Artist: DEICIDE
Album: ONCE UPON THE CROSS VINYL (LP)

Release date: 1995
EAN/UPS: 4024572491062
Media type: LP

Musically, "Once Upon The Cross" is a smashing album with wondrous guitars and very fast drumming. (Something really interesting to be mentioned is that the speed of the songs is slower in the album compared to the speed they play them live. This happens because at first, the album's length Deicide had recorded , was only 22 minutes -insufficient duration for an album- so they had to play the songs slower to reach a 30 minutes target). The songs are very well-written and short as Raw Death metal should be. Glen Benton growls anti-Christian lyrics with more hate than ever. This guy must be the most rabid singer in the whole metal scene! The word "vice" is perfect to describe the feeling provoked when you listen to his violent screams.

SIDE A:

01. ONCE UPON THE CROSS
02. CHRIST DENIED
03. WHEN SATAN RULES HIS WORLD
04. KILL THE CHRISTIAN
05. TRICK OR BETRAYED

SIDE B:

06. THEY ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE UNDERWORLD
07. BEHIND THE LIGHT THOU SHALL RISE
08. TO BE DEAD
09. CONFESSIONAL RAPE