MORBID ANGEL Dominated the Death Metal Scene

Posted on February 24th, 2009

In 199,5 Florida-based death metal legends Morbid Angel, celebrated the release of their 4th (letter D) studio album "Domination" to a world of criticism. Original fans of the first few records thought it was more "sludge" than death metal, while those into the newly developing sludge movement thought the record was still too "death" metal for their tastes. Despite open remarks concerning "Domination", the LP is still arguably one of the greatest achievements of 90's American death metal I've ever heard.

One of the coolest things I remember about this particular LP was the attempt to include a slime pack with each disc. This of course never happened once the slime substance began spilling and was proven to be toxic. They later released initial copies in green jewel cases (not eco friendly) for a "PG" effect of the same theme.

Noted as "The #1 Death Metal Guitarist Ever" by Decibel Magazine, Trey Azagthoth lead the band into mainstream attention with this video for "Where The Slime Live".

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Comments (6)

February 24th, 2009 at 1:16 pm legion_1349 says:

Domination was thier 5th studio

February 24th, 2009 at 2:01 pm jamothegr8 says:

Abominations of Desolation was hardly a studio album.
…anyways, with Rutan on the roster for Domination, they also had the #3 rated death metal guitarist.

February 25th, 2009 at 7:54 am Frank Injection says:

Yeah, I'm counting Altars of Madness as their first record like the band and everyone else does. It's also the start of their A through Z theme. (Each release they do follows in alphabetical order if put in chronological order.) D = 4th letter, 4th release.

Nice addition jamothegr8, Rutan slayed on the record as well.