Glen Benton doesn’t just spit blasphemy—he rewrites Scripture with blast beats. In “Conquered by Sodom,” Deicide torches Catholic hypocrisy from within the biblical frame, turning fire and brimstone on the so-called moral elite. #Deicide #DeathMetal #CatholicChurch #Sodom #ReligiousCritique #MetalLyrics #GlenBenton #ScarsOfTheCrucifix
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Blast Beat Exegesis: Glen Benton’s Conquered by Sodom as Biblical Satire

Add “Conquered by Sodom” (2004) to “The Pentecostal,” and Deicide was officially on a roll in Scars of the Crucifix. In this song, frontman/lyricist Glen Benton draws an analogy between Sodom and t…

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“The Pentecostal” isn’t just another blasphemous tantrum — it’s a rare moment of clarity where Deicide turns its fury toward something concrete: Pentecostal mind control, spectacle worship, and the slow zombification of American faith.
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https://songreading.wordpress.com/2024/12/30/the-pentecostal/
Blasphemy with Coordinates: On the Strange Clarity of Deicide’s ‘The Pentecostal’

“The Pentecostal” (2004) might be the Deicide song I’ve been waiting to hear since I first clocked Glen Benton’s act as occasionally more than just a Satanic shock-jock routine. While I can’t…

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Glen Benton’s Once Upon the Cross tries to blaspheme but ends up parroting theology it clearly doesn’t understand. A case study in how ignorance of your subject can turn mockery into accidental affirmation.
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https://songreading.wordpress.com/2024/11/14/once-upon-the-cross/
How Not to Blaspheme: Deicide’s “Once Upon the Cross”

In Once Upon the Cross (1995), Glen Benton once again proves that you can’t blaspheme what you don’t understand. In trying to desecrate Christianity, he accidentally upholds it, demonstrating that …

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El especial carisma de Glen Benton en Deicide

La banda estadounidense destaca por su Death Metal brutal, sus shows salvajes y por el liderazgo del histórico y polémico Glen Benton, quien fundó la banda en 1987, pero que tomó su nombre final en 1989: Deicide, la muerte de Dios en latín. Deicide ha despachado discos fenomenales, que han sido top de ventas en […]

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Glen Benton of Deicide Hates Paid Meet and Greets and Charging for Autographs
Maybe they can have AI handle the fan meet-and-greets for them like they do their album covers.

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Glen Benton of Deicide Hates Paid Meet and Greets and Charging for Autographs

In a recent interview, Glen Benton of Deicide explained why he hates charging for autographs and doing paid meet-and-greets.

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DEICIDE's GLEN BENTON: 'The Internet Has Made The World A Really Stupid Place'
In a new interview with Sense Music Media, Glen Benton of Florida death metal veterans DEICIDE addressed the fact that social media is often blamed for exacerbating incivility and partisan polarization around the world. He said: "I think the Internet has fucking...

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DEICIDE's GLEN BENTON: 'The Internet Has Made The World A Really Stupid Place'

In a new interview with Sense Music Media, Glen Benton of Florida death metal veterans DEICIDE addressed the fact that social media is often blamed for exacerbating incivility and partisan polarization around the world. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I think the Internet has fucking...

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