The winner of last week’s Who Rocks Harder was Pantera, who beat Slayer by an overwhelming majority.This week, we’ve got a more theological contest — a battle of good and evil that’s demonstrates the full range of independent metal. The first band is As I Lay Dying, the Christian metal group that won the “Ultimate Metal God” award in MTV2’s All That Rocks contest in 2006. They’re up against Deicide, the pioneering death metal band whose frontman, Glen Benton, deplores Christianity and once branded an inverted cross in his forehead.

The videos are As I Lay Dying’s “Nothing Left” (shown above) which was directed by Brian Thompson and Deicide’s “Homage For Satan” (displayed below), directed by Alfred Tomaszewski and Matthew Stawski. Place your votes in the comment box below or burn in hell for all eternity. Remember, judge by band, not by video. Also, watch Deicide’s “Homage for Satan” again on this weekend’s Halloween episode of Headbangers Ball on MTV2.

Comments
  1. Production and album wise,DEICIDE all the way!!!Live though,Glenn could be a little less high…Just sayin’.:)

  2. deicide forever

  3. id have to say deicide is way better then as i lay dying. the solos in homage for satan are nuts. and chris adler is a way better drummer then the dude in AILD

  4. Pfft. Religion is overated… *begins religion rant*

    As I Lay Dying may be good, but Decide makes them eat their own *?@#.

    DE-F*CKING-CIDE FTW!

  5. I like As I lay Dying a ton! They rock so hard!

  6. as i lay dying enough said. there isnt a hard band that has evolved (in a amazing way)as much as they have over just a span of albums they f*cking rule. tim is a beast and jordan is one if not the best drummer in metal

  7. Both bands are great, but Deicide is way heavier.

  8. AS I LAY DYING! ITS AMAZING THAT THEY ARE A CHRISTIAN BAND AND CAN STILL ROCK OUT, IT MAKES ME LIKE THEM MORE. CHRISTIANITY ROCKS!

  9. To AS I Lay Dying is a much better band. You take a good look at there lyrics, u take a good look at there christian life, and u take a good look on how good of musicians they are, Jordan is like one of the greatest metal drummer of all time, AS I Lay Dying sells more records because alot of christian younge people buy their music. I think Christian Metal is getting more popular every here, u have Norma Jean, As I Lay Dying, Demon Hunter, War of Ages, Sinai Beach, Destroy the Runner, Haste the Day, Becoming the Archytype, The Devil Wears Prada. Christian rock is getting really big right now. I myself am a christian and im proud to be part of one. For what God has done for me, AS I LAY Dying is one of my favorite bands and will always be. As I LAY Dying is better than DECIDE. And too me DECIDE is not as good than AS I LAY DYING.

  10. DEICIDE MOTHERFUCKERS!!!! $?$? CHRISTIANS!!! $?$? CHRISTIAN METAL!!! HAIL SATAN!!! $?$? YOU!

  11. AILD is definetly better, but i’m ot much of a death metal fan…AILD is just more my style, and the two bands’ styles are obviously too different from each other to accurately decide which rocks harder….the metalcore fans will vote for AILD and the death metal fans will vote for deicide….

  12. AILD by far.

  13. Deicide!

  14. DEICIDE OF COURSE!

  15. This is so totally unfair! How can secular metal fans take Christian metal seriously if they don’t represent the genres correctly? AILD is traditional metal, whilst Deicide is death metal, and one of the best ones at that. If you want a real “good v. evil” death metal comparison, listen to a Deicide song, then listen to a Sacrificium song, a Christian death metal band. They should do a good vs. evil thrash vote, with Metallica vs. old Living Sacrifice or Megadeth vs. old Tourniquet. That would be good.

  16. Since when is AILD Christian Metalcore??? They are the Metal band everyone needs to know about and they’re a very innovative and continually evolving Metal band that also integrates Thrash and Hardcore. As well as writing about topics that matter to them. Even if that topic is Christ. Deicide has and will continue to rule the Death Metal scene with more intense, soul-snatching, utterly chaotic pieces that are their very essence. I am a huge fan of both groups. I just wish MTV would have pitted each against more similar sounds.

  17. I listen to both death (few) and black (shitload) metal. Big ass fan. However, comparing Deicide to As I Lay Dying is like comparing Emperor to The Devil Wears Prada… It doesn’t work. Death metal vs. metalcore? I am a worshipper of black metal, seen many black hearts in concert. I look down upon metalcore as a trendy excuse for kids to be “metal”. I only listen to true death metal such as Death etc due to it’s technicality. Death metal such as Deicide is just single note riffin Satan homage payin with little technicality. AILD at least comes up with fresh ideas. In this case AILD scrapes by (although it leaves a sour taste in my mouth), however if it was between AILD and Dark Tranquility for example, Dark Tranquility owns.

  18. I am just as big of a fan of AILD as i am of Deicide. But when it comes to who is the more “heavier” of a band Deicide would have to take that. Besides that fact how can you even compare extreme death metal to christian metal-core? they are very different if you ask me.

  19. as i lay dying is amazing.
    &&better.

  20. Deicide is too evil and bad. As I lay dying will bring light to death metal with their holy and most metal songs ever.

  21. Deicide, with Santolla and Owens in the ranks they’ve raised the bar for the requirements of extreme metal.

  22. Deicide…

    One of the best Death Metal Bands…

    Nothing more to say

  23. for the kids saying grow up theres more to music then satan deicide sucks you clearly have no idea what your talking about for most of us deicide fans have been around alot longer then you as i lie dieing fans most of you are prolly teens in highschool well deicide has been brutalizing the industry and our faces for many years and us deicide fans are beyond high school atually living real lives so maby its you that should grow up and realize your music is nothing but a trend metalcore will pass just like glam, grunge, and nu metal did befor it and the truly burtal will still live on
    long live deicide

  24. Every Deicide song sounds the same, same vocals, same super heavy songs, now that’s a boring trend. As I Lay Dying has so much more creativity even if it is the new trend and people hate and probably will die out as much as I love it. Both different types so everyone obviously is gonna choose the type they like. Record sales don’t like either, one of As I Lay Dying cd sold more than all of Deicides combined. Winner…. AS I LAY DYING.

