Once Upon the Cross
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| Studio album by Deicide | |||||
| Released | April 18, 1995 | ||||
| Recorded | 1994 | ||||
| Genre | Death metal | ||||
| Length | 27:59 | ||||
| Label | Roadrunner Records | ||||
| Producer | Deicide Scott Burns |
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Once Upon the Cross is the third studio album by American death metal band Deicide. It was released in 1995 by Roadrunner Records and was particularly controversial as its cover art depicted an autopsy of Jesus Christ. Apparently the original cover was going to depict a disembowled Jesus Christ, but it was too controversial, so the record company had to cover it up with a bloody sheet over the disembowled Jesus Christ. [1]
The samples at the beginning of the opening track "Once Upon the Cross" and "Trick Or Betrayed" are taken from the film The Last Temptation of Christ.
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[edit] Comments on the album
"listening back, "cross" seems very slow. Live we play those songs much faster. Actually we've always played them faster than they are on the record. When we went in the studio in 94' and i recorded the drum tracks at the speed i had been playing them at practice, we only had 22 minutes with the same amount of songs, they were just faster. 22 minutes does not an album make so I re-recorded the songs at a more controlled pace and still only ended up with 30 minutes. So there it was."- Steve Asheim[2]
[edit] Reviews
"Glen Benton should hold this record dear as it was the last time he was capable of offending anything other than people’s intelligence." "The vocal performance on “Once Upon The Cross” is still top notch seen from a Death Metal perspective" "DEICIDE isn’t famous for their overly down tuned guitars, on most of their records they sound like a Death Metal band playing on Black Metal equipment. On “Once Upon The Cross” they have added some flesh to the guitar department. This is without doubt the heaviest, and also most polished, production ever found on a DEICIDE album. The job is done by the now legendary Scott Burns, a producer who recorded quite some classic Death Metal albums through his career. The reason why I call him legendary is because a great deal of the records he produced sounds good even today, in this case 11 years after its release." "When Glen screamed about killing this or that on “Once Upon The Cross”, he sounded credible. Some of us even believed the sick fucker was going to kill himself when he turned 33 years of age" “Once Upon The Cross” is arguably the best record ever released by DEICIDE, but only if you bring “Deicide” and “Legion” into the argument."- The Metal Observer [3]
[edit] Track listing
- "Once Upon the Cross" – 3:34
- "Christ Denied" – 3:38
- "When Satan Rules His World" – 2:53
- "Kill the Christian" – 2:57
- "Trick or Betrayed" – 2:25
- "They Are the Children of the Underworld" – 3:09
- "Behind the Light Thou Shall Rise" – 2:59
- "To Be Dead" – 2:39
- "Confessional Rape" – 3:56
[edit] Credits
- Glen Benton - Bass, Vocals
- Brian Hoffman - Guitar
- Eric Hoffman - Guitar
- Steve Asheim - Drums
[edit] References
- ^ THE METAL OBSERVER - Review - DEICIDE - Once Upon The Cross
- ^ Deicide interview (06/2006) - Metal Storm
- ^ THE METAL OBSERVER - Review - DEICIDE - Once Upon The Cross
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