The Best Of Deicide

This 'Best of' compilation cd truly showcases the massively widespread influence of Deicide.They've never won a grammy, never had a cameo in a movie or tv show, never had a platinum selling album AND have never been played during mainstream radio hours. And yet, a best of CD?Why you ask? One simple reason: they practically invented death metal, and with help of a blossoming record company, unleashed their own sweet little brand of metal.I've heard KVLT kids on 'true' messageboards say that Roadrunner sucks now because they've signed bands like Slipknot and Killswitch Engage. The fact is, Roadrunner has showed nothing but the utmost respect for Deicide over the years, as is blatantly obvious with this compilation.Now... on to the CD.A glorious amalgamation of tracks from the band's first five albums, these songs sear through your ears and leave you wondering if what you just heard was real. Before I purchased this, I had mostly heard songs off of 'Scars of The Crucifix'. Needless to say, I was most impressed with Glen Benton's vocals (all four hundred overlapping tracks of them), and while I thought every one else did really well for themselves, I continued to listen because of his vocals.Then I downloaded 'Blame It On God'... and wow. I knew that something momentous had been going on before the lineup changed, and I wanted to find out what.The only thing that bothered me about this CD was the way that it was compiled. In my opinion, they could have sacrificed a few songs for others, such as 'Kill The Christian' and 'I Am No One'. But then again, they probably wanted an equal offering from each album.I don't like rating individual songs, mostly because when ever others rate songs, I usually don't agree with them once I hear it. So, new fans! If you've heard SOTC stuff and want to hear what Deicide were like in their hayday, pick this up.You will not be sorry.

If you want a sniff of what Deicide is then this is what your looking for. This is a cd that covers basically the highlights if you will of what this band has put out since the beginning excluding Scars of the Crucifix and Stench of Redemption. A good cd for new listeners and good for collectors and fans of this band.

Excellent collection of songs....

Excellent cd.

Amazing list of classics.

While some people may question why I bought this instead of getting all the other albums, I'm going to admit that I do not like the overt Satanic themes displayed in the artwork. Call me a wimp if you will, but I honestly don't care what you think, because there is no reason in hell (ironically) to be this angry at God. Go ahead and ignore God if you want to, I'd rather you be that than a Satanist. I am comfortable enough in my Christianity to listen to Satanic music and not be affected by it, as I am with all music. But musically, I rather enjoy Deicide's intense energy powered by their anger towards God, while I might not appreciate the lyrics. There are few death metal bands that make me believe that they are on fire for their cause, and Deicide is one of those few. But what bugs me is that there isn't really an established view that frontman Glen Benton takes on. What we CAN solidify is that for some reason, he has a deep hatred of Jesus Christ and loves Satan. But those beliefs aren't really Satanism; Satanism is actually based heavily on individualism and promotes self-fulfillment rather than the worship of a single divine being. In fact, Satanists don't worship Satan at all; he is merely a representation of what they believe. So before you go slapping the Satanist label on Deicide, make sure you know what you're talking about, because Benton doesn't seem to. Worse, according to guitarist Eric Hoffman, Benton is not actually a Satanist. Read all about it on their Wikipedia article.The individual members of Deicide are relatively talented and were very influential in defining what death metal is today, having appeared in the late 80's/early 90's among other bands like Death and Morbid Angel. Glen Benton has a very angry sounding scream that slowly evolves into more of a growl as the album progresses (which spans their career up to 2001's "In Torment In Hell") but rarely employs other techniques and starts to come off more as annoying by the end of the album. His bass playing isn't anything to call home about, but it definitely makes the sound even more muddy than it already is (a must in good brutal death metal). The guitar players, Eric and Brian Hoffman (in the original lineup; after their departure, they were replaced by former Cannibal Corpse guitarist Jack Owen and Ralph Santolla, formerly of Death and Iced Earth), layer their individual riffs to create a veritable wall of sound; in addition, the solos never sound out of place and the majority of them are relatively technically adept, even if they aren't quite as skilled as other death metal guitarists like Chuck Schuldiner or Trey Azagthoth. The drummer, second only to the guitarists, is the most talented here, pumping out insane blast beats and impeccable footwork. Though the sound may be very grating and amelodic, this is a prime example of brutal death metal at its most unforgiving.The only problem I have with this album is that there is absolutely no progression, musically or lyrically, from the beginning to the end. I prefer at least some sign of melody in my death metal, but there is very little of it, as Deicide is more focused on heaviness and brutality than musicianship. While some consider this a good thing because they didn't "sell out", I prefer some variety and melody in my metal. But if you're just looking for some harsh, antagonistic, f**k-your-God death metal, then you've found a winner.Track Selections: "Dead By Dawn", "Trifixion", and "This Is Hell We're In"7.5/10

Again a very cheap best of from Zoverstocks, this has 3 to 4 tracks from there first 6 albums which are by far there best albums.The first 3 albums wre raw like all extreme albums of the time, the next 3 albums the production is right up so the power of such music shines through.This is brutal, fast, and heavy Blackened Death Metal, Glen Benton the singer even put a inverted cross on his head and called his first kid Daemon.Gladly for me he said that Deicides music was more anti church and religion than pro satan, which sounds more real than most Black Metal posers.

Contiene il meglio ma ovviamente solo del periodo Earache records, che consta di tre album.Buono per chi ha già la produzione anni '90 e vuole un sunto del periodo earache

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Seulement des tounes de 3 albums sortis au milieu des années 2000. Aucun grand classique des premiers albums.

Death metal. Singer is either, as my buddfy puts it.. Crazy Witch or Evil Cookie Monster., This band has sdome good riffs to back up the insane mu^ppet act.. but meh