Deicide have always been as uncompromising as the Death Metal that they play and after 10 years and 8 albums later nothing has changed and they revel in the fact that they are still underground.
Right from the first note of the title track you know where you are with Glen Benton, if you took away the keyboards and female vocals of Cradle Of Filth this is probably what you would end up with, good honest Death Metal that bludgeons it's way into your primeval subconsciousness. Too many people listen to the first few notes of this type of music and dismiss it out of hand by saying, "it's a total racket" and fail to see that that is precisely the reaction they want to put off those who are not prepared to listen with an open mind.
I was talking with a friend of mine at work called Russell and we were discussing Death Metal and it's sometimes gory imagery and how all that it is doing is reflecting the negative side that exists in all of us and only those foolish enough to try and pretend that Humanity does not have a dark side are storing trouble for the future, by not accepting that we do have a dark side and try to utilise this negative aggressive that is in all of us and channelling it into something creative or useful and this is where music like this can be a God send, (pun intended).
This album is just under 32 minutes long and as far as I am concerned as good as their first album in 91 and I hope that they will continue to make music such as this for years to come, if you have dismissed this sort of music out of hand open your mind and ears and listen. Stand out tracks, "In Torment, In Hell, Vengeance Is Mine and "Let I Be Done".