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Altars of Madness is the debut studio album by Florida death metal band Morbid Angel, released on May 12, 1989, by Combat Records/Earache Records.. Considered a groundbreaking and important release in extreme metal, Altars set a new precedent for heaviness and extremity in both lyrics and instrumentation.
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music.It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, featuring double kick and blast beat techniques; minor keys or atonality; abrupt tempo, key, and time signature changes; and chromatic chord progressions. [3]
The Sound of Perseverance is the seventh and final studio album by Florida death metal band Death, released on August 31, 1998, by Nuclear Blast. [4]The album featured guitarist Shannon Hamm, drummer Richard Christy, and bassist Scott Clendenin for the first time.
Moon Healer is the fifth studio album by American death metal band Job for a Cowboy.The album was released on February 23, 2024, through Metal Blade Records.It is the band's first album in over nine years, marking the longest gap between releases in the band's history.
Travis Smith (born February 26, 1970) is an American graphic artist best known for designing heavy metal album art. He has been called "renowned" by Alternative Press [ 2 ] and "unquestionably one of the most talented graphic artists in metal today" by Chronicles of Chaos . [ 3 ]
Leprosy is the second studio album by Florida death metal band Death, released on November 16, 1988, by Combat Records. [3] [better source needed]The album is notable in its different tone and quality from the band's 1987 debut, and it is the first example of producer and engineer Scott Burns' work heard on many of the death metal and grindcore albums of that era. [4]
The album played a considerable role in the development of many extreme metal subgenres, and death metal bands such as Cannibal Corpse cite the album as an influence. [ 6 ] [ 5 ] [ 7 ] The lyrical themes follow those found on their first album Endless Pain , containing descriptions of macabre scenes of death and horror.
Edward J. Repka (born October 22, 1960) [1] is an American graphic artist, best known for creating album covers for metal bands as well as shirt designs, including those featuring Megadeth's mascot Vic Rattlehead.