  25. #?%*@%*#@ DEICIDE!!!

    JESUS IS KING!!!!

  26. Deicide are pioneers of death metal, As I Lay Dying are a trend which will soon be gone. Pay homage to Satan.

  27. my soul belongs to DEICIDE - infernal hails

  28. THIS HAS TO BE A @#~??@ JOKE…….well its a no brainer here $@$$ as i lay dyin they suck ass emo metal scene $~** MY SOUL BELONGS TO DEICIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  29. This is a joke, right? And the people who voted for As I Lay Dying must be joking also, because no self respecting metal head would pick a scenester band that’s only been around for a few years over DEICIDE, one of the best and most influential death metal bands ever.

    Christians to the lions

    PS: “christian metal” is an oxymoron

  30. my soul belongs to deicide….HAIL DEICIDE!!!!!!!!

  31. hail deicide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Deicide shall win in the name of satan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    dead by dawn!!!!!!!!!!!1

  32. DEICIDE, RULER OF THIS WORLD… WE MUST KILL THE CHRISTIANS AND THEIR PATHETIC EXISTANCE…

    DEICIDE THE TRUE ANTICHRISTIAN DEATH METAL…. A DARK HAIL FROM BOGOTA, COLOMBIA… STILL BRUTAL!!!

  33. deicide!!!!!!!!!!!!! kill the christian

  34. Ehh, Deicide is joke! Jack Owens, however, is not. They wouldn’t be where they are today if it were not for Jack. As I Lay Dying for sure! Glen, the whole Satan worship thing has worn thin my friend. Better luck next time!

  35. As I Lay Dying without a doubt. What’s up with all these satanic comments. Sheery naming the fact that Satan exists proves Gods existance. God is Satan’s opposite. Ya’ll a bunch of creepy cultists, worshipping Satan.

    Keep ripping up the scene As I Lay Dying, you guys rock.

  36. My soul belongs to Deicide!!!!

    Serpents of the light die!!! Thats you As I lay dying your false metal is destroying the scene stop playing that christian %*$~$%~$, Deicide I salute you and Satan!

  37. haha, is this a joke? As I Lay Dying destroys Deicide. Better drums, better guitars, better vocals, better well everything Deicide is just a bunch of posers.

  38. hands down DEICIDE ftw…when “As I lay dying” is trapped in a corner you will look to the heavens for your savior,only to find satan has already been there and skinned every %@*~%@@ christian soul and left them to rot with the rest of you crazy ass morons.DEICIDE and SATAN forever in my soul.

    Shytan/clay

  39. DEICIDE rulez, DEICIDE will wins!!!

  40. DEICIDE they are the GREATEST of death metal. as i lay dying sucks. Glen Benton has the best death metal vocals ever he rules us all. DECIDE all the WAY TO HELL

  41. Is this even a contest? Are you f@@king sh#tting me?

    DEICIDE hands down, the greatest death metal band ever!!!!!!! The Undisputed Kings and Still Reigning Kings of Florida Death Metal and ALL that is evil and Satanic!!!! HAIL SATAN MOTHERF@@KERS!!!!!!!!

    And….there is no god.

  42. Deicide by far.

    As I Lay Dying isn’t anything special.

  43. “for all the people saying Deicides fans are just 15 year old kids who are going to drop out of highschool and deliver pizza for the rest of their lives and what not, I am 17 years old..”

    Point proven. Go through puberty, get past your cute little rebellious years, and realize that there is much more to music than blast beats and barking like a dog. Deicide is a disgrace to music, and their band members dont deserve the life in their lungs.

    GO *$#* URSELF #@%%@$ BIBLE HUMPING $*$#%$~??@?~

  44. Christianity has no business in metal. Hail Satan !!! Go Decieide

    And objectively As I Laid Dying are plain boring

  45. Objectively speaking, forget the band names and respective ideologies and consider the genre to which each belongs. Metalcore is DM Lite, plain and simple. Deicide obviously “rocks harder.”

  46. DEICIDE DEICIDE DEICIDE!!!!!!!!!

  47. DEICIDE FOREVER!!!!!
    KILL THE CHRISTIAN!!!!!

  48. No comparison - Homage for DEICIDE!!!!!

  49. DEICIDE %?@$~~#$* AILD…FUCKING EMO CHRISTIANS…………KILL THE CHRISTIAN!

  50. “for all the people saying Deicides fans are just 15 year old kids who are going to drop out of highschool and deliver pizza for the rest of their lives and what not, I am 17 years old..”

    Point proven. Go through puberty, get past your cute little rebellious years, and realize that there is much more to music than blast beats and barking like a dog. Deicide is a disgrace to music, and their band members dont deserve the life in their lungs.

  51. Deicide and Satan. My heart belongs to both.

  52. deicide would %$~%**# slaughter as i lay dying jesus is a %$~%**# cunt!!!satan rules

  53. DEICIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!

  54. Deicide without doubt or question

  55. Deicide is much better than those poser core as i lay dying and all those ‘almost sentence named’ bands.

    DEICIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  56. deicide are ture champions of brutality as i lie dieing are nothing but trendy metalcore rubish 10 years from now when metal isnt cool and the metalcore kids that used to listen to pop punk move one once agin to what ever comes next for them no one will rember as i lie dieing but the true will still rember deicide

  57. DEICIDE100% AS FAR AS THE OTHER GROUP THEY ARE WAY TO WEAK TO EVEN BE IN THE METAL SECTION

  58. Deicide off course
    Anyway As I lay dying is only another metalcore band
    Deicide is some real death metal, and good one.

  59. The bible is fiction. DEICIDE owns.

  60. Deicide without question.

  61. Is this a joke??? Of course DEICIDE! AILD are a sad excuse for a metal band.

  62. Jesus #$%$?~# blood! Deicide!!

  63. KILL THE CHRISTIANS!!!!! DEICIDE RULES HIS WORLD

  64. As I Lay Dying is my pick; they’re one of the best of their style of music. Better lyrics, too.

  65. I must support Deicide as we both serve the same dark master.

  66. Is there any question to which one rocks harder?
    Any true metal head would choose DEICIDE.

  67. DEICIDE!!! When HE rules his world watch as the Christians run.

  68. DEEEIIIICIIIDEEEE!!!

    WTF man? Christian shitecore??

  69. DEICIDE RULES

  70. HAIL SATAN MUTHA @@*~*~*%~

  71. As I Lay Dying are another mediocre metalcore band, Deicide are pioneering death metal legends.

  72. if only glenn b could play bass..haha

  73. May they continue to spread the Truth, bring honor to God, and rock hard. My vote is for As I Lay Dying. It takes a real man to live for Jesus. It takes a real God to LOVE and die for us.

  74. HOMAGE FOR SATAN..
    DEICIDE!!

  75. Christianity has no place in metal. DEICIDE shall reign eternal.

  76. sex, drugs, and EVIL!!! all that is right on this earthly domain. what the $@?* do you think, DEICIDE!!!!!!!!!

  77. I’ve seen the light….I’ll side with DEICIDE!

  78. Serving Satan is one of the biggest mistakes a person could ever make, only Christ offers life. As I Lay Dying deserves to win for spreading the Good Word.

  79. Deicide. Ive met all of them before and they were some of the most intelligent,charesmatic band players I’ve ever met that actually care about their fans. As I lay dying and all their @%$~$ fans should lay before me and cry as I $?%# Jesus in the eye.

  80. Deicide!!!! “Cut of your head and I will bathe in your blood” Kill the Christian!!!!

  81. DEICIDE! Death to shitty Christian metal!

  82. If Deicide saw satan they would $%?% themselves. As I Lay Dying is a great band with a good message. My vote is for As I Lay Dying.

  83. My soul belongs to Deicide.

  84. deicide owns my soul

    as i lay dying is not metal…breakdowns are homosexual

  85. There is NO disputing …..Deicide blows away As I Lay Dying. As for all Deicide fans being 15 year olds …..I’m 36 and have been a fan of them since they were named Amon playing at the Sunset Club in Tampa. Why is it someone who likes HEAVY metal has to be some brain dead loser that wont amount to anything…trust me many of use that listen to Non-commercial metal are some of the brightest individuals on the planet. From what I know of Glenn through mutual freinds is that he’s one of the smartest, business savy guys you’s ever meet. Dont be the lamb and follow the flock…..someday the wolf will eat you. Deicide rules …..nuff said.

  86. I love how all other Deicide fans are using the same line I did, and then the fans of As I Lay Dying are like “UR GOIN 2 B A LOOSER”.

    Musical preference has nothing to do with future prospects you goons.

    Yeah guys, keep listening to your screaming band who are soooooo hardcore!

  87. my soul belongs to deicide

  88. I’m not really into Death Metal, but it doesn’t take a genius to notice that Deicide is WAY better than As I Lay Dying.

  89. As I Lay Dying owns
    metal doesn’t have to be stanic

  90. Deicide - Legion…. forever best death metal album!!!!

  91. i didnt mean to post that twice

  92. for all the people saying Deicides fans are just 15 year old kids who are going to drop out of highschool and deliver pizza for the rest of their lives and what not, I am 17 years old and i have straight A’s in school and im going to college and Deicides first cd came out in 1990 which means its not only kids that listen to them and it also means that Deicides fans listen to real music instead of the nice soft pretty new *%$@% ass little emo metalcore trends like As i lay dying. and the only reason you trendy little pussies say that deicides fans are highschool dropouts is because you cant admit that your a little ??@@? who cant handle real metal like Deicide and would rather listen to gay ass little nice soft pretty metalcore that talks about how jesus loves you so you can feel like you have a reason for living so you just illogically make fun of Deicide and their fans to make yourself feel better. metalcore is not metal at all. and jesus and as i lay dying and all their fans should go crucify themselves right now before the children of the underworld do. Hail Deicide and all other real metal. Death to jesus. Hail Satan.

  93. DEICIDE ALL THE WAY!

  94. ~#~%#@* DEICIDEE!!!! HOW COULD YOU NOT VOTE FOR THEM!! $**$@ ALL YOU WHO SAY OTHERWISE DEICIDE IS THE BEST!! \m/

  95. meh, that nu metal song was ok i guess, but my vote goes to deicide.

  96. MY SOUL BELONGS TO DEICIDE!!!!!!!1

  97. deicide is great but lead singer needs a bathroom break like number 2 my vote as i lay dying

  98. To everyone reciting the line “my soul belongs to Deicide”…

    Have fun delivering my pizza the rest of your life. Actually, when you do turn 16 and get a job, make sure you get my pizza there within 30 minutes. I hate cold pizza.

  99. DEICIDE IS WAY HEAVIER YOU #@~~$?~%~

  100. it’s sad that people think it’s funny that they can say their souls belong to a stupid band (or satan) who could care less about their fans (except when it comes to stuffing their pockets with drugs and cash). I’m sure most of you think life is a joke. Stop thinking that “music is my life” take yourself seriously.

    if you haven’t guessed it already…My vote is for AS I Lay Dying

  101. Deicide, obviously.

    Look at all those preteens voting for As I Lay Dying…

  102. deicide is the shiznit, biznitch. they fookin’ rulle all of death metal! and pantera sucks ass compared to slayer

  103. deicide is the best.there music is about the truth it has meaning and roar power.christian=verbal diahoeria
    do the world a favor kill a christian today.666

  104. Deicide kicks As I Lay Dying’s ass anytime and any day. This is not even a competetion. Deicide simply rules…!

  105. deicide > any shitty metalcore band you *$~~@@?$~@~$

  106. Thanks for proving my point Cam. You are almost as brainwashed as Slipknot fans.

  107. AILD does not even begin to compare with the raw satanic forces of Deicide. Deicide wins this one easy. HAIL SATAN!

  108. My soul is with Deicide. As I Lay Dying can rot in the hell that is Glen Benton’s ass.

  109. my soul belongs to deicide… the majority of the deicide fans can’t be found crying in a corner with cut wrists and face paint, making deicide a superior band.

