It was my friend, it was. I was drummer in a Dutch thrashmetal band called Messina and our vocalist came with this CD from this 'new' band. I was pissed because the drumming and double bass was so fast...next level in those days. Saw Morbid Angel live in '89, '91' and '93. I Am Morbid once and still have to see Vltimas. I love Dave Vincent!
[Verse 1] Life betrayal - a warping rage Evil ripping caverns through your mind Immolation - in blood you've signed your soul away Sickening life ends but the horror has just begun [Verse 2] Vultures moaning a funeral dirge Walls await to cradle you and rip your soul apart Incessant screaming echoes through the maze Insanity approaches - imminent demise [Chorus] Maze of torment Maze of torment Maze of torment Maze of death [Verse 3] Stricken from the holy book deliverance to pain Effigy of Jesus Christ burning in your mind Voices cry out to bid you welcome Locked within the dungeons of darkness - no escape!! [Chorus] Maze of torment Maze of torment Maze of torment In the name [Bridge] Passing through corridors embedded with Scars of those who have gone before you And left their marks Warning comes too late to save you now Visions of suffering stab from the inside You pray for death Mourning does no good as you can only die once Souls are being raped by the maze Lost in these halls, endlessly [Chorus] Maze of torment Maze of torment Maze of torment Maze of death
@@baldvale5418 He's talking about modern studio production where if the drummer is not perfectly in sync (like most human drummers), the imperfection in timing can be fixed quite easily on a digital workstation. Leading the every single damned song sounding absolutely inhumanly perfect.
@@blppt They don't just do it with drums. If a song uses the same riff during a song, they can move the riff around. The guitarist really only needs to play the riff once and then they can move it around.
@@Gregbaltzer To be fair, that practice existed prior to ProTools, you just had to splice tape on a multitrack mixer...sort of like the patchwork masterpieces that is And Justice for All. Fitting drum patterns to a quantized (grid) is much more difficult (if not impossible) on analog technology unless its just one pattern played over and over like most of Pearl Jam's W.M.A. for example.
The intro riff is very derivative of Mercyful Fate's Desecration of souls and the tremolo in the maze of torment part reminds me of criminally insane's tremolo
@@l.i.v.v4835 I mean yeah, but with bands like Bolt Thower and Kreator I feel like the line between Thrash and Death metal begins to get a little blurred
It blew my mind the first I listened to this album. What is this hellish noises put together in such an odd yet mesmerizing way so beautiful that I had to turn the volume way the fuck up just to know that I was not crazy
When I first bought this album,I played over and over again. And, I played this one some more. Bands like MORBID ANGEL here got the modern age of DEATH METAL going. And it shows no signs of slowing down. Good!!
I remember the first time I heard this album I couldn't get over what unique tone the guitars had and the divinely terrific playing of Trey Azagthoth. I still get the same feeling!. \m/Hail
I was lucky enough to get to see Pete Sandovals face from a few meters at the organization of a concert here in Santo Domingo once thanks to a good friend who plays guitar very well himself.
@@Nekrokultis Meh, I dont really like poor musicmanship and songwriting and Master were just a footnote in that regard, for us osdm from 1991 I would replace it with the likes of mental funeral by Autopsy or for in general usdm the likes of effigy of the forgotten, human by death, Unquestionable presence by Atheist or blessed are the sick
@@rporta technically, and I only found out like 2 months ago lmao, Maze of Torment was written in 86 and appears on Total Hideous Death demo. Agent Orange is 1989 for sure tho
Hmm, I think Trey's leads are where he falls short. Great songwriter and rhythm guitarist though. Erik's leads on Domination are the only time MA leads sound good in my opinion!
King Diamond for one, you don't know death metal if u haven't learned from this death metal masterpiece. This as brutal as death metal can get whilst still making perfect sense musically as well as lyrically !!!
This album must have been devastating in 1989.
It was my friend, it was. I was drummer in a Dutch thrashmetal band called Messina and our vocalist came with this CD from this 'new' band. I was pissed because the drumming and double bass was so fast...next level in those days. Saw Morbid Angel live in '89, '91' and '93. I Am Morbid once and still have to see Vltimas. I love Dave Vincent!
I really recommend the german band Poison from Ulm not these strange american guys.
Still is in 2020
This album struck like an atomic bomb back then..............it was fantastic.............. adn still is.
Not as much devastating as REALM OF CHAOS by BOLT THROWER released that same 1989 year
this intro is what got me to buy and learn guitar. THE MAZE!!!
Did you learn the song?
