Artist: Deicide
Released: 1990 RATING: 4/5
The Good: Deicide's self-titled debut album is fast, heavy, and super evil; it is not unlike Morbid Angel's Altars of Madness in this regard, but Morbid Angel's eerieness and epicness is replaced here by sheer malice. "Lunatic of God's Creation" is a seriously good song, and even a catchy one by Death Metal standards. The album as a whole is strong, combining strong, furious playing with over the top lyrical themes to create a soound that can be very intimidating to the unfamiliar ear, indeed. A highly reccommended listen for Death Metal fans.
The Bad: Sometimes the songs tend to blend together, what with the repetitive themes and deliveries. The solos, which are highly energetic and dexterous, is completely indebted to the classic Slayer atonal squeeling style; that's not really a negative, but it's still there, especially since they aren't quite as, well, good as the source. Some of the solos can sound like super-fast flurries of random notes, at times.
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