Deicide - Till Death do us Part
Posted on May 13, 2008 at 8:00 am by admin
Have you ever been pulling for a band who doesn’t get much credit? I know every time I hear about another Six Feet Under, I think to myself “C’mon guys, throw a creative curveball to show everyone a thing or two!” While they have had the odd death-rock song, I always feel disappointed by Six Feet Under. Why do I bring them up? Because I feel the same way for Deicide.
I’ll admit, I’ve never liked Deicide, yet I’ve always pulled for them. When I heard the song “Scars of the Crucifix”, I thought it was pretty good! I ran out and bought the album, only to be disappointed by a collection tremolo picked guitars and blast beats of the generic variety. While I didn’t listen to the album “The Stench of Redemption”, I happened to like the song “Homage for Satan”, but ended up not getting it due to fear of the same event happening again.
This time around, “Till Death do us Part” presents the best songs as sounding like someone else. If you hear a Slayer riff, or Morbid Angel harmonized lower-end guitars from “In the eyes of god”, to classically inspired guitar solos, you’re getting the best parts that happen only few and far between. Also of note is when they slow the action down for the introduction, and the beginning of the title song. Everything else is lost in a sea of Deicide signature tremolo picked riffs moving up or down the neck in simple, forgettable patterns, a sea of blast beats and standard double-bass death metal drumming, and Glen Benton’s signature vocals. While Glen can certainly spew out lyrics quickly, and has a naturally good, and low tone, he doesn’t quite dictate all his words properly. Lyrical subject matter is about as self-explanatory as the song titles themselves, all about of course hating god, supporting the antichrist and/or Satan. While I’m not personally bothered by the approach (Glen Benton knows quite a bit about the bible to go in and do an decent enough job at defiling it), an approach from a different angle would be nice.
There is just so much death metal out there today, so it’s my preference to hear bands stand at their pinnacle by creating a signature sound instead of wholly adhering to it. Considering all the new fans out there these days who count death metal as a viable form of expression to have in their album collection beside every other kind of metal, I’d have to recommend another band and another release to represent death metal.
Released May 13th, 2008
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