friend of mine. If you know John Smith. He was that show.
He said they ripped the chairs out of the balcony and yelled Angel of Death all night
Wow!! thank you for doing this 🔥🔥🔥. Would you do Deicide as well?
Amazing band. Great video.
"10 More Dead" off of Illud is the only shining moment. That song would have been at home on Domination.
Thanks Pete. There’s a death metal band from Australia, sort of progressive death metal band. I won’t say too much because I’m considering sending you a copy of their debut album they released last year. Varied sounds and influences and cool artwork on the album too. Hope you receive and enjoy another album I sent a few weeks ago, another new band from Finland.
Hello Pete, Great Selection, I love your Channel,. please a tribute to Manilla Road Wichita’s beloved bands
Thank You
Pete, time for ranking the albums from Carcass!
That was cool top 10, was nice surprise you put Gateways at no2. Love that album but normally most will go with Altars & Blessed for top two. For me Domination is top as it has so much going on. Fast/slow and has some brilliant riffs on it. The live album 'Entangled in Chaos' is one of the best sounding live recordings your going to get in death metal 🤘🤘
So cool that you like Death Metal, Pete.
Amazing, best death metal band ever. My favorite is Blessed are the Sick, this is the Sad Wings of Destiny of death metal.
Nice shirt by the way! I’ve seen Morbid Angel twice. I’ve met Steve Tucker and Pete Sandoval. Saw with Erik Rutan. And my album is Blessed are the Sick.
#1 Covenant
#2 Altars
#3 Gateways
#4 Domination
#5 Blessed Are
#6 Heretic
#7 Kingdoms
# 8 Formulas
# 9 St. Anger (he he)
Lists notable members.
Forgets Brunelle.
Smh.
And Mike Browning
@@grindmaster7433 didn't even catch that until you said it, Abominations is a masterpiece.
Interesting video!
Props for ranking Gateways so high, most people don't.
However Domination is not good.
Also you can include Animations Of Desolation is a debut/album as well. It's great.
Top five here:
1. Covenant
2. Domination
3. Illud Divinum Insanus (Yep!)
4. Blessed are the sick
5. Altars of Madness
As you can see I’m a David Vincet guy.
Oh and Illud is fantastic. MA loved Laibach so it perfectly made sense for them to be creative and explore other genre of extreme music like industrial. What can I say, I was an industrial fan already when they released it so I was at home with this stuff. Pleasantly surprised. I know I’m in minority here, but it’s you who miss out on this, not me.
Domination
Maze of Torment... Probably my favorite metal riff \m/
So what album do you think is the best for "death metal beginners" if you know what I mean? Like, I'm not new to metal per se, I listened to a lot of thrash and classic heavy metal in the past, but I only recently started getting into death metal and the transition isn't always easy. :D
Death 'Symbolic'...try that!
Altars of Madness. Cannibal Corpse's 'The Bleeding'
Any chance of ranking the Emperor catalogue, Peter?
Awesome stuff Pete! Any chance we might see Gorguts or Immolation ranked at some point?
Possibly-I have a LOT of death & black metal stuff to get to!
@@seaoftranquilityprog can I suggest Amon Amarth
Totally Agree with your raking Pete !! My only change is Domination with Gateways.
Morbid Angel is definitely my favourite band of all time.
1. Formulas Fatal To The Flesh
2. Blessed Are The Sick
3. Covenant
4. Altars Of Madness
5. Heretic
6. Gateways To Annihilation
7. Kingdoms Disdained
8. Domination
9. Illud Divinum Insanus
3 & 4 are interchangeable, same with 7 & 8.
The question isn't that Altars of Madness is the best album, just which song order.
also Hellspawn original demo song
I gave you a shoutout yesterday on the Brian Slagel Metal Blade Radio on Gimme Metal!
Thanks! Brian will be here with me on Saturday for some Cirith Ungol!
@@seaoftranquilityprog Yes! He said!
Glad to see some love for Gateways to Annihilation.
The most i love in your taste is the range of it, you like from soft rock till Death Metal!!!
Great to see some love for 'Gateways to Annihilation'!!! Maybe my fave one, maybe not... But it is freaking good!!!!
So great to see Gateways ranked that high. That’s my favorite
Gateways
Blessed
Altars
Domination
Formulas
Covenant
I don’t really listen to the other few
One of my favorite bands... I went through several tapes of Altars Of Madness, I would make copies, listen to a tape and wore it out until It basically had no treble and then grab a copy and repeat. Fun times.
