Deicide - Banished By Sin

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The only LP I like post-Hoffman brothers is featuring Ralph Santolla (RIP 2018) & Jack Owen on 'The Stench of Redemption' (2006). Even that one was tough for me! Jack ended up ghosting them since Steve was modifying his riffs merely to take credit for the songwriting!

Well, yes we have AI generated graphics on the cover & insert artwork, but why am I not surprised!? Cool graphics are on the first 4 LP's, after that, nah!

To be totally honest, the only LP I think Glen is OK on is 'Deicide' (1990). His vocals even on 'Legion' (1992) are so dull. The guy has a hard time hacking it live for more than 45 minutes! And from my understanding, he's a complete jerk to people he tours with (ask Broken Hope band members). I'm glad he hates the Hoffman brothers more than anyone in this world because he's so blind to see that they made the band successful! Pretty much everything thereafter sucks!

These riffs are generic & so repetitive, I have a hard time listening to yet another recycled Deicide LP. To quote 'The Color of Money' (1986): "It's like a nightmare, isn't it? It just keeps getting worse & worse, doesn't it?" That's how I feel sitting through a whopping 38+ minutes of this! Glen is just monotonous as usual & really I don't want to read the lyrics anymore to their shit, it's a gimmick anyway. Oh, and the quote "if we've offended you, we've done our job!" Wow man, so creative!

How can people like this? The vocals are monotonous, the riffs are anything BUT creative, the leads are generic & the only thing that's halfway decent is the recording of this garbage, it's not music. This is NOT music! They're not has-beens, Glen has been a has-been since forever! The guy is just a DISGRACE to the death metal community! I can't believe there are actual Deicide documentary(s) or "an interview with death metal legend, Glen Benton." What?!

Sorry, but being a former Deicide fan, I've turned absolutely so cynical & disgusted towards this current band since the talent has been long gone & the online fighting between Glen & Eric Hoffman just needs to stop! Deicide is dead & will remain dead because 'Banished By Sin' is another 40% post-Hoffman's to me! (Death8699)

(Reigning Phoenix Music - 2024)
Score: 40

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Deicide - In Torment In Hell

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Upon first hearing this, I think it's one of Deicide's worst albums with the Hoffman brothers. I thought 'Insineratehymn' was pretty generic despite my high score upon a few listens to. The newer generation of Deicide is pretty bad, 'The Stench of Redemption' I marked pretty poorly but in retrospect that was a decent album with Ralph Santolla (RIP) and Jack Owen. But 'In Torment In Hell' I still like, I just think it's really sloppy and uncreative. They kind of pulled a 'Serpents of the Light' intro with the title-track but it's just turned into their own riff. They're pretty careless on here and left their creative juices behind.

I like the intro, but overall the music just sucks. They didn't offer much in airing 31 minutes of shit metal. I'm not sure if they had their contract up with Roadrunner or what. A totally thoughtless release which had many fans (including me) disappointed. How can they take a break and make up for this. With 'Scars of the Crucifix'? I don't know, maybe. But the Hoffman brothers legacy is over onto the next generation (which it has been) of Deicide. I'll always appreciate the first 4 releases from this band. But talk about getting lazy! That's exactly what they did here and their previous (as I noted).

Nothing on here is worth getting excited over. You would think a band would progress over the years and not the reverse of that. But they just show you that they just suck on this album. It doesn't matter what track you pick, they're all equally worthless. I actually went ahead and ordered this on eBay hoping that some day I'll appreciate this album. Listening to it on headphones has me keyed into all the flaws with it that I don't want to do. They used to be an inspiring death metal band with riffs that were supercharged and creative. I guess that they just didn't want to continue their career making quality material.

I heard this on Spotify with disbelief. What happened!! This average score was 45% and hell my score is right about there too! I wouldn't say to buy this even if you are a Deicide fan. I did, but with much reluctance. Putrid as hell, what a major dud! There's nothing on here worth mentioned maybe check out the title-track, "Vengeance is Mine" and "Christ Don't Care." Then you'll get an idea of what to expect. They're still death metal, just at their worst. I don't want to turn you off from being a fan of the band it's just that when music sucks, something has to be said why or what happened that made it that way. Beware! (Death8699)

(Roadrunner - 2001)
Score: 45

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