“Rejoice as the blood flows”

I love how imperious and arrogant this song sounds. Like Morbid Angel circa 1991 are the death metal elite… and they know it. Check out Rebel Lands and you’ll know it too. The sandstorm riffs, demonic half-note stabs, squalling guitar solos and David Vincent’s domineering, emphatic vocals are all the stuff of extreme metal royalty. The band’s debut Altars Of Madness tore everyone a new arse in 1989 and, although Morbid Angel took a more refined, arty approach on their follow-up Blessed Are The Sick, chaotic death metal blasters like Rebel Lands prove the band were still capable of unleashing unholy war.