[Verse 1]
Life betrayal - a warping rage
Evil ripping caverns through your mind
Immolation - in blood you've signed your soul away
Sickening life ends but the horror has just begun
[Verse 2]
Vultures moaning a funeral dirge
Walls await to cradle you and rip your soul apart
Incessant screaming echoes through the maze
Insanity approaches - imminent demise
[Chorus]
Maze of torment
Maze of torment
Maze of torment
Maze of death
[Verse 3]
Stricken from the holy book deliverance to pain
Effigy of Jesus Christ burning in your mind
Voices cry out to bid you welcome
Locked within the dungeons of darkness - no escape!!
[Chorus]
Maze of torment
Maze of torment
Maze of torment
In the name
[Bridge]
Passing through corridors embedded with
Scars of those who have gone before you
And left their marks
Warning comes too late to save you now
Visions of suffering stab from the inside
You pray for death
Mourning does no good as you can only die once
Souls are being raped by the maze
Lost in these halls, endlessly
[Chorus]
Maze of torment
Maze of torment
Maze of torment
Maze of death
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@@sneychev totally not stolen from bastardized history of death metal by gonilac
needs more likes
0:32 that laugh is such an amazing way to build it up
Yeahh shit hypes me up
this dynamic range edition is no joke it's so clear but punchy even on youtube! really hear the difference between this and my original cd copy.
One of the greatest metal albums of all time!
These guys really put their all into this masterpiece. Epic.
Maze of torment probably one of the best MA's track. Especially pete sandoval's drum. You should see his drum cam for this.
One of the reason i'm proud to be born in 1989.
And I was a freshmen in high school in 1989. This album really stood out that year!
JEEEEEEEEEEEOOOON MOXLEY!
Ae mulek doido!
Yes. What a soundtrack to be born to
I like this old sound of Death Metal. You can tell that actually people, not computers are playing the notes!
Name a Metal Band that uses computers and not instruments?
@@baldvale5418 infant annihilator
@@baldvale5418 He's talking about modern studio production where if the drummer is not perfectly in sync (like most human drummers), the imperfection in timing can be fixed quite easily on a digital workstation. Leading the every single damned song sounding absolutely inhumanly perfect.
@@blppt They don't just do it with drums. If a song uses the same riff during a song, they can move the riff around. The guitarist really only needs to play the riff once and then they can move it around.
@@Gregbaltzer To be fair, that practice existed prior to ProTools, you just had to splice tape on a multitrack mixer...sort of like the patchwork masterpieces that is And Justice for All.
Fitting drum patterns to a quantized (grid) is much more difficult (if not impossible) on analog technology unless its just one pattern played over and over like most of Pearl Jam's W.M.A. for example.
This was huge for me as a teenager. Walking around with this on my walkman tripping on mushrooms.
How can you trip on mushrooms? How big were they? was it dark out? Some may question 🤔
@@dang75790 eat about 2.8 grams of psilocybin mushrooms and you will find out.
@@jeromegarcia1669sounds amazing.
Maze of torment!
Maze of death!!!
The way he sings that line...
Especially at the end
one of the most fantastic record I've ever heard from DEATH METAL
The intro riff is very derivative of Mercyful Fate's Desecration of souls and the tremolo in the maze of torment part reminds me of criminally insane's tremolo
A lot of old-school extreme metal bands were influenced by mercyful fate
Death metal gods. Morbid angel rules.
They probably divide number one stage in style along with Death.
1989 glorious year for metal !!!
Maybe the best
Agree !
This album's the perfect example of the bridge between thrash metal and death metal, classic
Nope Bolt Thrower's In Battle There is No Law released in 1988 is that bridge
@@l.i.v.v4835 I mean yeah, but with bands like Bolt Thower and Kreator I feel like the line between Thrash and Death metal begins to get a little blurred
@@zogg_the_eternal7981 morbid angel were huge fans of bolt thrower in the 80's morbid angel was kind of a mix between Bolt Thrower and Possessed
@@l.i.v.v4835 That's quite interesting to note actually
@@zogg_the_eternal7981 yes and it's obvious th morbid angel forged their style as we know it in the Covenant album era
Legendary album
That intro riff.
3 year's ago dam
This intro riff sounds like fall of majesty town of Sodom
this is how I like my death metal
Pete Sandavol and David Vincent made some genre defining music in '89. World Downfall boosted Grind, and Altars Of Madness revved up the OSDM 🤘💀
I got to see Pete Sandoval here in Santo Domingo once a few years ago when he came with the band Terrorizer.
RIP Richard
It blew my mind the first I listened to this album. What is this hellish noises put together in such an odd yet mesmerizing way so beautiful that I had to turn the volume way the fuck up just to know that I was not crazy
Whole album Rocks Big Time!!! Long Live Morbid Angel!!
First ever song by Morbid Angel that I heard. Been a fan since \m/
не альбом, а глыба
знаковое творение для дэт-метала
Это истина. Абсолютно согласен.
