★★★★★
Sound: Seventh studio album released by death metal legends Morbid Angel, in 2003. This album contains some very brutal songwriting, which I think that deserved a better production. I mean, the drums sound really great, but my problem here is with the guitar. It sounds... Buried, compared to other MA releases like "Gateways To Annihilation" or "Covenant". Really a pity, because like I've said, this album here got some sick songwriting, just as usual...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: Well, some people say that this is the true first album by Morbid Angel, instead of 1989's classic "Altars Of Madness". It was actually meant to be, but the band didn't liked the final result, so they kinda abandoned the album. With the exception of "Demon Seed", all the songs from this album were re-recorded for later releases like "Blessed Are The Sick", "Covenant" and "Altars Of Madness". Some people claim that this album sounds sloppy compared to other Morbid Angel releases...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: Morbid Angel's circumstance in the years since 2003's "Heretic" has been swamped with ambiguity. The exit of perennial sore thumb Steve Tucker and David Vincent's heroic return to the stage are perhaps the only major events from eight otherwise derelict years of rumours and conjecture. PVC cowboy look notwithstanding, Vincent remains an icon and like Dickinson to Maiden, Halford to Priest, only with his involvement as frontman could Morbid Angel ever hope to work at the highest level...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: In a word: crushing. This is the second album by morbid angel that I purchased, the first one being blessed are the sick. There is a huge contrast between the two albums, "blessed..." being more thrashy and energetic, and "gateways..." being dark and doomy. Most of the songs (except ageless still I am) are played on a 7-string guitar and the riffs are very sludgy, much unlike Morbid Angel's earlier releases...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Release Date: June 7, 2011 One look at the track listing for Illud Divinum Insanus, and one can't help but laugh. Song titles like "Too Extreme!," "I Am Morbid" and "Radikult" come across as corny, almost as if this was a release from a Spinal Tap-esque send up of Morbid Angel. However, this is a real album and they are being serious...
- absolutepunk.net
2011-08-01
★★★★★
Metal is full of bands that love to continually evolve, to expand their sounds more and more with each new record, challenging their audiences with bold pieces of work. And as fans, we love it when bands do that well. It's exciting to know there are musicians out there trying to take the genre into new, unexplored places...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-06-20
★★★★★
Morbid Angel have always been the most unconventional of the major Florida death metal bands, never quite doing what was expected of them and reaping just rewards for their technical, atmospheric music. Their first four albums, recorded with frontman David Vincent, remain iconic among fans of the genre, though the records they made during his decade-long departure failed to match up. He's been back in Morbid Angel for a few years now and Illud Divinum Insanus is the band's comeback album...
- www.recordcollectormag.com
2011-06-20
★★★★★
4/5 For their first album with original vocalist David Vincent in 16 years, Floridian death-metal pioneers Morbid Angel easily could have gone the retro route, dug up some twisty old riffs, revisited some lava-loving solos, dusted off their copy of A Field Guide to Demons for lyrical inspiration, and made Covenant Part Deux. Or even better yet, if you're a real old-school fan, Altars of Madness V2.0. No one would have complained. But instead, these tried and true heretics did just the opposite...
- www.revolvermag.com
2011-06-13
★★★★★
Morbid Angel fans have been clamoring for new material since bassist/vocalist David Vincent returned to the band in 2004. Most people have heard the whispers and sullen discussion about the controversial aspects of Illud Divinum Insanus. The key negatives include the industrial sounds, the triggered drums of Tim Yeung, and the dreaded "rapped" vocal style. To answer any fears or inquiries about these right off the bat; yes, they are all present, but not prevalent, on Morbid Angel's eighth album...
- www.smnnews.com
2011-06-13