  110. The question is simple and the answer is simple. Who rocks harder? and the answer is Deicide!!! As I lay Dying has $@%%% songs that do not “rock hard” while Deicide songs are “in your face, rock hard”. Deicide lyrics are “rocking hard” as well because they are being rebellious to the Christian Plague, while As I lay Dying are crying like little bitches about meaningless problems.

  111. I think even God would vote for Deicide, if he wasn’t so scared of Glen. Deicide rules!!!

  112. deicide is the best band satanic heeeeeeeelllllllllllllllll yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

  113. Look….We dont have to compare the gods with the sit ok ???
    Deicide,a band with no reason of existance…just pretending to be someone that has believes like:god is gay and ??## god with no reason…And the fact is that DEICIDE are Gay because they dont dare to do speak like that for another religion(for example mouslims) because they know that the next day they will be found dead by mouslims :P and the majority of deicide fans are 14 to 15 year old kids who dont have a single intrest in their miserable lifes and are just victims of the %*$#@~ crapper Glenn Benton and every %*%$##$* he says.And as far as the music!oh!!! all af their riffs are in chrimatic scale(wow what a fantasy!! :P) and the drumms just playing blast-beat all the time!
    Now About As I Lay Dying:They have incredible vox,Extroardinary fantasy in writting songs,complex rhythms and their lyrics dont offend anyone.they just express their their their feelings this way,unlike Deicide who just blame it all on god just to earn money,because they know that there are idiots in this world who would like to listen to someone shoutin:BASTARDS OF CHRIST!!! WoW what a wonderfull vocabulary!)So vote goes To As I Lay Dying Of course!!!And this comparisson is stupid:P

  114. Deicide ! The stench of redamption is a jewelry !

  115. fuk as i lay farting deicide fuk ?$@@ up

  116. This isn’t even a fair match up.As i lay dying has never and will never be anywhere near as heavy or as brutal or as complex in their sound as deicide.They have a great sound but they don’t compare in the slightest.So i will have to give my vote to deicide!

  117. My soul belongs to DEICIDE!

  118. deicide all the way. the solo in homage for satan is amazing

  119. Deicide by far… I hate MetalCore, it doesnt even deserve to have the word “metal” in the name…. no band can match deicides heaviness, dedication and stature…. Glenn I salute you.. even if you didnt kill yourself at 35 like you said u would XD

  120. “I realized why they matched these two bands up. They knew that Deicide’s entire fanbase is made up of high school dropout kids who spend their days at Hot Topic cursing the other kids who are actually doing something with their lives. They wanted you to come over here and spout your well practiced lines such as “hail satan,” and “I’m a huge nerd who has never been laid, and the football players laugh at me so I have realized the power of almighty SATAN.”

    What you idiots don’t realize is that you are claiming Christinity is fake and that there isn’t a God, yet you spend your useless lives worshipping a crap band that wouldn’t know a time stamp if it slapped them across the face. Get over yourselves, stop with the gay satan BS, and get a f*ckin job you losers. You are pathetic.”

    i am gonna nail this kid to a upside cross and shoot him in the face with arrows. seriously this kid is a @~@@@#%#@

  121. If you actually had to think about this decision for more than six seconds, go kill yourself!

    DEICIDE all the way, bitches!

  122. kill the christian.deicide clearly the more brutally crushing band.one of the best and most inspiring death metal bands ever.that other band just sob like little girls.load of crap.deicide should be victorius.

  123. You have got to be kidding me? “As I lay dying” I could write a string of expletives and arguments based in fact why Christianity should stay right the f*ck out of the realms of “metal” … Absolute tripe! Anyone claiming to be Christian is a hyporcritical retard … just watch the posts that follow that comment.

    Christianity has no place and or bearing in anything metal.

    Drugs are for those that can’t handle reality, religions’ for those that can’t handle either…

  124. This is pathetic. Deicide is the hardest to ever play! My soul belongs to Deicide! No band in the history of this planet can even come close to touching Deicide’s level!

  125. I dont like either but deicide is better than the other one.

  126. Deicide. By and far.

  127. Deicide!!! no f*ckin christian shits

  128. my soul belongs to Deicide. They are truly better.

  129. Deicide $@@* faces, anyone, and everone should know that one!!!!!! ALL HELL DEICIDE!

  130. i like both, but in the immortal words of deicide. satan rules this world >=D

  131. This is a tough one for me considering I hate Deicide as much as I hate gOD.

  132. DEICIDE dominates As I Lay Eggs - no contest. At least make it a challenge next time. Pshhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

  133. Author Kill Yourself.

    Deicide

  134. D E I C I D E

    ANYONE with any kind of knowledge of METAL knows what this really is. BULL.

    Comparing a pea shooter to an atomic bomb . . .

    D E I C I D E being the the BOMB dropped on such talentless so called “metal” bands like these ( I wont even type their masochistic name ).

    KNOW IT. And EAT IT.

    V.A.S.

  135. DEICIDE OWNS AS I LAY BEING A #$*

  136. Are you kidding me with comparison? As I Lay Dying has no chance versus Deicide. In fact, no band has a chance versus Deicide. To answer the question; Deicide rocks harder, by far.

