Deicide - Number One Torture Hit In Iraq
The following not everyday blog was posted on Deicide's MySpace page:
"Deicide Music used by US Military to Torture prisoners in Iraq! -- Deicide scores a 1 hit with US 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. [Mother Jones is an independent, left wing, nonprofit magazine rooted in progressive political values and known for its investigative reporting]
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 Deicide'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 "Fuck Your God"."
For more info, including the entire list of songs, go to HERE."
"Deicide Music used by US Military to Torture prisoners in Iraq! -- Deicide scores a 1 hit with US 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. [Mother Jones is an independent, left wing, nonprofit magazine rooted in progressive political values and known for its investigative reporting]
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 Deicide'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 "Fuck Your God"."
For more info, including the entire list of songs, go to HERE."
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| Empty Spaces Unburied At Dusk Posts: 776  |
Written by Lucas on 02.03.2008 at 18:20 I've never heard of Sinthil but I think Stalaggh might make them go insane. (I think I might even go insane if I listened to an entire Stalaggh release!!!!)
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| Rituale_Satanum Posts: 69  |
haha  ...thats funny...XD
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Things like this makes me wish the entire human race was wiped out, so that the world had a chance to start over. How can these numbnuts take pride in torture!? Steve Asheim should be tortured himself. It might be an effective interrogation technique, but it doesn't justify a war started by the power-hungry fascists of the U.S. Government, somebody should throw them over...
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| LeChron James Helvetesfossen Posts: 3561  |
Written by GT on 02.03.2008 at 12:17 theyre deicide. glenn benton has an inverted cross branded on his forehead. they champion everything blasphemous and wrong. it should come as no surprise, granted its a horrible thing. and i'd be fucking pissed if i had to listen to the bee gees for 12 hours in a row.
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| BurbotsRevenge Foetal Butchery Posts: 1602  |
well when u look at Deicide its not surprising really
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| Jason W. Razorbliss Staff Posts: 3523  |
 Just the fact that torturing exists, let alone for these reasons, and the enthusiasm behind it has so many things wrong with it. I can't even begin. I do understand the humor in it all - but understanding it doesn't mean I'm laughing. 
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I feel like torturing those soldiers while listening to Dying Fetus. Fuck them!!
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this really sucks! the army is the greatest shit in this world!! I can't believe this... How are they dare to use metal for this fucking things??? this makes me sick...
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| DrunkenFuck Thrasher! Posts: 455  |
I want to be tortured with Enter Sandman too!! But seriously... I can't believe this stuff, what the *beep* is wrong with that drummer?
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hahah the recent deicide shits is a pain even for the seasoned dm listener...yucky music
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| Darkside Momo Retired Elite Posts: 9087  |
Well well.. Steve Asheim is consistent with his 'fuck humanity' views. OK But : - by supporting torture in Iraq, he supports the views of his government, which are a bunch of christian extremists entrenched in a holy war (and yes, Bush used the whole crusade imagery a few times). So a satanist supports christians who would gladly burn him anyways... - he therefore also admits that the US army see his music as a bunch of noise so horrible that it can only be used as a torture instrument. They have no respect for his music, nor does he, it seems. BTW not all satanism is about being evil and vile, promoting torture, murder, and shit like this. Pathetic.
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Account deleted Written by AnarChrist on 02.03.2008 at 17:45 Deicide standing for their views? What the Fuck?  I wish Deicide vocalist stood up for his views when he said that he would commit suicide when he is 33 years old!! Actually I respect those who sing about torture and condemn at the same time. Singing about something doesn't mean promoting it. You may sing or write about something to condemn it or to use it as a metaphor or whatever.... what Deicide said about the torture thing is just something to promote this childish Satanic image they have. Their vocalist said in one documentary about metal that Satan tells him what to sing. Would you take that seriously? I take all what they say as serious as the suicide thing.
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| Spyroid Rosetta Stoned Posts: 1023  |
Written by Author on 04.03.2008 at 15:20 It's still bizarre to use art (in this case music) as torture.
