it is way more like formulas than it is like gateways though
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 3 October 2021 22:14 (two years ago) link
yeah, Heretic whips ass, but in a low-key platonic ideal 7/10 kind of way.
Hard agree about the solos on Formulas, too, as I've honestly probably listened to the nothing but Trey bonus disc Love of Lava as much as any proper Morbid Angel album over the past few years.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Sunday, 3 October 2021 22:43 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9-D3iacXK0
this song is incredible. never really given heretic more than a cursory listen bc of its reputation and as usual that was a mistake
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 3 October 2021 22:43 (two years ago) link
all right it's time to listen to illud for the first time since 2011
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 4 October 2021 02:20 (two years ago) link
EXTREME!!!!!
the straight up death metal tracks on illud are very good, and the lol tracks contain numerous lols. profoundly dumb album. sorta glad it exists
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 4 October 2021 02:50 (two years ago) link
relistening to kingdoms disdained makes me suspect i wasn't in the mood for it or even ready for it when it came out
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 4 October 2021 12:42 (two years ago) link
filling in the gaps alphabetically, juvenilia is a not particularly well-recorded live show circa-altars and it's... awesome
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 14:54 (two years ago) link
gatewaysdominationformulas blessedhereticaltarskingdomsillud
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
breaks my heart to rank kingdoms so low bc i really can't get enough of that record at the moment, as much as it's a course correction it also resembles no morbid angel record before it, and it is fuckin brutal
but i think i exhausted my allowed quota of trolling opinions by ranking domination and heretic over altars
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
ahh shit i forgot covenant. telling. even though i love that record
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 19:17 (two years ago) link
listening to Formulas
I forgot how amazing a song "Heaving Earth" is. how can anybody hate on this shit.
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Thursday, 30 December 2021 04:13 (two years ago) link
formulas is so dope
would be their best if morbid angel didn’t have five other best albums
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 December 2021 04:46 (two years ago) link
i would rank kingdoms disdained higher now. kingdoms disdained rocks ass
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 December 2021 04:47 (two years ago) link
i got the "trey azaghoth mix" of that album recently (I guess he did his own mix and is selling it on their bandcamp) and it's actually a bit better! I always liked KD but the production drove me nuts as I had to listen to it on headphones to make it out.
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Thursday, 30 December 2021 04:49 (two years ago) link
whaAAAaaat i gotta hear this
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 December 2021 04:57 (two years ago) link
https://officialmorbidangel.bandcamp.com/album/kingdoms-disdained-raw-mastered-version-mastered-by-trey-azagthoth
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Thursday, 30 December 2021 05:01 (two years ago) link
the creature on the front of Kingdoms Disdained looks like that one big brown furry thing from Fraggle Rock
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Saturday, 1 January 2022 02:03 (two years ago) link
i also don't think Tucker is that bad, his growl is a bit forced , but it does have body to it, it's just a bit more generic than Vincent's raspy yell.
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Saturday, 1 January 2022 02:11 (two years ago) link
Domination I feel like is largely hated for Vincent's terrible vocals, which are now much more over the top and more alt metally.
and yeah, the arrangements are simpler, and they've dumbed down the riffs somewhat at times, but there's a lot of great music on this. still a solid effort.
not every song lands, no, but "Hatework" rules, cheesy keyboards and all.
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Monday, 3 January 2022 01:12 (two years ago) link
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Wednesday, December 29, 2021 10:01 PM (three months ago) bookmarkflaglink
finally snagged myself a copy of this and wow the sound is improved by a billion
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 25 April 2022 20:21 (two years ago) link
i can finally hear pretty much everything the guitar is doing!
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 25 April 2022 20:22 (two years ago) link
lol right? it was a strict headphone listen to me for ages because in my car it sounded like nothing but a big loud nonsense, but with this mix I can actually enjoy it in the car now.
― Deez NFTs (Neanderthal), Monday, 25 April 2022 20:24 (two years ago) link
I just wanna big-up Brad itt as the primary Gateways backer on ILX, that is def one album that needs more love.
they hinted at this sound on earlier albums, I mean "World of Shit" from Covenant pretty much is the exact same style, they just decided to do a whole album like this.
also Trey's leads are phenomenal, almost all harmonized alien-sounding shits.
on the new tour they're apparently playing 3 from it, including my two favorites ("Summoning Redemption", "Ageless, Still I Am").
― Will.I.Am's fetid urine (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 April 2023 02:58 (one year ago) link
playing Heretic for like the first time since maybe 2004, and not sure why I disliked this one so much then. iirc my view was 'it's too much of a generic death metal album', but so far, other than the sterile production, it very much feels like Morbid Angel.
should also note I was not listening to much metal that year so it could have been that i wasn't feeling any DM
― Will.I.Am's fetid urine (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 April 2023 17:12 (one year ago) link
granted, I do feel the two Tucker before this are better, buuuut...who cares
I always though Heretic was pretty good and it was more a case of band fatigue, where people were just kind of worn out on their style generally.
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 1 May 2023 10:56 (one year ago) link