Deicide "The Stench Of Redemption" CD

This album is probably one of my favorite Deicide albums. All of the guitar playing in it is just simply amazing. The speed of the drums, guitar, and bass make it one of their most brutal albums. Also in the opening track has in my opinion, the greatest death metal solo of all time. But that does not sum up this album, there is much that would need to be talked about in it.
To start out, this was the first Deicide album with their new guitarist, Ralph Santolla, who was previously from the power metal band, Iced Earth. With the lead guitarist coming from a power metal band, you would think that this album would not sound as brutal as legion or serpents of the light. However though, Ralph pulled it off really great and played some crushing riffs in this album. I think that picking him as their new guitarist was an excellent choice.
Now to start out with the music playing that was done throughout this album. When the opening track starts, "The Stench of Redemption", it starts out with that really heavy playing and then once it speeds up you are instantly crushed by how brutal it all sounds. The second solo that is played in this song is in my opinion the best death metal solo of all time which is what made me right then start to like this album.
The next song that comes on, "Death to Jesus" and it is instantly played at incredible speed and it is just brutal. The three songs that are after that are just about the same way, all fast and brutal. "Homage for Satan" is what could be the best song on this album. Everyone that i talk to say that they love this song and when i saw Deicide live and they started playing this song, the whole place went crazy, there was much blood in the pit.
By the time you get to the last song of the album, "the Lords Sedition" you are already blown away with the brutality of the rest of the songs. This song opens up with a fantastic kind of slow guitar solo but it is what makes the song. After the two minutes of amazing guitar, it kicks up a lot of speed and it is an excellent closing track to a very brutal album.
All of the lyrics in this album are written so well that it just fits with the playing of the instruments greatly. Though it can be a bit hard to understand Glen Benton in this album, reading along with the lyrics as the song is playing and you understand every word and you can understand it again without looking at the lyrics again. Definitely one of their finest pieces of work.

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