  137. “deicide is way better than that malcore crap called as i lay dying that is a fact not an opinion”

    Actually, you are a moron. Different people like different things. Maybe if you would stop hating the world you could see that. I’m sorry the cool crowd at your middle school rejected you and forced you to pledge allegiance to an inexistant being that lives under ground.

    I realized why they matched these two bands up. They knew that Deicide’s entire fanbase is made up of high school dropout kids who spend their days at Hot Topic cursing the other kids who are actually doing something with their lives. They wanted you to come over here and spout your well practiced lines such as “hail satan,” and “I’m a huge nerd who has never been laid, and the football players laugh at me so I have realized the power of almighty SATAN.”

    What you idiots don’t realize is that you are claiming Christinity is fake and that there isn’t a God, yet you spend your useless lives worshipping a crap band that wouldn’t know a time stamp if it slapped them across the face. Get over yourselves, stop with the gay satan BS, and get a f*ckin job you losers. You are pathetic.

  138. Deicide by far, better musicians. They had awesome tone and everything

  139. just cause as I lay dying is christian doesnt mean they are metal, they stuff sucks compared to Deicide!!!!!

  140. Deicide is way f-in brutally better. but i liked them more with the hoffman brothers. I wonder where they’re at today.
    Glen, Steve, Brian and eric what a way better line up. but ralph was good too, i wish i could have been in DEATH for a even a little while.

  141. Deicide has way cooler solos, and they are more technical complex and undeniably they are much better guitarists.

  142. If you compare Deicide’s guitar, drum, bass, and lyrics with as I lay dying, Deicide automatically wins, deicide is the defenition of metal, just cause as I lay dying is xian doesnt mean they should win, they arent so metal, they are to new and stray from what metal really is.

  143. deicide forever….best tunes they have crafted in 15 years….no contest

  144. HAIL THE DARK LORD. HAIL SATAN.
    HAIL DEICIDE.
    how can someone compare as i lay dying to deicide?
    deicide arent little sissys who play trendy music.
    metalcore is for the damn weak.
    this is supposed to be headbangers ball man.
    the musical talent of deicide owns as i lay dying.
    emo ass name too.

  145. Deicide definitely. There’s no doubt about it.

  146. DEICIDE! The metal band that nailed Jesus to the cross! As I Lay Dying and Jesus can hang from the pearly gates! ALL HAIL DEICIDE!

  147. My soul belongs to DEICIDE.

  148. Hail Deicide! Hail Satan!

  149. May the flames of hell light your way through life.
    Deicide will have them f ckers lay dying on the alter for sacrificial offering to the master.

  150. I was going to leave a comment about how Metalcore is laughably retarded, that As I Lay Crying is no exception, and that poser bands like them should be sodomized by DEICIDE, but after reading everyone elses comments it seems I wouldn’t be saying anything new. Metalcore is the new “Cock Rock” and will sound just as dated and stupid 20 years from now as Poison does today. Meanwhile Deicide is putting out some of their best music since “Serpents of the Light”

  151. this is no contest, deicide is absolute brutality, skill, talent and #$%***??? balls.

    not to mention christianity is pretty #$%***???

  152. WTF??!! I can’t believe there is even a contest for this s**t! Christian metal, hah…such hypocrisy! As I lay dying needs to just lay down and die…bunch of damn p***ys. We are the children of the underworld…HAIL SATAN!! DEICIDE!!!!!!

  153. As I Lay Dying is ?##?. Deicide kicks ass.

  154. Deicide against a f**king christian band! Are you f**king kidding me! Deicide all the way man! As I Lay Dieing should really go lie down and die. Hail Satan, F**k Jesus Christ!

  155. i sold my soul to glen benton and deicide

  156. DEICIDE ITS A BILLION TIMES BETTER THAN AS I LAY DYING,THATS GONA BE EASY,DEICIDE ROCKS HARDER,HAIL DEICIDE,RUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  157. To whomever thought that this was ANY kind of contest,I want what you’re on. You must be off your ~~@*?$ rocker if you think some goody two shoe band like “As I lay dying” can beat the all powerful “DEICIDE” HA I say. ~~@*?$ HA!!

  158. First Pantera beats Slayer and now they are pitting one of death metals greatest bands against some nice soft pretty new trendy gay ass little metalcore faggots that arent metal AT ALL and not only that but there also christians!? “Headbangers Ball” my ass! we might as well have Brittney Spears vs. Deicide. $@?$ metalcore. Its not metal at all. And there is no such thing as “christian metal” because metal stands for everything the bible is against. And what the hell was with Pantera beating Slayer? Groove metal sucks. Thrash metal kicks ass. All of Slayers music from Seasons in the Abyss and before was ~~*#*@ awesome and it beats the $~@% out of any groove metal like Pantera. DEATH TO JESUS. HAIL REAL METAL. HAIL DEICIDE. HAIL SLAYER. HAIL SATAN!!!! 666

  159. as i lay dying are you kidding they dont even @@$?@* come close to deicide christian metal blows

  160. Everyone knows that if you put a lame band such as As I lay Dying against the BEST BAND EVER DEICIDE evetone gonna pick DEICIDE 100%. There are more Satanist out there than xtians will ever be, DEICIDE is a billion times much harder then that lame az so called xtians. HAIL DEICIDE, HAIL GLEN BENTON, HAIL SATAN, HAIL THYSELF! #1 DEICIDE \M/

  161. DEICIDE!! %%%~ the emo cocksuckers that are as i lay crying. DEICIDE ~?@% those christian sheep.

  162. Deicide All the wayyy!!

  163. as i lay crying thinks thier metal hell thier not even hard rock , those faggy emo jesus lovin homo’s do nothin but cry about dumb ***? like thier sorry as weak pediphile lord jesus.

    deicide, death metal , satan for life

    -vince

  164. how could you compare the heaviness of as i lay dying to deicide? as i lay dying is a new-age, bullet for my valentine clone, featuring incomplete musicians that produce, at best, a hardcore emo over lyrics bubbling with mental weakness and insecurity. deicide, on the other hand, has been churning out the same technical death metal for a couple decades now, and has finally reached the mainstream with their newest release, the stench of redemption. i feel that this release pales in comparison to earlier material, such as Once Upon the Cross and Insineratehymn, but still demonstrates the brutality of deicide. as i lay dying is made for the weak and would be a good pick if i needed a soundtrack for self-pity and suicide. deicide will continue to ravage the soft wholesome christian music scene as they always have, their unholy battering ram will rumble forward, and they will remain unchallenged in the world of metal where ever the term “heavy” may be implied

  165. if it wasn’t for people and bands like glen benton and deicide, slayer, kerry king,etc. there would be no metal! as i lay dying doesn’t doesn’t even begin to earn the title metal. they have no respect for what metal is truly about. these guys need to go back to there church with their moms who bought there equipment for them, and stop trying to act like their metal. they have no right to claim it. metal belongs to the dark side of life. deicide has been around way longer than these posers. deicide chews them up and spits them out!!!!! hail satan!

  166. thats not even a question.
    GLEN BENTON IS GOD.

  167. how the #### could thes match up happen.deicide takes the cake easy.we need more matches like devourment verses disgorge thats a match i want to see

  168. dicide way harder than that other band. why is this even a contest. satan will always win.

  169. Is this someone having a laugh or something?? As i lay dying..against the almighty Deicide..what drugs are you on exactly?? A bunch of bible bashing pussies being compared to the hardest most evil and greatest Death Metal legends of them all..dont make me regurgitate my dinner from laughter..DEICIDE raise hell,as i lay dying suck cocks in heaven..DEICIDE urinate all over their their #@%~@ %#%?~ christian #?*~~% asses..end of story.

  170. You would think this would be an easy question to answer, seeing as DECIDE ROCKS HARDER THAN ANYTHING!!!!!!

  171. I think As I Lay Dying needs to lay down an die! I also think “Petska” needs to learn how to type! If you have an opinion, at least make sense or no one is going to care what you have to say!!! Especially when you defend ?%@ bands! DEICIDE!!!

  172. There is no competiton. Deicide is the best. this isnt even close. god has no place in meatl! HAIL SATAN!!!

  173. Heil Satan….Deicide will smash As I Lay Dying….maybe they should lay dying…they got nothing on Glen Benton and Deicide…..especially with their new line up….it’s a wrap….no contest….now I declare As I lay dying dead…..no more…..go now….your lord is dead….Deicide has my vote…..

  174. k i think there r a lot of people on crack these days cuz ?~??*? deicide sucks…shit, there sound doesn’t even go together just sounds like a lot bad banging and a guy w/ a bad throat and ive been listen 2 as i lay dying for a while adn seen them live and will b seein them w/ all that remains in nov. and i rather listen 2 them over ?~??*? shitty ass deicide.

  175. Decide.

    no futher questions.

  176. deicide is way better as i lay dying is not even that hard there for deicide rocks harder this is like asking whos harder cannibal corpse or britney spears

  177. Neither one of these songs is good. If Deicide became an instrumental band I’d vote for them. I abstain.

  178. deicide is way better than that malcore crap called as i lay dying that is a fact not an opinion

  179. FUK AS I LAY DYING..ITS ALL ABOUT PINCHE DEICIDE!!!! IDK Y ITS A COMPITITION BETWEEN THEM..DEICIDE! FUKIN OWNZ…PUSSY ASS AS I LAY “ON MY BAK GETTIN FUK’D” DYING..FAGGOTS!!!!!!

  180. Deicide is obviously the best of the two bands. As I Lay Dying is metalcore, and death metal beats metalcore always. Hail Deicide, hail Satan!!

  181. @#@?#$*@* THAT EMO SHIT
    AS I LAY DYING
    WAT THE $%$? IS THAT

  182. KILL THE CHRISTIANS! DEICIDE IS THE ALL TIME BEST, THEY CANT BE BEAT OUT BY SOME ~?%*$~* JESUS LOVERS.

  183. As I lay dying is the best and hardest Metal band ever!

  184. Deicide hands hown wins. Balls out, pure Death Metal, beats the hell out of any other band, like as i lay dieing. Flat out, Deicide. Not a doubt in my mind.

  185. as i lay crying? please, DEICIDE ~@#*#%@ owns, my soul belongs to DEICIDE all the way!

  186. as i lay dying? seriously? DEICIDE means killing a holy figure…whats more metal than that? i know burning a #?~@#%* crucifix upside down on your forehead? thats #?~@#%* metal my vote is with DEICIDE, six hundred and sixty-six percent!!!

  187. Honestly, the Whole satan thing is corny as @@#*, but if you put that aside and look at the raw talent of the musicians who play it then deicide totally takes this one. Although I also have to admit that I really don’t the new deicide material as much, ohh say… Legion. There old school @~#~ is crippling. As far as As I lay dying goes, youve gotta be kidding me. Doing trills and excessive breakdowns does not make a band heavy. All they are is a passing trend/fad. If you wanna hear a good deicide song, check out Behead The Prophet off of the album legion. Peace Out.

  188. Deicide!

  189. DEICIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When satan rules his world!!!!

  190. christian metal?! wtf hahaha ##@**? christians! they’re so damn stupid. i unfortunately go to a christian school. the only ~?*$**$ thing i hear from the pastor is “metal = satan.” christians should ~?*$**$ stick their damned beliefs instead of bashing on satanists and those who listen to “devil music” or METAL and then forming a christian metal band. thats so dumb. christians need to ~?*$**$ die. there is no god in metal. no such thing as christian metal. its all emo punk and they think its metal. BLAH! hail satan. deicide owns me.