Hey Pete are you a fan of kreator if so maybe a future video on them?
Blessed are the sick is still my favorite album and in my top 10 death metal albums ever!
Morbid Angel along with Pantera were pretty much my two metal mainstays all throughout the 90's. I love Trey's off kilter riffing.
Formulas is my favourite 🔥🔥🤘🤘💪 all of them are awesome in their own ways apart from the tragic I album. May they continue to give us hymns from the Ancient Ones 🔥🔥⚡️ Hail Trey and co, past and present.
Have you done Deicide yet.? Or even Terrorizer.
Yes !!!! Morbid Angel \m/
Comparing one's own album rankings with another person's is always fun; thus the popularity of ranking studio albums on youtube. I enjoy both the David Vincent & Steve Tucker eras. "Formulas Fatal to the Flesh" is a great album, but it is by far not my favorite Morbid Angel album. However, the album's "Invocation of the Continual One" is probably my all time favorite Morbid Angel song. That time change and riff are catchy as hell!
i have such a hard time ranking their albums. my favorite morbid angel album fluctuates so frequently. my list is essentially a four way tie between Altars Of Madness, Blessed Are The Sick, Domination, and Gateways to Annihilation for the number one spot, then Formulas Fatal to the Flesh, then Covenant, then Heretic, then Kingdoms Disdained, then Illud. i just can’t bring myself to rank my top four, they’re just all sooooo good.
Abominations of Desolation
Exactly!!🥃🥃🤘🔥
Domination is one of the first albums that got me into death metal, can't undo the bias...
1. Domination
2. Covenant
3. Altars of Madness
4. Blessed Are the Sick
5. Gateways to Annihilation
6. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
I haven't heard the rest yet but those all RIP!! Love these guys
You can stop right there, the other three are kinda shitty, specially illud, that is a piece of shit
Kingdoms Disdain is actually pretty good, just stay away from the one before it
Since I Posted this I did actually listen to Heretic which I thought was not bad at all, I didn’t listen to the extra disc of nonsense though. I might check out Kingdoms soon
@@erikberg5363 I just listened to it yesterday for the first time actually, definitely a solid album after Illud Dominus Insanus...which, well wasn't that great
@@johnlucio6847 Yeah I’ve only heard a couple tracks from Illud and I wasn’t much of a fan lol
Alters and Covenant are my favs.
Love to see a Cradle Of Filth ranking.
Covenant has always been my number one, love how organic it sounds.
1. Covenant
2. Blessed Are the Sick
3. Domination
4. Alters of Madness
5. Formulas Fatel to the Flesh
6. Gateways to Annihilation
7. Illud Divinum Insanus
8. Heretic
9. Kingdoms Disdained
3:40 lol. Yup, pretty much.
🥃🥃🤘🔥
Chances of rating Carcass' albums?
Besides the few songs on Insanus that were different the other songs are just as good as anything on Domination and Covenant, I can see why many cringed at first listening but didn't give the other tracks a fair chance. They kicks ass. Morbid had always had experimental music on their records and Insanus just did it a little more. Covenant is their greatest record hands down. I love every album they put out but Covenant is one of the best metal albums ever released.
My favorite death metal band
Holy sh*t. Came back from a busy day of errands. Grab a Guinness Stout. Recline, exhausted, on my couch. Turn on one of my favorite TH-cam channels...
.......and this appears. Morbid Angel!! 😃👹 This Guinness is going to go down well with this video! (Covenant is my #1)
nice!
Formulas is my favorite album by them.
Such a wide swing in quality. I never listen to my bottom 4, with my top 2 being "classics" IMO.
9) Illud Divinum Insanus (Easily at the bottom. Also, the Latin is incorrect.)
8) Heretic
7) Domination
6) Gateways to Annihilation
5) Blessed Are the Sick
4) Kingdoms Disdained (Nice return to form!)
3) Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
2) Covenant
1) Altars of Madness
Check out David Vincent's newer band Vltimas! Their album from last year is almost as good as the best Morbid Angel stuff.
Thanks, Pete!
Vltimas is pretty good, Blasphemer is doing the guitar work and he can do no wrong. Even Vincent's vocals are a lot better than I've heard him sound during MA's live shows.
