Review by Adam M on May 14, 2025.

This album captures Morbid Angel at their rawest and purest form.  It shows the band in their most distinctive fashion.  It displays a band up and coming and full of vitality.  Though Morbid Angel would change, they would never capture the purity of this release again.  The songs are memorable and feature a good amount of crazy riffage.  This is a well-performed romp in the past.

The instrumental portions of the album are all very brutal and appropriate. There is a need to be rawer than previous releases, but the crazy riffage still spruces things up.  The vocals of David Vincent are very distinctive and make for an entertaining affair.  The drums are pounding, but not as present as Azagthoth’s guitars.  All in all the slightly rawer album than others from the band, but still very good. 

If there is a flaw to be found it’s that the album is not as innovative or developed as other by the band.  It is thus a more classical view of their sound.  This album is still not the best death metal release ever and is overshadowed by the like of release like Entombed’s Left Hand Path.  This is still an essential listen and necessary to the development of the genre.

All in all, I loved this album and it made a great impact upon me with its raw performances.  There is a ton of memorable, moments.  It all makes for a rousing listen that is very important and necessary for the death metal genre.  It could still be improved upon with more innovation, but this is undeniably a classic.

Rating: 7.7/10