Well! That's more like it! This is the M.A. that I know and love. A lot has happened since the previous album "Domination"...David Vincent (bass/vocals) and Erik Rutan (2nd guitar) are no longer in the band. Replacing Vincent is Steve Tucker (ex-Cannibal Corpse) and Trey Azagthoth takes on all the guitar work alone. About the music: In my opinion the music here is a mixture of M.A.'s first 3 CDs - the songs are played with that old school touch...fast, brutal, some mid-tempo parts here and there, the relaxed keyboard parts, and a whole lot of breath-taking guitar solos (Trey really gave the performance of a lifetime on this album - he also wrote all the music all the lyrics and did the production by himself). Same goes to the great Pete Sandoval for his really great work (even though I don't know shit about drumming I can tell this guy is real good, plus I've seen his face more than once on some drummers magazines). The new guy Steve is a hell of a singer and not a bad bass player...he doesn't sound like Vincent and that's a good thing (Morbid Angel need a change after all these years). A lot of people were worried that M.A. wouldn't be as good without Vincent, but Tucker is no less and (according to some over the last 2 years) maybe even better with his deep voice and beast-like growls...sounds really good. About the lyrics: I always known that M.A. (and mainly Trey) are a Necronomicon influenced band, but this will blow you away! Tons of chants and praises to the Ancient Ones...the great thing is that the chant parts have translations to english so when you read something like "Zamanu Muh lal-li zi-pa-gurud-Zuneme-E", you know what the hell it is! Anyway, this is a superb release and once again the standards has been set higher...buy it today.

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