Deicide (album)

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Deicide

Studio album by Deicide
Released	June 25, 1990
Recorded	March 1990
Genre	Death metal
Length	33:35
Label	Roadrunner Records
Producer(s)	Deicide and Scott Burns
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Deicide chronology
	Deicide (1990)	Legion (1992)

Deicide's first self-titled full-length album contains all of their demo tracks plus the two 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.

It is considered to be the bestselling death metal album of all time[1]. Nielsen Soundscan lists it second after Morbid Angel's Covenant, however Deicide was released before Soundscan went into effect so the Soundscan figure lacks pre-Soundscan sales.

[edit] Track listing

"Lunatic of God's Creation" – 2:42
"Sacrificial Suicide" – 2:51
"Oblivious to Evil" – 2:41
"Dead by Dawn" – 3:56
"Blasphererion" – 4:15
"Deicide" – 4:02
"Carnage in the Temple of the Damned" – 3:33
"Mephistopheles" – 3:35
"Day of Darkness" – 2:05
"Crucifixation" – 3:55

The album was a milestone in the death metal genre, due to its then-unmatched brutality and the hair-raising vocal stylings of vocalist/bassist Glen Benton. His deep, guttural growl was enhanced and manipulated with studio tricks to make the vocals sound truly possessed and tortured. The album was recorded at Morrisound Studios in Tampa, Florida, where Deicide would record most of their subsequent works.