Formulas Fatal to the Flesh

Infobox Album | Name = Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
Type = studio
Artist = Morbid Angel

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Released = February 24, 1998
Recorded = 1997, Morrisound Recording
Genre = Death metal
Length = 51:38
Label = Earache
Producer = Trey Azagthoth, Mark Prator
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8zfxlffejcqo link]
Last album = "Entangled in Chaos" (1996)
This album = "Formulas Fatal to the Flesh" (1998)
Next album = "Gateways to Annihilation" (2000)

"Formulas Fatal to the Flesh" is the fifth full-length studio album (excluding release of "Abominations of Desolation") by death metal band Morbid Angel. The title of this album is a biblical reference: it contains the letter "F" - the 6th letter of the alphabet - capitalised three times, which refers to the Number of the Beast, 666.Fact|date=March 2008 This is the first album to introduce singer/bassist Steve Tucker replacing David Vincent and has some lyrical content written in Sumerian.

The tunings for this record as on "Covenant" and "Domination" remained Eb, but Trey Azagthoth used a 7 string guitar tuned to Bb as well. Therefore, the tunings used are either Eb or Bb.Fact|date=March 2008

Track listing

#"Heaving Earth" – 3:54
#"Prayer of Hatred" – 4:28
#"Bil Ur-Sag" – 2:30
#"Nothing is Not" – 4:44
#"Chambers of Dis" – 3:30
#"Disturbance in the Great Slumber" – 2:32
#"Umulamahri" – 4:34
#"Hellspawn: The Rebirth" – 2:43
#"Covenant of Death" – 6:08
#"Hymn to a Gas Giant" – 1:04
#"Invocation of the Continual One" – 9:47
#"Ascent through the Spheres" – 2:02
#"Hymnos Rituales de Guerra" – 2:43
#"Trooper" – 0:55

Credits

*Trey Azagthoth - guitar, keyboard, vocals
*Pete Sandoval - drums, percussion
*Steve Tucker - bass, vocals

All songs written and arranged by Trey Azagthoth except "Ascent Through the Spheres" and "Hymnos Rituales De Guerra", written by Pete Sandoval.