Deicide

[Vincent]

:-o Deicide and melodic in the same paragraph? What's the world coming to? :-D

I've got Legion, Amon: Feasting the Beast, Once Upon the Cross (the title track managed to get played on Radio 1 in the afternoon just before it was released.  That day just happened to be Easter Sunday :-o :-D), Serpents of the Light and When Satan Lives.

Once Upon the Cross is probably the best one on there.  It's even got a tribute to one of Benton's friends (if that's the word) on it.  Apparently he killed himself infront of his parents, so Benton decided to write To Be Dead about it.

I'll have to get the new one to hear something I thought would never happen - Deicide actually being tunefull :-D

[Vincent]

Cyberus wrote:
IIRC, their drummer writes all the music!  :-o

And Glenn does all the lyrics.

So, has he progressed playing the guitars and that's why it's more melodic?  Or has one of the guitarists decided to get off his lazy arse and contribute stuff? :-P

[Vincent]

that_punk_guy wrote:
(Interestingly, Mr. Benton considers 'In Torment In Hell' a mere contractual obligation, while it's a strong candidate for my fave Deicide record.)

Hmmm, could that mean that they're next album will be back to the usual tuneless gurgles they are used too?  Or is it just a way of fobbing off the style saying that it's "not what they really wanted to write" to all the hardcore Deicide fans who don't like proper tunes? ;-)