''Scars of the Crucifix'' is the seventh studio album by American

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band

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. It was released on February 23, 2004, Deicide's first album on the band's new label

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. The track "Scars of the Crucifix" spawned Deicide's first ever

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, filmed in

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. This is the final Deicide album to feature the band's full original lineup, as the Hoffman brothers would both depart shortly after this album—ending their 17-year tenure with the group. The closing track, "The Pentecostal", is followed by a hidden untitled bonus track with drummer/composer

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playing a

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solo. On July 11, 2006, ''

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'' reported that Deicide received a Silver Disc from the independent music trade body Impala for their sales in Europe. The song "Fuck Your God" was used heavily as a torture method for detainees in Iraq by being piped into their bunks to induce sleep deprivation."How US interrogators use music as a tool of torture", The Guardian, June 19, 2008
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Track listing

Personnel

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– bass, vocals *Eric Hoffman – guitars *Brian Hoffman – guitars *

– drums, piano (at end of "The Pentecostal") *

Neil Kernon Neil Kernon is an English musician, record producer, mixer and recording engineer from London. He is a Grammy Award winner and has worked on over 100 Gold and Platinum records. Biography Born to a musical family, Kernon's formal musical trai ...

– production

References

{{Authority control Deicide (band) albums 2004 albums Earache Records albums Albums produced by Neil Kernon