Review by luajaz for Deicide - Deicide (1990)

Fun, unhinged and very, very satanic death metal. I like it, and it's clearly ahead of it's time, as this a very early example of the kind of fast-as-hell tremolo based death metal that would be done ad nauseum in the next years. Lyrics wise it is surprisingly creative for a record that is basically about the same thing all the time (it's all Satan! and I'm not complaining!) and the delivery is awesome, both in terms of rhythm and timbre. Drumming is also great, and the drum mix is fine. Talking about the mix, this is what kind of ruins it for me, the production here is pretty ass, specially the strings. Essentially no bass and the guitars are very thin and small for the level of brutality they were going for. Had this a production like Death's Leprosy or even Morbid Angel's Altars (which is not a favorite production wise), this would be pretty much perfect.