Morgoth - The Eternal Fall (1990)

One of my favourite death metal acts from the early days - Morgoth, who hail from Germany, bridged the gap between Death and Obituary with their technical prowess, meaty vocal delivery and sinister structures. The quartet were serious contenders for the European death metal throne - effortlessly shifting gears between frantic blastbeats and slower, doomier passages of old school death metal. It's strange how I can listen to this stuff all day and yet find a majority of modern so-called death metal bands absolutely soul grating. 'The Eternal Fall' came hot on the heels of the debut EP 'Resurrection Absurd', and whilst clocking in at under twenty minutes it was still a ferocious slab of metal featuring the immense drumming of Rudiger Hennecke and mind-bending guitar solos and structures of both Carsten Otterbach and Harald Busse. Formidable stuff, especially the vocal vomits of Marc Grewe who provided the bass too. The extraordinary 'Female Infanticide' a prime example of Morgoth's dastardly work. Well worth the money, and a great insight into old school death metal at its finest.
8/10