I love your list. Mine ranking:
1. Blessed Are The Sick (Untouchtable, unfathomable)
2. Covenant
3. Formulas Fatal To The Flesh
4. Gateways to Annihilation
5. Altars of Madness
6. Domination
Not a fan of the other three albums at all. Heretic is just okay, the other two are pure trash.
This is a great album.
Domination, Covenant and Blessed for top three.
I'm giving you my ranking as a longtime fan.
9. Heretic
8. FFF
7. Kingdoms
6. Gateways
5. Illud
4. Altars
3. Domination
2. Blessed
1. Covenant
PETE COMANDO SANDOVAL❤️🤘
ranking suggestions Ayreon they have a huge discography with mostly double concept albums that feature big household names.Also Guitar legends Steve Vai ,Eric Johnson. , Therion probably the most important pionner of symphonic metal .Also Cynic,Atheist,Coroner,Kreator etr..
2:15 You also forgot to mention that Erik Rutan joined Cannibals Corpse. That’s huge!
Great list, but Abominations Of Desolation deserves way more praise IMO. Those Mike Browning vocals are EVIL
I have the Incubus demo, that thing is out of this world!!!! Engulfed in unspeakable horror is such a crazy song
One word describes how bad Illud Divinum Insanus was
Radikult
Evil D is a big industrial guy (he was married the Genitorturers lead singer at one point) and somehow he convinced Trey that it was a good idea to put this out.
I think Trey would like to pretend that album never happened.
Blessed are the sicked is their greatest album by miles for me
my morbid angel album ranked:
1 - altars of madness
2 - covenant
3 - heretic
4 - formulas fatal to the flesh
5 - blessed are the sick
6 - domination
7 - gateways to annihilation
A lot of people in the comment section need to turn off the lights, shut up, put on 'FFF', then transcend. That album is not just meant to be fast and brutal, it is actually a perfectly structured trip. Turn off the lights, don't play it in the background while you're doing some other activity, because you'll miss the magic. Everyone here who has listed it in their top 3 has given that album the proper attention, because it was Trey's second wind.
I agree, I love that entire album front to back, pure magic. I even love the instrumental synth tracks
It's a Trey solo album if we were ever going to get one. A lot of people wrote the band off a little bit after Vincent left and Trey was out to prove a point I think. Those shows from 98 to the early 2000's with Tucker on vocals were insane. They were untouchable
Altars has to be #1 but Blessed is a close 2nd. Saw Morbid at the Marquee in '91. Best death metal show I ever saw. Cancer and Entombed opened. Was intense and violent. David Vincent was looking right at my crew. It was in September so it was like the culmination of a wild and violent summer. We lived for metal,beer, and girls. Anyone in the NY scene back then will understand. We were truly Sworn to the Black!
Pete, we need a 'rank the albums' for the Grateful Dead. Jerry's birthday and the 25th anniversary of his passing are coming up very soon.
Awesome emperor shirt
Formulas Fatal to the Flesh is the greatest album of all time
I'm shocked you ranked "Domination" and "Heretic" above Formulas. Formulas is easily one of their best imo. How I would rank them:
1. Covenant
2. Blessed Are The Sick
3. Formulas Fatal To The Flesh
4. Altars Of Madness
5. Gateways To Annihilation
6. Heretic
7. Domination
8. Kingdoms Disdained
9. Illud Divinum Insanus
I disagree I think heretic is better than both of those albums.
Altars and Gateways are on the top.
1. Covenant
2. Formulas Fatal To The Flesh
3. Altars Of Madness
4. Gateways To Annihilation
5. Domination
666. Blessed Are The Sick
7. Heretic
8. Kingdoms Disdained
9. Kill a cop cop kill a cop lol
I love Covenant, I listen to this everyday, It was my first experience with their music and I loved It and I only put Formulas above Altars because the complexity of lyrics and the instrumentals are brutal as fuck. I love this Band too much, well they have one bad Record... Thats ok, its exactly as You said. 9 albums except 1, 8 albums Very good and brutal in many ways, theres no Band with a discography with so variety. EXTREME MUSIC FOR EXTREME PEOPLE. HAIL MORBID!
Basically every dm band on dark descent/20 buck spin take heavy inspiration from Formulas. A Trey Azagthoth solo album pretty much. Killer! My #1.. but Altars is pretty great too.
5:36 great album
Covenant for me, but Gateways is quite underrated, as is Formulas to some extent. Altars is totally bonkers and they played like they were possessed on it.
Pete you should rank carcass albums as well