MORBID ANGEL WROTE A SONG ABOUT NEVERMORE

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 at 10:00am by

Nnnnnnooooo, I’m just kidding, of course. They did, however, write a song called “Nevermore,” which is now streaming at The Deciblog.

I’m dying to hear what you folks think, too. Season of Mist sent out a digital promo of the new Morbid Angel album, llud Divinum Insanus, last week, and while it was kinda hard to listen to given that the label inserted the sounds of an old telephone ringing every however many seconds (this is meant to prevent piracy, but I think it mostly prevents music writers from doing their jobs), I can tell you that, generally speaking, I was not bowled over. Maybe that’s because anticipation for this record has been so high that it could never live up to expectations; maybe it’s ’cause it’s already been such a strong year for death metal that, positioned amongst albums like Hate Eternal’s Phoenix Amongst the Ashes and The Black Dahlia Murder’s Ritual, Ilud was always going to pale in comparison; or maybe it’s just ’cause it’s been sixteen years since Domination, and shit happens. I’ll have to listen more when I have the ring-less version to really articulate why the album just wasn’t gelling for me.

In any case, headbang here, then sound off in the comments section below. Illud Divinum Insanus, comes out June 7 on Season of Mist.

-AR

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  • http://www.myspace.com/SentinelMass SENTINEL

    Impossible to live up to classics, but this new shit is definitely way more interesting and classic MA than Heretic

    • Bob Cock

      Heretic was a pile of shit. Some of the new album isn’t “the best,” but it’s way better than Heretic and most of Gateways. There are a few rad songs.

  • foobear

    You don’t have a forum and I’m too lazy to send an email, so I just wanted to be the first to say – Fuck the obnoxious page overlapping autoplaying flash ad for AC/DC that is on the front page.

    Thanks. You may now resume discussion on the relevant topic of this post.

    • Kuranes

      Yep, that’s gonna get old fast.

    • ManiacForHire

      Yes, im avoiding this site until its gone. This singing sounds like total shit anyways. It only further discouraged me from buying.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Harper-Lewis/100001748263922 Harper Lewis

      jesus, i was wondering what you were talking about when suddenly a loud screech came outta nowhere and i had ac/dc all over my pelican. weak.

      • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f60fa9e6421f91d4c1d1d0e1fe20a144?s=80 Goro923

        You know that’s sorta how Reese’s got invented.

        BAM

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/-/1129001966 Родион Загребельный

      AdBlock rules

      • Shitz Nolte

        Agreed sir.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Garrett-Weinstein/530091298 Garrett Weinstein

    Y’know I wasn’t sure if I was excited for this album before but now I know I am, this song fuckin rules

  • http://thenumberoftheblog.com/ groverXIII

    I got the same promo, saw that it had beeps, and disregarded it. I get what they’re trying to do, but there’s no way I can objectively and properly review an album if it’s got beeps.

  • AR

    I have not heard the album yet and I already know its the most over rated release in a long time. Metal heads need to stop jerking off in the past and get on with their lives. Morbid was good up until Covenant and then the rest was downhill, get over it.

    AR.

    • Bastard

      You fucking thick or something? 95% of people who have heard it are calling it out for the sub-Marylin Manson shit it is.

      Vincent should stick to being fisted by his weird wife. At least someone will get some pleasure out of that.

      • BlowME

        What the fuck are you even talking about. You called me thick and then agreed with me.

        • J. Ason

          You called it overrated, that’s why.

  • darkdragon

    I just think its funny Trey’s hair is still stuck in the 80′s.

  • lost goat

    apart from the waaaay too clicky bass drum sound,i like it- its fast,its death metal..i dont care for the modern sounding production..but it sounds like a morbid angel song

    i like that hes singing fast over fast death metal- thats how it should be

    better than all this stop,start,stop,start bs that all the big shit these days

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tom-Saunders/660453371 Tom Saunders

    I like this track, nothing special, but it is good :)

    • KvltWalter

      Agreed. It’s totally solid, but nothing I would buy.

  • Andy Synn

    Troll baiting with the reference to TBDM’s new one there?

    Not that I disagree, I think they deserve a place as (melodic) death metal royalty these days, but still, including that reference in a Morbid Angel post is just ASKING for trouble.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Mills/641710309 James Mills

    David Vincent reminds me of Nikki Sixx in that photograph.

  • Joe

    This song sucks. It’s practically the same chorus as Existo Vulgore, Vincent’s vocals suck, the patterns are worthless, and there’s a rhyme scheme. Come on. The riffs are uninspired and rehashed. That “whoa-oh-oh” part is stupid. If you want to hear what the rest of the album is gonna sound like you can listen to samples of every song here:
    http://www.amazon.com/Illud-Divinum-Insanus-Morbid-Angel/dp/B004VUP8WK/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_1
    It’s so bad that it’s laughable.

  • deathcore blows cock

    i do not see why every one seems to hate this album i think it is pretty good i just wish Pete Sandoval was on this album but if any one is good enought to take his place before he recovers from surgery its tim yeung

  • mehh

    Hell, the live version sounded better. Way crunchier guitar tone and a less annoying vincent. “Whoa-oh-aoh-oh????” Is this seriously the same beast that growled on Covenant?

  • Buriedforgotten

    Short-form review: it is fucking terrible. There’s nothing “interesting” or “experimental” about it unless you always wondered what would happen if Fred Durst joined a death metal band. The so-called “techno” tracks are downright childish, particularly the lyrics which are sub-middle school drivel. It’s unbelievable that a band of this stature could release something this horrendous. “Radikult” is possibly the worst metal tune of all-time.