Today in 2003 Morbid Angel released the album Heretic Tampa, Florida Death Metal (early), Death/Industrial Metal (later) Status:Active Years active: 1983-present Morbid Angel is a Tampa, Florida, United States-based death metal band assembled in 1984. They, along with Deicide, Death, Possessed, Suffocation, Obituary, Massacre and a handful of others were crucial in the development of the death metal genre and its standards. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked two Morbid Angel albums in its Top 40 Greatest Death Metal Albums, with Altars of Madness appearing at #1. Decibel Magazine also rated guitarist Trey Azagthoth as the #1 Death Metal Guitarist Ever. Their songs are complex in arrangement, owing to the considerable technical skills of both Azagthoth and drummer Pete Sandoval (who also played in the grindcore/death metal band Terrorizer). Morbid Angel made their vinyl debut in 1987 on New Renaissance Records. Morbid Angel was one of the original death metal bands signed to Earache Records, and was also influential in the transition of death metal from its thrash metal roots to its current form by adding guttural vocals, up-tempo blast beats, incorporating atonality in guitar soloing, and dark, chunky, mid paced rhythms. It was also the first death metal band to have a touch of mainstream success, such as being signed to Giant Records in 1992 and having the music video for the song God of Emptiness shown on an episode of Beavis and Butthead. The original lyrical themes focused mostly on Satanism, paganism and anti-Christian subject matter, but from the second album, Blessed are the Sick onward, the lyrics slowly moved toward the ancient Sumerian gods, though much of this is a nod to the Simon Necronomicon, which was influenced by Sumerian mythology as well as the author H. P. Lovecraft, as well as a fascination with the Roman Empire, though anti-christian elements continue to permeate the lyrics. Their albums are notable for being released in alphabetical order (their first album starts with the letter A, the second with B, etc.). Guitarist Trey Azagthoth has said in an interview that it was at first a coincidence with the first albums. As stated on their official website, Morbid Angels appearance on some of the mid-summer 2008 European festivals is announced as a short break from writing and pre-production of their new 8th Studio album (most likely starting with the letter I), which would be the follow-up to 2003s Heretic. No label has yet been officially announced for this release. In May it was announced that Thor Anders Myhren of Zyklon would be the bands new touring guitarist. It is also thought that Myhren will appear on Morbid Angels upcoming album. Earache Records Steve Tucker – bass guitar, vocals, lyricist Trey Azagthoth – electric guitar, guitar synthesizer, keyboards, composer Pete Sandoval – drums, piano, keyboards, composer Guest Karl Sanders – the outro guitar solo of God of Our Own Divinity 1. Cleansed in Pestilence (Blade of Elohim) (4:35) 2. Enshrined by Grace (4:27) 3. Beneath the Hollow (4:20) 4. Curse the Flesh (3:35) 5. Praise the Strength (5:16) 6. Stricken Arise (4:10) 7. Place of Many Deaths (4:13) 8. Abyssous (1:30) 9. God of Our Own Divinity (6:21) 10. Within Thy Enemy (3:17) 11. Memories of the Past (3:18) 12. Victorious March of Reign the Conqueror (2:37) 13. Drum Check (2:51) 14. Born Again (2:35) 15. [silence] (0:05) 16. [silence] (0:05) 17. [silence] (0:05) 18. [silence] (0:07) 19. [silence] (0:08) 20. [silence] (0:06) 21. [silence] (0:06) 22. [silence] (0:06) 23. [silence] (0:07) 24. [silence] (0:06) 25. [silence] (0:07) 26. [silence] (0:05) 27. [silence] (0:12) 28. [silence] (0:06) 29. [silence] (0:09) 30. Inflections (1:28) 31. [silence] (0:07) 32. [silence] (0:08) 33. [silence] (1:31) 34. [silence] (0:16) 35. Tortured Souls (3:50) 36. [silence] (0:06) 37. [silence] (0:04) 38. [silence] (0:04) 39. [silence] (0:04) 40. [silence] (0:04) 41. Terror of Mechagodzilla Lava (0:33) 42. Triplet Lava (1:51) 43. Doomcreeper (4:30) 44. Laff (0:17) Total Time: 69:59 Recorded at DOW Studios, Seffner, Florida. The unnamed tracks after Born Again all consist of a few seconds of silence. According to Trey Azagthoth the tracks numbers and duration have some meaning. A music video was made for the song Enshrined by Grace. Multiple editions of the album come with a second 18-track CD titled Bonus Levels (32:28) which contains unmixed instrumental versions of Heretic songs (1-6) and guitar solos (lavas) from various songs (7-18). The box edition also comes with a sticker. 1. Beneath the Hollow (04:25) 2. Curse the Flesh (03:35) 3. Within Thy Enemy (03:16) 4. God of Our Own Divinity (06:13) 5. Praise the Strength (05:16) 6. Place of Many Deaths (04:06) 7. Solo (0:24) 8. Solo (0:16) 9. Solo (0:17) 10. Solo (0:36) 11. Summoning Redemption Lava I (0:29) 12. Summoning Redemption Lava II (0:24) 13. Summoning Redemption Lava III (0:28) 14. Ageless, Still I Am Lava I (0:39) 15. Faceless, Still I Am Lava II (0:24) 16. At One with Nothing Lava I (0:31) 17. At One with Nothing Lava II (0:33) 18. To the Victor the Spoils Lava (0:36) Also released by Earache Records as a 12 picture disc, limited to 1,500 copies. Heretic is the seventh studio album by the Florida death metal band Morbid Angel. This would be their last under Earache Records, as the band decided not to renew its contract, and the last to feature bassist/vocalist Steve Tucker. The album was recorded at Diet of Worms Studios by Juan Gonzalez. Heretic is the first Morbid Angel album that was not recorded at Morrisound Recording. The second track, Enshrined By Grace, is featured on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre soundtrack. It also had a music video which received airplay in the months following the album release. Nile vocalist/guitarist Karl Sanders, played the outro guitar solo of God of Our Own Divinity. The song Born Again is actually the outro guitar solo from the song Secured Limitations off Gateways to Annihilation youtube/watch?v=CCEPdZ4iqBg
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