Morbid Angel
Altars Of Madness (FDR Remaster)

On August 14, 1989, Morbid Angel released their album "Altars of Madness" - a milestone album, an album that became not just a classic of the genre and one of the starting points in the development of heavy music. This disc once again proved that to record a brilliant album you don't need a "cool" producer, an expensive studio and hundreds of polishers from the "RotFront" factory. And that a classic of the genre does not necessarily have to be an album that is perfect in all respects and from all sides. What can I say... This record is far from ideal, but it really catches you, gives you everything for which we listen to such music... I started too pompously, didn't I? "Altars of Madness", no matter how you look at it, is an epochal album. Starting with the iconic cover and logo, created by Pete Sandoval, and ending with the standard raw sound, reminiscent of an abandoned crypt. Trey Azagthoth, Pete Sandoval, David Vincent, Richard Brunelle - this hellish quartet went and recorded a debut album, which immediately took off into the history of heavy music. What is so special about this album? You know, everything. Yes, it is not perfect, but this imperfection only paints it. "Immortal Rites", "Blasphemy", "Maze of Torment" - these classic death fighters have more fury, power and fire than the vast majority of death metal records of the last decade. If you, listening to this or that group, catch yourself thinking that you have heard this somewhere before, then most likely it is here, on this album, since its influence is noticeable to this day. I have not said anything new and will not say anything, but this is the case when there is no need to say - you need to listen. Any self-respecting fan of heavy music should have this album, well, or at least he should be familiar with it. More and more often, my hand reaches for it, there, on the shelf where it is placed between the albums "Cause of Death" and "Eaten Back to Life", the same benchmark albums of the late 80s - early 90s, just as ambiguous, contradictory and controversial for some and indisputable for others. If you don't like "Altars of Madness", well... millions of death metal fans won't be particularly sad.