Amon: Feasting the Beast

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Amon: Feasting the Beast
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Compilation album by
Released1993 (1993)
RecordedAugust 1987 – August 1992
Genre Death metal
Length29:47
Label Roadrunner
Producer Deicide
Deicide chronology
Legion
(1992)
Amon: Feasting the Beast
(1993)
Once upon the Cross
(1995)

Amon: Feasting the Beast is a compilation album by Florida death metal band Deicide. It was released in 1993 by Roadrunner Records. It is a compilation of the two demos the band released when they were called Amon. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics written by Glen Benton, all music written by Deicide.

  1. "Lunatic of God's Creation" – 2:51
  2. "Sacrificial Suicide" – 2:56
  3. "Crucifixation" – 3:49
  4. "Carnage in the Temple of the Damned" – 3:07
  5. "Dead by Dawn" – 4:00
  6. "Blaspherereion" – 4:16
  7. "Feasting the Beast (Intro)" – 0:51
  8. "Sacrificial Suicide" – 2:57
  9. "Day of Darkness" – 2:12
  10. "Oblivious to Nothing" – 2:48

Personnel

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References

  1. "Deicide - Amon: Feasting the Beast - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives".
  2. "Amon: Feasting the Beast - Deicide | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .