Altars Of Madness [DualDisc] - Morbid Angel

Advantages: usual quality guitars and drums
Disadvantages: lyrics, vocals and cohesion lacking

...Being a long time fan of not only this genre, but of Morbid Angel, whom I have felt to be the best in the business for many years and really, the mother of death metal. If you know anything about morbid angel, they do them alphbetically, so obviously we are up to 'H' which means it is their 8th album. This is also the 3rd album with Steve Tucker playing bass and singing. I really hate to say this, but since David Vincent left and Steve tucker started there has been a steady decline in the quality. It just appears to lack something both lyrically and presence. Those are the negatives, on the positives, it is still a good album and if you liked 'Gateways', then you will love this. Trey is brilliant as usual coming up with graceful melodies that flow magnificently and abstract ripping guitar leads and riffs that reinforces why he... Read review

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Advantages: Guitars, sound , technique
Disadvantages: i think nothing...

...It's really hard to write about Cd when all you can say it's: f****ing great CD. I will try anyway :) Morbid Angel is very know death metal band with it's own style. It's a four'th CD of them and It's my favourite. it's slime-ridden guitar mastery and a great percusion technique. On that Cd band become an ever-expanding organic machine, fueled by an unquenchable thirst for evolution and driven by an unstoppable will. The opening song "Dominate" is puting you into chair and you cannot move it's so exciting and powerfull and really "angry" song (really really fast). After that there's "where the slime live" - the best one ever, quite slow with outstanding solo guitar, remorable forever. There's also song called cesar palace which has god that specific sound and structure of song. Cover is good , showing what you can expect inside... Read review

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Advantages: Jeff Healey (RIP) and Jon Lord
Disadvantages: Steve Morse, et al. See above.

...First of all, what is 'dual disc'? Well its a double-sided disc with a CD on one side and a DVD on the other. Neat. Except some players cannot play it. Its slightly thicker than either a standard DVD or CD so if you have slot-in loading system rather than the more traditional slide-out tray you could be out of luck trying to play a dual disc. Be careful. OK. Gillan's Inn. Well, I saw Gillan at a very small venue (Healey's in Toronto) while he was recording this album. We were about 6 feet from the stage and he was nothing short of exceptional. His voice range and power undiminshed by the ravages of time so I had high hopes for this album. The album is basically a collection of Ian's favourite songs from down the years re-recorded with some of his mates. (I'm not going to put a track list/personel list up - its on Amazon etc.) Sounds... Read review

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