Morbid Angel or Death?

[Belligerent]

How did you get a poll added to this after the fact?

I was wondering the same.

 

[Black Friday]

^What's your favorite Thrash bands and albums? I mostly listen to Metallica, Slayer, Testament, and little bits of things like Annhilator and Overkill.

Exodus, Heathen, early Iced Earth, Kreator, Megadeth, Metallica, Motorhead (depending on if you think they're thrash or not), Overkill, Slayer, Testament and Toxik are all Thrash bands I like. Biggest for me is Heathen, Overkill, Slayer and Toxik.

 

[mutantllama]

Ozzman agrees with Toxik

 

[The Ozzman]

If you don't like Toxik, you're gay

 

[~Derek~]

I never heard Toxik, I do like Megadeth and Exodus though.

 

[mutantllama]

You need to listen to Kreator

 

[Carcassian]

Death. Don't get me wrong, Morbid Angel have clearly written some amazing albums (and *guffaw* heretically, my favourite is FFTTF), but Zombie Ritual, in all its simplistic glory single handedly wins it for me.

 

[The Ozzman]

You need to listen to Sodom and Destruction

Fixed. Those bands own Kreator

 

[Embedded]

Morbid angel

 

[mutantllama]

Fixed. Those bands own Kreator

He needs all three.

 

[10293847]

I'd lean heavily towards Morbid Angel based on the albums I've listened to from both bands.

What other criteria would you use in judging both bands?

And yes, Morbid Angel by a mile...

 

[10293847]

I love how altars came out in 89 but it still sounds fast and brutal as fuck. I mean, sure, there are bands now that play faster and whatnot, but this album has a feel I also get from Immortal, that even when they arent playing that fast they sound like they are fucking flying. Its hard to explain.

I understand what you mean. The reason why I think this is, is because these albums are so dense. It sounds as if they are racing against time to get everything packed into one song. A good comparison here would be Obscura from Gorguts. While the music itself isn't played entirely at lightspeed, you can tell that there is so much material to cover, that it all just passes by you if you don't pay attention.

 

[10293847]

What's up with people not getting that Blessed Are The Sick is way above every other death metal album ever made?

This is the right answer. This album is the most complete Death Metal album. From it's concept, to it's variance, to it's speed, to it's technicality and compositions, right down to it's downright epic and twisted riffs. Nothing beats this album, in my opinion.

 

[Caecius]

Fixed. Those bands own Kreator

iirc Didn't you previously say Kreator > Sodom?

 

[The Ozzman]

iirc Didn't you previously say Kreator > Sodom?

That was before I had heard any older Destruction and Sodom

 

[Cythraul]

Death. Don't get me wrong, Morbid Angel have clearly written some amazing albums (and *guffaw* heretically, my favourite is FFTTF), but Zombie Ritual, in all its simplistic glory single handedly wins it for me.

FFTTF is a really good album if you ignore the filler tracks at the end. It's arguably the best album they've released since Blessed.

 

[Priest of Evil]

This is the right answer. This album is the most complete Death Metal album. From it's concept, to it's variance, to it's speed, to it's technicality and compositions, right down to it's downright epic and twisted riffs. Nothing beats this album, in my opinion.

Oddly enough, I was originally more interested in Blessed than in Altars (harking back to when they were released) but these days I prefer Altars.