Once Upon the Cross

by Deicide

Once Upon the Cross cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 April 1995
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 28:12
  • Community rating: 3.41/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Scott Burns, Brian Hoffman, Steve Asheim, Glen Benton, Eric Hoffman

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Glen Benton's legendary Florida death metal outfit delivered an incredibly tight, relentlessly anti-Christian assault on their third studio album. The incredibly fast-paced, remarkably concise tracks feature fiercely guttural vocal layering and highly precise, devastatingly heavy riffing. The notoriously controversial release faced massive censorship due to its explicitly graphic, autopsy-themed cover art.

Genres

Descriptors: satanism, rhythmic, violence, antireligious

Tracklist

  1. Once Upon The Cross (3:35)
  2. Christ Denied (3:39)
  3. When Satan Rules His World (2:55)
  4. Kill The Christian (2:58)
  5. Trick Or Betrayed (2:24)
  6. They Are The Children Of The Underworld (3:12)
  7. Behind The Light Thou Shall Rise (2:57)
  8. To Be Dead (2:39)
  9. Confessional Rape (3:53)

Credits

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