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DEICIDE - To Hell WIth God


 Apa yang selalu menarik untuk menanti rilisan DEICIDE? Bagiku selain musik death metal yang mereka mainkan, yang lainnya adalah bagaimana Glen Benton mencoba untuk tetap berkonsitensi menyampaikan pandangan-pandangannya terhadap anti christian walau sebenarnya lebih tepat adalah Anti Tuhan. Ingat, Benton bersama Asheim sudah bersekutu untuk menghujat Tuhan paling tidak sejak mereka bersama membentuk DEICIDE di tahun 1989 dan merilis debut ‘Deicide‘ di tahun 1990.
Tunggu dulu, jelas kalian pasti mengenal siapa itu DEICIDE wahai bagi pecinta sejati musik death metal. Jadi aku pikir tak perlu lagi untuk bercerita lebih jauh tentang band yang pernah menjadi anak emas di Earache tersebut.
“To Hell With God” adalah debut mereka bersama Century Media dan ketika memutar lagu pertama, ‘To Hell With God’ kekhawatiranku akan pengulangan “Till Death Do Us Part” pun musnah.
DEICIDE tampil dengan tawaran yang akan membawamu ke era lama mereka untuk berdejavu dengan lagu-lagu lamanya seperti di album “Legion” ataupun “Serpents of the Light“. Tidak ada lagi bagian-bagian membosankan melodi-melodi panjang Ralph Santolla seperti di satu album sebelumnya. Holy Benton! Holy Asheim!
Guratan vokal oldschool death metal Florida sangat kental terutama sejak lagu keempat, ‘Conviction’ yang sekali lagi akan cukup mengingatkanmu ke dua dekade sebelumnya namun tetap menawarkan sesuatu yang fantastis seperti kemasan riff modern duet Owen – Santolla plus teknik dan kecepatan Asheim.
Dan jangan lupa juga sekali lagi DEICIDE meneruskan konsitensinya untuk tetap menghujat Tuhan termasuk bagaimana sarkasmenya mereka ketika menanyakan ‘Bagaimana kamu menyebut seseorang sebagai Tuhan?‘ sebagai lagu penutup.
“To Hell With God” menjadi album penuh kesepuluh mereka sejak terbentuk di tahun 1989 dan inilah salah satu album metal terbaik yang keluar di awal tahun. 

ALBUM INFO
Rilis : 15 February 2011
Origin : Florida, USA
Style : Death Metal
Producer : Mark Lewis
Label : Century Media Records
Official Website : deicide.com
For Fans : VITAL REMAINS, CANNIBAL CORPSE, MORBID ANGEL, OBITUARY 

TRACK LISTING
1. To Hell with God
2. Save Your
3. Witness of Death
4. Conviction
5. Empowered by Blasphemy
6. Angels in Hell
7. Hang in Agony Until You’re Dead
8. Servant of the Enemy
9. Into the Darkness You Go
10. How Can You Call Yourself a God 

LINE UP
* Glen Benton – Vocals & Bass
* Ralph Santolla – Guitars
* Jack Owen – Guitars
* Steve Asheim – Drums 

DISCOGRAPHY
2011 – To Hell With God
2008 – Till Death Do Us Part
2006 – The Stench of Redemption
2004 – Scars of the Crucifix
2001 – In Torment In Hell
2000 – Insineratehymn
1997 – Serpents of the Light
1995 – Once Upon the Cross
1992 – Legion
1990 – Deicide


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Update: Discography reuploaded, get it here.
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Tid's Score - 10/10
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