I still haven't found time to relax from the thunder that hit me when I listened to The Stench Of Redemption (2006) and the Florida based death metallers return with a brand new album full of ten blasphemous compositions that will scare the shit out of Jesus Christ. Even though DEICIDE currently feature a pretty strange line up form and are going through probably the most quiet era of their career since they once were in many magazine covers and popped up everywhere in the Death Metal scene, they deliver one hell of a nice album, which by the way seems more gentle than what they have used us to.

Ok, if you are reading this review and you are a Death Metal fan do NOT expect fro me to introduce this band. I am not going to get into details, since you are obliged to know these Death Metal pioneers. If you are unaware of the name DEICIDE, better go and get yourself a nice radio friendly Pop album and leave this page immediately. Anyway, enough with my bitching. Let's get into the world of blasphemy and leave some things for others that are experts in this scene.

To tell you the truth, even if I am a DEICIDE fan I didn't know that they were about to release a brand new album. I got to know about Till Death Do Us Part only a few days ago, when our really kind publishing director assigned me to this review. I immediately pushed the play button and the instrumental intro hit me like a thunder. The band follows the guaranteed The Stench Of Redemption recipe that perfectly combined their old school brutality with Santolla's incredible melodic approach. After The Beginning Of The End is over, prepare for the holocaust.

The album punches you in your face and leaves you bleeding and begging for mercy. The brutality/melody combination - even if the melody has made a slight retreat - is still here making me believe that the band is making a huge step that may lead them to an uncertain future. Well, I will definitely be one of the people that will support them. DEICIDE are here better than ever mates, and the new version is soooooo fucking amazing!

Even though Santolla left the band and plays just as a session member and some of the guitar parts were written by the band's drummer Steve Asheim, the band is still strong presenting a work that is slightly worse than its predecessor. Musically, the album stands proudly next to classics like Deicide (1990) and Once Upon The Cross (1995). The only difference is that songs like Hate Of All Hatreds, which is a DEICIDE trademark look really good next to melodic assaults like Horror In The Halls Of Stone where you can hear some killer leads. And despite the gloriousness of such an experiment, some things can still go wrong...

To tell you the truth, this is the worst articulation Benton had in DEICIDE's latest albums. In the band's previous works someone could hear what he was saying, but this time I really can't make out the lyrics. Except from Benton's technical problem, I can say that this is the worst cover artwork this band ever featured in a studio album. I mean, get serious! Where are the extreme works we all loved? Last but not least, one thing that really made a bad impression on me was the track listing. I loved DEICIDE for their provoking song titles. When I was younger I was impressed by titles like Bastards Of Christ or Kill The Christian. Just take a look at the titles and tell me what you see. Is Benton too old to Rock & Roll?

What I mentioned above is affecting the rating this album will get, but of course not much. Remember my review on The Stench Of Redemption? Well, do not expect many differences here. It's Death Metal for fuck's sake! Let's not make it too complex. Let's just cleanse our souls from the Easter holidays that just passed us by and listen to something that should be played in the churches when the enemy... resurrects. Surely an album to check out if you are into the whole thing called Death Metal.