Morbid Angel: Illud Divinum Insanus - This Is Your I Warning

Question: Just wondering what y'all holler back of Morbid's novel cd.. I holler back they've lost their minds! So much potential for greatness... ::::facepalm:::
from: Rob Alaniz

Answer: Well I pre-ordered the wooden box exceptional edition from Season Of Mist thence I'm manifestly yet a fan of the band.I'm precisely playing IDI at nowadays on loose day, in addition to I honestly don't know what all the online fuss is about- OK it doesn't rhythm out the B, C or D albums because they were ahead of their fourth dimension in addition to nada could ever exceed their groundbreaking in addition to classic H5N1 album- but it sounds pretty nifty to me on foremost listen. The production is dynamic in addition to lively, which makes it an improvement over the sterile sounding H album. If anything its the 'weird' tracks which are the interesting parts for me.

After the traditional Laibach-esque instrumental every bit album opener, the album proper begins amongst David Vincent announcing, rather prophetically, "This is Your One Warning"- earlier a barrage of programmed boot drums receive got over in addition to the band goes correct into Too Extreme!. Frankly, I was blown away past times the audacity of this, they could receive got chosen the "safe' option- but the band volition receive got known total good that a vocal similar this would polarise see correct from the outset. Personally, I discovery the boot drum programs a fighting 90s in addition to a fighting dated, but I genuinely honey the constantly pitch-changing FX on the guitars. This track's vibe is similar teetering on the border of chaos, which sums upwards everything almost Morbid Angel.

On 'Radikult' in addition to too to some extent 'I Am Morbid', overtly self-referential lyrics come upwards to the fore, sung inwards an almost bragging style. This is novel territory for Morbid Angel, in addition to seems foreign coming from a band who built their zealous fanbase past times dealing inwards other-wordly, magical in addition to mystical themes.

What is too dissimilar almost this album - their foremost inwards 8 years- has been the absolute shitstorm of online see straightaway prior to its release. This is their foremost album released during the highly socially-networked era, in addition to to a rattling dissimilar generation of extreme music fans than those around for 2003's Heretic. Back then, at that spot was no MySpace, YouTube or Facebook, fifty-fifty Blabbermouth was barely upwards in addition to running- all fans had to central views in addition to communicate were a few metallic message boards in addition to ye olde "word of mouth". Also novel is the ease which which fans tin bathroom download leaked Mp3 copies in addition to seemingly receive got been doing thence inwards their thousands inwards the calendar week upwards to official release. It's pretty tardily to live super-critical afterward downloading costless files when you've non made whatsoever fiscal or emotional investment to obtain it.

Watching this shit-storm of hatred from so-called fans venting their spleen online has been the REAL eye-opener for me. I've never seen such a vitriolic backlash, except maybe next Metallica's 'St Anger', in addition to fifty-fifty though Earache has nada to do amongst the novel album, it's been quite educational for me to follow the firestorm. I'm transfixed.

It seems everything nosotros do online these days has turned into a popularity contest, the biggest sites inquire y'all to register your similar or dislike of whatever page y'all are on, the 2nd y'all province on it. Morbid Angel is a band who are pretty introspective, who steadfastly follow their ain creative path, rarely if ever checking out what their peers are doing. As Trey says inwards interviews, they create their music firstly to satisfy their ain creative instincts- non for whatsoever fan or journalists approval.Even so, I suspect they receive got never witnessed such a deluge of disapproval arriving at their doorstep,like this:

Hitler reacts to novel Morbid Angel:


Whats laughable almost this is David Vincent sings "Killer Kult, Killer Kult" at the foremost of Radikult yet the online geniuses/critics misheard the lyrics every bit "Kill a Cop Cop, Kill a Cop" in addition to the baying mob swallowed it whole. When the critics mention "Bodycount called in addition to desire their lyrics back", which is patently broad of the mark, things genuinely are way out of hand, in addition to receive got reached the pinnacle of absurdity.

What is bemusing to me, is how fans are zeroing inwards on the weird tracks every bit if its a total sell-out to the perish metallic scene for a band to experiment a fighting or pause upwards the album menses amongst a dissimilar vibe. Morbid Angel has e'er done this, on every album since A. Admittedly the quirky interludes were curt in addition to were hardly principal album songs.Often they were only a jeopardy for the band to indulge their Laibach or video game fantasies earlier returning to the principal trouble organisation of blasting, shredding perish metal. Check out Trooper or Dreaming :

Morbid Angel Trooper



Morbid Angel Dreaming




I'm pretty surely that a practiced proportion of the electrical current generation of Death Metal fans volition know the band solely from unmarried mp3 rails downloads, or mayhap fifty-fifty Youtube clips of the principal songs from Morbid's dorsum catalog.

This has made them pretty intolerant of anything but their fave tracks. I speculate that today's fans can't genuinely handgrip in addition to are sick at ease amongst a consummate 45 infinitesimal album. No-one has fourth dimension to waste materials checking out the diversity of vibes which tin bathroom live displayed on an album anymore, to a greater extent than frequently than non they'll precisely cherry pick the most well-known songs.

I suspect a practiced proportion of fans don't fifty-fifty genuinely play albums anymore- precisely mp3 collections of their favourite tracks.

Despite all the backlash, if what I'm hearing is truthful 2000 of the exceptional wooden box editions are completely sold out, at £100+ a time, thence y'all do the math! For Morbid Angel inwards 2011, its rattling much Death Metal trouble organisation every bit usual.

Long Live Morbid Angel.

[DISCLAIMER: I signed Morbid Angel in addition to my label Earache released everything they recorded for the foremost nine releases, working amongst them daily for almost 2 decades. Earache parted ways amongst the band inwards 2004, but nosotros come about to promote their stellar dorsum catalog in addition to regularly co-operate amongst band in addition to their management over re-issue campaigns.So,yes I'm biased.]

PS: When Trey talks almost Terrorcore inwards interviews, I assume he agency materials similar this: