I felt very similarly to God Hates us All, to me it was like the most Slayer that Slayer could be, and to me everything after just felt like the band trying but not really succeeding to be themselves, if that makes any sense.
Bradley world painted blood was their best since seasons or reign in blood easily anything bostaph sucks period their best work was easily with Lombardo and Hanneman
That’s kinda misleading honestly. Jeff contracted the disease, but that’s not what killed him. TLDR not being able to play with Slayer or play as well anymore made him depressed and he essentially drank himself to death :/
Necrotizing Fasciitis may sound horrific and it actually IS but it's by far not as deadly as liver failure, the disease that killed him. I love Alcohol but I hope people start to realize that if you drink large amounts regularly, alcohol is one of the deadliest drugs out there!
@@mitchvechart7164 Either way, after his death, Slayer should have let him back into the band and brought his corpse on stage every night. That would have been the Slayer thing to do.
I’m gonna say it. Divine Intervention is underrated as fuck. The production and the riffing make the whole listen-through feel like you’re out in the streets at 2:46AM PST constantly looking over your shoulder and uneasy because there’s somebody stalking you with a knife, but you can’t see him.
@@tomasjonsson7141 same. South of Heaven just had something that clicked with me more than others. Maybe it was more of the groovier stuff. idk. The title track is amazing.
Jeff didn't die from necrotizing fasciitis. He died from chronic liver failure (cirrhosis) from drinking heavily his whole adult life. Same thing that killed my father (750ml bottle of scotch and 2 liters of coke a day for 20 some years).
@@atranfanatic you’re right, but the wikipedia article has all this too. Bradley didn’t take the time to read the whole thing (at least that’s how it appears in this edit).
Well, he drank so heavily in his last years because the necrotizing fasciitis impeded his guitar playing so much he took his frustration out on the bottle, so we can say that that killed him in the end.
Same here, PHENOMENAL SHOW!!! Overkill on Taking Over tour opened. Small club called the LIVING ROOM in Providence, RI. The crowd that night was beyond VIOLENT, great stuff!!!
@@aprilkurtz1589 cool stories! In 2004 as a youngster I had the chance to see Slayer perform the whole of Reign in Blood. Dimebag and Vinnie Paul opened the show with Damageplan, just a few months before Dime's tragic passing. That was a hell of a show and I feel honored to have witnessed it.
I was at a slayer show in the front row me and Jeff had the same obscure misfits shirts on he noticed and gave the horns. I was 19 and it made my year.
That would make my life. I met James Hetfield in the late 90's and he handed me his sweaty wristband and passed it to me over the gates using Lars' drumstick. I was 17
@@paladinminipedro707 I agree, also Divine Invervention is underrated af, you gotta listen to that album paying close attention until you realize that it is a hidden gem
@@paladinminipedro707 But I disagree about this being the only album worth having by them, there are several albums that are pretty much fucking awesome
I know it’s an EP rather than an album but I think it would have been worth mentioning Haunting The Chapel. It was an important bridge between Show No Mercy and Hell Awaits and Chemical Warfare is one of their best songs. That said, my favourite version of it is from their live album Decade of Aggression which is a great live record.
Chemical Warfare definitely is one of my favorites from them…I would say everything from Show No Mercy to Seasons gives the band a metal god-tier status
It does have sorta meditating quality. Even when I think about the record, let alone listen to it, like as I am typing. Probably why the Black Metal community should really honor it more. Dark Tranquil Mood Atmosphere Amazing record !!!
That run of Reign, South, and Seasons is the greatest, but I also love the first two albums vibe and campiness so much. I also enjoy the cover album because I like that early hardcore punk stuff. God Hates Us All has a special place in my heart because it was released at the height of my slayer fandom when i was like a freshman in high school...
Undisputedly... Show no Mercy is my favorite Slayer album of all time. There was a short time when they played songs of the first two albums with the speed of RIB on their live shows. Absolute Killers! Hell yeah!
I remember listening to 'Reborn' thinking 'He's just singing nonsense'. Then I followed with the lyrics and realised he was singing every word perfectly.
Have to disagree a little, i think World Painted Blood is one of their best songs, and the album is quite decent! I also might be biased, because me and my friends used to absolutely piss off our entire school when we played that song in our music class. Volume on 11, ofc.
I've been to a metal festival here in germany, in 1999 I believe. I knew Slayer at the time, but never before saw them live. So, since I was a big time fan, I was quite excited. Boy, if I knew what ride I was up to! They played just before sunset, and there where about 70 000 people at the festival - and it felt really everyone was before the center stage. From the opener to the encore, it felt like ten minutes, and I remember everything felt like a out-of-body experience. I never saw - and felt! - so many people united in one event, and one time, in one place. This was nothing short of a ceremony conducted by Slayer. They ARE the embodyment of metal.
According to an interview, with the band Venom, that I listened to years ago, it was Metallica, who were opening for them at the time who notified them of Slayer's existence. It's been almost twenty years, but IIRC, back around '83 or so, after a show, (Possibly) James set them aside and told them that there was this band called Slayer that channeled an image that was much closer to Venom's and that they should check them out.
Work in theatre. Had a patient come in with necrotising fasciitis, from a SPLINTER IN HIS FINGER. We could see it climbing up his arm with our own eyes, first time I've seen several surgeons panic and work together, he made it but it was excruciating and I can't imagine the pain and fear that Jeff was in
Bradely: “today we’re are talking about Slayer. That’s spelled S… ummm L.. A… Y… umm umm E… R. There were two people.. a guy named Jeff who might have died?” Clearly a big fan😂
I respect that but in my opinion none of the Big 4 had a truly great debut. All of them had to grow into their own identity. All of them basically sounded like they were blending their favorite bands at the start and it took a while for their truly unique sound to develop.
Beauty Through Order is a killer song from World Painted Blood. I love the way it builds, from high intensity to even higher and a very powerful release. Sofia 2010 (Big Four Tour) is a great live version!
They were phenomenal. No question. Ask anyone who was at the Marquee in 1985. Insane. At Hammersmith in 87 my ears bled. They were hitting incredible speeds. Even their peers could not believe what they were witnessing. They stuck to their guns and never sold out. In their last years after Jeff died, and Dave left, the magic mojo was gone forever.
I love all their albums. The big 4 from them being Hell Awaits, Reign in Blood, South of Heaven & Seasons in the Abyss. But I do love all their albums!!!
God Hates is also my favorite Slayer album. fun fact i noticed, i had heard that Bloodline was made for some movie which came out a year earlier, so if you go and listen to the record, the mix for Bloodline is completely different from the rest of the album. i didn't notice that for years
I never really dug Slayer but a guy I used to work with dragged me to see them on the Christ Illusion tour. I thought I might as well go just to say I'd seen Slayer. I don't know if they were always like this but they were absolutely phoning it in live, really just going through the motions. Also that Bill Bailey bit about Slayer is 100% accurate.
@@lalolanda3996 Bill Bailey is an English comedian and musician, he had a bit in one of his show where he talks about Slayer - I cannot find a clip unfortunately. I did not realise until now that Axl Rose's real name was William Bailey.
Slayer is one of the most influential metal bands. They didn't just influence thrash. They influenced extreme metal as a whole. I'm not the biggest fan but you got to give them their credit.
Divine Intervention is uninspired? It's one of their best. The last truly great and original album they made. With it's own guitar tone. Fucking hell its awesome.
Totally agree, that was a truly great album. I don't get how it's not a popular choice, so many awesome songs. All I can say is that some people must hear through their ass.
