These comments about it not being technically good enough only came once I was out. Prior to this, “Abominations…” had been recorded and was going to be presented as MORBID ANGEL’s first LP. It wasn’t until I caught Trey with my girlfriend and beat the hell out of him – which led to the band splitting in half – that he decided not to release it. Not a word was said about technical shortcomings, everything was all set to go. After it had been recorded, we played three shows and Sterling Scarborough replaced John Ortega on bass. There are also a few things out there written by Trey himself where he clearly states that the album “Abominations of Desolation” was coming out. – I signed a record contract with Goreque and then recorded a full album in a real studio with the legendary Bill Metoyer engineering it. Consequently, perhaps Trey Azagthoth‘s referring to it as a demo makes some sense in this context? Despite the cult underground status of “Abominations…”, it could be said to showcase some technical inefficiencies later remedied on MORBID ANGEL’s 1989 debut, “Altars of Madness”. Mike sternly objects to this demo definition and has even taken to posting a label contract on Facebook to prove that the recording was, in fact, an album. MORBID ANGEL themselves have consistently referred to this as a demo which was released officially in order to combat bootlegging. He performed drums and vocals on “Abominations of Desolation”, which was initially recorded for David Vincent’s Goreque Records in 1986 but only put out by Earache in 1991. Overall, we wanted something heavy and raw but also for the listener to be able to hear all the different instruments and layers without making it sound too polished.īesides his work with NOCTURNUS and INCUBUS, Mike Browning is primarily known as one of the founding members of MORBID ANGEL. Four of the songs connect back to the main “Key” story, one to “Lake of Fire” and “Standing in Blood”, another to “Neolithic”. – Well, I’d say that “Paradox” is more of a continuation of themes from NOCTURNUS’ 1990 album “The Key” than anything else. Additional content includes NÅSTROND, VOMITOR, XIBALBA ITZAES, RYAN FÖRSTER, ANGELCORPSE, THE RUINS OF BEVERAST, ASCENSION, MALOKARPATAN, Manhunter: The Story of the Swedish Occultist and Serial Killer Thurneman, WARDRUNA, FORGOTTEN WOODS, LIFVSLEDA, SEIGNEUR VOLAND, and WOLCENSMEN – all presented in ambitious aesthetics with plenty of custom artwork. 2, a printed anthology with selected features from the online archive.
This article can also be found in Bardo Archivology Vol. American drummer and vocalist Mike Browning discusses his turbulent past in Morbid Angel, Incubus, and Nocturnus – as well as his lifelong obsession with the occult.
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