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

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 19 Dec 2017, 09:48

our lord and master plugs into all bathrooms

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 19 Dec 2017, 09:48

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

happiness and harmony · Post by **happiness and harmony** » 19 Dec 2017, 17:35

Abzu wrote:our lord and master plugs into all bathrooms

H4T3M4CH1N3 · Post by **H4T3M4CH1N3** » 02 Jan 2018, 07:16

Blessed
Covenant
Gateways

Lavabug · Post by **Lavabug** » 03 Jan 2018, 02:20

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

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.

:::

vO)))id · Post by **vO)))id** » 03 Jan 2018, 02:38

I agree with zim there. That's what I liked about Heretic as well.

-M- · Post by **-M-** » 03 Jan 2018, 02:44

Kingdoms would be better with Heretic style production.

zim · Post by **zim** » 03 Jan 2018, 03:25

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

H4T3M4CH1N3 · Post by **H4T3M4CH1N3** » 03 Jan 2018, 09:51

"Over production of gateways"

...

Yeah right. Time for you to quit sniffing gasoline, siree

zim · Post by **zim** » 03 Jan 2018, 10:02

i'm pretty sure almost everyone here would agree that it's their most digital sounding album

vO)))id · Post by **vO)))id** » 03 Jan 2018, 11:24

That's because of the electronic drumkit. The rest is all real amps. I wouldn't call it over produced though.

Paste Human · Post by **Paste Human** » 08 Jan 2018, 05:29

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

My three favorites are C, F, and A in that order

djonni greazo · Post by **djonni greazo** » 11 Jan 2018, 14:30

F
B
A
C/G/H
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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

) and it's chock full of classic MA songs. it just has too many too long interludes/outros

Phantoon · Post by **Phantoon** » 01 Jun 2018, 22:52

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.

vO)))id · Post by **vO)))id** » 06 Jun 2018, 21:55

Nevermore is a pretty good song indeed

there’s a live version out there that’s amazing. It has so much energy and is slightly faster than the original.

deckard · Post by **deckard** » 23 Jun 2018, 05:57

Mainly average band.

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 24 Jun 2018, 22:00

Fuck you toozey

droidspawn · Post by **droidspawn** » 26 Jun 2018, 09:53

English tosser

deckard · Post by **deckard** » 28 Jul 2018, 03:55

Ninny wrote:Fuck you toozey

thats not nice, thought we were friends.

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 28 Jul 2018, 15:53

I hope we still are and I sincerely apologize for the harsh words

happiness and harmony · Post by **happiness and harmony** » 29 Jul 2018, 16:36

togetherness

-M- · Post by **-M-** » 18 Dec 2020, 02:04

-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

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 19 Dec 2020, 04:30

Mesarthim · Post by **Mesarthim** » 19 Dec 2020, 10:41

not a single vote for I

User · Post by **User** » 10 Sep 2022, 20:48

just reminding everyone that F wins again

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 10 Sep 2022, 21:45

i had forgotten about morbid downward descending thing until seeing this thread

droidspawn · Post by **droidspawn** » 11 Sep 2022, 04:49

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

vO)))id · Post by **vO)))id** » 11 Sep 2022, 12:48

F
G
B
C
D
A
H
K
I

User · Post by **User** » 11 Sep 2022, 23:17

are we updating the poll or just doing this

F
A
B
C
D
G
K
H
I

vO)))id · Post by **vO)))id** » 11 Sep 2022, 23:58

happiness and harmony · Post by **happiness and harmony** » 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

happiness and harmony · Post by **happiness and harmony** » 30 Sep 2022, 21:21

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

Mesarthim · Post by **Mesarthim** » 30 Sep 2022, 22:17

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

but also I can agree with this ranking.

happiness and harmony · Post by **happiness and harmony** » 17 Oct 2022, 20:37

Corpsepyre · Post by **Corpsepyre** » 01 May 2023, 19:14

D
G
F
C
A
B
I
H
K

User · Post by **User** » 01 May 2023, 19:34

F
A
C
B
D
K
G
H
I

zim · Post by **zim** » 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

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 02 May 2023, 00:28

zim wrote: ↑
01 May 2023, 22:57
i love you heretic, you are a cool album

And we share a birthday

Corpsepyre · Post by **Corpsepyre** » 02 May 2023, 21:52

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.

slugbait · Post by **slugbait** » 03 May 2023, 00:16

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.

zim · Post by **zim** » 03 May 2023, 00:23

i always liked that raw demo sound, it was kind of refreshing after how digital and processed gateways sounded

M.Bison · Post by **M.Bison** » 03 May 2023, 00:35

Just tried Illud again. It's still absolutely fucking atrocious.

slugbait · Post by **slugbait** » 03 May 2023, 01:55

Livin hardkore Radikult

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.

vO)))id · Post by **vO)))id** » 03 May 2023, 02:29

Yeah it's .... I don't even have words for it.
Inexcusable shit. It's not a Morbid Angel album in my opinion.

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 03 May 2023, 02:46

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.

User · Post by **User** » 03 May 2023, 22:58

i love everything about heretic except the interlude tracks, cut them all out and it's good

deckard · Post by **deckard** » 05 Nov 2023, 05:13

i only listen to illud

top 3 MA albums