My Story As Metal Frontman #57: David Vincent (I Am Morbid / VLTIMAS, ex- Morbid Angel)

Former Morbid Angel and current VLTIMAS and I Am Morbid vocalist David Vincent sat down with Chaoszine after I Am Morbid's show at Hellsinki Metal Festival on August 12th to discuss about his story as a metal vocalist.
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► Interview: Arto Mäenpää
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► Thumbnail photo: Marisol Huertas
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[@chaoszine]

If you like the content please drop us a comment, like or subscribe to the channel. We have also opened the super thank you so if you want to support our channel feel free to send us a thank you through that. Which vocalist should we feature in the video series next?

[@eon14873]

Such a shame Jon nodtviet is longer with us

[@will-love-lvx]

@@eon14873 Same with Dave Brockie...Death sucks.

[@leevipennanen7094]

Pasi Koskinen would be cool!

[@natasjapeters6048]

Kory clarke of Warrior Soul

[@jorrickthole6505]

Marc Grewe of Morgoth. Mika Luttinen of Impaled Nazarene.

[@roberthuismans3533]

His vocals on Vltimas was one of the greatest DM vocal performances since Blessed are the sick.

[@CarcPazu]

I agree, can't wait for the second album.

[@putragunawanhosni5348]

Still one of the best vocalist in metal and the best vocalist for Morbid Angel still.

[@fransrogier]

A real genuine and one hell of a charismatic guy

[@Armando_Midean]

“… but more importantly; look in the mirror and make the person that you see in the mirror, your best friend!”👍🏼

[@chrishorst1318]

Im looking at the man in the mirror...lol mj rules. So does morbid angel though.

[@Ken-dk8ev]

Words of wisdom. That cuts through pretty deep - involves that genuine self respect (not ego) to stand up for what one truly believes in rather than going with the crowd at one’s ultimate peril. Crazy as a Christian saying this regarding a singer with his past history.

[@bodomiller4275]

Was about to post exactly the same thing! Don’t copy one, be yourself.

[@weezlwizl5677]

Love him or hate him….. David Vincent is a badass!🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@KDF54321]

No one reading this hates him🤷‍♂️

[@kevinstreet220]

​@@KDF54321correct, only love here.

[@HunterShark300]

David still got it. His voice is so strong after all these years.

[@Madghostcat]

As far as death metal goes, Vincent has one of the most distinguishable voices as well as convincing aggression within the boundaries of so-called noise! His skills far pass most bands in the death metal scene and he is an excellent entertainer! Great interview!♠⚔♠

[@chaoszine]

Thanks! 😎🤟

[@will-love-lvx]

"Spirit doesn't involve thinking, Spirit involves feeling" Great interview with a powerful influence in the genre. Thanks!

[@chaoszine]

Thanks! 😎🤟 This was very cool episode to do and I love when artists also put some effort into answers as it always makes two to tango.. 😎🤟

[@will-love-lvx]

@@chaoszine Without a doubt! It always helps in my opinion that the interviewer is concise and prepared with questions and of course is respectful, which you are. Very cool series overall!

[@nathaninostroza7655]

His Vltimas band s a breath of fresh air on the death metal scene nowadays, formidable tunes all the way. Congrats David. Thanks for this interview.

[@lordkiller977]

Absolutly.

[@davidzamora9973]

Damn, that was a great interview from both sides. This series is absolute gold. In general, I've really enjoyed the content from this channel since I discovered you guys. Cheers! Btw I just saw I am Morbid at Summer Breeze in Germany and they were unbelievably good. The whole band. To think that David and Pete are still doing this at that level at their age is crazy.

[@chaoszine]

❤️🤟

[@x.rickenbacker9393]

Couldn't of said it better. A excellent channel with great interviews and guests. 🤘 David Vincent 🤘

[@chaoszine]

@@x.rickenbacker9393 thanks a lot for the kind words. Next two guests will be Snake from Voivod and Heljarmadr from Dark Funeral. Unfortunately there were small technical difficulties with sound on the interview so hopefully they will be ok quality-wise. :)

[@johannesaxeman4508]

Mr Vincent is a real person with integrity and knowing.

[@ykoba4054]

He looks, speaks, and sounds like Rich Piana

[@gradybrown9745]

a amazing interview.. i was completely ingrossed and captivated the entire interview. I have been a David Vincent fan since the late 80's and have met him a couple times in the mid-90's.. He is still rock solid to this day mentally & physically. It is soooo great to see him & Pete back together again in I Am Morbid especially when it seems Trey has gone off the deep in here lately. CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THE NEW VLTIMAS...!!!!

[@chaoszine]

Thanks for the nice words! I was so happy he agreed to do this interview with us to the series as he is one of the most important and most influential vocalists in the whole death metal genre. :)

[@derroteerichausderzone4825]

Trey do his best to get irrelevant.

[@JensTwn]

David have the best death metal vocals ever, its brutal but you can still hear every word.

[@dannyreddy3843]

. .. Most Important , you ¢∆n Hear His ∆ t t i t u d e

[@buckycore]

Dude. His calm, poweful persona is what thr world needs more of right now

[@TMoody]

I could hear this dudes voice narrating a movie, reading a book, a voice actor for commercials or even a voice commentator. Such a distinct strong voice, a voice of authority. When he speaks... you listen.

[@samshepard5852]

Wayyyy awesome interview. I’m only halfway through and I had to hit the comments to see if people were as stoked on it as I was. Turns out they are! Love this guy

[@jacktodd3439]

Nice guy, I remember talking to him on twitter in 2013.

[@kapalin846]

great interview! u can tell by looking at past interviews, david is always growing as a person. after seeing this, i am wishing that david, pete, and trey would work together again!!

[@indarkplaces]

David Vincent is one of the true gods of death metal. Such a genuine person. So much respect for him. The man is 58 years old, and still going strong. Looks at least 10 years younger. When Morbid Angel was without him, I stopped buying the records. It's not Morbid Angel without him. "We Will DOMINATE!!!" God, I love that tune. That is signature Dave. One of the best , and clearest voices in death metal. Not a cookie monster sucking the mic like a cock. The real deal.

[@derroteerichausderzone4825]

Domination for me is a bad Record. Best Album Altars followed by Covenant, but that just my point of view.

[@butchered_deathmetal]

morbid angel is only not MA when Trey is gone, Steve is an amazing frontman too, but without Pete too it feels weird, still MA tho \m/ and youre really missing out with FFF and Gateways

[@indarkplaces]

I've heard all their albums. I don't hate the ones without David Vincent. They have their own value on their own. But you have to agree, without Trey, Pete, or Dave, it's just a different band using the MA name. The point of my original comment was how intelligent and down to earth David Vincent has always been. And his vocals are so clear and still brutal as hell for death metal. Steve is good, but he has a more generic , cloudy vocal style that is very different from Dave. It changed the sound of the band. But we all have our own likes and dislikes. But we're all in the club. We all love death metal. The heavier the better. Even when you get old, you will still go back and listen to your faves. Metal never dies, and it knows no age limit. @@butchered_deathmetal

[@willamshaw6944]

Mate im from birmingham england , i been good mates ,known or met with every member from napalm death from scum era to the curent line except micky harris who complete tool 3 good mates are ex bolthrower , 8 my friends have been in bendction or ex members , i was drinkng buddy with barney before he was even in band at just car factory ,worker in birmingham an once jessie ex terroizer tried sell me one of bc rich in the pub for 250 quid in the 90 /s because he bit skint at the time , let just say barney , lee dorrian , blll steer, shane embury mitch harris karl willets , andy whale coldnt stand him thought he was right prick an considering looks like none ex members of morbid angel have anything do with them these days by the look of it , i leave that up to your on conclusion , an m mate shaun who hooked up with atheist while he was over there met him while in florida on hoilday in 88 an working at record shop an couldnt believe what short arse he his defo got little man sydrome id say , dont ever but ya heros on pedstal always i say because lot them let you down , just listen to the music an forget what the person like , ive met at least 5 people ive really admired an thought what a fucking knob when i met them it leaves a bad taste in an ya mouth think why did spend money on gigs an music of his person , kerry king ,rob flynn lars ulrich , roger ( agnotic front) been 4 them

[@rytkosenjussi]

Domination was my first touch of them.

[@bartdevuyst]

Thanks for doing this series of interviews. Lovely work!

[@MaglorMusic]

Wonderful interview. Never saw David Vincent like this. Excellent points of view.

[@NateSmith87]

I've been a Morbid Angel fan since high school, and this was great to watch and to hear his perspective on music, theory, and doing music by feeling instead of theory. A lot of insight was said in this interview with his background. Very cool.

[@source5184]

Thanx for all you do Dave. Saw i am morbid 3 days ago, killer show.

[@toddapplegate]

This is a great interview, and I love Vincent’s sincerity with his answers.

[@AntonioVideo]

An icon of Death Metal.

[@havardask]

He looks healthy and strong, both in mind and body. Great interview 👍

[@deadbydawn745]

That's what I thought, too. Unlike Trey, unfortunately.

[@solarfallmori]

Great interview and cool to know that there is new Vltimas on the way. I´ve saw them before the pandemic and they kicked ass 🤘🤘

[@Blackhonda666]

Great in depth interview!

[@ciudadanovivanco1]

Great questions. Thanks and congrats.

[@coldvoid]

Truly one of the very best!

[@emach07]

This was fucking fantastic!! It can get to the point where it can get so damn heavy it doesn't even seem like music anymore. That's the one thing I've always likes about everything David has done is that regardless of how heavy it gets he seems to maintain the musical aspect of it all. Great interview!!!

[@graemehyndman394]

A down to earth legend!, great interview!🤘👊

[@chaoszine]

Thanks!

[@madProgenitorDeity]

Fantastic musician, and a cool dude!

[@mikelabelle1145]

Authenticity is the word David is searching for, and yes that is huge in the musical world!

[@TheTigerQuoll]

That was an informative interview,thanks.

[@chaoszine]

Thanks! Great if you got something out from it! 😎🤟

[@LeopoldoAvalos]

I found your channel today. Great Interview man, very interesting questions. David looks like a really nice guy. I will check your others interview. cheers!

[@chaoszine]

Thanks! 🙂🤟

[@aquabot]

Very good interview, dude! Keep up the good work! And it's clear David's got a loud voice. ;-D

[@pinnerspinner8389]

He is a good musician and a amazing vocalist. I heard some country stuff he did and his voice is frigin perfect for it. He has got that sick awesome deep tone like Peter Steele. With Morbid his word annunciation was almost perfect in a live situation. Good bassist and keeps that bottom end rolling during intense parts of songs. He rarely falls of the track.

[@dusandestanovic5884]

Great man.

[@NorthernPanzer666]

Dear David. You have always been my metal Frontman nr. 1. Because he looks true & he stop up, before a concert. In '89 I saw "Blessed are the Sick Tour in Copenhagen, Denmark. With all 4 original members. After soundcheck, we waited & asked if they would share 1/2 l Carlsberg each. They immediately said YES. And we talked 30min with M.A. Support was Entombed & Dismember. Have seen them 6 times since '89. People Who hates the Illud..-album. Compared to Heretic, which has 1 good song. Illud.. have 4-5 real Morbid tracks. But the industrial shit was a disaster. Vincent for President. Viking greetings from Denmark

[@EmperialHails]

What a legend of the industry. Can’t wait to see I am morbid tonight! Only 12 hours to go. Fuck yeh I’m counting down

[@chaoszine]

Have a great show! They were fucking great in Helsinki!

[@lennyblandino]

Domination still a masterpiece as we speak in my opinion

[@eon14873]

Yeah it's the last great Morbid angel album though Imo

[@CM-dw3gh]

Super artwork too.

[@henrywalton5967]

It's interesting how much his voice changed on the first 3 albums and then from Domination onwards he's kept that style.

[@pizzamonster9758]

I stopped at Domination. It all went to shit after that

[@lennyblandino]

@@pizzamonster9758 Just don't stop with the pizza though 🙂

[@theSchnitzel67]

Legend!

[@0newithmisery]

Cool guy. He still has it and still looks pretty good. I have to admit, i'm in Tucker's camp when it comes to Morbid Angel, even though my first MA album was Covenant in the early 90s, but Vincent is a true greatness of the genre. Looking forward to what's to come.

[@linwoodcarter2387]

Wise man I respect you even more now David !

[@jerryoutlaw3396]

Well stated, my old friend. Cheers!!

[@lokihammerfall7781]

He is a legend. Total RESPECT. \m/

[@kevinstreet220]

God of Emptiness video is still one of my all-time favorites.

[@pacificnoise]

I do not remember the year but it was in the 90's, I went to Morbid Angel, Unleashed and Entombed at the Roseland theater in Portland OR, I was young lol and Front row, David gave me his pick,,, hahahaah I will not ever forget that. HAIL

[@pauldainton6718]

Nice Dixxon Flannel cap mate, i first saw them in 89 o the Grindcrusher tour in Kilburn, London

[@kellybogues]

David is always a solid communicator.

[@biorythmicshifter]

He is such a likable guy, well spoken. Even when he was getting blasted for the last Morbid Angel album he handled the criticism like a boss, very matter of fact and didn’t get nasty about it. I admire his demeanor and humility. It’s a shame things worked out the way they did for MA but I also love Steve Tucker so all is not lost. Great interview and great answers from the man himself…

[@gastonjabaly]

Hi hamged for a bit with this dude and i was super impressed with how cool and humble he actually is

[@Chris_1385]

Why wouldn't he be?

[@ozricness]

Well, firstly because he's often worshipped and secondary because he's rumoured to have been a nazi sympathiser in the past. I don't know how true the latter is though.

[@gastonjabaly]

@@ozricness idk about the nazy stuff he has a Salvadorian drummer hahaha and im from south america i did not get any impression of him being a racist or anything like it it was a very awesome 5 minutes talking about what ever but morbid angel

[@morganix007]

David Vincent, Dallas Toler -Wade, and Alex Camargo are my favorite death metal vocalists

[@MARSHOMEWORLD]

Regardless of genre I've always thought that vocalists and especially the vocalist front person variety are hybrid of Street Preacher meets performance artist... conviction, a sense of drama, and ability to read a crowd and deliver all essential components of being a strong front person. I've not seen David Vincent performing at least two decades now, and not in person but I have huge memories burned into my brain of seeing Morbid Angel on the blessed are the sick tour and just bought a magnetizing powerful entity he came off as leaving them through the set that evening. Remarkable.

[@stillbirthmetal]

Good questions 👍🤟

[@erdkampfnuss]

He is one of the most authentic vocalists I've ever seen on stage.

[@deathproof8732]

I loved watching Headbangers Ball and freaking my baptist mother out when Morbid Angel - God of Emptiness would come on. She'd just shake her head and go to the kitchen to smoke a cigarette probably wondering where she went wrong with her devil son.

[@shapeshifter-theamorphousg3264]

Lol, nice annecdote!

[@michaeleisenhauer8897]

David Vincent has always been my main vocal influence with Evil Incarnate.

[@philipposkasotis8658]

Beautiful. I hear the true power in Evil Incarnate. HAIL BROTHER FOREVER 666. I can hear the true evil riffs in the songs and everything you sing and play comes from the soul. I can truly hear the genuine sound in your music

[@MegaAedu]

Great questions and answers! Regarding what Mr. Vincent said at the end about being unique. I also crave for art which has its own style/atmosphere and agree with his point. However, if you are good looking, especially if you are female, you can achieve quite some success by covering songs and uploading videos of yourself playing them on social media.

[@lordkiller977]

I was fan of D.Vincet and Morbid Angel from the beginning. Now, i´m 100% more fan.

[@s.f.morris7331]

whoever the gentlemen who is doing the interview is very good. really great questions.

[@chaoszine]

Thanks! 🙂

[@bleeding1978]

Legend 🤘😑🤘

[@urgaalnoir5268]

his work with Vltimas is very unique !

[@bigounce562]

That's the best project he's done since Morbid. Very cool band!

[@chaoszine]

@@bigounce562 and there is a new album coming spring 2024 as he reveals in the end of the interview. 😎🤟

[@pilarrubio8017]

maravillosos! los ví y escuché atentamente en leyendas de Villena. secos 🤘👋👋👋👋👋👋

[@AncientNecropsy]

Master! Of course, He is a true musician and frontman.!

[@Viyility205]

David Vincent Born April 22, 1965 On A Thursday. Jupiter Dominant - Life Path 22.

The best death metal vocalist of all time. You can actually understand what he's growling

[@massimomarchini5835]

GRANDE .

[@TheEnderBand]

the greatest death metal vocalist to ever do it- the power in his vocals on Domination especially was unreal

[@victorwho744]

Great vocalist for sure

[@blairdoe6764]

Anyone seen the old clip of David and 2pac on tv talk show would be interesting to have him talk about that

[@Metalbass1979]

For a big, evil guy, he's one of the nicest guys I've ever met. I bumped into him a a Dean Guitars festival that my old band was playing and talked to him for a while. Then, a couple years later, I ran into him while I was an exhibitor at NAMM. He told me that he'd come by my booth later to hang out. He did, and stayed for about a half hour or so. As one of my major influences on bass and vocals, that was a very cool experience for me.

[@davidhooks6325]

Wish him and Pete were still in Morbid Angel.

[@AndyMcPandy]

i met david around the altars of madness tour in the uk when i was 16 and i can confirm he was and obviously still is cool as shit.

[@Louhidrummer]

Maybe the most luminous frontman in death metal... a living legend... High respect!🙂

[@daricsimonis4154]

I still want to do "God of Emptiness" for karaoke sometime but none of the DJ's have it.

[@colinmackenzie6277]

Oh, and Kiddies,...DO NOT FORGET TERRORISER as well - 2 Morbid Angel Members + Dino in Americas' version of Napalm Death/Carcass/Extreme Noise Terror/Concrete Sox

[@AndrewGrey22]

Dude has aged amazingly well. 58 here.

[@BubblingSyphilisSund]

He is forever a healthy looking 40 year old.

[@user-kx7me7wh9p]

Best vocal of the all world

[@butterbagboy]

Some good wisdom here

[@tonybp]

Talented, smart, well spoken, strong, good looking... the chad of death metal.

[@ericsyre9418]

David Vincent is the ultimate Death Metal vocalist and a very good frontman too.

[@mvd3517]

Best Death Metal vocalist ever. Not even a discussion. Chuck S. of course nr 2.

[@CM-dw3gh]

One of the clearer worded Death Metal singers😊

[@patrickmurphy2443]

That disrespectful to a lot of greats john tardy ross dolan john gallagher

[@mvd3517]

@@patrickmurphy2443 nothing disrespectful to those great singers. But Dave and Chuck are my two faves.

[@PaulZedd]

David was interviewed on a late-night Friday night UK rock show in the early 90s; a friend of mine who was into nothing heavier than Megadeth caught the interview. She was blown away by how intelligent and articulate he was. She had assumed death metal was mindless grunting (not that there's anything wrong with that).

[@alexanderwijnen7066]

My main man definatly

[@Federico.el.Noruego]

🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@AerikVon]

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@jamesascher8147]

cool guy

[@saltpeter7429]

Dont know much about the music he has made ( gonna look into it), but this was a great interview. David Vincent is a very likeable and interesting human being.

[@icankillbugs]

I can't tell if this is a joke or not. What's there to "look into"? It's Morbid Angel lol. They're not some new band or something. Only been around probably longer than you've been alive 😆

[@saltpeter7429]

@@icankillbugs I have never listened to them before.

[@icankillbugs]

@@saltpeter7429 oh okay you're just not a metal guy then. Well, no time like the present to try it out haha

[@chaoszine]

Definitely worth checking out all the classic Morbid Angel albums as well as the new VLTIMAS album. All very good and classic stuff!

[@Keepitsavage21]

I wonder what David thinks about bands like Devourment.

[@Grinddownunder]

That interview was excellent David. I'm sorry for your recent tour here in Australia being not so good because of our nanny government . Hopefully you guys come back

[@bridgetgidget1446]

Metal god

[@jorgosagb]

Chuck, Jeff, Martin van Drunen. Amen.

[@cosmicsea89]

What's his opinion on Pantera, and Phil? Similar range in voice, similar disposition

[@KKplaysit]

All the best Morbid Angel albums are with Mr Vincent on vox/bass.

[@colinmackenzie6277]

BOOMING 💥 BASS 🔊 VOICE DAVE VINCENT is IMMORTAL!!! He played Stand-up Bass with a Bow?!?!? Classical Talent....I would love to see him revisit some Morbid Angel songs with that Instrument- it would be so HAUNTING!!! ❤❤❤ MORBIES ❤❤❤ \M/

[@ryanhudson1252]

Better than a Trey interview if i might be so bold