Deicide leader Glen Benton has sounded off on the state of the modern heavy metal scene.
In short, Benton feels that things have simply gotten less metal, citing the hyper sub-categorization of the genre and the onstage attire of those who play it.
Benton’s remarks hail from a new interview with Knac.com. At first, Benton describes his upbringing when he was surrounded by classic metal such as Black Sabbath and Judas Priest — the music that motivated him to the career path he’s been on for decades.
“I remember being at the breakfast table 7:30 in the morning with my boombox blasting ‘Paranoid’ at my mother,” he said (as transcribed by Blabbermouth).
In his opinion, a lot has changed.
“Metal was metal back then,” said Benton. “Metal right now — you have so many subcategories of metal now, it’s ridiculous. I understand individualism and that, and we can...
In short, Benton feels that things have simply gotten less metal, citing the hyper sub-categorization of the genre and the onstage attire of those who play it.
Benton’s remarks hail from a new interview with Knac.com. At first, Benton describes his upbringing when he was surrounded by classic metal such as Black Sabbath and Judas Priest — the music that motivated him to the career path he’s been on for decades.
“I remember being at the breakfast table 7:30 in the morning with my boombox blasting ‘Paranoid’ at my mother,” he said (as transcribed by Blabbermouth).
In his opinion, a lot has changed.
“Metal was metal back then,” said Benton. “Metal right now — you have so many subcategories of metal now, it’s ridiculous. I understand individualism and that, and we can...
- 4/30/2024
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Deicide have offered up details on their new album Banished by Sin, arriving April 26th, as well as released a new single called “Sever the Tongue.”
After teasing the album with a Christmas surprise in the form of the festive lead single “Bury the Cross…with Your Christ”, frontman Glen Benton and company have unveiled the full info on Banished by Sin, which runs 12 tracks and is adorned with an interpretation of the iconic demon medallion from the band’s 1990 debut LP.
Picking up where the band left off with their X-mas gift, “Sever the Tongue” is a decadent brand of brutality, with barrages of technical riffing and an unrelenting torrent of guttural heresy from Benton. The David Brodsky-helmed music video is gorey and equally blasphemous — tongues are indeed severed — so view it with discretion.
“I’ve been sitting in a dark corner for several years now,” Benton revealed in the album announcement.
After teasing the album with a Christmas surprise in the form of the festive lead single “Bury the Cross…with Your Christ”, frontman Glen Benton and company have unveiled the full info on Banished by Sin, which runs 12 tracks and is adorned with an interpretation of the iconic demon medallion from the band’s 1990 debut LP.
Picking up where the band left off with their X-mas gift, “Sever the Tongue” is a decadent brand of brutality, with barrages of technical riffing and an unrelenting torrent of guttural heresy from Benton. The David Brodsky-helmed music video is gorey and equally blasphemous — tongues are indeed severed — so view it with discretion.
“I’ve been sitting in a dark corner for several years now,” Benton revealed in the album announcement.
- 2/14/2024
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Deicide have given fans a blasphemous Christmas gift in the form of their new song “Bury the Cross…with Your Christ” and its gory Nsfw video.
A proper holiday music palette cleanser, the track is a three-and-a-half-minute beatdown in the old-school death metal style. Suffocating rhythms and Glen Benton’s guttural vocals create a torrent of barbarous mayhem that only relents for a quick-hitting guitar solo and thrash breakdown.
Since the band’s inception, Benton has used Deicide as a vehicle for overtly anti-Christian beliefs and symbolism, and the decision to release a blasphemous song on Christmas fits his M.O. The song’s David Brodsky-directed video is equally extreme, depicting the members of the band gorging on the body of Christ in an utterly twisted rendering of the Last Supper.
“Welcome to the Feast of Fools and bow before your lord almighty the end is upon us …bury the cross,...
A proper holiday music palette cleanser, the track is a three-and-a-half-minute beatdown in the old-school death metal style. Suffocating rhythms and Glen Benton’s guttural vocals create a torrent of barbarous mayhem that only relents for a quick-hitting guitar solo and thrash breakdown.
Since the band’s inception, Benton has used Deicide as a vehicle for overtly anti-Christian beliefs and symbolism, and the decision to release a blasphemous song on Christmas fits his M.O. The song’s David Brodsky-directed video is equally extreme, depicting the members of the band gorging on the body of Christ in an utterly twisted rendering of the Last Supper.
“Welcome to the Feast of Fools and bow before your lord almighty the end is upon us …bury the cross,...
- 12/26/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Job for a Cowboy have announced their fist new album in nearly 10 years, Moon Healer, arriving February 23rd via Metal Blade Records. The LP’s closing track, “The Forever Rot,” can be streamed now.
Following a long hiatus, the technical death metal act recently returned with the single “The Agony Seeping Storm,” marking the group’s first new material since 2014’s Sun Eater (and nabbing our Heavy Song of the Week honor in the process).
Like that song, “The Forever Rot” is a winding piece with serious compositional might. The prog factor is upped quite a bit compared to the first single, with riffs connecting to one another in a semi-linear fashion. The band displays a keen sense of dynamics as it traverses these dense passages of guitar, and Jonny Davy’s vocals cut through all the while.
“On Moon Healer, we explore a concept centered around a close friend...
Following a long hiatus, the technical death metal act recently returned with the single “The Agony Seeping Storm,” marking the group’s first new material since 2014’s Sun Eater (and nabbing our Heavy Song of the Week honor in the process).
Like that song, “The Forever Rot” is a winding piece with serious compositional might. The prog factor is upped quite a bit compared to the first single, with riffs connecting to one another in a semi-linear fashion. The band displays a keen sense of dynamics as it traverses these dense passages of guitar, and Jonny Davy’s vocals cut through all the while.
“On Moon Healer, we explore a concept centered around a close friend...
- 10/25/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
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