  191. DECIDE!!!

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  192. Deicide is the obvious choice seeing as how christianity has a special genre for itself called gospel. Not to mention Deicide has some of the most extreme riffs, vocals, drums and lyrics. Deicide 666% Hail Satan

  193. Stab your religion and leave it for dead
    Crush your insides with a touch of Satan
    You will succumb as did Adam and Eve
    Bible basher, I destroy your belief

    DEICIDE WILL CONSUME ALL THE ?@@*?$* POSERS
    DEATH TO FALSE-FUCKING-METAL

  194. Deicide rapes As I Lay Dying about basically any other band.

  195. DEICIDE ROCKS and i agree Christanity has no place in extreme metal, STRAIGHT UP!!!!!!!!! i vote DEICIDE

  196. Deicide fo Sho

  197. DEICIDE ARE THE KINGS, I 110% VOTE FOR DEICIDE!!Christanity has no place in extreme metal, straight up, blunt!!

  198. MY SOUL BELONGS TO DEICIDE

    HAIL SATAN MY MASTER

    AS I LAY DYING NEEDS A MEAT HOOK UP THEIR ASS!!!

  199. PFFT As I Lay Crying?

    What a $@$~@ bad of ass faggots MASTERS of the ?@## they are

    Deicide melts my face, I am theirs.

  200. Deicide rocks ten fold over As I Lay WHO?

  201. DEICIDE RULE!

    as i lay dying is so horrible and shitty. Satan should kill them and Deicide should reign over all of the world!

  202. My soul belongs to Deicide!

    F— your god!

  203. Pfft, as i lay dying, what a @%?$@ ass band. @%## you, and your god. hail satan, hail deicide. *~##~@~ cunts. ..!.,

  204. DEICIDE RULES ALL!!!!!

    THE DEATH METAL LEGENDS BEAT THE #?~# OUT OF AS I LAY DYING!!!!

  205. Not only will DEICIDE crush As I Lay Dying with their music, they will consume their souls!!! “Fear him, fear him, fear him, SSSSSSAAAAATTTTTAAAAANNNNN!!!!!!

  206. CHRISTINSANITY DOES NOT BELONG IN METAL LONG LIVE SATAN AND DEICIDE @~*? AS I LAY DYING AND THERE $%#?@@@ GOD AND THE BASTURD CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  207. MY SOUL BELONGS TO DEICIDE!

    Death to all Christian

    HAIL SATAN

    \m/

  208. DEICIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    AS I LAY DYING ARE A BUNCH OF EMO FAGGOTS

  209. Sacrifical $#??%@ suicide! DEICIDE shows you how to play METAL

  210. come on now… glen benton and jack owen … there’s a reason they’ve been around for so long …hands down deicide!!! \m/ keeping maryland 6sic6 \m/

  211. #%%*$#*@? YOUR GOD!

  212. MY SOUL BELONGS TO DEICIDE….

    WALK WITH THE DEVIL IN THE DREAMS YOU BEHOLD!

  213. MY SOUL BELONGS TO DEICIDE! HAIL SATAN!

  214. MY SOUL BELONGS TO DEICIDE ! I saw them in spain and i hope they ll be back soon ! Kill the Christian !!!

  215. MY SOUL BELONGS TO DEICIDE!

  216. MY SOUL BELONGS TO DEICIDE

    HAIL SATAN

  217. wait, i didnt know metallica changed there name to as i lay dying!!!!!!!!!!
    i sold my sole to deicide years ago!!! HAILS

  218. My soul belongs to DEICIDE!!!! Lick balls Christian Metal!!

  219. DEICIDE.all the way to hell!!!!!!

  220. No Contest!!
    Wow Who Even decided this survey lmao
    I have seen Deicide 4 times and Will see them every time they come around,they have NO Equal!!
    Ave Satina *666*

  221. DEICIDE RULES!!!!!!!!
    Homage For SATAN!!!!!!!

  222. Deicide ownz!!! They are the best :D

  223. “as they lay dying Deicide would would swallow there soles,and then ?@%@ the corpses.Oyea deicide is way better!”

    Glad to see Deicide has so many educated fans. It’s nice knowing there is a band out there willing to eat other band’s shoes. Death metal is the bigest joke on earth. Stop acting like you are all evil and that everyone should fear you. You sound like something from Harry Potter. Deicide is a joke of a band.

  224. Deicide rules the world…
    This is Hell we’re In..!!!

  225. WTTFF is this bullshit..
    DEICIDE ALL THE WAYY!!!! .. how the hell can u put them aside i lay dying and call them equal…you must me full retarted or a #~# to do this

    ALL HAIL DECIDE!

  226. As I Lay Dying rocking harder than Deicide, who the hell sets this stuff up, Tourette’s Guy?! As I lay Dying might be more popular but only because of fake-ass little chumps with Anime haircuts that think just because a band is “loud” means that they are heavy! Oh yeah, & Christian metal? (even though its not metal) Give me a F*%#&@g break man! METAL IS FOR THE OUTCASTS, THE “OUT OF THE NORM” TYPE OF PEOPLE! METAL WAS NOT CREATED TO BE STOLEN BY SISSY CHRISTIANS WITH RICH PARENTS WHO WANT TO BE ROCK STARS! “Brain dead victims of the holy, Preach your holy lies!” DEICIDE WINS! NO QUESTIONS ASKED! HORNS UP “REAL” METAL FANS!!!

  227. DEICIDE! is all I have to say. I mean Just look at the competition! They just suck.

    Deicide
    Deicide
    Deicide.

    Se A cabo!

  228. %?$@%*%$$

  229. Is there really a contest? Deicide ftw. Legends

  230. Deicide beats the Dying to death. No one noticed they were missing. Amputated limbs and carnage. DEICIDE!

  231. As I Lay Dying is some teenybopper emo @$#$.

    ALL HAIL DEICIDE!

    (who own my soul for eternity)

  232. deicide Rulz \m/
    ass i lay dying is going to burn in Hellfire

  233. As I lay dying are a great example how hypocrisy rules Christianity. How can u try to be hard and aggressive and call yourself Christian. Deicide (Destruction of all saint) rules!!! No competition against some wanna b “Metal” band. Deicide…HAIL SATAN!

