Editing Deicide (band) (section)

===Roadrunner Records releases (1989–2004)===
{{Main article|Deicide (album)|Legion (album)|Once upon the Cross}}
[[File:Deicide band 016.jpg|right|thumb|Drummer [[Steve Asheim]] is one of the two constant members of Deicide.]]
While still under the name Carnage, Benton reportedly stormed into [[Roadrunner Records]]' [[A&R]] man [[Monte Conner]]'s office and slammed the demo down on his desk,<ref name="Hartmann">{{Cite web |last=Hartmann |first=Graham |date=2013-06-06 |title=No. 20: Deicide, 'Deicide' – Best Debut Metal Albums |url=https://loudwire.com/deicide-deicide-best-debut-metal-albums/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Loudwire |language=en}}</ref> belting out "sign us, you fucking asshole!" The next day contracts were issued to the band.<ref>Mudrian (2004), as above, p. 162.</ref> This version of events was partially later denied by Benton, who claimed he indeed visited the office but never used profanities.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/deicides_glen_benton_clears_up_some_rumours_about_himself_and_overtures_of_blasphemy | title=Deicide's Glen Benton Clears up Some Rumours About Himself and 'Overtures of Blasphemy' &#124; Exclaim! }}</ref> In 1989 the band's name was changed to Deicide at the request of Roadrunner Records due to multiple other bands already using "Carnage" as a band name.{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

Deicide then released their [[Deicide (album)|self-titled debut album]], also produced by Scott Burns at Morrisound, in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metallian.com/deicide.php |title=Deicide Biography |publisher=metallian.com |date=20 April 2024 |access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref> Their debut featured re-recorded versions of all six of the ''Sacrificial'' tunes that had secured them their record deal. The band did not tour on the album because Glen Benton felt the band was worth more than the monetary offers they were receiving from promoters.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2xJNoXxgQc&t=135s |title=DEICIDE {{!}} Glen Benton {{!}} Garza Podcast 42 |date=2022-08-22 |last=Garza Podcast |access-date=2025-02-03 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

Deicide's second full-length album ''[[Legion (Deicide album)|Legion]]'' was released on June 9, 1992.<ref>{{Citation |title=Legion - Deicide {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/legion-mw0000614503 |access-date=2025-02-03 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1992, Deicide was on tour in Europe with [[Atrocity (band)|Atrocity]] from Germany and [[Gorefest]], a Dutch death metal band. In [[Stockholm]], during the Gorefest set, a bomb was discovered on-stage.<ref>{{cite news |year=2008 |title=Deicide Biography |url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/deicide/artist.jhtml#bio |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424093313/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/deicide/artist.jhtml#bio |archive-date=April 24, 2008 |access-date=May 17, 2008 |publisher=MTV}}</ref> It exploded in the club in which they were playing. The bomb was located to the rear of the stage, behind a heavy, fireproof door. The explosion was big enough to deform the door and blow it off its hinges. Deicide managed to play three songs before the police decided to stop the concert and evacuate the club. At first, Benton blamed that attack on the Norwegian [[black metal]] scene, where Deicide's brand of death metal was despised by some. Many people blamed [[Animal rights movement|animal rights activists]] who were angered at Deicide's lyrical themes of animal sacrifice.<ref>Ekeroth, Daniel (2006). In ''Swedish Death Metal'', Tamara Press, {{ISBN|91-974334-2-X}}, page 274.</ref>

Deicide's third studio album ''[[Once upon the Cross]]'' was released in 1995.<ref>{{Citation |title=Once Upon the Cross - Deicide {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/once-upon-the-cross-mw0000176734 |access-date=2025-05-15 |language=en}}</ref> Benton was quoted in an interview saying: "I think people are taking [the band] more serious[ly], and they're getting scared in that. You know, [the heaviness is] not going away. You know, it's one of the kind of things where [they'll] think 'well, maybe the next record they're gonna fuckin start softening.' I tell everybody man, the only things that get soft are [[butter]] and [[Human feces|shit]], man. We're ''not'' getting soft."<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_gB0tYSLMw |title=Deicide - Interview + Once upon the cross, Australia 1995 |date=2018-03-06 |last=METAL VIDEOS ARCHIVE |access-date=2025-04-02 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

The band's fourth studio album ''[[Serpents of the Light]]'' was released on October 21, 1997.<ref>{{Citation |title=Serpents of the Light - Deicide {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/serpents-of-the-light-mw0000028792 |access-date=2025-05-15 |language=en}}</ref>

The band's first live album, ''[[When Satan Lives]]'', was released on October 20, 1998.<ref>{{Citation |title=When Satan Lives - Deicide {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/when-satan-lives-mw0000043985 |access-date=2025-05-15 |language=en}}</ref>

The band's fifth studio album, ''[[Insineratehymn]]'', was released on June 27, 2000.<ref>{{Citation |title=Insineratehymn - Deicide {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/insineratehymn-mw0000066776 |access-date=2025-05-15 |language=en}}</ref>

Deicide left Roadrunner Records after its sixth studio album, ''[[In Torment in Hell]],'' which was released on July 31, 2001.<ref>{{Citation |title=In Torment, in Hell - Deicide {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-torment-in-hell-mw0000589972 |access-date=2025-05-15 |language=en}}</ref> Glen Benton recalled: "Roadrunner, on a personal level, treated me great. They hated particular two members of the band, but they treated me and Steve great. If I ever needed money, all I’d do was make a phone call and it’s be in my account before six o’clock at night. They helped me through my first divorce, financially. They paid to have my tonsillectomy done around the time of the first album when I couldn’t tour because my tonsils were rotting in my throat."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stewart-Panko |first=Kevin |date=2014-01-02 |title=Starting the New Year Off with a Bang: Random Glen Benton Quotes. |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2014/01/02/starting-the-new-year-off-with-a-bang-random-glen-benton-quotes/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Decibel Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2003, Asheim and the Hoffmans were detained at the Canadian border by authorities due to a misunderstanding, which caused the planned concert in [[Detroit]] to be cancelled. Media reports indicated that they had been incarcerated on drug and weapons charges, however [[Earache Records]] quickly dispelled these rumors. The label made a statement that said: "Deicide were forced to miss their October 21 show in Detroit, Michigan, due to a misunderstanding with officials at the Canadian border. According to frontman Glen Benton who was travelling separately from his three bandmates, Benton arrived at the Detroit venue in time for soundcheck, only to find drummer Steve Asheim and the Hoffman brothers nowhere in sight. It was soon revealed that the tardy parties were being detained by officials at the Canadian border and they would not make it to Detroit in time for the show. The men were held at the border over night and were finally released early the following morning, with no charges against them. Deicide would like to sincerely apologize to all the Detroit fans, and promise to make it up to them soon."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2003-10-24 |title=DEICIDE's Record Label: Canadian Border Incident Was 'A Misunderstanding' |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/deicide-s-record-label-canadian-border-incident-was-a-misunderstanding |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref>