Dark and evil intro with sheeps and demon noise. Then the brutal and fast music blasts off. Deicide is problably one of the extremest Death bands ever but as the lyrics is mainly satanic they should perhaps be refered to as a Black metal band. The sound is quite traditional death metal, but much more dark and brutal then most others. The vocals reminds much of Johnny's on Entombed's Clandestine. The songs are only a couple of minutes long so the whole album is very short (haven't found the exact time). The material on this album isn't always that good in my opinion, but it's still a good album as the energy and brutality brings it up abit. There are several good riffs and even some splendid ones, but still the album tends to become monotonous in the long rune as it's ahrd to consentrate enough on it with it's demanding speed and power. One can easily geta headache if one isn't totally into it. I have heard rumours that the drums are speeded up on the recording to sound tighter and faster. I'd aprechiate if someone could verify if this is true or not. At last it has very good production and a very nice cover artwork.
Rated

Once Upon a Cross

Much better material and riffs and more well done then Legion. It's still as brutal and rough, but it's not as hard to listen to as Legion is. They still have the same sound and power as before, but it's not as hysterically intense. I perfer this album and consider it to be one of the best in the Death Metal scene, at least among the brutal kind. The sad is that it's still as short, only 27 min or so.
Rated

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