Deicide leader and icon Glen Benton has tried to explain why he burnt an inverted cross into his forehead in a new interview. Talking exclusively in , the 56-year-old singer/bassist rationalised the drastic and infamous makeover as a protest against his own christening, but conceded, “To this day, I don’t know what the fuck I was thinking.” “I think I was only 22 when I burned the inverted cross into my forehead,” Benton told ’s Perran Helyes.
“The spirit moved me, man! “To this day, I don’t know what the fuck I was thinking, but I knew that I had been christened Catholic as a child, and I felt that the best way to take care of that would be my symbolic way of taking that Catholic mark off of my skin. “I’ve always been that kid in the picture who’s got that twisted look and the smile on his face, and when I got to an age where I could start being me, I just started being me. “Now that my two sons are both grown and off in the world, I find myself back to being that guy again, that guy that branded a cross on his forehead.
” Elsewhere in the interview, Benton elaborated on his childhood in a religious household, saying his anti-Christian stance was informed by his upbringing from a Lutheran mother and Catholic father. Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! “When I was eight years old and forced against my will to participate in the Christmas play at the church my mother was a Sunday s.
