The Best of Deicide

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The Best of Deicide
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)
Genre Death metal
Length64:24
Label Roadrunner
Deicide chronology
In Torment in Hell
(2001)
The Best of Deicide
(2003)
Scars of the Crucifix
(2004)
Professional ratings
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The Best of Deicide is a compilation album by Florida death metal band Deicide. It is a collection of 20 songs from Deicide's catalogue with Roadrunner Records, the label with whom the band had recently ended its career-long record deal. However, no songs from In Torment in Hell are included on this compilation.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleAlbumLength
1."Dead by Dawn" Deicide 3:55
2."Carnage in the Temple of the Damned"Deicide3:32
3."Lunatic of God's Creation"Deicide2:40
4."Sacrificial Suicide"Deicide2:52
5."Crucifixation"Deicide3:49
6."Satan Spawn, the Caco-Daemon" Legion 4:26
7."Trifixion"Legion2:59
8."In Hell I Burn"Legion4:37
9."Dead but Dreaming"Legion3:13
10."Once upon the Cross" Once upon the Cross 3:34
11."They Are the Children of the Underworld"Once upon the Cross3:09
12."When Satan Rules His World"Once upon the Cross2:53
13."Trick or Betrayed"Once upon the Cross2:25
14."Behind the Light Thou Shall Rise"Once upon the Cross2:59
15."Serpents of the Light" Serpents of the Light 3:03
16."Bastard of Christ"Serpents of the Light2:48
17."Blame It on God"Serpents of the Light2:43
18."This Is Hell We're In"Serpents of the Light2:49
19."Bible Basher" Insineratehymn 2:23
20."Standing in the Flames"Insineratehymn3:33
Total length:64:24

Personnel

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References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "The Best of Deicide - Deicide". AllMusic . Retrieved October 14, 2011.