Covenant

At the time of its release in 1993, Morbid Angel’s third album was probably the most extreme album to ever appear on a major label. As a result, this master class in death metal virtuosity infiltrated suburban living rooms via MTV’s <i>Headbangers Ball</i> and <i>Beavis and Butt-Head</i> with videos for “Rapture” and “God of Emptiness”. Guitarist Trey Azagthoth’s unorthodox and hyper-technical style produced some of the band’s most vertiginous material, while increased exposure helped make <i>Covenant</i> one of the top-selling death metal albums of all time.