From: Andrew_Miller@camelot.apana.org.au (Andrew Miller)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy
Subject: Re: Morbid Angel lyrics
Distribution: world
Date: 27 Jan 93 22:07:46 EST
Organization: The TOWER BBS

 P> Basically, on BLESSED ARE THE SICK, I have a hard time understanding
 P> what
 P> Vincent is singing about. I have the lyrics, but all these names and
 P> stuff and
 P> my dictionaries don't say very much about them. Could anyone provide a
 P> brief
 P> overview of what these songs are about? I have a clue on "Fall From
 P> Grace"
 P> and I remember when I saw these guys opening for S.O.D. last year that
 P> Vincent dedicated "Brainstorm" to all ex-Morbid Angel / Xecutioner
 P> members
 P> (I think that's what they used to be called) and to people who didn't
 P> believe
 P> in the band's success. Well, I was sort of in the back and so I may
 P> have
 P> misheard him. 

Morbid Angel opened for SOD! That wuoldve been an awesome show! I saw MA in
Sydney, they are my all time fave band, and they were absolutely
incredible... much better live than on CD. At the Sydney show he dedicated
Brainstorm to the future legalisation of marijuana... and what a cool thing
to dedicate to!

 P> Also, I saw this CD advertised which is a bunch of 1986 demos from
 P> before
 P> Vincent was in the band. Is this disc any good? It seems if Azagthoth
 P> wrote
 P> the music like he did BLESSED that it would be pretty good.

If this is the 1986 Abominations of Desolation album, get it. Its not as
heavy, fast or powerful as Altars or Blessed, but it is interesting to hear
what they were like before Vincent (Th greatest frontman for any band
around at the moment). It has Sterling von Scarborough on bass, Richard
Brunelle on guitar, Trey on guitar and Mike Browning (From Nocturnus) on
drums and vocals. Basically what happened was they recorded the album,
Vincent came along and became bassist, and he brought along Pete Sandoval,
so they told Browning to piss off. Two years later they released Altars...
and is basically awesome.
Abominations also has original versions of several songs on the newer
albums, and also has Angel of Disease, one song that they played in Sydney,
and said will be on the new album... 

 P> I don't have ALTARS OF MADNESS yet. Does it have songs like "Desolate
 P> Ways"
 P> or "In Remembrance" on it (ie classical style instrumentals) or is it
 P> just
 P> a thing they did specifically for this album and are never going to do
 P> it
 P> again? I wouldn't mind either way, but just want to know what to
 P> expect.
 P> These guys play very well in concert, though. Did they say when their
 P> new
 P> album is due? I read that they're now on a major record label, maybe
 P> the first
 P> grindcore band ever to be on one.

Altars is quite different to Blessed, in that while Altars wsa more
straight death metal, much more intense, Blessed was calmed down due to the
classical and instrumental pieces. Altars has none of that. Blessed also
has a far greater production than Altars. The new album is due out this
year, early I hope, and should be hopefully recorded by now... I hear they
have left Earache records, and if Trey saw people continually calling them
grindcore he would have a major cow. In a recent interview he commented on
grindcore being "death metal played by people who cant play their
instruments"... wonder what Napalm Death say to that....



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