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You all know them. Hell Awaits is, IMO, the best album out there.

I'm really excited for the new album this summer and getting to see them live for the third time.

I haven't heard Hell Awaits, actually. One of the only ones I haven't heard.

IMO, Seasons in the Abyss and South of Heaven are their best. RIB is great, and a thrash landmark, but is overshadowed by those two IMO.

Listen to it. Right now. You will not be disappointed, though most people don't like it quite as much as RIB.

I agree that Seasons is better than RIB. South of Heaven, probably not. Regardless, though, those three are all golden.

The one thing I'll say about Hell Awaits, aside from the title track, it sounds to me a little more relaxed. The tempos and the feel of the songs are not quite as energetic as Show No Mercy, and hardly like Reign at all. I think they were still getting some of that old Priest influence out. So for me it's not quite as strong as some of the others. Not bad though I like At Dawn the Sleep a lot.

Something about Haunting the Chapel.. I think I like that one the most. That riff in particular is really unique. And it's got Chemical Warfare which says it all right there. Reign is pretty amazing. I don't think I've ever seen a bad Slayer show though. Most memorable was the Clash of the Titans show in 91. They were easily the most vicious band of the night. I was in the back of the arena and the wave of energy they generated seemed fucking intense even from there.

Psychopathy Red is a cool one though. Has kind of an old school vibe which I really like. Reminds me of Aggressive Perfector a little. So I'm curious what the album will be like. Although I'll keep my expectations on hold until I hear more.

Everthing up to RiB is solid, good stuff. After that, fuck 'em. Slayer are one of the most overrated bands in metal IMO.

God Hates Us All and Christ Illusion are my two favorite albums. Raining Blood is great, but overrated. Seasons in the Abyss is also really awesome.

Also if you ever heard their cover of Hand of Doom, apparently Tom Araya can actually sing if he wants to.

I didn't mind that cover, but naturally I didn't think it touched Sabbath's version at all.

I think Christ Illusion got way too much hate from the metal community. I mean, it wasn't as good as their stuff from the 80s, but still a very solid album.

Christ Illusion is a decent enough metal album, sure. GHUA had a couple good tracks (I love "Disciple"). I still think they're overrated as a studio band at least. Live, however, they're one of the best. No arguments here. They definitely deserve all their success. Some albums, to me, just seem a little too talked-up and highly regarded. But then again I like Bruce Springsteen so LOL!

Farted Wrote:But then again I like Bruce Springsteen so LOL!

Yeah, your opinion doesn't really matter.

But yeah, I see where you're coming from.

mntwinsfan Wrote:I think Christ Illusion got way too much hate from the metal community. I mean, it wasn't as good as their stuff from the 80s, but still a very solid album.

Illusion for me had two things wrong with it. My biggest problem was the mix. The guitars were dry & lacked that great presence they've had up until C.I. I mean there was barely any distortion. That tone would have sounded just as wimpy on a Stones album. But I can get behind an album with a poor mix if the songs are there. That first track isn't bad. But as you go through the songs, it gets progressively dull. I put it in the same category with Diablos in terms of some good parts, sitting amongst a contingent of uninspired filler. Too bad given that it's the "Reunion" album. I love GHUA by comparison. Disciple, God Send Death, & New Faith among a couple others were real winners for me. I'd say at least 1/2 GHUA I really like.

I still swear by Slayer. They have always been a regular MVP in my league of thrash favourites. I've talked and written a lot about Slayer, in the past. I won't rehash all that here, except to summarise the following:

Show No Mercy is a superb, one-off showcase of Slayer in their speed-metal glory. SNM is my joint-second favourite debut (behind Anthrax's Fistful of Metal, and tied with Megadeth's KIMB), among the smash-debut albums of the Big Four of Thrash.

Haunting the Chapel is 'one' of my all-time favourite metal EPs (and I have a crazy weakness for loads of EPs). HtC, along with Hell Awaits, are two of my firmest favourite Slayer releases. Reign in Blood, an immortal classic that deserves all the praise and love it ever got, rounds up my permanent Top 3 by Slayer.

Of the rest, my second league of special favourites include the mostly misunderstood, under-rated, yet excellent South of Heaven, the utterly mayhemic GHUA and the superbly Slayerized punk-rock classics of Undisputed Attitude. I don't think Diabolus deserves some of the dismissive flak it routinely got; I actually like it quite a lot, though I wish it wasn't so lacking in full-throttle 'thrash'. But it's a very heavy, brooding, interesting disc that should get more fans reconsidering their thoughts on it. I also love Lombardo's farewell with the band with the double-cd live set release of '91, Decade of Aggression. The set-list could have been better, but the playing was high-octane and helluva fun.

The only Slayer discs that I don't enjoy much at all are Divine Intervention (sounded like microwaved leftovers and discards of other albums) but since it's still Slayer, they cannot suck all the way through, and I do dig a few songs, nevertheless. Also, the highly-rated, extremely popular, Seasons in the Abyss, which excepting 2-3 songs, I found far too melodic, pared-down and rather bland and unspectacular. And oh, Christ Illusion isn't as bad as I once thought it was, but I still feel it has a very rushed, forced and underwhelming feel to it, overall. I still maintain that the guitars (riffs, solos, tone and all) on CI sounded astonishingly anaemic and unimpressive, certainly the weakest, tinniest guitar sound I have heard on any Slayer record. And when lead guitars sink south, it's hard for anything else to adequately compensate for my lingering, large disappointments. Not even a returning Lombardo could save the day, in this case.

I somehow have pretty strong expectations of their (final hurrah?? ) upcoming latest disc. The song samples sound swell enough and I badly wanna bet that we're gonna get some sort of winner, anytime soon.

One of my favorite bands. I actually really like World Painted Blood.

(10-29-2009 11:51 AM)UponDoom Wrote: [ -> ]One of my favorite bands. I actually really like World Painted Blood.

I am downloading this right now. I am excited.

Today, my dad asked me if Slayer used to be a Glam band.

(10-29-2009 07:25 PM)UponDoom Wrote: [ -> ]Today, my dad asked me if Slayer used to be a Glam band.

And you replied of course?

Just look at the artwork the had almost approved for their new CD.

I replied, "Aren't you thinking of Pantera?".


LOL @ that album cover.

That album cover is made of win and muffins

World Painted Blood isn't significantly better than Christ Illusion, IMO. They still slay live, though. I can't wait for American Slaughter w/ Megadeth and Testament.

^^ you really think so, twins? I only recently, belatedly got WPB, and I'm lovin' it, from start to finish AND I find it a marked stride up in quality from CI. And oh yea, absolutely...the Carnage tour and those shows are guaranteed to be nothing short of mind-blowing.