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World Painted Blood

Slayer

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When it comes to heavy metal, thrash veterans Slayer deliver without fail. Unlike other bands who eventually find the mainstream with ballads or somehow calibrate their sound for radio, Slayer have never lost the “heavy” in their music. They continue to write strong, memorable riffs that never let up or let down. The title track opens things with a spoken word intro and shifts in tempo that remind listeners that original drummer Dave Lombardo is back behind the kit. “Unit 731” channels the relentless thrash pace of Reign In Blood. “Snuff” jams tight with guitar solos that flicker towards the heavens. Guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman are in fine form and power the tracks with an authority their followers often dream of. The band turns on a dime, as “Public Display of Dismemberment” and “Play With Dolls” prove beyond doubt. Bands inspired by these innovators have come along to expand on this classic band’s attack, but there’s still nothing quite like hearing Tom Araya scream as if his life depended on it.

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NEW SLAYER

This new album is amazing. Slayer keeps to the style that has made them the number 1 thrash band. I think this album and the last two releases show a darker more educated side.

Not their best effort

I did a little digging and learned that the band went into the studio purposely and totally unprepared. They did not have an entire set of finished material before going in, and it unfortunately shows. The entire album sounds like each song was rushed into production. The guitar work sounds primitive for Slayer, and the drums sound too basic for it to be Dave at the throne, this is not the slayer that I have been a die hard fan of since the '80's.

Great album

This album is amazing, there is not a song on here that will bore you. Definately listen to Unit 731, Hate Worldwide, Psychopathy Red and Playing with Dolls, they're the best songs on the album. I will say that I liked Christ Illusion better than this, so if you haven't got that one yet go with that first but you should buy both. Slayer has yet again released another great album.

Biography

Formed: 1982 in Huntington Beach, CA

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

Slayer were one of the most distinctive, influential, and extreme thrash metal bands of the 1980s. Their graphic lyrics deal with everything from death and dismemberment to war and the horrors of hell. Their full-throttle velocity, wildly chaotic guitar solos, and powerful musical chops paint an effectively chilling sonic background for their obsessive chronicling of the dark side; this correspondence has helped Slayer's music hold up arguably better than the remaining Big Three '80s thrash outfits...
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