{"id":72609,"date":"2018-09-14T00:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T00:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=72609"},"modified":"2018-09-14T03:13:06","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T03:13:06","slug":"album-review-deicide-overtures-of-blasphemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-deicide-overtures-of-blasphemy\/","title":{"rendered":"DEICIDE – Overtures Of Blasphemy (2018) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEICIDE
Overtures Of Blasphemy<\/strong><\/span>
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\nCentury Media (2018)<\/span>
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Say what you want about Glen Benton and his dark disciples, but Deicide will remain forever cemented in the annals of death metal folklore as a ferocious and controversial beast.<\/p>\n

Okay, so for me their first two albums \u2013 Deicide<\/em> (1990) and Legion<\/em> (1992) \u2013 have never been beaten and releases since have been somewhat inconsistent, but here we are again, submitting to another intense, hellish expression of satanic crossfire with what is the band\u2019s 12th release.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been five years since their last outing and so with Overtures Of Blasphemy<\/em> we\u2019re treated, as expected, to an unflinching and unrelenting juggernaut, and one which coughs up such fire-branded scores as \u2018One With Satan\u2019, \u2018Excommunicated\u2019, \u2018Anointed In Blood\u2019, \u2018Defying The Sacred\u2019 and \u2018Destined To Blasphemy\u2019. All of which, among scorched others, are snappy expressions of godly opposition earmarked by Benton\u2019s furious vocal flurries matched only by his frantic bass lines which quake like the foundations of a church attacked from below by demons.<\/p>\n

Couple such devilish emissions with some truly exasperating leads and that brutal percussive demonstration and you have another highly charged Deicide opus. This is album which burns to its hilt with bright red flames and is up there with the most satanic and blistering of unholy creations.<\/p>\n

We know what\u2019s coming, even if a track begins with an almost mid-tempo melody, because through it all a blackened heart pumps hastily and is constantly spiked and stabbed by a myriad of flailing leads as the drums come flashing in foaming tirades of blood-stained thrashiness. And yet heaps of melody abound too, nowhere more evident than on \u2018Seal The Tomb Below\u2019, one of the album\u2019s catchiest structures that brutality combines Benton\u2019s hideous burps with flashes of sporadic technicality.<\/p>\n

However, for the most part, as we\u2019ve known for years, Deicide rarely resorts to anything complex or progressive, instead supplying overwhelming waves of intense death-cum-thrash stained with cheese-flecked lyrics (\u201cspread your holy legs\u201d!<\/em>). And the punkier threads of \u2018Crawled From The Shadows\u2019 simply showcase the tightness of Deicide as a unit. But melody is never sacrificed, and that\u2019s something which people tend to overlook when listening to the band as they spend so much time embroiled in the old school dynamics.<\/p>\n

Speaking of old school, Deicide still maintain high levels of what made them so potent in the first place. A track such as \u2018Compliments Of Christ\u2019 is a prime examples of such tension and atmosphere, while the thrashier aspects come to the fore with \u2018Flesh, Power, Dominion\u2019.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, some of the tracks do melt into one another and flash by in generic fashion, but that\u2019s mostly when the speedy hammerings are delivered in such abundance. Chaos ensues throughout the 12 tracks on offer, and there\u2019s a good mix to proceedings too with Benton\u2019s vocals and bass given extra punch and catchiness. And that hookiness is something which I adore about so many of tunes on the opus, because while we expect the usual nasty flurries and weight there\u2019s a genuine accessibility to tracks such as \u2018Consumed By Hatred\u2019.<\/p>\n

While it feels the band remains a world away from earlier classic efforts, Deicide\u2019s latest offering is still an essential addition to the catalogue. Overtures Of Blasphemy<\/em> is a consistently good recording that strips flesh and bloodies bones, and all in the name of the lord below.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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