Deicide - Scars of the Crucifix
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Artist: DeicideEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-02-24
Music Label: Earache Records
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This is one of my favorite Deicide albums. I brought it back in the Spring of 2004 along with Cannibal Corpse's The Wretched Spawn (Censored Version) and the re-issue of Disincarnate's Dreams Of The Carrion Kind. Now there are many versions of this album. The version that I have is the limited edition CD with DVD and this is the one that I will review. Starting with the CD or album iself and than the DVD.
First the CD or album itself. With this album, it is a change of direction for the band from a carreer, personal and creative perpective. First, this is their first album on Earache Records which is home for bands like Hate Eternal, Akerocke and Decapitated as well as classic bands like Morbid Angel, Entombed, Carcass, Napalm Death, Nocturnus and Terrorizer. Secondly, the band has oppertunities that they didn't have with their former labal Roadrunner Records like for example, making a video. The video that the band made is for the titled track.
As for the album itself, it's a return to the old school stuff and it's clearly evident if you're an old school Deicide fan listening to this album for the first time. Here is a rundown. The production and sound are almost like Serpents Of The Light combined with Legion and Once Upon The Cross. As a matter of fact, you can hear traces of those particular albums echoing throughout many of the songs on the album. For example, on the song Go Now Your Lord Is Dead. At the end of the second chorus which goes into a solo attack, you can hear some haunting passage in the background that's very remenissing of the one during the solo attack at the end of Behead The Prophet (No Lord Shell Live) from Legion. You can find evidences like these throughout the album. The music itself is still brutal, heavy and as evil as ever. You still have those old hight, low and conbined demonic vocals, pounding bass, killer riffs, lacerating solos and blast beats. You'll also hear of all things, some piano playing. That's right. Piano playing but only at the end of the song The Pentecostal. That could be a sign of some things to come. The lyrics however are still Anti-Christian, anti-religion and satanic. Some of the subject rage from blasphemy, anger toward God, pedophile priests in the Catholic church, burning the heavens and disrepecting Pentecostals. So this is pretty much old school Deicide but new and improved. Some of the favorite songs here are Scars Of The Crucifix, Mad At God, Conquered By Sodom, From Darkness Come, When Heaven Burns, Go Now Your Lord Is Dead and The Pentecostal. Listen to this album and bear the scars of the crucifix.
Now for the DVD. The DVD is called Behind The Scars - Under The Skin Of Deicide. It is pretty much a look at the band as real people rather than just faces on an album cover or magazine. For me, this is something very important because I have all the albums and read a lot of the inteviews but I've never seen the band as actual people. So this is my first oppertunity and I am very thankful for it. As for the stuff on this DVD, it's basically a look at the past, present, future and personal lives of the band members and the band as a whole. Some of the things you'll see here are interviws with the band members, Glen in and outside the studio at Morrisound and riding his hearly, Steve at his home and at a shooting gallery, the Hoffman Brothers at a hotel, Brain's tatoos and much more. So all in all, this a madatory purchase package especially for all the die-hard Deicide fans like myself. So buy the edition with the DVD immediately because they are limited. Don't miss out.
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2004 Earache Records - Songs Include : Scars Of The Crucifix / Mad At God / Conquered By Sodom / F**k Your God / When Heaven Burns / Enchanted Nightmare / From Darkness Come / Go Now Your Lord Is Dead / The PentecostalHard Rock & Metal Music CDs
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