MORBID ANGEL's 'Altars Of Madness' To Receive Limited-Edition Picture-Disc Release

March 15, 2006

Earache Records have announced plans to release a limited-edition picture disc version of the landmark death metal album "Altars of Madness" by MORBID ANGEL. The disc will contain a new never-before-on-vinyl track listing, including the song "Lord of All Fevers and Plagues".

Considered by many to be a defining moment in the genre, "Altars of Madness" was first released in 1989 and is still held in reverence by the majority of death metal fans.

"Altars of Madness" picture disc track listing:

Side A:

01. Immortal Rites
02. Suffocation
03. Visions from the Dark Side
04. Maze of Torment
05. Lord of All Fevers and Plague

Side B:

01. Chapel of Ghouls
02. Bleed for the Devil
03. Damnation
04. Blasphemy
05. Evil Spells

Check out a photo of the picture disc at this location.

Earache Records will release a DualDisc format version of "Altars of Madness" in the U.S. on May 30, 2006 (the European edition came out earlier this week).

The DVD side of the DualDisc features the long-sought-after November 1989 Nottingham Rock City show filmed on the band's first-ever European outing, the legendary Grindcrusher Tour (alongside NAPALM DEATH, BOLT THROWER and CARCASS),and is the first MORBID ANGEL material to see an official DVD release. A free replica ticket of this show is available with the first 5,000 copies pressed. The complete track listing is as follows:

Limited edition Dual Disc DVD side:

"Live Madness '89" - Recorded live at Nottingham Rock City November 14, 1989:

01. Immortal Rites
02. Suffocation
03. Visions from the Darkside
04. Maze of Torment
05. Chapel of Ghouls
06. Guitar Solo
07. Bleed For The Devil
08. Damnation
09. Blasphemy
10. Lord Of All Fevers and Plague
11. Evil Spells

CD Side:

01. Immortal Rites
02. Suffocation
03. Visions from the Darkside
04. Maze of Torment
05. Lord of All Fevers and Plague
06. Chapel of Ghouls
07. Bleed for the Devil
08. Damnation
09. Blasphemy
10. Evil Spells
11. Maze of Torment (remix)
12. Chapel of Ghouls (remix)
13. Blasphemy (remix)

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