Morbid Angel "Illud Divinum Insanus"

Ash.J.Williams · 27-05-2011 2:56pm

holy f**

Mental Mickey · 27-05-2011 2:58pm

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

holy f***

Fixed that for you.

Ash.J.Williams · 27-05-2011 3:20pm

jaysus....just read all the mi reviews....

Pyr0 · 27-05-2011 5:15pm

I'm dreading, absolutely dreading seeing them at Hellfest and Wacken now. D'ya know when a band will ask the crowd "You guys got the new album?! Well here's a few songs from it!" and they crack out a few tunes. That's all well and good if the band in question is Cynic and playing something from Traced in Air, an album that was long awaited from Cynic fans and was, in my opinion, f*cking brilliant.

In Morbid Angel's situation though, they'd be left with an awkward silence to that question, a few people will shout their genuine support for the album, others will shout out of sympathy but a lot of others, like myself will stand there and cringe and hope to God(heh) that they play one of the few decent songs from the album.

I wasn't too pushed that Heretic was pretty lame but I've been waiting years to hear another album as good as Domination, Gateways, Altars, Formuals, Blessed. Well, pretty much anything before Heretic! :pac:

Karamoja · 30-05-2011 10:02am

Just had a listen to it there, I am extremely disappointed. There are like 2 maybe 3 good songs, but not good enough to listen to again.

Oh well, Morbid Angel RIP

Ash.J.Williams · 01-06-2011 3:46pm

InigoMontoya · 01-06-2011 7:53pm

The wannabe industrial tracks are ****ing dire, to the point of being laughable at times. The death metal tracks are mediocre, with a couple of exceptions.

Mental Mickey · 01-06-2011 10:39pm

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

S***e.

Karamoja · 02-06-2011 2:04pm

I got the whole album, just giving it a listen now. Intro is boring as usual. What the FCUK is up with that Too Extreme song?

Existo Vulgori and Blades for baal are two average songs, no real moment where you're like "yeah Morbid Angel!!!"... the latter being more like something found in one of Tim Yeungs bands, doesn't sound very Morbidy. Existo is good enough though, has a classic morbid sounding solo... I suppose that made me go "Yeah morbid angel!!" but that was the last 30 seconds of the song.

I am Morbid isn't really a bad song, it's just not Morbid Angel. I'm guessing if they're releasing a music video, this will be the one. You could put it on in your granny's house and she wouldn't mind.

10 More Dead has a more distinctive Morbid sound, slow down-tuned sludgy riff, with a good blastbeat-ridden solo.

Destructos vs. the Earth is the Morbid Manson song. I'll delete that one.

Nevermore is grand. Easy listening death metal I'd call it.

Beauty meets beast, very boring and slow song, I skipped through most of it.

Radikult........... you know that one already.

Profundis Mea Culpa.... absolute shyte. It's not metal or dance or techno. I dunno what it is. Extreme dance or something? Whatever. *delete*

So in the end I'll be deleting seven or eight tracks from the album. The most disappointing thing is the lack of decent solos. I thought the album would be dripping with that Azagthoth dude. Also, I don't know why people think he's a guitar god, all his solos are just fast thrash metal solos... which are just tapping and shredding randomly all over the fret board. He doesn't even do arpeggios.

Useful.Idiot · 02-06-2011 3:34pm

there's an absolute sh*t-storm of abuse going down on their facebook page. No one is happy with the album. They've even got quotes from big names in underground metal saying how good the album is, no doubt a fast one pulled by the label:

https://www.facebook.com/#!/officialmorbidangelpage

Ash.J.Williams · 02-06-2011 3:58pm

ok i've just heard "i am morbid" and it's actually very good..

Mental Mickey · 02-06-2011 4:00pm

Not by MA's standard, it's not.

It's tripe.

Ash.J.Williams · 02-06-2011 4:03pm

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Not by MA's standard, it's not.

It's tripe.

seems par for the vincent course..

Mental Mickey · 02-06-2011 4:05pm

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

seems par for the vincent course..

He was on their first 4 albums, and most of that material(especially the first 3) are class.

His stint in his mot's band has f***ed up his brain and his musical taste.

Ash.J.Williams · 02-06-2011 4:11pm

Mental Mickey wrote: »

He was on their first 4 albums, and most of that material(especially the first 3) are class.

His stint in his mot's band has f***ed up his brain and his musical taste.

i know....

however, by domination he was already heading this way...(although it's a great album)

Karamoja · 02-06-2011 8:51pm

Useful.Idiot wrote: »

there's an absolute sh*t-storm of abuse going down on their facebook page. No one is happy with the album. They've even got quotes from big names in underground metal saying how good the album is, no doubt a fast one pulled by the label:

https://www.facebook.com/#!/officialmorbidangelpage

Holy jaysus! Well I'm starting to feel sorry for the boys now. Like, what the hell are they supposed to do for a living after this disaster? Pack shelves in Tesco? Imagine them working in Walmart and having to pack their own album into the 99c bargain bin.

Karamoja · 03-06-2011 11:04pm

It's official. Their new album is the biggest disaster in metal history.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/RIP-Morbid-Angel/229562863721011

Herb Powell · 03-06-2011 11:37pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZHxmQPcuE

Mental Mickey · 03-06-2011 11:51pm

Karamoja wrote: »

It's official. Their new album is the biggest disaster in metal history.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/RIP-Morbid-Angel/229562863721011

Genius

Karamoja · 04-06-2011 12:06am

They've even started to create memes of this monstrosity. The amount of abuse that's getting flung at them is unreal.

Herb Powell · 04-06-2011 4:53pm

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

This version has better sound quality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZHxmQPcuE

Nailz · 05-06-2011 9:48pm

As a ****ing huge Morbid Angel fan, it's hard to disagree, having heard leaked tracks of the album I think it's right for me to judge it's a horrible collection of songs. Sickening. Still, they're the reason I go into Death Metal, so that says something for them.

darconio · 06-06-2011 2:50pm

I think many fans out there are getting influenced by the common opinion that this is shyte.
Only for the fact that I grew up with the death metal scene and that they have been of inspiration for thousand groups I decided to give this release a go.
I agree this album is not their masterpiece but I don't think it is that bad either, or at least not as bad as it was depicted.
For instance, I think the new album from Pestilence, with its forced technicality, was more disappointing than IDI.

nacho libre · 06-06-2011 4:09pm

I hope if this is what motivates Trey to keep creating music, he has the will to continue with it on the next album. I won't be listening though. That said, even if this was deemed to be a successful fusion of vastly different genres, I probably still wouldn't have liked it anyway

Vudgie · 06-06-2011 5:20pm

What a shame! I was looking forward to this but the bits and pieces I have heard are awful. The song titles alone are cause enough for every copy to be destroyed;)

DrumSteve · 09-06-2011 10:12am

My first reaction was WTF?

That ain't Morbid Angel...

Unless they are trying to go more commercial...? But even then, having just sat through "Radikult" and "Destructos..." I feel like i'm never gonna get those minutes of my life back...

Mental Mickey · 06-09-2011 9:15am

DrumSteve wrote: »

My first reaction was WTF?

That ain't Morbid Angel...

Unless they are trying to go more commercial...? But even then, having just sat through "Radikult" and "Destructos..." I feel like i'm never gonna get those minutes of my life back...

You won't

Mental Mickey · 27-12-2013 2:41pm

Pete Sandoval has left Morbid Angel. Why? Because - according to David Vincent - "he has found Jesus".

Mental Mickey · 08-10-2017 1:02pm

New album called "Kingdoms Disdained" out on December 1st

Morbid Angel "Illud Divinum Insanus"

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