“Some men just want to watch the world burn.” Nearly a month after wrapping up the Deicide and Broken Hope He said She said Tour, the death metal veterans bestow a new album upon their anticipating fans. Since the departure of the Hoffman brothers who were two of the original founders of the band, Deicide’s previous few albums were not being up to par with their earlier material such as Legion, Once Upon the Cross and Serpents of the Light. With the recruitment of Jack Owen (Cannibal Corpse), the release of The Stench of Redemption in 2006 brought back some hope for their dedicated fans only to be let down by the follow up albums. This is not to say that the previous work such as To Hell with God was terrible; it was merely mediocre and not memorable. So would the new album In the Minds of Evil leave fans disappointed yet again?
The album starts out with “In the Minds of Evil” and “Thou Begone”. Although both songs are different in tempo; together they bring you back to the blasphemy of Deicide we were first introduced to back in the early 90’s. While the opening few songs of the album were great, there were a couple songs in the middle that seemed a little bit like fillers closing out with some stronger material. The album has superb vocal performances from Glen Benton with understandability along with the raw sound performance and brings back memories of him burning an inverted cross into his forehead every day in his earlier years. Although his scar has faded away through the years, his charisma has not as it was displayed in the catchy “Kill the Light of Christ”. The drum drilling and the brutality of the guitar melodies definitely made this album stand out from their previous album. It seemed as the band was all together as they recorded this set.
Although the album wins where the predecessor has failed, it is not without its flaws to say that it is total perfection. Some of the songs on To Hell with God outperform In the Minds of Evil. However, the new album does stand out as a whole from start to finish as a well-rounded piece of work by Deicide. The album unquestionably has a replay value and some of the material might be worth hearing in a live atmosphere as it would give the songs the wholeness of sound. CrypticRock gives this album 4 out of 5 stars.
- Century Media
Written by Karina Diana Parker
){kind=link}
No comment