Slayer is the greatest. Not only where they present during the first "Bang!" of thrash metal, but their reckless abandonment of of musical conventions helped birth the more extreme genres. Morbid Angel, Deicide, Suffocation, Pestilence, and many others are basically just Slayer taken to its logical extremity. There where other bands around at the time, to be sure. But Slayer definitely belongs somewhere at very top.
Slayer are like The Beatles of extreme metal. Are they the best band to do that sort of sound? No, not by a long shot. But it’s also undeniable that their influence can be heard across a wide range of extreme metal subgenres and bands.
I can see that, I only like 2 Beatles songs and the rest I'd meh yet everyone acts like they are the best thing since sliced bread, I feel the same way about slayer lol. I grew up in the 90s when bands had a more evolved sound but if I were around in the early 80s slayer would be amazing
@@timd729 If we’re talking the earlier pop rock, British Invasion Era, to quote Quincy Jones, “They were no-playing motherfuckers.” If we’re talking the later, more experimental stuff, pretty much all the prog rock bands did that sort of thing with much more depth. Not saying they were bad, more like they established a template that future bands took to higher levels.
@@timd729 He said of 'extreme metal'. He's not wrong when it comes to the thrash metal scene Slayer in the top 4. Literally. That doesn't mean that the Beatles suck as the Beatles are in a totally different music genre.
Show No Mercy is top of the A tier for me. You also hated So Far So Good So What so maybe you just don't prefer pure Thrash. Gotta remember that Thrash came about combining elements of 80s Punk with NWOBHM. Show No Mercy is the album on Slayer's discography that has the most Punk influence, so it makes sense why you don't like it. Spot on take with God Hates Us All. It's a close 2nd to Reign In Blood imo
Dude, World Painted Blood and Divine Intervention are AWESOME albums. I think you need to listen to them a couple of times in their totality and let the songs sink in.
I never got big into Slayer, but as a metalhead, I felt obligated to buy Repentless off of iTunes when it dropped in 2015. I actually enjoyed it quite a lot! It also encouraged me to dig into their back catalogue.
My first slayer album was divine interventions so it is very close to my heart and I love it and because of that I love Paul vistas as my second favourite drummer next to Dave McClain when he was in machine head
Bradley, I appreciate that you seem to have good taste in metal, without being elitist/nerdy, and most importantly you know the importance of VIBES in a good metal album. Its an unquantifiable factor that you can only feel in your gut!
@@ThisObserverI always thought Metallicas first 3 and Slayers first 3 tracked pretty closely. First was balls out og thrash, second got a bit experimental, and third was genre defining perfection.
definitely could've included 'undisputed attitude'.....it gives a good insight into why the band sounds the way they do and their covers are top tier for sure...also, as a metalhead from the 80's it was just amazing when they released reign in blood, and then followed it up perfectly with south of heaven and when seasons in the abyss came out we were all blown away even more.... i think anyone who didn't get to experience the excitement as it happened will probably have a different view on their discography but 'you had to be there'..
South of Heaven is one of my favorites. I basically just like the first 4 albums of theirs...which seems pretty typical for me as far as the 80s thrash bands go. I'm not sure if it was because they brickwalled the EQ on later albums or what, but they just way too annoying sounding to me. I can listen to Reign In Blood and it doesn't seem nearly as aggressive and annoying as some of their later albums. Maybe the vocals started getting louder in the mix? I don't know, but post-grunge Slayer just sounds like someone yelling in my ear to annoy me.
Seasons in the Abyss is definitely one of my all-time favorite albums; it feels like the culmination of every lesson Slayer learned up to that point. The band having the foresight to not try and one-up Reign in Blood was one of the smartest decisions in metal imo, and probably in music in general. Mondo respect for that.
Jeff didnt actually die of Necrotizing fasciitis (Bacteria that eats Flesh) but it messed him up in a big way and couldnt really play anymore, with no way to get back. He drank himself to death due to depression and an already existing habbit of abusing alcohol. He died of liver failure which was also diagnosed a combination of the body dealing with the disease previously and his alcohol abuse.
