Morbid Visions
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| Studio album by Sepultura | |||||
| Released | November 10, 1986 | ||||
| Recorded | August, 1986 at Estudio Vice Versa, Belo Horizonte, Brazil | ||||
| Genre | Death metal Black metal |
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| Length | 33:35 | ||||
| Label | Cogumelo Discos Roadrunner Records New Renaissance Records |
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| Producer | Sepultura | ||||
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Morbid Visions is the first studio album by Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura, released in 1986 through Cogumelo records.
While later albums have a more political edge, Morbid Visions (along with the Bestial Devastation EP) is notable for "Satanic" themes. The band said many lyrics were fashioned after those of Venom and Celtic Frost, as they could not write in English at this point; as late as 1987, Max Cavalera was still translating his lyrics word-for-word, as evidenced by the demo "The Past Reborns The Storms".
The album's sound is black/death metal and the production is rather poor. In the liner notes of Roadrunner's reissue of the album (which includes the tracks from the EP Bestial Devastation), Cavalera admits that the band neglected to tune their guitars during the sessions. Nonetheless, the collection is fondly regarded by fans for its unassuming introduction to what became an influential band, and the inclusion of Sepultura's earliest signature song, "Troops of Doom".
The original vinyl pressings of Morbid Visions featured the first movement of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana ("O Fortuna") as an unnamed introduction. This composition was left off from the CD re-release, probably because of copyright issues.
[edit] Track listing
- All tracks written by Max Cavalera, Jairo Guedes, and Paulo Jr.
- "Morbid Visions" – 3:23
- "Mayhem" – 3:15
- "Troops of Doom" – 3:21
- "War" – 5:32
- "Crucifixion" – 5:02
- "Show Me the Wrath" – 3:52
- "Funeral Rites" – 4:23
- "Empire of the Damned" – 4:24
- "The Curse" – 0:39*
- "Bestial Devastation" – 3:08*
- "Antichrist" – 3:47*
- "Necromancer" – 3:53*
- "Warriors of Death" – 4:10*
- "Necromancer" (demo version)
- "Anticop" (live)
Tracks 9-13 are bonus tracks on the 1991 reissue containing Bestial Devastation. Tracks 14-15 are further bonus tracks added to the 1997 remastered version.
[edit] Credits
- Igor Cavalera - Drums
- Jairo Guedes - Lead Guitar
- Max Cavalera - Vocal / Guitar
- Paulo Jr. - Bass
- Recorded and mixed in seven days in August, 1986 on 16 tracks at Estudio Vice Versa, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Produced by Sepultura
- Engineered, mixed and mastered by Eduardo Santos and Ze Luiz
- Remastered for the Roadrunner Records release by Michael Sarsfield at Frankford/Wayne, New York, USA
[edit] References
- Barcinski, André & Gomes, Silvio (1999). Sepultura: Toda a História. São Paulo: Ed. 34. ISBN 85-7326156-0
- Sepultura (1986). Morbid Visions. [CD]. New York, NY: Roadrunner Records. The Sepultura Remasters (1997).
- Sepultura (1986). Morbid Visions. [Vynil]. Belo Horizonte, MG: Cogumelo Produções.
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