mabb's choice: top three albums, now with special k

Discuss the legendary band Morbid Angel here. For twenty years The Chapel has connected the morbid fanbase online.

top 3 MA albums

A
8
11%
B
8
11%
C
15
20%
D
2
3%
F
22
29%
G
13
17%
H
3
4%
I
0
No votes
K
4
5%
 
Total votes: 75
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zim wrote:
Ninny wrote:Heretic leaves me cold while Illud gives me some pleasure.
heretic is one of my top ma albums, i love it. it's like trey in his bedroom plugged straight into his computer making songs. the low-fi rough production to me was refreshing and still is. everything is so polished and overproduced these days. sometimes we need more of a rough sound, not like black metal rough though
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Abzu wrote:our lord and master plugs into all bathrooms

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Blessed
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Gateways
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Abzu wrote:
zim wrote:
Ninny wrote:Heretic leaves me cold while Illud gives me some pleasure.
heretic is one of my top ma albums, i love it. it's like trey in his bedroom plugged straight into his computer making songs. the low-fi rough production to me was refreshing and still is. everything is so polished and overproduced these days. sometimes we need more of a rough sound, not like black metal rough though
:idea:
i remember trey said he used a shitty behringer v-amp 2 to record some of the guitar rhythms. I had one of these, it sounded like hot dogshit.

Then again I don't play like Trey and I don't have Punchy doing any studio magic. :redneck::::
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I agree with zim there. That's what I liked about Heretic as well.
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Kingdoms would be better with Heretic style production.
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does anyone recall if there was any backlash over gateways production? i wonder if the over production of gateways is what drove trey back to a more raw sound
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"Over production of gateways"

























































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Yeah right. Time for you to quit sniffing gasoline, siree
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i'm pretty sure almost everyone here would agree that it's their most digital sounding album
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That's because of the electronic drumkit. The rest is all real amps. I wouldn't call it over produced though.
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I just listened to Gateways for the first time in quite a while last night and holy shit did I forget how mechanized the drumming on that album sounds :dizzy:

My three favorites are C, F, and A in that order :santa:
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F
B
A
C/G/H
...
...
...
...
...
...
K (it's seriously meh at its best)
D
I

edit: H is seriously on of the most underappreciated metal albums in general. the production "problem" is blown way out of proportion (i'm in the "i love it" camp anyway so i don't think here is a problem in the first place :P) and it's chock full of classic MA songs. it just has too many too long interludes/outros :god:
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I'm at a stage where they're all sorta equal to me and a specific favourite depends on the mood. K is still fresh so i'd say it's artifically the best for me right now.

The exceptions are D and I. These two are far and away below the rest although they each have 1 or 2 songs which are killer like Dominate and Nevermore.
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Nevermore is a pretty good song indeed :idea: there’s a live version out there that’s amazing. It has so much energy and is slightly faster than the original.
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Mainly average band.
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Ninny wrote:Fuck you toozey
thats not nice, thought we were friends.
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I hope we still are and I sincerely apologize for the harsh words
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togetherness
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-M- wrote:
05 Dec 2017, 02:34
F
G
B
H
C
K
A
D
I

or rather
F
G
B H C
K A
D
I
After listening to K for like 20 times in last 2 days it's:
F
K
G
B H C
A
D
I
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:interessant:
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not a single vote for I :redneck:
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just reminding everyone that F wins again
more metal
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i had forgotten about morbid downward descending thing until seeing this thread
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droidspawn wrote:
04 Dec 2017, 04:23
F
G
K
B
C
A
H
D
I

in that order
F
G
B
C
K
A
H
D
I
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F
G
B
C
D
A
H
K
I
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are we updating the poll or just doing this

F
A
B
C
D
G
K
H
I
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:huh:
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G
C
F
B
A
H

getting hit by a tractor

D

getting hit by a tractor playing I

I
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i can't rank K honestly as i have only listened to it four or five times and zero times since shortly after it came out
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happiness and harmony wrote:
30 Sep 2022, 21:20
G
C
F
B
A
H

getting hit by a tractor

D

getting hit by a tractor playing I

I

:redneck: but also I can agree with this ranking.
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:beer:
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D
G
F
C
A
B
I
H
K
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F
A
C
B
D
K
G
H
I
more metal
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heretic didn't get a lot of love in the poll but i love you heretic, you are a cool album
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zim wrote:
01 May 2023, 22:57
i love you heretic, you are a cool album
And we share a birthday :gay:
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but now I want to suck her soft parts.
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zim wrote:
01 May 2023, 22:57
heretic didn't get a lot of love in the poll but i love you heretic, you are a cool album
Was sorely disappointed back when it came out. Tried hearing it again some days ago, and I have no idea how I stomached that plastic drum sound back in 2003, especially after blasting Darkened Shrines.
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Heretic would be better if it didn't sound like a demo. It's a shame because there are plenty of good riffs on it.
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i always liked that raw demo sound, it was kind of refreshing after how digital and processed gateways sounded
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Just tried Illud again. It's still absolutely fucking atrocious.
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Livin hardkore Radikult :necro:

I'm still waiting for an apology for that album. It's like it was meant to be a joke but they forgot the punchline.
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Yeah it's .... I don't even have words for it.
Inexcusable shit. It's not a Morbid Angel album in my opinion.
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zim wrote:
03 May 2023, 00:23
i always liked that raw demo sound, it was kind of refreshing after how digital and processed gateways sounded
I didn't love it at first. Harry tick and me are pretty good friends now though.
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but now I want to suck her soft parts.
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i love everything about heretic except the interlude tracks, cut them all out and it's good
more metal
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i only listen to illud
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