Death is June -Deicide's " In Torment in Hell"

This one was recorded in four days, and the band was knocking it out to fulfill obligations to Roadrunner Records, who they felt were more invested in bands like Slipknot. The production is just as rough s you might expect from a four-day recording session, though in that way it does bring back some of the charm of the first album. The opening track is not poorly written the drum sound is just a little weak, and the guitar has too much mid-range in it; it was like they were going against the grain of where music was heading with more of a down-tuned feel.

"Christ Don't Care" picks up where the first song left off almsot to a fault. The vocal approach of Benthon on the first few songs is rather uniform; it's just the lower growl with fewer overdubs than we have heard from them. This song does find its groove midway. "Vengeance Will Be Mine," like most of these songs, is a total speed fest. The vocals are better on this one. There is still an unshakeable Slayer influence on some of these riffs. The drum sound effects "Imminent Doom" more than the previous songs, perhaps it's how the cymbals land. But there are some cool riffs here and there, and the song doesn't totally suck, but in the album's first act, it's the most like filler so far. 

"Child of God" opens the song at peak blasting, returning to the formula they used on the previous album, before they begin recycling riffs from the first album. It would work well if there were not the feeling that you had heard them do this before. The thrashing motion of "Let it Be Done' actually works pretty well for them. There is a mroe deliberate pace to 'Worry in the House of Thieves"; this breaks them from the formula that has been in place for a couple of albums now. The last song also breaks the formula, though it chugs along a more Slayer-like path. I will give this a 9, it's better than you expect from what was supposed to be a throw away album. 

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