Editing Deicide (band) (section)

==Musical style and legacy==
Deicide has been called "[[Florida]]'s most notorious and despised [[death metal]] export."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo|date=2018-11-01 |title=11 Florida Death Metal Albums You Need |url=https://loudwire.com/11-florida-death-metal-albums-you-need/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Loudwire |language=en}}</ref> The band's first three studio albums -- ''[[Deicide (album)|Deicide]]'', ''[[Legion (Deicide album)|Legion]]'' and ''[[Once upon the Cross|Once Upon the Cross]]'' -- are considered classics in the [[death metal]] genre. Dom Lawson of [[Metal Hammer]] wrote, "in terms of defining the sound of [[Floridian death metal]] in the early 90s, few bands are either as iconic or as notorious." Despite this, frontman [[Glen Benton]] prefers not to use the "death metal" terminology. Greg Prato of [[Allmusic|AllMusic]] loosely referred to Deicide as [[blackened death metal]].<ref>{{Citation |title=The Stench of Redemption - Deicide {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-stench-of-redemption-mw0000772576 |access-date=2024-10-11 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Lawsonpublished">{{Cite web |last=Lawsonpublished |first=Dom |date=2020-04-03 |title=The Top 10 Metal Bands From Florida |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-10-metal-bands-from-florida |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=louder |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=DEICIDE Interview: Glen The Poop Stick Man |url=https://metalnation.com/deicide-interview-glen-the-poop-stick-man/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Metal Nation |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Helyespublished |first=Perran |date=2024-06-22 |title="I was 22 when I burned an inverted cross into my forehead." Death metal icon Glen Benton talks blasphemy, fatherhood and the night a Deicide gig got bombed |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/glen-benton-talks-blasphemy-fatherhood-and-the-night-a-deicide-gig-got-bombed |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=louder |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Deicide - Biography |url=https://metalstorm.net/bands/biography.php?band_id=84&bandname=Deicide |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Metal Storm |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Hartmann"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Deicide Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More {{!}} A... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/deicide-mn0000194008 |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Deicide">[http://www.mourningtheancient.com/deicide.htm Deicide<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Additionally, Deicide's albums following their debut album have been called [[brutal death metal]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-20 |title=The 15 greatest death metal albums of the '90s |url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-15-greatest-death-metal-albums-of-the-90s |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=Kerrang! |language=en |quote=Though Deicide’s later albums cemented their sound into what we now consider brutal death metal, it was the unhinged satanic rancor of their debut that made them a force to be reckoned with.}}</ref> 

Music journalist T Coles assessed, "though few would accuse Deicide of having [[pop music|pop]] sensibilities, there was something fun and catchy about them. This is in part thanks to Glen Benton's vocals; individual words are barked out, retaining the evil vibe, and the [[staccato]] delivery builds tension before breaking it back down with chaotic [[guitar solo]]s."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Coles |first1=T |title=Death Metal |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |pages=55}}</ref> Benton's high shrieks have drawn comparisons to [[black metal]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-08-16 |title=Deicide - The Stench Of Redemption Review |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/deicide.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816055435/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/deicide.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-08-16 |access-date=2025-01-04 }}</ref> Both the Hoffman brothers tended to play technical solos at fast speeds and with overlapping [[riffs]], which allowed Deicide to achieve the definitive heavy sound and complex song structures the band would become known for. Their [[Tone (musical instrument)#Amplified instruments|guitar tone]] preferences heard on early Deicide releases have been noted for their extreme [[high frequency]]. According to Zeke Ferrington of [[Gear Gods]], "It sounds like they plugged their [[Guitar pedals|pedals]] into a BBE [[Signal processing|Sonic Maximizer]], then straight into the [<nowiki/>[[mixing desk]]] with a HPF at 800hz and an upper [[Audio frequency|mid]] boost."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ferrington |first=Zeke |date=2016-11-18 |title=The Best "Worst" Distortion Tones Ever – Great Death Metal with Disgusting Distortion |url=https://geargods.net/editorials/great-death-metal-disgusting-distortion/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Gear Gods |language=en-US}}</ref>

Deicide's songs have been described as "[[Misanthropy|misanthropic]] odes to [[Satan]]."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deicide │ Exclaim! |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/deicide-scars_of_crucifix |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=Deicide │ Exclaim! |language=en}}</ref> The band's lyrics explore vehement [[anti-Christian]] themes, as well as themes of [[blasphemy]], [[Satanism]], [[suicide]], [[human sacrifice]], [[deicide]], and [[hell]]. Some of the band's song titles include "Death to Jesus", "Fuck Your God", "Kill the Christian", "Behead the Prophet", "Scars of the Crucifix", and "Christ Don't Care". Despite this, drummer [[Steve Asheim]] has denied belief in Satan or any other [[fire deity]], explaining: "The whole point of Satanic music is to blaspheme against the [[Christian Church|Church]] [...] Life is short enough without having to waste it doing this whole organized [[Prayer|praying]], hoping, wishing-type thing on some [[God|superior being]]."<ref>{{cite news |date=December 1, 2006 |title=Death-metal gods Deicide are the yin to Barry Manilow's yang. |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/gig-reviews/what-the-devil/2006/11/30/1164777708385.html |access-date=May 17, 2008 |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref>

According to Benton, Deicide was initially influenced by [[extreme metal]] acts such as [[Venom (band)|Venom]], [[Possessed (band)|Possessed]] and [[Death (metal band)|Death]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2xJNoXxgQc |title=DEICIDE {{!}} Glen Benton {{!}} Garza Podcast 42 |date=2022-08-22 |last=Garza Podcast |access-date=2025-02-04 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Original guitarist Eric Hoffman was introduced to extreme metal by his brother Brian while the two were in high school. Eric recalled: "My brother came into my room and showed me some Bathory and Sodom and some Slayer, and I was like, 'what the fuck is this shit?!' I got into it. Eric, who was slightly older than his brother, was also influenced by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and [[Yngwie Malmsteen]]. Brian stated that he was influenced by "anything satanic, basically. Anything fucking evil. [...] Anything crazy."<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83sOty2icAU |title=Deicide - Behind the Scars (Official Full Documentary) |date=2012-10-09 |last=Earache Records |access-date=2025-05-12 |via=YouTube}}</ref>