Altars of Madness, because it is the epitome of the late 80s Floridian death/thrash scene and has some kick-ass riffs.
I think the slow-paced albums that they released in general are more hit-and-miss. Very few, if any, actually claim the I album is any good. Gateways is thought of by many as the best Steve Tucker album, but it would be a better EP IMO. I'm probably not rational in my Domination appreciation because it was on my top albums of all-time list for awhile and was my first death metal album. But I also didn't appreciate BATS for quite some time and tried pulling it out last week-it didn't do much for me this go-round and will probably find its way much lower in the stack of CDs. Their debut and Covenant albums are their most consistently solid of their discography. FFttF isn't consistently solid by any means, but better than every album that followed.
I relistened to Covenant when doing my rankings and enjoyed it much more than I ever have, I gotta say. I almost considered putting it above Altars. But Blessed still towers head & shoulders above all of their output. A travesty indeed.
