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With 1986's REIGN IN BLOOD, Slayer reached the pinnacle of its rapid-fire, speed metal style. For the band's next effort, instead of embracing its hardcore roots even further, the band retraced its metal influences, namely Black Sabbath. 1988's SOUTH OF HEAVEN surprised many fans because it contained several mid-paced, dirge-like compositions that spotlighted metal's crunch over punk's reckless energy. Tom Araya's lyrics still addressed controversial subjects, while another piece of gruesome artwork graced the album's cover. Despite it all, Slayer's ardent following embraced the album, eventually propelling SOUTH OF HEAVEN to gold-certification in the U.S.
The twin-guitar team of Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman is again well equipped with an arsenal of killer riffs, while drummer Dave Lombardo shows why many consider him to be one of metal's all-time best. In the past, Araya penned lyrics that dealt with such controversial topics as Nazism (REIGN IN BLOOD's "Angel of Death") and serial killers (SEASONS IN THE ABYSS's "Dead Skin Mask"). Araya continues the trend on SOUTH OF HEAVEN with "Silent Scream," a track about abortion. Other gory tracks include the grinding title track, "Mandatory Suicide," and a cover of Judas Priest's "Dissident Aggressor."
Recorded in Los Angeles, California.
Slayer: Tom Araya (vocals, bass); Jeff hanneman, Kerry King (guitar); Dave Lombardo (drums).
Slayer South Of Heaven Songs South Of Heaven Music Review Purchase South Of Heaven CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Slayer Hell Awaits CD (1985)
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Digitally remastered by Eddy Schreyer (November 1993, Future Disc).
With their second album, co-produced by Metal Blade's headbanging head honcho Brian Slagel, Satanic thrashers Slayer upped the ante from their debut in every way. More graphic album art, breakneck tempos, gruesome lyrics, and proper production gave the band a punchier sound while retaining their native aggression. Whereas their debut sounded like a band flirting with the dark side, HELL AWAITS is where the band begins to sound truly sinister and evil. Dave Lombardo's famous double bass drumming strongly came into play here, further propelling the lightspeed riffing and twisted solos of Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, who would help propagate a style of carpal tunnel-inducing axework for forthcoming generations of extreme metal bands. To accompany this metal maelstrom, bassist Tom Araya appropriately growled ...
| | Slayer Show No Mercy CD (1983)
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The album that started it all for these L.A. thrash progenitors--and helped usher in the speed and thrash metal movement of the '80s, and later the extreme metal underground of the '90s --still sounds fresh. In order to achieve their own special style, Slayer incorporated the faster, darker elements of Judas Priest and meshed it with the punk brutality of Motorhead, albeit without the bluesy roots of either of those British bands. While the artwork and lyrics are cartoonish on this self-produced, over-the-top debut, the band's energy and aggression shine, from the opening blitzkrieg of "Evil Has No Boundaries" to the final feedback squeals of the title track. Even as it is fueled by quasi-Satanic musings and raging testosterone, SHOW NO MERCY distinguishes itself from later Slayer releases by being slightly less thrashing. Indeed, it is more ...
| | Morbid Angel Covenant CD (1993)
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Covenant started to bring Morbid Angel up out of the underground, as MTV gave them wider exposure on its late Headbanger's Ball. Guitarist Trey Azagthoth plays complicated, heavily detuned riffs, some with a lightning-fast picking style and others ...
| | Slayer Reign In Blood CD (1986)
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Slayer's major-label debut remains one of the most brutal metal albums ever recorded, uncompromising in its extremes; ironically, it's their mainstream breakthrough release. Infusing its thrash sound with a hardcore-punk influence, the cacophonous quartet shifts from supernatural terror to real-life horrors with shorter songs such as "Necrophobic" and "Postmortem". The change is most notable on the gruesome depiction of Nazi butcher Josef Mengele on the frenzied epic "Angel of Death". Only the apocalyptic closing number, "Raining Blood," hearkens back to the semi-melodic Slayer style from SHOW NO MERCY and HELL AWAITS.
