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Rating: As already repeated elsewhere, Deicide have bordered on the ridiculous until... boom, here comes Mr. "The Stench of Redemption" ("the stench of redemption" for the more cultured). It may well be true that they ended up losing the originality that characterized them, but the fact remains that the lineup change could only benefit the charming U.S.A. band, idol of (almost) every metalhead kid from 13 years and up. This album is vying to have a lot in common with Jenna Jameson movies: that is, nice stuff, showcased properly but without boring the audience too much. Moreover, it's typical to deny appreciating stuff like this in front of friends, yet it's rigorously kept hidden on the shelf for the best occasions, so it can be enjoyed with due calm.
Put together an ex-guitarist from Death and an ex-guitarist from Cannibal Corpse in the sickest and most blasphemous band on the planet, and the new Deicide takes shape before your eyes. The mere and simple "The Stench Of Redemption" and the immense "Walk With The Devil In Dreams You Behold" are worth the price of the album, a very violent and technically styled death metal produced with style and extremely accurate. The nine tracks - of which I avoid the painful track-by-track - are extremely balanced, showing a surprisingly rejuvenated band and seem to promise the best for the future, in the face of those (including me) who took their decline for granted.
I struggle to believe what I'm hearing: after rubbish like "Scars of the Crucifix," the most monolithic band on the planet has finally managed to improve their sound, seek new horizons, grinding out a wickedly fine quality death metal, full of granite and original riffs. An excellent work, although we're not dealing with a milestone of experimentation (that's the job of Meshuggah and Cephalic Carnage).
Steve Asheim is the "usual almost perpetual double pedal metal drummer," yet capable of a minimum of original ideas and variations: a separate discussion is due for the two guitarists. Without making comparisons (otherwise, we'll all get bored), and with due respect for the Hoffman brothers, much water has flowed under the bridge since the days of the outstanding "Amon: Feasting The Beast." In any case, the new ones certainly don't make you miss the old ones! Glen Benton, on the other hand... well, he still hasn’t learned to play bass, although his growling is constant, relentless, cruel: in 2 words, orgasmic.
The impact is as always, those who know them must keep in mind their early works, forget the rest of the production, and rush to get this 90% masterpiece... 90% because I would have expected, at this point, for them to dare something more, but it doesn't matter, all in all, they are fully appreciable, at least they are with a new lineup which certainly doesn't hurt. I had already had a chance to reassess them with the recent live CDs where they show their musical professionalism and their fury... of course, Benton can never boast of being a great philosopher who finely discusses the death of god, but how many records will be remembered for their lyrics?
NB: If you find a similar review on the WEB, I haven't copied it; it's a post I had deleted from my blog?
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Death to Jesus (03:53)
Calvary's son what have you done, Nothing but hang on a cross, Nazarene beaten to death, What is sin, your lord did you in... Putting your ass out to dry...
Just a pawn sentenced to die...
Revelation compromise, kill the world another time, In the name of God you hide, all behold the crucified...
Heaven's dissention, the light of the dead,
Absent as always, the crucifixtion,
What's in his name that you want us all dead,
Why do you question the voice in your head?
Reverence sours despising the meek, Biblical power, Descend into dream, Cast to the darkness contentious stay, Mourning forever his name you will pray...
Mutilation, Left to Satan,
Killed to save us, Death to Jesus
Under the sun, drained of belief, screaming at God to be dead, Dominus onward ascend, Fall from grace through the hands of the lord, Judas is hanging betrayed and ignored, F**k the Christ, Who will save, Retro Send, Arbitrating the soul, Come again and relive it you know, Crucified when you arrive, Rendered unconscious, Confined to the cross, Caught in the act of the end of us all,
Powerless again you die...
For the Father you despise, Bare the burden of his Sign, Holy tomb of emptiness, Suffocate inside your shrine...
Recitation, Salutation
God defeated, Death to Jesus
Revelation compromise, Kill the world another time
In the name of God you die...
Death to Jesus, Crucified
03 Desecration (04:31)
Children of Satan it's time to bring pain
Stand by your side when the Christians engaged
Angelic pastures is where we will war
Once and for all we will settle the score
In the presence of God, Holy crosses inverted
Retribution for what has been done by the churches
With no warning the word of the lord is in question
Preservation of life ever more
04 Crucified for the Innocence (04:35)
I have never hated anyone as much as you
Knife me once and then again and smile as you do
Ignorance the guiding light in your hypocrisy
From the time innocence were brainwashed to believe
Failure as a father and a friend to all man kind
On this day forever I will pray that you will die
Crucified for the innocence, on the cross you hang
Crucified for the innocence, back to god again
Crucified for the innocence, truth cannot be seen
Crucified for the innocence, You are dead to me
I don't need your love, Smite the lord above
Get away from me, take your bible leave
God is not the way, redirect the pain
Trample on his cross, sacrilegion
Spoiled with the likes of you and all that your about
Tragedy is all I've known and blame it all on god
All my life has been a maze of pain from what you done
It is for the blasphemy I aimed against the son
I will never come to you or give my heart to thee
When it is my turn to die I wont owe you a thing
Crucified for the innocence, on the cross you hang
Crucified for the innocence, back to god again
Crucified for the innocence, truth cannot be seen
Crucified for the innocence, You are dead to me
I don't need your love, Smite the lord above
Get away from me, take your bible leave
God is not the way, redirect the pain
Trample on his cross, sacrilegion
Follow in the path of thou receiving you in death
Horrified by what is right enjoy the suffering
Revel in catastrophe the gospel you resend
Pestilent the lamb of ged, irrelevant dement
Testaments succumbing eve fall victim to the times
It was always meant to be the end of Jesus Christ
Crucified for the innocence, on the cross you hang
Crucified for the innocence, back to god again
Crucified for the innocence, truth cannot be seen
Crucified for the innocence, You are dead to me
Glorified thy blood, free from sin become
Falter to his death, off the cross defect
Common sense of need, dead philosophy
Not to live as one, sacrilegion
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By Matt7
Deicide this time have produced a very good album.
The instrumental section of this beautiful track is the best the new Deicide can do.
By mick7
"A lot, a lot of violence is unleashed by 'The Stench of Redemption,' and the first listen was quite traumatic for my ears."
"The performance of the musicians is noteworthy, drummer Asheim is a machine in terms of speed... Glen Benton does not disappoint both for voice and divine dissing."
By Tepes
The band of Master Brutaller Glenn Benton had returned with their best CD of all time.
I care deeply for Glenn Benton because he’s the only one who always stays brutal, and because even when others remove their corpse paint, he keeps his upside-down cross on his forehead.
