DAVID VINCENT Talks About Rejoining MORBID ANGEL

Decibel magazine recently spoke to MORBID ANGEL members David Vincent and Trey Azagthoth about Vincent's return to the group and band's impressive musical legacy spanning the last two decades.

Regarding his decision to leave the band in the first place, Vincent tells Decibel that places the blame squarely on his own shoulders. "I never really had issues with those guys [in the band], I had issues with myself," he says. "I wasn't happy. It's not like I was unhappy with the guys. I was unhappy with myself."

Vincent also admits he has a newfound maturity for his second tour of duty with the band. "Well, back then, I had a big attitude problem," he says matter-of-factly. "I was an asshole. I had a lot of combative relationships. And I've realized there's never a reason to be an asshole to people."

As for the big question — when fans can expect new recordings from the re-Vincentized MORBID ANGEL — both Azagthoth and Vincent remain professionally boilerplate.

"We're just taking this day by day," Azagthoth says. "It takes so long to put an album together, I don't think I'm at that point yet."

"It's way too soon to discuss anything beyond these shows," Vincent says. "We're just focused on putting together a really brutal tour featuring classic MORBID ANGEL tracks."

For now, Vincent is focused on his immediate future with the group. "It was almost like I was never out of the band," he says. "It was great after not playing those songs. I mean, I haven’t played that style of music going on nine years, and it felt fresh."

Rehearsals were quickly set up and the band got to work putting together a
set out of the first four albums. He remembered why he liked Trey in the first place. "Trey is not your everyday person," Vincent says dryly. “He has a really good sense of humor, and the fact is we relate to same things on certain levels, and he even commented to me that he didn’t have that with some people. There's a relationship there."

He also realized just how good Pete Sandoval was. "The way the rehearsal studio was set up, Pete was right in front of me," Vincent says. "He'd start playing and I'd start to laugh at how he looks when he's playing. The guy is amazing. He's there hours before we show up, warming up and he really doesn't stop. He has total drive, total willpower."

Decibel's new issue, featuring MORBID ANGEL on the cover, hits the stands on February 7.