Great video, and it’s so cool that you love God Hates Us All, it’s a great album in my opinion. I also like South of Heaven and Hell Awaits a lot, they’re definitely S tier for me.
If one wore Slayer Tshirt back in the 80'tees and did not know all the albums tracklists back to end, that shirt was gone man, right after your teeth...
Funny that you said south of heaven sounds thin because I personally Iike its mix better than reign in blood, it feels very similar but dave’s kick has even more punch and presence, I also hear slightly more separation between the instruments and parts of the drumkit, to me they sound almost the same but SOH has a little more defintion to my ears, but maybe iss just me
I would argue that Andy Wallace more influential to the Reign In Blood mix than what Rick Rubin had. However, it was probably thanks to that exact cooperation that it ended up sounding how it did in the end, polished but still raw.
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I felt very similarly to God Hates us All, to me it was like the most Slayer that Slayer could be, and to me everything after just felt like the band trying but not really succeeding to be themselves, if that makes any sense.
i cant stand this adhd editing
Bradley world painted blood was their best since seasons or reign in blood easily anything bostaph sucks period their best work was easily with Lombardo and Hanneman
Jeff's disease that killed him literally sounds like a fucking slayer song
That’s kinda misleading honestly. Jeff contracted the disease, but that’s not what killed him. TLDR not being able to play with Slayer or play as well anymore made him depressed and he essentially drank himself to death :/
i think its a Viraemia song
they're pretty sick band if you're into tech-death
Liver failure?
Necrotizing Fasciitis may sound horrific and it actually IS but it's by far not as deadly as liver failure, the disease that killed him. I love Alcohol but I hope people start to realize that if you drink large amounts regularly, alcohol is one of the deadliest drugs out there!
@@mitchvechart7164 Either way, after his death, Slayer should have let him back into the band and brought his corpse on stage every night. That would have been the Slayer thing to do.
I'm having a quite hard time containing my anger that you put Show No Mercy to D.
Bradley is just pissed there's no Tornado of Souls solo in that album.
My guess is he doesn't know this album, it's that simple. No metalhead with historic knowledge of the genre could dismiss such a founding record.
The dudes favorite band is Avenged Sevenfold. Are you surprised he put it that low.
His whole list is kind of whack tbh. With the exception of RIB being S-tier because… duh!
For me and for what Slayer represent in my musical journey, Show No Mercy is at LEAST S tier! I feel your pain ahaha!
I’m gonna say it.
Divine Intervention is underrated as fuck. The production and the riffing make the whole listen-through feel like you’re out in the streets at 2:46AM PST constantly looking over your shoulder and uneasy because there’s somebody stalking you with a knife, but you can’t see him.
Indeed sir, indeed
Facts, that album is Kerry’s best writing
I never got into that record, not in the 30 years it’s been out. I really don’t hear what you hear when I play it, and I do keep giving it a chance.
That songs are brutal AF
The end of mind control? Ditto head. Killing fields?
It's so aggressive
Even Eminem likes the Song Dittohead
Show No Mercy in D is hurting my soul
Yeah it's an S and Diabolus being ranked above it is absolute heresy lmao
my personal favourite, The Antichrist fucking rocks.
Agreed, that’s an all killer no filler for me. Where he ranked it kinda hurt my feelings a bit lol
I Belive is in E standard though
try it in C# 😁
I love 'Silent Scream' song...
'South of Heaven' is a great album... 👍🏻
Thats the only album i realy like =)
@@tomasjonsson7141 same. South of Heaven just had something that clicked with me more than others. Maybe it was more of the groovier stuff. idk. The title track is amazing.
@@tomasjonsson7141 I like them until 'Season in the Abyss'... after that one... I don't give a damn f***.
