David Vincent is unsure about making new I Am Morbid music

Former Morbid Angel bassist and singer David Vincent was asked in a recent interview with Altars Of Metal if he has any plans to record new music with I Am Morbid, a band that has performed only songs that Vincent recorded with Morbid Angel for the past few years.

We’ve talked about it. I have some songs. I just don’t know if anybody would care, because it would only be compared to the [classic Morbid Angel] records. There’s a lot of time that passes, and as time passes, you grow. And if there would’ve been a continuum for so many years, and new record, new record, new record, probably what I would do now would be a bit different, because music and art is a reflection of where you are today. And where I am today is much different from where I was in the ’80s.

An album with original I Am Morbid songs would undoubtedly sound like a musical interpretation of whatever is inspiring Vincent’s creativity in 2025 rather than a reimagining of “Blessed Are The Sick” or “Covenant.”

Maybe. We’ve talked about it. I just don’t know that it’s a good idea. I mean, I really wanna keep this kind of as a legacy project. That’s what’s important to me. And I think that’s what’s important to fans. And every band probably goes through this. I mean, Iron Maiden could come out tomorrow with the very best record that they’ve ever done — musically, sonically, the composition, et cetera — but when they play live, what do people wanna hear? They wanna hear ‘Wrathchild’, they wanna hear ‘The Number Of The The Beast’, they wanna hear ‘Flight Of Icarus’. All bands have the same problem. So, nobody cares about the new stuff. They wanna hear their favorites.

On the other hand, there are some bands that have had success with new material like Metallica.

But the thing is that Metallica has been Metallica. Other than the bass player, they’ve been a consistent unit that has continued and continued and continued. So the changes and the growth that they’ve had has been gradual and eventual. It’s been a minute since the four records that we’re talking about now [were originally recorded and released]. So there’s not a continuum to go further than that, and people would be, like, ‘Oh, yeah. Okay, well, hopefully they’ll do ‘Covenant Part 2′,’ or something. And that’s just not gonna happen. That’s not where I am right now. So I could force it. I could just think a lot and really try to force something, but I don’t write that way, number one. Number two, I would feel really bad about myself to do something that was only because it’s what’s expected. I mean, I’m a rebel. I’ve always been a rebel. If somebody expects me to do something, that’s a perfect reason not to do it. That’s my attitude.

We can always hope for new music.

Well, we’ll see what happens. We’ll leave it there. We’ll see what happens.

He also spoke about the reasons of starting I Am Morbid.

What happened was we felt like that we needed to sort of keep our legacy alive. And that’s the reason for creating I Am Morbid, because these are my children, all of these albums. And it’s important to me to be able to perform… I love the music. I love everything that I’ve done. Thankfully, the fans do too. So, it’s been good. And the response has been really good. We’ve been doing this for a while now. So, I’m happy to be alive and healthy and able to do it.