MORBID ANGEL Frontman Interviewed on 'Metal Invaders'; Audio Available

October 6, 2011

On a very special episode of the "Metal Invaders" online radio show (web site),host Sonny Bellavance welcomes MORBID ANGEL bassist/vocalist David Vincent for a candid conversation on the band's controversial new album, "Ilud Divinum Insanus", the group's current world tour and an array of other topics. The entire episode can be streamed using the audio player below.

"Metal Invaders" is a weekly show on Radio Free Satan dedicated to metal music. Duruing the program host Sonny Bellavance offers a wide range of heavy music covering the period from the '70s to the present.

When asked in a recent interview with Finland's Kaaos TV how the material from MORBID ANGEL's new album, "Illud Divinum Insanus", has been going over live, David Vincent said, "[The fans] love it live. A few people, maybe some of the songs on the record are a bit too extreme for them, but by and large it's a great record. It's doing really well. A lot of excitement. We're happy to play all these songs live. Obviously, [in] the set we also include a lot of the other classics. This way everyone will have a chance to hear a lot of the different songs that they wanna hear."

Regarding whether he and his bandmates expected to get such a mixed reaction to "Illud Divinum Insanus" during the making of the CD, Vincent said, "Well, the only thing we do is make music and we're creative. We don't think about these things so much. We do what we do. My work is done, other than we perform. But the studio is done. We made a record that broke down a lot of boundaries and included some stuff that was never included before. But we've always done these kind of things. It should be no surprise to anyone that we always do crazy things, 'cause we crazy."

"Illud Divinum Insanus" sold around 3,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to enter The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 141. The effort marks MORBID ANGEL's first CD to feature bassist/vocalist Vincent since 1995's "Domination".

MORBID ANGEL's previous album, "Heretic", opened with around 3,900 units back in October 2003. That CD has shifted more than 30,000 copies to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

"Illud Divinum Insanus" was released on June 7 (one day earlier internationally) via Season of Mist. The cover artwork was designed by Gustavo Sazes.

Photo credit: Alex Solca

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