Garbage lyrics on that one
@@Slamdango6 Lyrics are like criminals being executed... Nobody cares... Lol
Jeff didn't die from necrotizing fasciitis. He died from chronic liver failure (cirrhosis) from drinking heavily his whole adult life. Same thing that killed my father (750ml bottle of scotch and 2 liters of coke a day for 20 some years).
Yeah people always mistakenly think a spider killed Jeff, but alcoholism/liver failure is what killed him.
Yep one of many reasons Wikipedia is not that good to use as a reference. Encyclopedia Metallum is much better for info on metal bands and members.
@@atranfanatic you’re right, but the wikipedia article has all this too. Bradley didn’t take the time to read the whole thing (at least that’s how it appears in this edit).
Well, he drank so heavily in his last years because the necrotizing fasciitis impeded his guitar playing so much he took his frustration out on the bottle, so we can say that that killed him in the end.
Viral Hepatitis complications
FUN FACT: Kerry Kings’s solos usually go: *DEELALELALELALELA DULULULULU WHAWHOOWHAWHOOOO DINALINDINALIN WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWW-*
Tom: AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Usually"? That seems like a bit of an understatement.
@@HarleySLAAusschwitz
I love that one
Hmm, I thought they went E-E-E-E-E--E-E-E-E-E--oh, that'd be his rhythm and riffs.
I saw Slayer on their Reign In Blood tour and they were amazing. I didn't even like metal at the time but after that I sure as hell did.
Wow, lucky!!
Same here, PHENOMENAL SHOW!!! Overkill on Taking Over tour opened. Small club called the LIVING ROOM in Providence, RI. The crowd that night was beyond VIOLENT, great stuff!!!
@@BradleyHallGuitar $7 for the ticket, $10 for the tour tee shirt. Outrageous prices compared to the punk shows I was normally at, LOL + Ha ha.
@@aprilkurtz1589 cool stories! In 2004 as a youngster I had the chance to see Slayer perform the whole of Reign in Blood. Dimebag and Vinnie Paul opened the show with Damageplan, just a few months before Dime's tragic passing. That was a hell of a show and I feel honored to have witnessed it.
I was like, "no shit? AND you play accordian?!" then realized that's a picture of Jimi Hendrix on your avatar lmaooo
Fun fact: I sang a Disney song at a Slayer concert.
Fun fact: I saw Slayer in Disney (House of Blues, Orlando)
What song?
@@victorthemusicman7243 Prince Ali. I sang it over Hell Awaits
I was there! I vouch.
@@pimpchris21 which Slayer concert?
I was at a slayer show in the front row me and Jeff had the same obscure misfits shirts on he noticed and gave the horns. I was 19 and it made my year.
When was that?
@@MDK2_Radio 20 years ago
That would make my life. I met James Hetfield in the late 90's and he handed me his sweaty wristband and passed it to me over the gates using Lars' drumstick. I was 17
@@bczarrockbeast6264 nice.👍
Seasons In The Abyss is a bloody masterpiece mate
Their only album which had a good diversity in tempo and was very creative. sad its the only album worth having by them.
@@paladinminipedro707 I agree, also Divine Invervention is underrated af, you gotta listen to that album paying close attention until you realize that it is a hidden gem
@@condor.67 i may just give that one a go, been decades since i sampled it from a friend's cs
@@paladinminipedro707 But I disagree about this being the only album worth having by them, there are several albums that are pretty much fucking awesome
"YEAH"
- James Hetfield
Whoooooo-oooou
- James Hetfield as well
Oof
-Tom G. Warrior
“YAAAHHHHHHHHHH”
- Tom Araya
Ooooooooooo YEAH HEAH!
-Also Papa Het
"Faster. Faster! Play faster!! FASTer!!!"
-Ralph from
"Reefer Madness"
I know it’s an EP rather than an album but I think it would have been worth mentioning Haunting The Chapel. It was an important bridge between Show No Mercy and Hell Awaits and Chemical Warfare is one of their best songs. That said, my favourite version of it is from their live album Decade of Aggression which is a great live record.
