Morbid Visions Songs Ranked

Morbid Visions is the debut studio album by Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura, released on November 10, 1986, by Cogumelo Records. While later albums have a more political edge, Morbid Visions (along with the Bestial Devastation EP) is notable for “Satanic” themes. The band said many lyrics were fashioned after those of Venom and Celtic Frost (note the similarity of the album title to Morbid Tales). The production of the album is rather poor. In the liner notes of Roadrunner’s reissue of the album (which includes the tracks from the EP Bestial Devastation), Cavalera admits that the band neglected to tune their guitars during the sessions. They were only starting to learn English at this point, so they had to translate the lyrics word-for-word using a dictionary. All pre-1992 releases of Morbid Visions featured the first movement of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana (“O Fortuna”) as an unnamed introduction. This composition was left off the CD re-release, probably due to copyright issues. This would mark the last appearance of the group’s original lead guitarist Jairo Guedz. Here are all of Morbid Visions songs ranked.

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8. Crucifixion

“Crucifixion is a great song just like the rest,great riffs and slamming drums. The intricacy of the guitar shredding is awesome,Max keeps down a heavy rhythm while Tormentor tears up the leads & his solos and dives are tight.”

7. Show Me the Wrath

“Show Me the Wrath is thrashy and angry it is one of my favorites,drums sound great here and the patterns Igor creates are great. “Show Me the Wrath” has great drumming including some heavy double bass work.”

6. Funeral Rites

“Funeral Rites is great nice and doomy with harsh growls and bass that just rumbles along and adds layer of extra heat on this wicked hot song. Morbid Visions is the start of the Sepultura’s legacy.”

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5. Mayhem

“Mayhem is just simply that….mayhem! Supersonic guitars and gutteral growls from Max. This album is Sepultura’s roots, it laid the ground work for what was to be one of the heaviest, and intense metal bands to ever come.”

4. War

“War is a great guitar driven song with monsterous vocals and drums that don’t let up,Max lyrics are great and super fast. Brilliant early thrash-death combination. Not at all like later Sepultura, very raw and vicious; highly recommended.”

3. Empire of the Damned

“Empire of the Damned is just a masterpiece of a song that has it all,mean vocals and sick guitar solos with heavy skin pounding. That is the songs on Morbid Visions EP,now to the Bestial Devastation EP(their very first foot in the door of music) Bestial Devastation is more raw than the Morbid Visions Ep.”

2. Morbid Visions

“The album starts with Morbid Visions,a very early death metal album with poor production & their guitars out of tune. But that’s why so many of us enjoy it,the power is something like Venom or Bathory but better.”

1. Troops of Doom

“Troops of Doom which is now a major staple in their live catalogue because of the sheer force of the chug guitars like buzzsaws & thick basslines. It is a song of sheer force and it is catchy as all hell.”