Death is June-Deicide's "Till Death Do Us Part"

 This album finds the drummer's move into the producer chair for this albun, paying off. It sounds better than the bulk of their albums.  It also opens into a darker, more melodic manner. They were taking notes on which direction Slayer headed. Weird for them to have an instrumental, but there it went. Glen's approach to the higher demons' voices is more tortured on the title track. "Hate of All Hatreds' is the blast fest you might expect from a song titled that. It feels much more like Cannibal Corpse than they did on the last album. It races by in the blur; they continue to chase on "In the Eyes of God," though the verse finds them digging in harder and more purposefully. That works better for me as it sounds less rushed. 

"Worthless Misery" is a great description of the song, as it's the worst offender yet when it comes to rushing a song. To his credit as a drummer, Steve dialed in the guitar tones, as you are not going to find many meaner. There is a more predictable chug to 'Severed Ties," but it works better than many of the songs so far. The more thrashing "Not as Long as We Both Shall Live" is not as speed-infested as some songs, but maintains a tension aided by the flow of double bass.

 They return to the more rapid-fire approach on "Angel of Agony"; it's largely forgettable. They start off doing ok on "Horror in the Halls of Stone" then get lost when things speed up. When it comes to stacking up against their other work, it's not the worst, but it's also not the best, though better than other bands who do this sort of thing. I will give it an 8.

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