When I first bought this album,I played over and over again. And, I played this one some more. Bands like MORBID ANGEL here got the modern age of DEATH METAL going. And it shows no signs of slowing down. Good!!
I remember the first time I heard this album I couldn't get over what unique tone the guitars had and the divinely terrific playing of Trey Azagthoth. I still get the same feeling!. \m/Hail
Trey is a God on guitarr, his solos are INSANE
Morbid is not the same without The Commando.
But also VERY, VERY good! I Am Morbid are beasts live... \m/
Pete "Commando" Sandoval 🤘
UMA DAS MELHORES MÚSICAS E BANDA DO DEATH METAL QUE EU JÁ OUVI, PUTA QUE PARIU ISSO É UMA OBRA DE ARTE!!!!!!!!!
@3:04 That breakdown man! Just insidious sounding!
Morbid Angel's my angel
Best metal band hands down
This is what every death metal album wanted to be before this album
I was lucky enough to get to see Pete Sandovals face from a few meters at the organization of a concert here in Santo Domingo once thanks to a good friend who plays guitar very well himself.
Masterpiece.🤘
Capolavoro
This album had no skips
Altars of Madness is the Death Metal Bible
Crazy to think Pete just playing drums for couple of years when recording this album and started using double bass when joining MA...
ALMIGHTY MORBID ANGEL!!!
Thank you EARACHE !!!
Here is my Tribute to Morbid Angel: soundcloud.com/aidolon_ger/project-666-maze-of-torment-morbid-angel-cover-new-remix
Love your skill and style!! Please take a look to “Maze of torment” by Morbid Angel, I think Trey Azagoth deserves a cover from you
3:05 Why is the low tempo section in the song almost made me cry.
По моему мнению, эта песня является главным death metal хитом на все времена. И даже превосходит в этом качестве Hammer Smashed Face от Каннибалов.
Before seeing the title in the 1.58 minute mark i thot he whas saying leave a comment, and so i did
BLASPEMIC DEATH METAL ASSAULT BY THE MASTERS
Yup, and butchers that third rate shitty album in your pic
Sick deathstrike picture dawg \m/
derekobs that album is good though
@@Nekrokultis Meh, I dont really like poor musicmanship and songwriting and Master were just a footnote in that regard, for us osdm from 1991 I would replace it with the likes of mental funeral by Autopsy or for in general usdm the likes of effigy of the forgotten, human by death, Unquestionable presence by Atheist or blessed are the sick
Me recuerda mi primer álbum de morbid angel
“Full dynamic version” haha still love it
Brutal 💥💥
esos blast beats son tan excitantes🌚🤘🏿
32 years lightning warping speed metal guitar player
Morbid Angel /,,/
*-DEATH METAL,M.A.S.T.E.R.P.I.E.C.E.*
Hahahaha part is insane...
I Dedicate this to my Buddy R.Riley. Fellow Metalhead. From Lou. 🤘🤘😎😎 Holler Back Bro. 5-23-2021. FUKC COVID 19.🤘🤘
I used tap the hell out of my bass to this song
Seems like I found the song which Cannibal Corpse took inspiration from to create Hammer Smashed Face.
0:30
3:04 \m/
Still Destructive on 2023🤘
Letallll!!!
RICHARD BRUNELLE(RIP)
Sounds a little like a speeded up Sabbath.
Electricity = Light
God = Existence
Teatro caupican inolvidable banfa en pleno
Altar para siempre
Brutality
AGENT ORANGE! AGENT ORANGE! Can't unhear instead of MAZE OF TORMENT
both from 89
@@rporta technically, and I only found out like 2 months ago lmao, Maze of Torment was written in 86 and appears on Total Hideous Death demo. Agent Orange is 1989 for sure tho
@@maxr.k.pravus9518maze of torment was written 84/85, there is a recording on youtube, called “3rd gig” i think
@@diezz2588 holy shit it's earlier than I thought
Check out the cover of this song by schizophrenia
🤘🏻🤘🏻
The not one and anyone only one
1:37
Guitar JACKSON GUITAR Marshall Amplifier powerful Metal Disordertion
3:10
Timthoth Hellsanger
I suppose this makes me predictable
смешно наблюдать чуваков из грайнддвижа, что в наши дни называют это "говнарством"
Until they released nevermore
for me, pretty boring album.
Hmm, I think Trey's leads are where he falls short. Great songwriter and rhythm guitarist though. Erik's leads on Domination are the only time MA leads sound good in my opinion!
king diamond Then why did you look it up dumbass
I've spotted another Backstreet Boys fan
Their finest work.
King Diamond for one, you don't know death metal if u haven't learned from this death metal masterpiece. This as brutal as death metal can get whilst still making perfect sense musically as well as lyrically !!!