Glen Benton Says New Deicide Music Will Be Proggy and ‘Really Anthem Style’
If you were to describe Deicide‘s musical style, would “progressive” and “anthemic” come to mind? Probably not. However, that’s how Deicide bassist and vocalist Gren Benton described the new music being written for the band’s followup to Overtures of Blasphemy while on The Garza Podcast.
“The new stuff that we’re writing now is really anthem-style stuff. It’s really good, man. There’s a lot of prog stuff in there, mixed in there. Steve’s [Asheim, drums] our prog guy, man; he’s the progressive rock guy. He likes to write those really black metal riffs and the progressive stuff. He’s an amazing talent, man. He plays piano. He can play sweeps on guitar. He’s a drummer. Yeah, he can do it all.”
Benson says the new music was “written last year,” before the band agreed to go on a 30th anniversary tour for Legion. Today, however, he said the band is chomping at the bit to get the new record recorded and out to the fans.
“We’re getting ready to hammer this deal out right now and get this thing out.”
While fans are waiting for the new material, they can get their hands on a piece of seriously kick ass Deicide history. We’ve teamed up with Gimme Metal to offer preorders for the MetalSucks exclusive cool blue variant of The Roadrunner Years. This nine LP box set features some never before released vinyl pressings, including In Torment In Hell, Insineratehymn, and When Satan Lives.
This obscenely huge special edition box set, pictured below, is available only through our collaboration with Gimme Metal and is limited to just 300 units. This cinder block of aural punishment will release on February 17, 2023 and can be yours for $199.99 at our brand new webstore.
Deicide has been out on the road with Kataklysm and Inhuman Condition. Catch them in person at one of the dates below.
8/23 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall
8/24 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
8/25 Minneapolis, MN The Cabooze
8/26 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
8/27 Columbus, OH King of Clubs
8/28 Indianapolis, IN Irving Theater
8/29 Pontiac, MI Crofoot Ballroom
8/30 Cleveland, OH Odeon Concert Club
8/31 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
9/1 Quebec City, QC Impérial Bell
9/2 Montreal, QC Théâtre Corona
9/3 Hartford, CT Webster Theater
9/4 New York NY Gramercy Theater
9/6 Reading, PA Reverb
9/7 Richmond, VA Canal Club
9/8 Greensboro, NC The Blind Tiger
9/9 Atlanta, GA Center Stage
9/10 Tampa, FL The Orpheum