Chemical Warfare definitely is one of my favorites from them…I would say everything from Show No Mercy to Seasons gives the band a metal god-tier status
People keep forgetting about 'Decade'!
Toms "death" is the best thing with slayer 🐐🐐🐐
Show No Mercy is A to me. I love the primitive Venom/Maiden worship and theres some classics on it
The Post-mortem riff rules!!!
My 3rd favorite after *Angel of Death* & *Reign in Blood* in the Album.
I do wish they stuck with the Show No Mercy sound for a bit longer
Based
It's literally a mix of early Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and some hardcore punk stuff.
@@davidd3567 don’t forget Venom.
that's my favorite slayer album
World Painted Blood is my favourite after Seasons. Works well with a beer or two.
Thank you. Unit 731 and psychopathy red are fucking BANGERS
I thought that album is Slayer well defined
Dude I really like World Painted Blood, it was my second Slayer Album (my first was Diabolus in Musica) and gosh it was better than my first one haha
divine intervention is my favourite slayer album, for me have the best drums, sick riffs, some good solos and a good experimentantion
Hell yeah! It's insanely underrated!
I do love how Show No Mercy has that early black metal sound. Great companion piece to bands like Bathory and Venom as you mentioned.
I have Show No Mercy, Welcome to Hell and Bathory's self titled. I listen to them in order most of the time.
I hope you guys liked this new deep-dive video format, it was a lot of fun! Which band should I cover next??
Great band when Lombardo was on it... but they started to be pointless, monotonous and boring after that, IMO...
Galneryus man...
Next, do Mayhem
If you like them, you could do Stratovarius next...
ghost, or metallica
Hell Awaits is still my favorite Slayer album. Probably the only album of theirs I can sit through beginning to end.
100% agree great album
It does have sorta meditating quality. Even when I think about the record, let alone listen to it, like as I am typing. Probably why the Black Metal community should really honor it more. Dark Tranquil Mood Atmosphere Amazing record !!!
Kerry and Jeff actually went to a guitar teacher before recording the solos for SITA. It's why the title track is so god-tier.
people can talk trash about slayer,but man do they have insane riffs
That run of Reign, South, and Seasons is the greatest, but I also love the first two albums vibe and campiness so much. I also enjoy the cover album because I like that early hardcore punk stuff. God Hates Us All has a special place in my heart because it was released at the height of my slayer fandom when i was like a freshman in high school...
The Altar of Sacrifice / Jesus Saves combo is still one of the best 6min sections in metal history.
Undisputedly... Show no Mercy is my favorite Slayer album of all time. There was a short time when they played songs of the first two albums with the speed of RIB on their live shows. Absolute Killers! Hell yeah!
Divine intervention is a fantastic album .
Bostaph’s drumming on Disciple is insane through the end verses 🔥
I actually love Divine Intervention, that live show was insane...WPB definitely grew on me, and Playing with Dolls has become one of my faves....
I remember listening to 'Reborn' thinking 'He's just singing nonsense'. Then I followed with the lyrics and realised he was singing every word perfectly.
Have to disagree a little, i think World Painted Blood is one of their best songs, and the album is quite decent! I also might be biased, because me and my friends used to absolutely piss off our entire school when we played that song in our music class. Volume on 11, ofc.
Love the song but the solo reminds me of a basket full of cute hungry kittens.
I've been to a metal festival here in germany, in 1999 I believe. I knew Slayer at the time, but never before saw them live. So, since I was a big time fan, I was quite excited. Boy, if I knew what ride I was up to! They played just before sunset, and there where about 70 000 people at the festival - and it felt really everyone was before the center stage. From the opener to the encore, it felt like ten minutes, and I remember everything felt like a out-of-body experience. I never saw - and felt! - so many people united in one event, and one time, in one place. This was nothing short of a ceremony conducted by Slayer. They ARE the embodyment of metal.
