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Altars of Madness
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First of the nine Morbid Angel records held here. It came six years into a run that began in 1983. 1989 is four years into Death metal, which this tree dates from 1985. It is one of the four records Death metal is listed as starting from.
From Wikipedia
Altars of Madness is the debut studio album by American death metal band Morbid Angel. It was released in the UK by Earache Records on May 12, 1989 and in the United States by Combat Records on December 7, 1990. Considered a groundbreaking and important release in extreme metal, the album set a new precedent for heaviness and extremity in terms of lyrics and instrumentation. It is one of the most celebrated albums in death metal, and one of the most influential death metal albums of all time.
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