MORBID ANGEL released "Altars of Madness," one of the most important and influential death metal albums ever recorded. The debut full-length unleashed a hurricane of technical brutality that redefined the boundaries of extreme music. Trey Azagthoth's mind-bending guitar solos, Pete Sandoval's inhuman blast beats, and David Vincent's guttural vocals created a sonic assault that stunned the metal world upon release. Tracks like "Immortal Rites," "Chapel of Ghouls," and "Maze of Torment" became death metal standards that are still revered today. "Altars of Madness" is consistently ranked alongside DEATH's "Leprosy" as one of the twin pillars upon which the entire death metal genre was built.
