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Deicide - Deicide Audio CD

A fair review of the Deicide "Deicide" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Deicide reviews here, or go back to the Deicide tabs.

Band: Deicide
Title: Deicide
Rating:

Release Date: 1990-07-03
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Lunatic of God's Creation 2: Sacrificial Suicide 3: Oblivious to Evil 4: Dead by Dawn 5: Blaspherereion 6: Deicide 7: Carnage in the Temple of the Damned 8: Mephistopheles 9: Day of Darkness 10: Crucifixation

Despite Benton's Antics, This Debut Was a Game-Changer
Despite all of Glen Benton's prank phone calls to crooked evangelist Bob Larson; despite Benton's branding of an inverted cross into his forehead; despite his pledging to commit suicide at age 33 to "mock the death of Jesus" - it is an undeniable fact that when Deicide's self-titled album was released, it was a kick in the rear to the unsuspecting world of heavy metal. It is truly unfortunate that many people only know of Deicide through the unadulterated silliness of the band's front man. From beginning to end, this 33 minute album is nothing short of ferocious. "Deicide" set the stage for a multitude of death and black metal bands to release their inner demons.

The Slayer influence on "Deicide" is apparent even to the casual listener. In sound and texture, the riffing and songwriting on this album falls solidly somewhere between "Hell Awaits" and "Reign in Blood". For example, the song "Sacrificial Suicide" could easily be mistaken for a bonus track from any given 80s-era Slayer album (were it not for Benton's vocals). The Hoffman brothers (guitars) also nail the "cat in a blender" solo style of mid-80s Slayer here with gusto. Benton's vocals, though, sound nothing like Slayer front man Tom Araya's. Sure, Benton has the rhythmic percussion of a thrash singer, but his schizophrenically doubled (and even tripled) vocals roar into, out of, and around the mix like Legion in "The Exorcist" at the mention of Father Merrin. Steve Asheim's drumming is amazing; and it is a shame that in the metal world, his name doesn't get enough recognition.

The subject matter of the songs is standard fare for satanic metal, though one must keep in mind that -- at the time of this release -- Benton & Co. effectively pushed blasphemy to a level unseen in the genre. Of course, the lyrical sentiments on "Deicide" would be "out-satanized" by countless `90s black metal bands - but, again, in 1990, this album was considered highly controversial. Fortunately, not all of the songs deal with the trident-wielding, red horned guy. "Lunatic of God's Creation" is about the Manson cult, and the standout "Carnage in the Temple of the Damned" is a blistering retelling of the Jonestown mass suicide - even starting out with a sample from "Guyana Tragedy" -- the Powers Boothe film about Jim Jones and the People's Temple.

So why only four stars? Frankly, the production is not stellar. The album was re-mastered in the late `90s, but I own the original CD and the mixing job is surprisingly weak for a Scott Burns production. The leads and vocals are "in the front" while one really has to crank up the stereo to hear the rhythm section. Still, the production doesn't detract from the quick, merciless power of the songs. The real issue I have with this album is the awkwardness of Benton's lyrics. This is, simply put, not an album to listen to for intellectual stimulation. Benton's command of the English language is sketchy at best, and at worst, downright embarrassing. In many cases, he will simply make up words - in other instances, he strings random, unrelated phrases together to fit the rhythm of the songs. "Choruses" often consist of the song title repeated a few times, as heard in "Dead by Dawn" or "Blaspherereion" - much like fellow Florida death metallers Nocturnus did on "The Key". Lyrically, Benton's work simply gets the job done. No more, no less.

In closing, I urge anyone who has been turned off to Deicide's work -- owing to the extracurricular inanity of Glen Benton -- to give the band's 1990 debut a chance. This brief, punishing album would open the demonic gates for countless other death metal acts to follow. "Deicide" is must-own for any serious fan of Florida death metal - or any fan of 80s-era Slayer, for that matter.
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The Devil's Music
Heavy unforgiving riffs, kick a$$ speed and hellacious lyrics sung by everyone's fav. Deicide is an amazing metal band. satanist Glenn Benton. If you want raw balls to the wall death/satanic metal look no further.

100 Stars - incredible
Lets face it. . if you cannot look past bands with satanic themes then stay in the play pin kiddies. You are not ready for this band. I have no trouble listening to bands like this but if you can't handle it. . . you need to stay away from Deicide as they will definately test your stomach.

Clearly, this is one of the very best death metal CDs ever made. Nearly flawless. Total fuggin destruction. Legion is awesome as well, but this one is top of the mountain stuff. Gotta have it.

1. Lunatic Of God's Creation - killer lead track 5\5
2. Sacrificial Suicide - best track here IMO 100\5
3. Oblivious to Evil - again killer 100\5 - you must be kidding!
4. Dead By Dawn - well known classic 10\5
5. Blaspherereion - AWESOME tune - 5\5
6. Deicide - need I go on. . . love this one 10\5
7. Carnage In The Temple Of The Damned - B^) killer 10/5
8. Mephistopheles - maybe the least non perfect track 4\5
9. Day Of Darkness - love this one as well 5\5
10. Crucifixation - great closer! 5\5

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Pure Devil Music
Blaring tracks like 'dead by dawn' will scare puny church-goers away in an instant. If you feel like banging your head against a wall until its bloodied this is the Deicide record to listen to while doing so. I sure miss the Hoffmans' (not in deicide any more) buzz-saw riffing this self titled piece proves how excellent DM guitarists they are. Benton's lyrical approach is satanic and suicidal how he slams on bass and belts out this Iconoclastic poetry is a wonder to me. Simply must own music.

Satan would be proud!.
Its just the type of album that you would listen to over and over again not to mention that its one of the most satanic and evil sounding music ever made it also inspired many imitation groups that sounded exactly like these guys. I consider Deicide's debut album to be a remarkable achievement for this band, this is definitely a classic death metal release. The riffs are actually memorable with insane blastbeat drums and an uncanny sense of timing guiding the the songs through as if they were blasting through the gates of hell. Lunatic of god's creation, Dead by dawn, Carnage in the temple, Sacrificial suicide and Crucifixation are the best death metal songs ever, Glen Benton's guttural growls were amazing and at times he sounded like a lumbering beast which was obviously touched up by production tricks of course. Deicide have managed to craft a truly great album in the death metal genre however they would later go on to make questionable musical progress and lose some creativity they did sound a bit repetitive and dull afterwards especially with Insineratehymn but I still consider Deicide to be one of my favorite death metal groups and if you don't have this album then your not a true death metal fan, Hail Satan!;-). . . . .

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