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Discography

Morbid Angel

* ''

Altars of Madness ''Altars of Madness'' is the debut studio album by American death metal band Morbid Angel, released on May 12, 1989, by Combat Records/Earache Records. The album was recorded in December 1988 at Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida. The album i ...

'' (1989) * ''

Blessed are the Sick ''Blessed Are the Sick'' is the second studio album from American death metal band Morbid Angel. Though the album features some fast sections, the overall sound is markedly slower than the debut and features marked classical music undertones (ma ...

'' (1991) * ''

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'' (1993) * ''

Domination Domination or dominant may refer to: Society * World domination, which is mainly a conspiracy theory * Colonialism in which one group (usually a nation) invades another region for material gain or to eliminate competition * Chauvinism in which ...

'' (1995) * ''Entangled in Chaos'' (1996) * ''

Illud Divinum Insanus ''Illud Divinum Insanus'' is the eighth studio album by American death metal band Morbid Angel. It was released on June 7, 2011, by independent French record label Season of Mist. It is Morbid Angel's first album since '' Heretic'' (2003), the ...

'' (2011) * '' Illud Divinum Insanus: The Remixes'' (2012)

Genitorturers

* ''

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'' (1998) * ''

Machine Love ''Machine Love'' is an album by American industrial rock band Genitorturers, consisting mainly of new mixes of songs from the previous album, ''Sin City''. Track listing # "Stitch in Time" (Dave Ogilvie & Scott Humphrey mix) 3:37 # "Touch Mys ...

'' (2000) * ''

Flesh is the Law The Genitorturers are an American industrial metal band with influences extending into the 1990s hardcore punk and electronic music. They proclaim themselves to be "The World's Sexiest Rock Band". History Originating in Orlando, Florida, t ...

'' (2002) * '' Blackheart Revolution'' (2009)

Terrorizer

* ''

'' (1989) * ''Hordes of Zombies'' (2012)

Vltimas

*''Something Wicked Marches In'' (2019)

Collaborations

Karl Sanders Karl Sanders (born June 5, 1963) is an American singer and guitarist, most widely known as the founding member of the ancient Egyptian-themed technical death metal band Nile. Early life Before creating Nile, Sanders was in a thrash metal ...

- ''

Saurian Meditation ''Saurian Meditation'' is the first solo album by Karl Sanders, the vocalist/guitarist of the technical death metal band Nile (band), Nile. It was released on 26 October 2004 through Relapse Records. The music is a full length exploration of the ...

'' - Narration on "The Forbidden Path Across the Chasm of Self Realization" (2004) *

– '' Conquer'' – Vocals on "

" (2008) *

– ''Ruins of the Future'' – Vocals on "Suffocate" (2015)

References

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