Morbid Angel – Altars Of Madness

The album for its time and place is the embodiment of cruelty in music. There is a slight "raw" in the sound, but the arrangements already give out the same Morbid Angel with twisted riffs and crazy solos. The album was obviously created under the great influence of Thrash metal, but it only benefits him, along with the makings of Death Metal, the mix came out truly explosive. Altars Of Madness became the album that deservedly entered the history of the genre and can rightly be called a "guedebook" in the world Death Metal. This record has brought up and instilled good taste in several generations of metalheads.

The FDR reissue from Earache really pleased with the nature of the sound (DR 12). The sound itself, which is typical for FDR, turned out to be quiet, but this contributes to a more delicate listening. "Altars..." became a chamber album in FDR. Vinyl sounds clean. The quality of printing is generally normal, but it must be understood that Earache is an "economical option" regardless of the status of the signed band. Even if we are talking about Morbid Angel!

Sounds so fine. I prefer it over the FDR-Remastered-CD anytime. Mine has only very slight inner groove distortion, so might differ from pressing to pressing.

Initial impression was OK. I have an original Combat/Earache CD of "Altars" which sounds really good. I compared the two and for the most part they were very close, both sounding great with subtle differences. Unfortunately the vinyl pressing on side 1 has some serious inner groove distortion which is very noticeable around Maze Of Torment. This is the second time I've bought an Earache vinyl reissue with some bad inner groove distortion. The other was Bolt Thrower "Cenotaph".

the pressing is alright, it's sometimes harsh on the highs made me wonder if something was wrong with my tracking force ot sylus, but it was the record itself. nontheless, great album

Good work, Earache, as always! Excellent sound, and quality of press

Pressed from the original analog tapes, awesome sound for a fantastic LP.

Oh man this sounds sooo good. A little less bass than the original press but otherwise exactly the same. And this version doesn't have any inner groove damage like my first press did.

I have this copy but with a different hype sticker design, like in this pic:
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