| Written by Alex Stojanovic TRACK LISTING From Unknown Heights You Shall Fall Doomed To Die Sever The Tongue Faithless Bury The Cross...With Your Christ Woke From God Ritual Defied Failures Of Your Dying Lord Banished By Sin A Trinity Of None I Am I...A Curse Of Death The Light Defeated Release Date: April 26, 2024 Label: Reigning Phoenix Music Website: facebook.com/OfficialDeicide |  |
DEICIDE IS:
Glen Benton - Vocals & bass / Steve Asheim - Drums / Kevin Quirion - Guitars / Taylor Nordberg - Guitars
Glen Benton - Vocals & bass / Steve Asheim - Drums / Kevin Quirion - Guitars / Taylor Nordberg - Guitars
Attention all ye faithful! For your own safety, you either want to get your crosses and/or your Bibles out, or just go run and hide, because your favourite band from the house of Satan, better known as Deicide, are back with their brand new slab of blasphemous brutality! For nearly 35 years, Deicide have been scaring the pants off religious groups with their sermons of unholiness, and they're far from done doing it. I've mentioned that I found their last album Overtures Of Blasphemy stale and basically a rehashing of In The Minds Of Evil, which made me feel that Deicide was done. However, their new offering Banished By Sin sees the band back on track and mixing up the elements that made them one of the greats in the first place, which includes brutal riffs with groove, thrashy passages and Glen Benton also brings back the mix of highs and lows as opposed to a monotone, linear approach.
Despite the album artwork being done by AI, what really matters is the music. Glen has mentioned that this album would have some progressive and anthemic flavours, and he definitely wasn't lying. Opening track "From Unknown Heights You Shall Fall" features some timing in 6/4. Even with its anthemic touch, "Sever The Tongue" feels like it would belong right at home on Legion. With a title like that, you'd think that they were taking a leaf from Cannibal Corpse's book.
Having also gone through a couple of guitarist changes since the last album, Mark English departed the band in 2019, and in came Chris Cannella, who only lasted for about three years before departing in 2022, only to be replaced by Taylor Nordberg. Speaking of guitars, there's a lot of tasteful melodic soloing, that you would almost think this is melodic death metal, which is of course not a bad thing. Some examples where you'll find the most tasteful soloing and riffing are on "Faithless", the title track and "Ritual Defied". Steve Asheim can also still shred the kit like he was in his 20s with his blistering fills, blast beats and skank beats.
The flaws to be found here include Glen's vocals tending to get pretty tedious rather quickly, despite his mix of highs, lows and mids. It can also get pretty difficult to pick apart certain songs because of the growls and similarities in riffs. The first half of the album contains the more stronger collection of songs, whereas the second half is very much hit-or-miss. Despite the flaws, I would have to say that this is the best Deicide album since To Hell With God. Some people might think that the production sounds way too clean and polished for a death metal band, but to me, that's one of the elements that makes the album stand out. Great production, regardless of the musical style will do wonders for any album. Either way, the kings of blasphemous death metal are far from done when it comes to instilling fear in the hearts of Bible thumpers, and putting a smile on the Devil's face.
Despite the album artwork being done by AI, what really matters is the music. Glen has mentioned that this album would have some progressive and anthemic flavours, and he definitely wasn't lying. Opening track "From Unknown Heights You Shall Fall" features some timing in 6/4. Even with its anthemic touch, "Sever The Tongue" feels like it would belong right at home on Legion. With a title like that, you'd think that they were taking a leaf from Cannibal Corpse's book.
Having also gone through a couple of guitarist changes since the last album, Mark English departed the band in 2019, and in came Chris Cannella, who only lasted for about three years before departing in 2022, only to be replaced by Taylor Nordberg. Speaking of guitars, there's a lot of tasteful melodic soloing, that you would almost think this is melodic death metal, which is of course not a bad thing. Some examples where you'll find the most tasteful soloing and riffing are on "Faithless", the title track and "Ritual Defied". Steve Asheim can also still shred the kit like he was in his 20s with his blistering fills, blast beats and skank beats.
The flaws to be found here include Glen's vocals tending to get pretty tedious rather quickly, despite his mix of highs, lows and mids. It can also get pretty difficult to pick apart certain songs because of the growls and similarities in riffs. The first half of the album contains the more stronger collection of songs, whereas the second half is very much hit-or-miss. Despite the flaws, I would have to say that this is the best Deicide album since To Hell With God. Some people might think that the production sounds way too clean and polished for a death metal band, but to me, that's one of the elements that makes the album stand out. Great production, regardless of the musical style will do wonders for any album. Either way, the kings of blasphemous death metal are far from done when it comes to instilling fear in the hearts of Bible thumpers, and putting a smile on the Devil's face.
FINAL RATING
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