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Ok, I did say "be those views as cheesy as they are", should've wrote "as cheesy and childish" then. Their pseudosatanism which has nothing to do with real satanism is indeed lame, but at least they kept their image, good for them Is Asheim as much into that type of "satanism" as Benton? I saw him commenting more as a dedicated militarist, I also don't think he automatically supports the goverment, as even if he has those "kvlt satanic" views, he should also be fond of torturing moslems. I think we shpuld all stop bashind Deicide and start bashing Metallica for releasing "St. Anger", which has by now effectively tortured millions more.  AND THEY STILL KEEPS ELLING THAT ALBUM!!! THIS IS FAR MORE WORSE THAN ASHEIM'S REACTION COMEON
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504  |
Written by Darkside Momo on 04.03.2008 at 15:27Don't be a dumbass. From Earth, you're leaping to conclusions sitting at the bottom of the sea on Neptune. Horrible assumptions like these cannot be used as arguments.
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| Talvi Posts: 825  |
I think I'd die if they made me hear Enter Sandman too many times. That's a torture!
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| Piro Posts: 301  |
lol is all I can say.
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| Mosquiller Posts: 188  |
It is not extraordinary! taliban tortured koreans by reciting quran, and more examples... so its kinda 'to compensate evil with evil'! As for satanism, I will not go deeper in this topic, because this is another theme and it would fill books to discuss this. Only one thing here: All those blind followers should think about where satanism is coming from! Right, from the church itself. Here I speak of all those stupid satan-worshippers (Glen Benton, ...). I know that the word "satanism" has thousands of different sides. Some say that they hate religion: Now I ask them: Is satanism not also a kind of religion?? Yes it is! You see, they contradict themselves!
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Written by Syk on 04.03.2008 at 20:05 Oh sure... Explain me why ? Sure, maybe he didn't even think about anything except 'cool, it's more evil'.
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Written by Darkside Momo on 06.03.2008 at 18:05Exactly, you explained part of it already. Now, if your first post was typed another way, either to make a bitter jab out of pure disdain for the band or to inject some humour, I could pass over it. The way you worded it, though, seems like you're just saying your honest thoughts in a normal tone of voice, and so I must explain the rest:Written by Syk on 04.03.2008 at 20:05Oh sure... Explain me why ? Sure, maybe he didn't even think about anything except 'cool, it's more evil'. "- supporting torture in Iraq, he supports the views of his government ... So a satanist supports christians who would gladly burn him anyways... - he therefore also admits that the US army see his music as a bunch of noise so horrible that it can only be used as a torture instrument. They have no respect for his music, nor does he, it seems" That is like saying, "The sky is the same colour as a stream of water. Therefore, I want to drink some sky." There is no admission that his music "can only be used as a torture instrument," nor that he has no respect for his music. It's screamingly obvious that their stuff may be an effective "torture" to Muslims: their lyrics are blasphemous and offensive to any follower of organized religion, and their style of playing (death metal) is naturally "not easy on the ears" for lack of a better phrase - especially for people who have not heard much from the style before. You can't just assume that (ORGANIZED (!)) torture was his/the band's primary reason for recording Scars of the Crucifix. And you just grabbed the aspect of respect out of thin air, like if I were to close this post with MONKEY SPATULA
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| Darkside Momo Retired Elite Posts: 9087 |
Seems there is a misunderstanding... Written by Syk on 07.03.2008 at 00:31 I totally agree about all this (or else it wouldn't be used as torture), but I never implied that torture was the band's goal when they recorded their album. What I meant was : if the US army uses it as torture, it's also because they don't like Deicide's music either, seeing it as noise only good to torture people. That's at least what I suppose, because I think that a Deicide fan wouldn't 'promote' the music of a band he likes for this kind of use. Was I clear enough on this point ? Written by Syk on 07.03.2008 at 00:31 As I said above, for me the US army shows contempt for Deicide's music. Contempt = no respect. Why would he accept that ? Written by Syk on 07.03.2008 at 00:31 It was also that, as the 'Pathetic' at the end of the post showed. BTW, I liked your image of jumping into Neptune's oceans. But they're a bit cold 
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how sad.
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