Morbid Angel "Blessed Are The Sick"

Blessed Are the Sick is the second studio album from death metal band Morbid Angel. It features an overall slower musical sound, although containing very fast riffs, and reveals another side of the band, with classical music undertones (main composer Trey Azagthoth would dedicate this album to Mozart). Tracks 9, 10 and 12 are re-recorded songs from the 1986 demo Abominations of Desolation.

The album was recorded January–February 1991 at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida; produced by Morbid Angel; engineered and mixed by Tom Morris.

The album was reissued in 2009 as a Digipak in DualDisc format. The CD side contains the original audio release and the DVD side contains a one-hour documentary.

The artwork is taken from the 1894 painting The Treasures of Satan by Belgian symbolist painter, writer, and occultist Jean Delville and was also used in Hexenhaus's first album A Tribute to Insanity (1988).

Track listing

All lyrics are written by David Vincent, except where noted; all music is composed by Trey Azagthoth, except "Desolate Ways" by Richard Brunelle.

1. "Intro" (instrumental) 1:27
2. "Fall from Grace" 5:13
3. "Brainstorm" 2:34
4. "Rebel Lands" 2:41
5. "Doomsday Celebration" (instrumental) 1:49
6. "Day of Suffering" 1:54
7. "Blessed Are the Sick/Leading the Rats" 4:47
8. "Thy Kingdom Come" 3:24
9. "Unholy Blasphemies" Azagthoth, Vincent 2:10
10. "Abominations" Azagthoth 4:27
11. "Desolate Ways" (instrumental) 1:40
12. "The Ancient Ones" Azagthoth 5:53
13. "In Remembrance" (instrumental) 1:25

A music video was made for the song 'Blessed Are the Sick'.

Recording information:

Recorded in January / February 1991 at Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida.