Song Survivor - Morbid Angel - Blessed are the Sick round 1

[Phylactery]

I’m completely sympathetic to those who find the production off-putting. I did the first few times I heard the album, although not quite to the same extent of some of you. I’ve heard it so many times at this point that it sounds perfectly fine to me now.

 

[CiG]

Fair enough, I've had similar experiences with albums that had questionable production.

 

[Phylactery]

This was really fucking hard actually. A top 5 death metal album for me. Outside of the 3 I’ve already said are my favourites, the rest are of a similar (high) quality to me. And they all have at least one passage I love. Anyway voted for “Day of Suffering”, “Unholy Blasphemies” and “Thy Kingdom Come”. Could have gone with “Brainstorm” for the latter.

Next round is going to be even tougher because it looks like two of my favourites are going out. Shame on you all who voted for the title track!

I think “Day of Suffering” is the least developed and fleshed out song here and I’m surprised it only has 3 votes! Perhaps I have an bias against it after hearing Phil Anselmo sing it on a YouTube clip of Morbid Angel live.

 

[no country for old wainds]

agreed on 'day of suffering', it's still cool but i expected it to go this round for sure. i don't really get the appeal of the title track (it's pretty immolation-y i guess, i think you like that style more than i do) but i'm similarly butthurt about 'the ancient ones' getting shafted, i always thought that was one of the most beloved tunes on here and rightfully so. none of the three tracks that are winning right now are in my top 3 actually, although the first solo on 'rebel lands' might be my favourite passage on the album.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

it's pretty immolation-y

Sssshhhh ..... dont spoil the fun, i dont think @Allfader has heard of that band before

 

[HamburgerBoy]

tbf Immolation wasn't really writing songs like that on Dawn of Possession, at least iirc (should relisten to verify).

 

[Phylactery]

Not to mention Blessed are the Sick came out before Dawn of Possession.

 

[CiG]

Drumming patterns even on their debut are pretty wild.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Not to mention Blessed are the Sick came out before Dawn of Possession.

so what? They're less than a month apart. You think that somehow one song from Blessed influenced Immolation to also write a song with "slow riffs under fast double bass patterns"? And also, news flash ... two of the songs on Dawn of Possession(the title track and Immolation) and that style basically originated on Immolations demo tape from 1988, so yeah... if anything Immolation was most likely a huge influence on the sound of Blessed.

 

[jimmy101]

To be fair a few songs from Blessed were originally featured on MA's demos from 1986/1987.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

To be fair a few songs from Blessed were originally featured on MA's demos from 1986/1987.

... yes, i think everyone here already knows that. But was the "groundbreaking, subgenre pushing" title track one of those songs?

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

there's no denying that both bands influenced each other, but theres also no denying that Dawn of Possession is a faaaaaar more unique album than bog-standard(at the time) death metal like Blessed.

 

[jimmy101]

... yes, i think everyone here already knows that. But was the "groundbreaking, subgenre pushing" title track one of those songs?

Didn't realise we were talking about Fall from Grace specifically.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

First death metal album I bought and listened to in full. My bias is probably talking here but I never had a problem with the production, or even noticed that it was "off" compared to other albums. Morbid Angel's magnum opus as far as I'm concerned.

Anyways, obviously a ridiculously tough call but I'm going to oust "Brainstorm", "Thy Kingdom Come", and "Unholy Blasphemies".

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Surprised at how many votes "Unholy Blasphemies" has already. Sick fucking track, reminds me of Vader a bit too.

best song on the album

 

[CiG]

best song on the album

For me it's all about "Unholy Blasphemies" and "Rebel Lands."

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Rebel Lands is one of the songs i voted for but it was a hard one considering how good this album is. The only song i think is definitely not on par with the rest of the stuff here is The Ancient Ones.

 

[Allfader]

Sssshhhh ..... dont spoil the fun, i dont think @Allfader has heard of that band before

Morbid Angel is older and was already more or less known in the underground before even Altars was released. Morbid Angel was far more influential as a band, even before Dawn of Possession - because you know, Altars was a truly groundbreaking album, not to mention the material they were already performing live.

If people want to compare Immolation and Morbid Angel, do it with their respective debut albums. I don't think there was a band playing such "modern" death metal as Morbid Angel in the 80's.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Morbid Angel is older and was already more or less known in the underground before even Altars was released. Morbid Angel was far more influential as a band, even before Dawn of Possession - because you know, Altars was a truly groundbreaking album, not to mention the material they were already performing live.

again thanks for pointing out the obvious? Did i say Immolation were more influential or older than Morbid Angel(why btw are one of my all time favorite bands)? Try to stay on point with what were actually talking about here man. Btw yes Altars is not only more influential than anything Immolation did, but its one of the most influential metal albums of all time.

 

[Allfader]

again thanks for pointing out the obvious? Did i say Immolation were more influential or older than Morbid Angel(why btw are one of my all time favorite bands)? Try to stay on point with what were actually talking about here man. Btw yes Altars is not only more influential than anything Immolation did, but its one of the most influential metal albums of all time.

My point was to not compare Blessed with Dawn. Calm down.

I guess people already did one on Covenant or Altars, right? if not, those will be interesting.