Deicide "Deicide"

Deicide is the eponymous debut album by American death metal band Deicide. It was released on June 25, 1990, by Roadrunner Records. The album contains all of their demo tracks, plus the songs "Deicide" and "Mephistopheles".

While containing mostly Satanic or blasphemous lyrical themes, "Lunatic of God's Creation" and "Carnage in the Temple of the Damned" concern Charles Manson and Jim Jones respectively, and "Dead by Dawn" deals with the plot of the 1981 horror film, The Evil Dead.

"Dead by Dawn" was featured in the 2009 video game Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned on the radio station Liberty City Hardcore.

Deicide is sometimes considered to be the bestselling death metal album of all time. Nielsen SoundScan lists it second after Morbid Angel's Covenant up until 2003; however, Deicide was released before SoundScan went into effect, so the SoundScan figure lacks pre-Soundscan sales.

Glen Benton has stated that no effects were used on his vocals while recording the album, though several songs do contain a pitch-shifted vocal effect.

The album was recorded at Morrisound Studios in Tampa, Florida, where Deicide would record most of their subsequent works.

Track listing

1. "Lunatic of God's Creation" 2:42
2. "Sacrificial Suicide" 2:51
3. "Oblivious to Evil" 2:41
4. "Dead by Dawn" 3:56
5. "Blaspherereion" 4:15
6. "Deicide" 4:02
7. "Carnage in the Temple of the Damned" 3:33
8. "Mephistopheles" 3:35
9. "Day of Darkness" 2:05
10. "Crucifixation" 3:55

Total length: 33:35

Comes with an 8-page booklet with English lyrics.

Art concept by Deicide.

Recording information:

Recorded at Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida - March 1990.

Mastered at The Hit Factory DMS, New York, NY.