11/6/2022 0 Comments Slayer discography review![]() ![]() The title track, "Repentless," is a perfect example of the band staying true to its core sound despite the current members not being those who originally formed. The track "Vices" is notable for firing off intense, rapid riffs with an impressive guitar dive bomb technique to say the least. Think organic Slayer sound - fast, loud, hard - thrash metal rage that's exacting. Such fittingly unveils a clear cut, confident, and classically Slayer executed album. Paul Bostaph is also reunited the last Slayer album you can hear him hitting drums on is God Hates Us All, 2001.īEHOLD, THE BURNING JESUS: Jesus ablaze in purgatory is the imagery gracing the album cover. "Repentless" features guitarist Gary Holt (from Exodus). RIP: Jeffrey John "Jeff" Hanneman (Janu– May 2, 2013). With their twelfth album titled Repentless, released on the naturally unforgettable and fragile date of September 11, 2015, Slayer, like metal warlords, return with audio fury and might - detonated - to not only remind of why we listened then but also command in thrash metal worship now. SLAYER LINKS: WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | YOUTUBE | INSTAGRAMĪLBUM #11 | REPENTLESS | SEPTEMBER 11, 2015: With a successful album collective in and fanatical sea of millions that never stops growing and listening.stopping at album number eleven, titled World Painted Blood, back in 2009 doesn't seem bad, right? Ten. ![]() Rising to epic proportion, being considered one of the "big four" in the thrash metal universe, Slayer was soon holding their own next to the likes of Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax over the years while reaching nearly five million in album sales (as of 2013). Thus began the sparks of the raging, savage quartet. Hell Awaits is an unrivaled classic, plumbing depths of darkness and depravity far deeper and wider than many groups had attempted before it, remaining as fierce today with this new 2021 reissue as it was nearly four decades ago.THE MORE THINGS CHANGE THE MORE THEY STAY ENRAGED: Born in Los Angeles circa 1981, thrash metal gods known as Slayer made their presence ferociously well known just five years later via the 1986 album Reign in Blood. The album carries with it a fresh intensity, upon which the group would expand with the subsequent Reign in Blood, thus setting the stage for the savage musical revolution to come. Inclusions such as the opening title track, “Kill Again,” and “Necrophiliac” exhilarate, frontman Tom Araya’s throat-blistering vocals saturating the roaring backdrop in an adrenaline-filled rage. ![]() While far heavier acts have since made their respective marks on the scene, the sensation of Hell Awaits remains raw, its impact a semi-melodic sucker punch to the gut. While not necessarily the monumental metal phenomenon that was Reign in Blood, Hell Awaits laid bare the formula that the group would continue to perfect over the following decade, complete with Kerry King and the late Jeff Hanneman’s shredding and spidering guitars, coupled with the group’s signature lyrical blend of monsters and maniacs. On their sophomore studio album, Southern Californian thrash metal godfathers Slayer eschewed the dingy production quality of 1983’s lo-fi Show No Mercy for a fuller, far more vicious sound, ultimately resulting in the genre classic Hell Awaits. ![]()
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