Once Upon the Cross (RSD 2025)

Once Upon the Cross (RSD 2025)From the cover art to the lyrics, death metal legends Deicide didnt give an inch when it came to their uncompromising anti church stance on their 1995 release Once Upon the Cross. In fact, the album included samples from the film The Last Temptation of Christ, which was itself accused of blasphemy. But the band was hardly standing still, as the gobsmacking guitar pyrotechnics of Eric and Brian Hoffman and furious fusillades of bassist vocalist Glen

The album is pressed on two pink-colored LPs in a gatefold jacket with printed inner sleeves and a 12”x 12” insert

” and “Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town” all remain staples in their live shows to this day

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which includes multiple hit singles and landed him on the cover of Billboard

collectors and newcomers alike

Amid the hits on the original record are stencils and outlines for yet more magical music and now this deluxe edition adds a second disc of demos and acoustic versions

A couple minor creases near the spine

recorded on May 11

due on January 14

It has been a decade since the band began as a duo of Ellie Rowsell and Joff Oddie

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Here was the scene of creation of songs from the band’s early Velvetone and SST albums