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Music : Blessed Are the Sick
Rating: 
- A true Death metal classic
One of the top five death metal albums of all time, this monster towers over most releases of its ilk. There are often arguments over whether this or 'Altars Of Madness' is Morbid Angel's classic album. A parallel can be drawn between these arguments and the 'Reign In Blood' vs. 'South Of Heaven' debate. Like 'South Of Heaven' was a progression for Slayer after the breakneck pace of its predecessor, 'Blessed Are The Sick' was a direct progression for Morbid Angel. There wouldn't have been much point in them putting out another record like 'Altars Of Madness'. That album was famed for its sheer brutality but, for my money, this album is far better because of one thing: variety.
Following the obligatory death metal intro - one and a half minutes of static over which you can just about make out some strangled voices and guitar effects, 'Fall From Grace' kicks in with one of the sickest, most discordant riffs you will ever hear. Just as you are becoming accustomed to this, the main riff kicks in, which is a faster, Slayer-influenced affair. A blastbeat arrives without warning, then gives way again to a doomy, slower riff, before a groove is introduced at around 2:15. Of course, this again doesn't last long and another riff heralds the arrival of a Kerry-King style tremelo solo. More monstrous riffing comes and goes before the song ends... And that's just the first song. Phew!
The rest of the album is equally impressive, with David Vincent's vocals the most evil sounding ever committed to record. His lyrics may not be to everyone's taste (he seems to have an unhealthy disregard for the world's major religions) but to be honest, no-one takes satanism that seriously at the best of times, let alone when its as cartoon as here. Whilst on the subject of lyrics, interestingly, Morbid Angel were one of the first bands to adopt Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos and incorporate it into their lyrics. Anyone who has read 'At The Mountains Of Madness' will recognise the significance of the flute that ushers out the title track. If you haven't read it, suffice it to say you'll never look at the flautist in an orchestar in the same way again after hearing this.
A true classic.
Rating: - A true classic
This in my opinion is one of Morbid Angel's best albums and certainly an adventurous one...
Obviously as you'd expect, the riffs are doomy and hyper speed at times, mixed with Pete Sandoval's bionic blast beating and ofcourse, David Vincent's bowel scraping vocals...
Its hard to under estimate the power of this album, the drumming and soloing in particular stand out as always...
All tracks here are great (even if the keyboard tracks are a tad strange!) and in particular Fall From Grace, Brainstorm, Day of Suffering and Unholy Blasphemies stick out...Although there is no filler here, and Desolate Ways- Rich Brunelles brilliant acoustic piece is a nice contrast with the brutality of the usual songs
Morbid Angel fans should already own this, and so should any real death metal fan, and if you don't? GO AND BUY IT NOW!
Rating:
- Good album ruined by a turgid production
There are some excellent Angel tunes here, very much in a similar vein to their later stuff. But the album is let down by a horrible production - it doesn't sound muffled, not at all, it just sounds really quiet and weak. When played against "Covenant" and "Domination", "BATS" just sounds like a mild-mannered person trying to be heard over two lager louts.
Four stars for the music, -1 star for the production. Not their best album in my opinion.
Rating: - Morbid Angel- Blessed Are The Sick
This is the first of Mobid Angel's albums that Trey used his 7-string guitar on. I must say that I found this album hard to get into, but that was due to the non-commercial, and non-catchy riffs. As the usual Morbid Angel style goes, this is a monster of an album. The songs on it are excellent, the guitar riffs are brilliant, and the drumming of Pete 'Commando' Sandoval are second to noe (as always). So, as Morbid Angel are one of the originators of Death Metal, the best thing about them as been the fact that they've always benn the same, but different. The thems that they use are always more involved and thought out, and the lyrics are always excellent. Add to that their imposing live form, and it's easy to see why this band are still making records, and why they were one of the first on a major label.
The title track is one of the highlights of this album, but, anything could be considered excellent, as the whole album rocks. A huge slab of the most technical, fast and pounding Death Metal of it's time.
- A true Death metal classicOne of the top five death metal albums of all time, this monster towers over most releases of its ilk. There are often arguments over whether this or 'Altars Of Madness' is Morbid Angel's classic album. A parallel can be drawn between these arguments and the 'Reign In Blood' vs. 'South Of Heaven' debate. Like 'South Of Heaven' was a progression for Slayer after the breakneck pace of its predecessor, 'Blessed Are The Sick' was a direct progression for Morbid Angel. There wouldn't have been much point in them putting out another record like 'Altars Of Madness'. That album was famed for its sheer brutality but, for my money, this album is far better because of one thing: variety.
Following the obligatory death metal intro - one and a half minutes of static over which you can just about make out some strangled voices and guitar effects, 'Fall From Grace' kicks in with one of the sickest, most discordant riffs you will ever hear. Just as you are becoming accustomed to this, the main riff kicks in, which is a faster, Slayer-influenced affair. A blastbeat arrives without warning, then gives way again to a doomy, slower riff, before a groove is introduced at around 2:15. Of course, this again doesn't last long and another riff heralds the arrival of a Kerry-King style tremelo solo. More monstrous riffing comes and goes before the song ends... And that's just the first song. Phew!
The rest of the album is equally impressive, with David Vincent's vocals the most evil sounding ever committed to record. His lyrics may not be to everyone's taste (he seems to have an unhealthy disregard for the world's major religions) but to be honest, no-one takes satanism that seriously at the best of times, let alone when its as cartoon as here. Whilst on the subject of lyrics, interestingly, Morbid Angel were one of the first bands to adopt Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos and incorporate it into their lyrics. Anyone who has read 'At The Mountains Of Madness' will recognise the significance of the flute that ushers out the title track. If you haven't read it, suffice it to say you'll never look at the flautist in an orchestar in the same way again after hearing this.
A true classic.
Rating:
- A true classicThis in my opinion is one of Morbid Angel's best albums and certainly an adventurous one...
Obviously as you'd expect, the riffs are doomy and hyper speed at times, mixed with Pete Sandoval's bionic blast beating and ofcourse, David Vincent's bowel scraping vocals...
Its hard to under estimate the power of this album, the drumming and soloing in particular stand out as always...
All tracks here are great (even if the keyboard tracks are a tad strange!) and in particular Fall From Grace, Brainstorm, Day of Suffering and Unholy Blasphemies stick out...Although there is no filler here, and Desolate Ways- Rich Brunelles brilliant acoustic piece is a nice contrast with the brutality of the usual songs
Morbid Angel fans should already own this, and so should any real death metal fan, and if you don't? GO AND BUY IT NOW!
Rating:
- Good album ruined by a turgid productionThere are some excellent Angel tunes here, very much in a similar vein to their later stuff. But the album is let down by a horrible production - it doesn't sound muffled, not at all, it just sounds really quiet and weak. When played against "Covenant" and "Domination", "BATS" just sounds like a mild-mannered person trying to be heard over two lager louts.
Four stars for the music, -1 star for the production. Not their best album in my opinion.
Rating:
- Morbid Angel- Blessed Are The SickThis is the first of Mobid Angel's albums that Trey used his 7-string guitar on. I must say that I found this album hard to get into, but that was due to the non-commercial, and non-catchy riffs. As the usual Morbid Angel style goes, this is a monster of an album. The songs on it are excellent, the guitar riffs are brilliant, and the drumming of Pete 'Commando' Sandoval are second to noe (as always). So, as Morbid Angel are one of the originators of Death Metal, the best thing about them as been the fact that they've always benn the same, but different. The thems that they use are always more involved and thought out, and the lyrics are always excellent. Add to that their imposing live form, and it's easy to see why this band are still making records, and why they were one of the first on a major label.
The title track is one of the highlights of this album, but, anything could be considered excellent, as the whole album rocks. A huge slab of the most technical, fast and pounding Death Metal of it's time.