SEPULTURA - MORBID VISIONS - NOVEMBER 10, 1986
For most fans and I can say in my case as well, this is one of those albums that can remind you of what first attracted and drew you into metal no matter the genre in discussion. Founded by the two young brothers Max and Igor Cavalera whom were brought up in the harsh political and economic climate of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Sepultura broke into the scene with their Bestial Devastation EP. Shortly thereafter Morbid Visions was released, although the youth of the musicians shines through the sloppiness of the music they still manage to take hold of you in a number of catchy riffs throughout the album that so easily seduce lingering personal frustrations to the surface with their raw and unique blend of instrumentals and guttural vocals. That particular blend doesn't see much variety between the songs themselves but there are a few standout riffs that pull you back again for seconds.
Troops of Doom is an appropriate song title. As noticed in previous albums one of the elements to fitting the death metal disfigured cookie cutter mold would be the implementation of classic doom influences that had come before. Taking the tempo back at times to drag it into something slower and darker, before and between an assault of speed and aggression which is an apparent instrumental focus on each of the tracks. Aggression is what truly defines this album for me, the passion and driving force between my exploration of metal in any genre over the years has derived and fed off my need to emotionally connect to the music almost in a therapeutic sense. This is an album that focuses on emotion over skill or technicality and in that sense knocks it out of the park, it may be raw and for the most part sloppy but it draws out the emotions that it was created to; anger and frustration being the foremost of those feelings.
Standouts: Morbid Visions, Troops of Doom, Funeral Rites
Rating: 7.5/10
Troops of Doom is an appropriate song title. As noticed in previous albums one of the elements to fitting the death metal disfigured cookie cutter mold would be the implementation of classic doom influences that had come before. Taking the tempo back at times to drag it into something slower and darker, before and between an assault of speed and aggression which is an apparent instrumental focus on each of the tracks. Aggression is what truly defines this album for me, the passion and driving force between my exploration of metal in any genre over the years has derived and fed off my need to emotionally connect to the music almost in a therapeutic sense. This is an album that focuses on emotion over skill or technicality and in that sense knocks it out of the park, it may be raw and for the most part sloppy but it draws out the emotions that it was created to; anger and frustration being the foremost of those feelings.
Standouts: Morbid Visions, Troops of Doom, Funeral Rites
Rating: 7.5/10
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