Throughout its short running time (28 minutes, an EP even by 1980s standards), the Rick ...
| | Slayer Seasons In The Abyss CD (1990)
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Slayer built a rabid following with faster-than-light thrash metal, eerie, disturbing lyrics, and bassist/singer Tom Araya's screamed vocals. 1986's REIGN IN BLOOD, a blinding metal classic that clocked in at below a half hour in length and was produced by Rick Rubin, put the band on the metal map. Although Slayer was a bunch of longhairs, it wasn't uncommon to see hardcore skinheads slamming away at the band's shows. But 1988's SOUTH OF HEAVEN alienated many of Slayer's punk fans, as the group slowed their speed metal to a Black Sabbath-like crawl.
1990's SEASONS IN THE ABYSS follows its predecessor's formula. The album was embraced by metal-heads everywhere, eventually earning Slayer its first gold-certified record. ...
| | Slayer Divine Intervention CD (1994)
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What can you say about a band that can find, to quote one song title, "Serenity In Murder?" And that can write a poetic, detailed observation on the subject?
Nothing that scores of critics haven't said about this shocking heavy-metal band for years, except that they're quite good at it. While their ultraviolent songs are figments of their overactive imaginations, the rage they give voice to isn't; things just may be going down the tubes. The first-person descriptions of rape ("Sex, Murder, Art") and necrophilia ("213") on DIVINE INTERVENTION are merely a leap of the imagination from the album's third-person attacks on war criminals ("SS-3"). Think of it as a character study of a man watching society crumble and crumbling along with it.
Slayer's superfast, supertight metal, propelled by Paul Bostaph's machine-gun drumming, bottles that crumbling psyche into music that's almost as dangerous as the words are alleged to be. The speed-of-light vocal on "Dittohead," an indictment of the justice system, is sprayed out like lead from an ...
| | Best Of John Travolta: Let Her In CD (1996)
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Varese's The Best of John Travolta is a 20-track collection that nevertheless doesn't come close to being a definitive retrospective of Travolta's '70s hits. His two big hits from Grease, "You're the One That I Want" and "Summer Nights," are not here, but "Greased Lightnin'" is, and two of his three Top 40 hits -- "Whenever I'm Away from You" and "All Strung Out on You" -- are missing. "Let Her In," his biggest hit, is here, as are some good lesser-known tracks, which means that the compilation remains entertaining, even if it isn't comprehensive. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Varese's The Best of John Travolta is a 20-track collection that nevertheless doesn't come close to being a definitive retrospective of Travolta's '70s hits. His two big hits from Grease, "You're the One That I Want" and "Summer Nights," are not here, but ...
| | Armitage Skanks Mental Project CD (2006) (Import)
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This three piece band bring you there original brand of Groovy Grunge-Metal and make you feel good every time you see them! With a hippie for a frontman and a bassist that could inspire a generation and a drummer who gurns his way through every song you cant help but notice that something special and unique has happened. Fusing Groovey bass lines with Grunge fueled Metal this threesome have formed a special partnership and are trying to spread there peace message to everyone who loves music!Armitage Skanks - Mental Project Armitage Skanks are 3 guys who love rock music and have no hang ups about trying to be cool - and in turn they ARE cool. Playing rock for fun but with vibrant belief they stoke all the modern styles from grunge through to metal and mainstream. Using tactical lyrics the ...
| | Best Of Johnny Tillotson CD (1994)
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| | Carla Werner Pure Things In Wild Places CD (2006) (Import) Import
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| | Tony Christie Solid Gold Collection CDs (2007) (Import) Import
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| | Lars Danielsson Pasodoble CD (2007) Digipak
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| | Clown Revisited Flashes Of A Normal World CD (2007) (Import)
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| | Bob Blake Where's Santa? CD (2008)
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