Morbid Angel are an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 1983 and widely regarded as pioneers of the genre.

Key members and contributors over the years include Trey Azagthoth (guitar/composer), Pete Sandoval (drums), David Vincent (bass/vocals) and Steve Tucker (bass/vocals). Lyrical and thematic interests noted in reviews include Lovecraftian and Mesopotamian/Sumerian references. Their early albums (Altars Of Madness, Blessed Are The Sick, Covenant) are frequently cited as genre landmarks.

DeBaser's reviews cover Morbid Angel's landmark early albums and later, more divisive releases. Early records like Altars Of Madness, Blessed Are The Sick and Covenant are highly praised. Several mid/late-period albums receive mixed-to-critical reactions, notably Illud Divinum Insanus. Kingdoms Disdained was widely seen as a return toward classic death metal.

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 It is precisely "Altars Of Madness" that can be considered the album that more than any other defines the very nature of the Death Metal phenomenon.

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 Let's draw a veil of pity over the production and the sounds in general: "Illest Divine Anus" is coated in sterile plastic and the music suffers greatly from this, too much, and the little death metal left is rendered even more fake and disfigured by a sterile and ultra-modern production.

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 Forty-seven minutes to demonstrate that the Kings of Death Metal are back...FROM THE HAND OF KINGS... (I just wrote it!!!!!).

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