According to an official press release, the most infamous blasphemers in heavy metal history, Deicide, are set to release their long-awaited new album To Hell With God on February 21st, 2011 in Europe (February 15th, 2011 in the US). This smouldering heap of brutality will certainly find itself at the forefront of much backlash due to its themes but critics will not be able to deny the sheer brilliance of a band that has once again redefined the face of death metal.

To Hell With God cover artwork was created by Alesandr "Kwaadnar" Balinets and Eugene "jOnny" Postehaylo, of GrimTwins.com.

Deicide is also set to embark on a trail of destruction in support of the new album. First up is the God Is Dead - To Hell With God US tour kicking off February 15th, 2011 and featuring support from Belphegor, Blackguard, Neuraxis and Pathology. European tour dates will be announced soon.

To Hell With God cover art] tracklist:

01. Save Your
02. Empowered By Blasphemy
03. Conviction
04. Hang In Agony Until You're Dead
05. To Hell With God
06. Servant Of The Enemy
07. Witness Of Death
08. Angels In Hell
09. Into The Darkness You Go
10. How Can You Call Yourself A God

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Source:	centurymedia.com
Band profile:	Deicide

The scheduled October Australian/New Zealand tour of Florida death metallers Deicide has unfortunately been cancelled. Soundworks Touring & Deicide deeply apologise for any inconveniences and disappointments to fans. In a statement released by lead man Glen Benton: "We are currently working on the new album and will be recording during the time frame of said tour... on behalf of the band and myself we are sorry for any inconvenience and will reschedule the tour for another time frame as soon as we can."

Purchased tickets can be returned from point of purchase for a full refund.

The Australian/New Zealand tour, set to take place in April 2009, was announced at the end of December 2008. In March, the scheduled April Australian/New Zealand tour were first postponed and later rescheduled to October.

Source:	killyourstereo.com
Band profile:	Deicide
Event:	Deicide: Australian/New Zealand Tour [CANCELLED]

Official press release

Twenty years ago, an underground cult movement surfaced in Tampa, Florida that revolutionized the metal world. The pioneers of this burgeoning scene, Deicide, are still striking fear into hearts of the masses to this day. Century Media Records are extremely proud to announce a worldwide deal with Deicide, one of the founding fathers of death metal. The group stands strong to this day as one of the most influential and controversial bands ever. With a relentlessly brutal sound and uncompromisingly blasphemous lyrics, Deicide helped set the standards for extreme metal and have maintained those standards ever since.

Deicide led by original members Glen Benton (vocals, bass) and Steve Asheim (drums) have been busy at Audiohammer Studios with Mark Lewis (The Black Dahlia Murder, Chimaira) and are looking at a summer '09 release. The group have reunited with legendary guitarists Jack Owen (ex-Cannibal Corpse) and Ralph Santolla (Obituary, ex-Iced Earth, Death) and will embark on a two-week European tour this week. Feel free to visit the band's official MySpace page to view their complete itinerary.

Benton states: "I want to say it is an honor to be an official CM artist. I look forward to working with the fine folks at CM and providing them with our style of metal. I can ensure you that what surfaces will definitely be nothing less than a total bash-your-face-in-from-start-to-finish, bastardpiece. HAIL SATAN!!!!"

Asheim further comments: "I'm happy to be a part of the CM family and look forward to working with them. The new Deicide material in the works should be a good way to kick off the new deal. It's a totally sick new record with a totally sick new label, but the same ol' sick Deicide. See you all in 2009 and hold onto your balls!"

Owen adds: "It is an honor and a pleasure to sign with one of the most established metal labels on the planet. Century Media's track record speaks for itself, and we can't wait to unleash this beast of a new Deicide album through the mighty CM! Many thanks to Kevin Astl and Steve Joh for their long hours bringing this deal to full fruition!"

Deicide released their groundbreaking self-titled debut in 1990. Recorded at Tampa's Morrisound Studio (the legendary studio where the band would go on to record all its albums), the vicious debut would soon be hailed as one of the "Top 100 Metal Albums of the 90's" by England's metal authority, Terrorizer Magazine. In 1992, Deicide followed up their debut with "Legion", which was an instant success, further establishing their furious musical intensity and vengeful anti-Christian stance. This landmark extreme metal release secured their place at the forefront of the American death metal scene as they rapidly earned a reputation for controversy.

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Deicide

Deicide, Samael, Vader, Devian, Zonaria and guests will appear on our new festival called "Winterfest 2009". Long awaited Deicide's tour in Europe with their charismatic leader Glen Benton handling bass/vocals duties soon will become a reality! That will be also the first opportunity to watch the band on live, performing songs from their latest album "Till Death Do Us Part" (Earache Records) as well as band's classics. Deicide's special guests on that tour will be two well known acts: Samael and Vader! For Vader that will be the first tour in their new line-up- expect death metal hell! The package features also two newcomers from Century Media roster - Devian and Zonaria, both bands will hit the road to promote their newest offerings: "God To The Illfated" and "The Cancer Empire". The tour consisted of 15 shows starts on January 8 and will last until January 22.

The tour schedule is as follows. A flyer of the event can be found here.
More details will follow soon.

08.01.2009 HOL Tilburg / O13
09.01.2009 HOL Haarlem / Patronaat
10.01.2009 BEL Vosselaar / Biebob
11.01.2009 FR Paris / Locomotive
12.01.2009 FR Lyon / CCO Villeurbane
13.01.2009 LU Esch/Alzette / Rockhal
14.01.2009 GER Stuttgart / Ika-Longhorn
15.01.2009 GER Frankfurt / Batschkapp
16.01.2009 GER Bochum / Matrix
17.01.2009 CH Erstfeld / Transilvania Live
18.01.2009 ITA Milan / Rolling Stone
19.01.2009 A Worgl / Komma
20.01.2009 SK Bratislava / DK Dubravka
21.01.2009 POL Katowice / Mega Club
22.01.2009 POL Warsaw / Progresja

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Source:	massive-music.pl
Band profile:	Deicide
Event:	Deicide: Winterfest 2009 Tour

In a statement sent today to the Earache REcords offices, Glen Benton gives an update on his whereabouts and future plans for Deicide:

"It is with great pleasure to announce that I will be performing with Deicide once again after a 14 month absence and that my legal issues that have prevented myself from performing have been resolved. Without going into great detail about my personal life, because I am a person who prefers his privacy. I wish to extend my apologies to the promoters and to my business associates who may have been inconvenienced.

I look forward to rejoining Steve, Jack and Ralph on stage, and I would like to announce that we are presently booking exclusive dates or the United States and Europe for 2008 in support of "Till Death Do Us Part". I will be performing exclusive dates in major markets and festival dates only as to accommodate my parental responsibilities.

The U.S. tour package will consist of Adrift from Tampa, Florida and Malevolent Creation in support of Deicide, with Malevolent supporting us on the Europe run as well. I would like to extend a thank you to my family, friends, and fans, and to everyone involved on the front lines and behind the scenes that supported me through this process."

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Source:	earachenews.blogspot.com
Band profile:	Deicide

The upcoming new Deicide album, "Till Death Do Us Part", has been made available for streaming online over at the band's MySpace page.

The album will be released in the U.S. on May 13th via Earache Records. The album was released in Europe on 28 April 2008 already.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Deicide

The title track of the new Deicide album "Till Death Do Us Part", is available for streaming on the band's official MySpace.

In related news, Deicide's forthcoming new album "Till Death Do Us Part", will include a limited edition version vinyl. 1500 copies total will be produced in the following colors:

Red Vinyl (Limited to 500 copies)
Blue Vinyl (Limited to 400 copies)
Green Vinyl (Limited to 300 copies)
Clear Vinyl (Limited to 200 copies)
Gold Vinyl (Limited to 100 copies)

"Till Death Do Us Part" will be released on April 28 in Europe and May 13 in the U.S. via Earache Records.

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Band profile:	Deicide

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."

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Deicide

A new Deicide song entitled "In The Eyes Of God" has been made available online at the band's official MySpace. The track comes off the forthcoming new album "Till Death Do Us Part", which is due on May 13th via Earache Records.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Deicide

Official Earache Records press release:

Veteran guitarist, Ralph Santolla has rejoined Deicide and is currently hard at work recording his guitar parts for Deicide's 2008 release, "Till Death Do Us Part" at Morrisound Studios in Florida.

Deicide had previously parted ways with Ralph Santolla back in May of this year. Over the course of the following months, he would spend the summer touring with Obituary and pushing his talent as far as it could go. When he was asked to rejoin Deicide in time for the recording of "Till Death Do Us Part", Santolla came back to the fold as a man possessed and he had come back, literally better than ever before.

While there will inevitably be naysayers who doubt the decision, Deicide drummer, Steve Asheim insists that Ralph Santolla's return will only strengthen the maniacal musical landscape that Deicide is known for. "Ralph is really reaching towards the very depths of his abilities to come up with something completely fresh and challenging."

Even those outside of the band have given nothing but positive feedback on Ralph Santolla's progress during the recording sessions. "Jim Morris came and told me that Ralph has been coming up with some of the greatest metal riffs and licks that he's ever heard;" says Asheim. "Ralph's really pushing his abilities to the limit, coming up with things that he's never been able to do before."

View some recent shots of Ralph Santolla recording his guitar parts at Morrisound Studios in Florida:

| Pic 1 | Pic 2 | Pic 3 |

"Till Death Do Us Part" will be released in early 2008.

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Source:	earachenews.blogspot.com
Band profile:	Deicide

Deicide and Ralph Santolla have mutually parted ways. A skilled guitarist, Santolla will be wished well in his future endeavors. Deicide will continue on with their new guitarist who will be named at a later date.

Deicide's latest live DVD release, 'Doomsday L.A.' is in stores now and available on Earache.com

Source:	deicide.com
Band profile:	Deicide

Several video clips of Deicide performing at the 1991 Milwaukee Metalfestival have been posted online at YouTube.
Click the following links to check them out:

Dead By Dawn (click)
Sacrificial Suicide (click)
Lunatic Of God's Creation (click)
Deicide (click)
Holy Deception (click)

Another live video for the song 'Desecration', off the latest album "The Stench Of Redemption", has been put available at this location.

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Source:	bravewords.com
Band profile:	Deicide

Deicide's video for the song "Desecration" has been posted online at Earache.com and YouTube.com.
The track comes off the Florida-based death metallers' latest CD, "The Stench of Redemption", which was released in August via Earache Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Scars of the Crucifix" was recorded at Morrisound in Tampa, Florida and marks the first recording with the new Deicide lineup following the departure of the Hoffman brothers.

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Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Deicide

Death Metallers Deicide will be releasing another live DVD early next year. The DVD was filmed on November 10, 2006 at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles and will be called 'Doomsday in L.A.'. The bonus material will include exclusive interviews and promo videos, including the recent 'Homage For Satan' clip.

Here is the tracklist for the DVD:

01. Intro
02. Dead By Dawn
03. Once Upon The Cross
04. Scars Of The Crucifix
05. The Stench Of Redemption
06. Death To Jesus
07. When Satan Rules His World
08. Serpents Of The Light
09. They Are The Children Of The Underworld
10. Desecration
11. Bastards Of Christ
12. Dead But Dreaming
13. Trifixion
14. When Heaven Burns
15. Walk With the Devil In Dreams You Behold
16. Homage For Satan
17. Kill The Christian
18. Sacrificial Suicide

Doomsday In L.A. will be released on the 22nd January, 2007 everywhere except for in the USA where it will be released in February, 2007.

Source:	deicide.com
Band profile:	Deicide

Official press release:

In an unexplained act of vandalism on November 8th at The Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana, California, Deicide fell victim to vandalism of their personal property. During Deicide's set a member of the opening band, California black metal outfit Amon Isis, vandalized Deicide'S prep room - subsequently damaging the band's personal property as well as the club's property. Deicide will be following up with legal action against this individual, as will the management of The Galaxy Theater. Soldiering on, Deicide will be wrapping up the U.S. end of the tour with Desolation and entering the Mexican leg of the tour in late-November.

UPDATE:
The Gauntlet has received the following statement from Amon Isis:

"To whom it may Concern,

We would like top take the time to clarify and apologize for any misunderstandings that took place on November 8th, 2006 at the Galaxy Theatre this past Wednesday.

There have been rumors and mixed up stories of Amon Isis vandalizing Deicide and Galaxy Theatre private property. Amon Isis has always, and will continue to respect every band and venue that forms part in our performances. Unfortunately we cannot say the same for crazed fans and pupils, or situations caused by people outside the Amon Isis band members.

It has been brought to our attention that a certain pupil who is an extreme Deicide and Amon Isis fan caused quite a disturbance the night of 11-8-06. After undergoing some serious investigation, Amon Isis has been informed of the series of events that took place that night.

Apparently a Deicide/Amon Isis fan, which had a high level of alcohol in his system, lacked self control and discipline. In the mist of commotion and impaired judgment, mistakes that cannot be taken back were made. Accusations were made that Amon Isis band members were responsible for the vandalism made.

Amon Isis band members never saw first hand the damages that were made. Although such accusations are not true, we wanted to apologize for any damages made by crazed fans that supported Amon Isis that night.

We feel embarrassed for the misunderstanding of this situation, but compelled to clarify the occurrence of this night. Our utter and most sincere apologies go out to Deicide and the Galaxy Theatre for any inconveniences caused by this misunderstanding. We have nothing but respect and appreciation for the opportunity given to us to play with such a great band and venue.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

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Source:	bravewords.com
Band profile:	Deicide