The long-running dispute between former Deicide guitarist Eric Hoffman and the band’s remaining founding members has flared up again, this time through an angry statement shared in a now deleted Facebook post.
In the lengthy post, Eric Hoffman unleashes a profanity-filled attack on Glen Benton and Steve Asheim, accusing them of fraud, withholding royalties, and keeping merchandise income for decades. He insists that he and his brother never voluntarily left Deicide, claims authorship of key albums, and threatens legal action over trademarks. The statement also includes personal insults and direct threats of physical confrontation, significantly escalating the long-running dispute between the former bandmates.
Hoffman, who formed Deicide in 1987 with his brother Brian Hoffman, vocalist and bassist Glen Benton, and drummer Steve Asheim, also alleges that Benton and Asheim misrepresented the circumstances surrounding the Hoffmans’ exit in 2004. He claims that royalty statements from Earache Records, along with merchandise revenue from Earache and Roadrunner Records, were sent directly to Benton for years and were not fairly distributed among the members. Hoffman also maintains that he and his brother “never left” the band and says he wrote key albums such as In Torment in Hell and Insineratehymn.
The Hoffman brothers left Deicide in 2004 and later revived their earlier project, Amon, while Benton and Asheim continued performing under the Deicide name.
At the time of writing, Benton and Asheim have not publicly responded to the latest claims.
Metal Stop has captured statement before it was deleted and you can see it down below.
“Was analyising Steve Ashamed comment’s on a podcast big mistake!!! also Glen on a pod cast hilarious, we never left our band you two f**king bi**hes, its your ridiculous comments, clearly fraud, I will show the royalties statements sent to Glens house from earache, tell me if you would jam for a grand, Brian is going to beat your a** as am I, Steve shut your candy a**, it’s glens obligation was to split 4 ways to 4 band members and all the merchandise from Earache was sent to his residence, also all roadrunner merchandise has been sent to Glen to glen for 20 years, all scars merchandise sent to Steve, all scars royalties sent to glen for 20 years, no payment, beating in order, did not split royalties to other members, clearly faud, time for trademark on Eric and Brian so you don’t make any thing on our face a**hole, real nasty f**ks, not going to complain, we are stating fact, we did not leave deicide, you f**k boys, you stole our music and image, remember this steve, do a torment in hell tour or a insinerathym tour, you know why because I wrote both those records you shut up and ply drums, I’m not going toooo say any this else Glen, this is personal and I don’t care about any money you are going to pay bi**h and candy a** steve, shut your mouth, you candy a**, take the money f**king possers, you two like I said beat down is in order, you f**king a**holes, your getting new teeth. All the fans that talk s**t for glen and steve can shut there candy a**es. Eric where’s your music, will be up your candy a**es next week, Glen I’m going to have a personal meeting, Shut up and don’t say a thing respond to this post. You will see me and all the fans will see me kick your a**, at your next show, big bully glen should have shut up and took the money and ran, now it’s personal you are not a good person, and when you said you will shoot me and ask questions later, it’s not good, start training, get a nother lawyer 20 years ripping Hoffman’s, time has come, you will pay in blood or money, have a great day.”