  234. As I Lay Dying is bound to win. teenagers love em.

    do yourself a favor and vote for Deicide. they are more experienced and driven musicians not out to follow trends.

    HAIL DEICIDE

  235. Died For Me? Well Thats To Bad I Dont Believe……HAIL DEICIDE!

  236. HAIL THE ALMIGHTY DEICIDE. Deicide being a classic band of the death metal genre, cannot be challenged by such a sophmoric band as “AS I LAY WHINING” When As I Lay Dying listens to Deicide all they can do is pray to their god for release from the evil spirits. they will never compare to DEICIDE!!

  237. DEICIDE!!!!!!! \m/

  238. Is there any ?????? DEICIDE!!!!!! I even have their artwork inked on my hand for all the week christians to bow down to……..start the week of right….burn down the church of your choice…

  239. Deicide.

    Whoever decides to choose As I Lay Dying should deny they ever listened to music. Skinning them completely and dipping them in a tub teeming with salt would also be acceptable.

    AiLD over Deicide? This is a @@?~*#? joke, it has to be. There’s no way some faggoty metalcore/shitty metal-wannabe band can ever dominate a death metal band.

    Fuck Metalcore, MTV, scene, emo, etc.

    Hail Black Metal, Hail Death Metal!

  240. DEICIDE !!!!!!!

  241. Deicide wins, however in terms of “Satanic Death metal” AEON beats Deicide

  242. Deicide of course. As I lay dying is gay as #??$ dude. Glen Benton kicks ass!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  243. i vote for deicide.666.death to the world!!!!

  244. %~**@@*%#

  245. satan needs to win one some f*cking time god d*mnit Deicide kicks ass i dont care what anyone else thinks

  246. This contest would be better suited if Deicide was competing against another Death metal superpower, but As I Lay Dying? Come on. No competition.

    Deicide wins.

  247. as i lay dying suck balls deicide wiil ?@~#@# would dig out there gutts an eat as i lay dying for breakfest man

  248. DEICIDE!!! LAST TIME I CHECKED SITTING IN A DARK CORNER CUTTING YOURSELF, CRYING WHILE MASTURBATING, AND WRITING POETRY DOES NOT DEFINE ROCK, METAL, OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. EMO KIDS EVERYWHERE WILL BE LEAD TO THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE WITH DEICIDE AS THEIR EXICUTIONER. AND AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, AS I LAY DIE-OOPS I MEAN AS I LAY CRYING WILL BE THE FIRST TO GO. DEICIDE DOMINATES THIS POLE. YOU HAVE NO PLACE IN METAL MTV. GO HOME. DEICIDE RULES ALL!!!

  249. HAIL DEICIDE!

  250. Hail Deicide! As i lay dying has no chance against the greatest death metal band!

  251. Deicide !!!!

  252. MY SOUL WILL FOREVER BELONG TO THE DARK LORDS OF DEICIDE!!
    DEICIDE KICKS ASS AND MUST WIN!!
    HAILS!!!

    (THEY SHOULD ALSO COME OUT TO CLEVELAND)

  253. Deicide vs As I Lay Dying???? You gotta be f’n kidding me! Thats like Dolf Lungren vs Terri Shiavo. Thanks for the laugh guys, I really needed that. And if I wasn’t already crystal clear…I vote DEICIDE!!! Kill the christian, DEAD!

  254. Deicide hands down As I lay dying is not hard at all. they’re a bunch of pussies.

  255. Deicide.

  256. MY SOUL BELONGS TO DEICIDE.
    As far as talent goes Deicide all the way. But contests are rarely based on talent. I know as i lay dying is a popular poser-metal band. As in there are a lot of posers who listen to the music but it doesn’t necessarily make you a poser if you listen to them. As i lay dieing and Deicide shouldn’t even be in the same catagory. People are stupid and death metal doesn’t get the respect it deserves. Like last year, I went the the sounds of the underground tour, and GWAR and Cannibal Corpse played, along with as i lay dieing and Killswitch engage. I know GWAR is not death metal, but the’ve been around way longer than as i lay dieing. And Cannibal Corpse is the best death metal band on the planet, both of them played right in the middle on the concert. Based on talent and integrity, the SHOULD have headlined the tour. But poser-metal sells CDs and as i lay dieing and killswitch were the two headlining bands.

  257. JUST LISTEN TO THE SOLO , AND THAT SHOULD BE PROOF ENOUGH THAT LIL CHRISTIAN WHORE CAN PLAY HEAVY MUSIC , ITS FOR THE SO CALLED DEVIL , SO LEAVE AND GO CUT URSELVES AND CRY FOR MERCY FROM UR SO CALLED GOD!!!

    HAIL SATRIARCH , HAHA!!

  258. Deicide Will Kill As I Lay Dying And Crucify There Soul Full Of Christian Stupidity And Burn Them Straight To All Damnation While Glenn Benton Feeds Of The Rotting Flesh Of There So Called Jesus Christ….Hail Deicide……Kill The Chrisitians!

  259. WHAT THE *#$~ IS THIS *~%$ , DEICIDE V.S. AS I LAY CRAPPING?

    R U SERIOUS?
    THATS LIKE MIKE TYSON V.S. GARY COLEMAN!!
    LOL *#$~ THIS , *#$~ MTV AND ALL ITS COMMERCIAL $%~$***$ !!

    HAIL DEICIDE!!!

  260. ?**@ CHRISTIAN METAL CORE
    i mean come on who wants to listen to emo crap
    DEICIDE=FUCKING AWESOME

  261. MY SOUL BELONGS TO DEICIDE!!!!!!!!!

  262. deicide all the way my soule belongs to deicide see you in hell boys

  263. my soul belongs to deicide.This will be a slaughter other band sucks give it up