Morbid Angel
Entangled in Chaos

THE REVIEW

While waiting for the new album from the Tampa, Florida band, it occurred to me to check if perhaps there was a missing review of my favorite band, and thus, scrolling through the site pages, I noticed that "Entangled In Chaos" had not yet been reviewed by any user, so I thought I would try to share my thoughts on this work.

First of all, let me clarify immediately that it is a live album (from the cover it seems obvious, yet to be precise it seems right to reiterate it), the first one at that, which features Morbid Angel with the lineup of "Domination", that is: Trey Azagthoth on guitar, Pete "Commando" Sandoval on drums, David Vincent on bass and vocals, and finally the good Erik Rutan on the second guitar (the latter now with his Hate Eternal). After this brief introduction, I would say to move on to the real analysis of the record in question. For me, describing a live album is a new experience and honestly it "scares" me a bit, since the songs that are generally present in such record releases are the highlights of a particular group, and for this reason, their validity, or lack thereof, is amply discussed during the studio album reviews that contain them. Based on this principle, I will try to structure my analysis by organizing it into three points: 1. Production, understood as the presence or absence (in my opinion) of potential studio touch-ups; 2. Band's condition; 3. Tracklist.

Starting with the production, we see that it turns out to be quite raw, and the guitars are a bit underwhelming, although the solo parts of the always excellent Azagthoth meet expectations; in fact, we have the usual acid, schizoid, and highly exhilarating solos that have become the trademark of the American band, along with Sandoval's disruptive drumming. On such a basis, I believe there were no touch-ups during the mixing phase.

Moving on to the band, I would say that everyone offers a performance above average, Rutan is a worthy sidekick of the already mentioned Trey Azagthoth, David Vincent happily pounds away on his bass and enchants us with his unmistakable and never annoying growl, and finally, how can we not talk about Pete Sandoval, always present, ready and precise like a metronome, again delivering a performance to be framed.

The last point unfortunately penalizes this live album a bit, in fact, the tracklist (although of the highest level) in my opinion should have been more extensive and better covered the band's discography, as gems like "Where The Slime Live", "God Of Emptiness", and "Caesar's Palace" are missing, tracks that would have made the whole thing more complete. In conclusion, a really excellent live album, played impeccably, which with a few more tracks could have been a true masterpiece!