DEICIDE MUSIC USED TO TORTURE PEOPLE. SERIOUSLY.

Normally we don’t just cut and paste press releases – there’s already a gajillion other sites that do that, and besides, who gives a fuck – but this one is just too funny not to post:

“DEICIDE SCORES A #1 HIT WITH U.S. TROOPS

Gathered from evidence obtained through various reports, leaked interrogation logs and the accounts of soldiers and detainees, a list of the top 24 songs strategically used on military prisoners in Iraq was recently made public, according to Mother Jones Magazine’s website.

Among a list of such musical luminaries as EMINEM, METALLICA and AC/DC (as well as non-luminary Barney The Dinosaur), was DEICIDE, coming in at number one with the song ‘Fuck Your God’ from 2004’s SCARS OF THE CRUCIFIX.

When word of this info first got to DEICIDE drummer, Steve Asheim,
the only thing he could really say was ‘It’s cool. If we’re upto military standards of audio abuse, it makes me feel like DECIDE’s doing our part for the troops.’ Of course this moment is not the only history that Asheim has with the armed forces. ‘My dad was a marine, as were my uncle and grandfather;’ says the DEICIDE skinsman. ‘I didn’t follow in their footsteps since I was so busy with the band thing, but I’m glad I was eventually able to contribute somehow.’

Some of the tactical circumstances where prisoners may have heard ‘Fuck Your God’ include sleep deprivation and interrogation disorientation. While some may see this information as a shock, other readers of the source article have taken a slightly different view of the situation. Commented one reader of the source article, ‘Honestly, the Barney theme song is more disturbing than DEICIDE’s F**k Your God.’”

Where do we even start with this one? I’m not sure I’d be so quick to take pride in my music being used for actual torture, and since nowhere does it say that Troops listen to these songs for fun, the headline is pretty much a flat-out lie (even more so when you realize that the complete list – which not only includes the aforementioned Barney but also the Meow Mix and Sesame Street theme songs – is ordered semi-randomly, so the fact that Deicide are at the top does not actually make them “#1.”)

But you also have to love Asheim’s idiocy: he didn’t join the marines – a pretty serious fucking committment, I’d imagine – because he “was so busy with the band thing,” but he’s “glad” he could still “contribute somehow.” Yep. Playing drums and being on the front lines during a war are pretty much the same thing, right?

Oh, well. No one ever listened to Deicide for their brains.

-AR