Deicide isn’t as good as those bands. And lunatic of God’s creation and crucifixation are great, but are both better on the demo than the album, even production wise. The album is extremely flat sounding whereas the demo is full of energy. Also the vocals aren’t hilariously overdone like they are on the album… They are more like legion. The production is a little like a rougher sounding legion as well.
I also think the guitar tone is more interesting but the vocals are still weak for me save for the effects they add to Benton’s vocals but never have I really given props to anyone who didn’t use their natural voice for the entirety of the album. I definitely respect people like Martin Van Drunen, Nocturno Culto and Ross Dolan who would have shredded their vocal cords but risked it to finish their respective albums before changing styles.