Mr Benton & company are back with the latest serving of death metal like no other; if you thought The Stench of Redemption was a hard act to top, Till Death Do Us Part sits above its predecessor.A shocking realization when I received this CD- there were no signature Deicide pentagram or inverted crosses to be found on the album sleeves. What we get is an inlay of classical paintings reprinted with permission, of course. Taking great strides in this release is also the involvement of drummer, Steve Ashiem, in guitar works. Unknown to the masses, much of Deicide's great tunes were indeed penned by him. Ralph Santola is currently the band's interim member but contributed significantly in this release.
What you get here is the typical cookie-monster like vocal serving of death metal but if you know the band by now, the music speaks. Heard in this release are restrained passages which made the song structures very palatable &, dare I say it, melodic. It seems that Santola has notched a mark up in terms of guitar technicalities as well. The band also showed the world that they can serve instrumentals very tastefully (opening track is a vocal-free number).
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