Album: Blessed Are the Sick by Morbid Angel (1991)
Genre: Death Metal | Style: Metal
Format: Album

Description: Blessed Are the Sick is the second studio album from death metal band Morbid Angel. Though the album features some fast sections, the overall sound is markedly slower than the debut and features marked classical music undertones (main composer Trey Azagthoth would dedicate this album to Mozart). Tracks 9, 10 and 12 are re-recorded songs from the 1986 demo Abominations of Desolation.
The cover painting is "Les Trésors de Satan" by Jean Delville.
The album was reissued in 2009 as a Digipak in DualDisc format. The CD side contains the original audio release and the DVD side contains a one-hour documentary.

Artist Background: Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked Morbid Angel's 1989 debut Altars of Madness first in its list "Top 40 greatest death metal albums". Decibel Magazine also rated guitarist Trey Azagthoth as the number one "death metal guitarist ever". The band′s songs are complex in arrangement, owing to the considerable technical skills of both Azagthoth and drummer Pete Sandoval, who also played in the grindcore band Terrorizer. Accor... Part of the Tampa, Florida, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Related Artists: Deicide, Immolation, Suffocation, Incantation

Music Scene: Part of the Tampa, Florida, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Tags: Death Metal, Metal, 1990s, Album

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Blessed Are the Sick is the second studio album from death metal band Morbid Angel. Though the album features some fast sections, the overall sound is markedly slower than the debut and features marked classical music undertones (main composer Trey Azagthoth would dedicate this album to Mozart). Tracks 9, 10 and 12 are re-recorded songs from the 1986 demo Abominations of Desolation.
The cover painting is "Les Trésors de Satan" by Jean Delville.
The album was reissued in 2009 as a Digipak in DualDisc format. The CD side contains the original audio release and the DVD side contains a one-hour documentary.

Blessed Are the Sick

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