According to an interview, with the band Venom, that I listened to years ago, it was Metallica, who were opening for them at the time who notified them of Slayer's existence. It's been almost twenty years, but IIRC, back around '83 or so, after a show, (Possibly) James set them aside and told them that there was this band called Slayer that channeled an image that was much closer to Venom's and that they should check them out.
Work in theatre. Had a patient come in with necrotising fasciitis, from a SPLINTER IN HIS FINGER. We could see it climbing up his arm with our own eyes, first time I've seen several surgeons panic and work together, he made it but it was excruciating and I can't imagine the pain and fear that Jeff was in
That must have been weird while you were rehearsing some Shakespeare
Slayer slaaaaayyyys 💅
Lmao Yaaas
Ha, then you've never seen Slayer sleigh!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who really likes God Hates Us All.
Make a similar vid but with Anthrax or Testament, that would be epic
i played bloodline at a secondary school talent show a couple months ago and my drummer couldnt do it so i had to solo guitar it and it was sick!
No One who's seen the OG Slayer Lineup live would never ask this, One of the rare bands who sound better than their recordings live.
Saw them in 2011 with Megadeth and Testament and their live mix was a muddled mess while the other two bands sounded amazing.
@@brianmcevoy1990 probably an odd ball show, ive seen them 6 or 7 times over the years with and without Dave and they were always crazy tight.
Bradely: “today we’re are talking about Slayer. That’s spelled S… ummm L.. A… Y… umm umm E… R. There were two people.. a guy named Jeff who might have died?” Clearly a big fan😂
For me Show No Mercy is their best album.
It's a classic in its own right. Like the best bits of Judas Priest and Venom smashed together.
I respect that but in my opinion none of the Big 4 had a truly great debut. All of them had to grow into their own identity. All of them basically sounded like they were blending their favorite bands at the start and it took a while for their truly unique sound to develop.
Amateur. That's their sell-out album. Their very first demo is where it's at for _trve_ Slayer fans.
😜
Agreed 👍
@@MrLBPugStfu, no one cares.
You did Show No Mercy dirty AF Brad
Beauty Through Order is a killer song from World Painted Blood. I love the way it builds, from high intensity to even higher and a very powerful release. Sofia 2010 (Big Four Tour) is a great live version!
Divine intervention is great B tier AT LEAST. You put more mediocre albums above it
World Painted Blood is killer album, Psychopathy Red could be a part of Reign in Blood and would fit there perfectly
They were phenomenal. No question. Ask anyone who was at the Marquee in 1985. Insane. At Hammersmith in 87 my ears bled. They were hitting incredible speeds. Even their peers could not believe what they were witnessing. They stuck to their guns and never sold out. In their last years after Jeff died, and Dave left, the magic mojo was gone forever.
I love all their albums. The big 4 from them being Hell Awaits, Reign in Blood, South of Heaven & Seasons in the Abyss. But I do love all their albums!!!
Seasons in the Abyss is my all time favorite song ever!
Anyone that calls slayer overrated garbage deserves to spend a night with terry glaze
Hot & Heavy 🤣🤣🤣
I'd rather spend a night with Terry glaze than watch slayer again
What does terry do?
@@xenonvinc I think he glazes donuts for Yngwie now, but Yngwie doesn´t like no fuggin donuts. It´s like Sisiphos....
@@ErebosTalia I FUCKING LOVE DONUTS! Sounds like a nice guy, might hit him up
Haunting the Chapel is their second release. It’s only an EP but I always count it as an album cause it’s were they upped their game.
God Hates is also my favorite Slayer album. fun fact i noticed, i had heard that Bloodline was made for some movie which came out a year earlier, so if you go and listen to the record, the mix for Bloodline is completely different from the rest of the album. i didn't notice that for years
I never really dug Slayer but a guy I used to work with dragged me to see them on the Christ Illusion tour. I thought I might as well go just to say I'd seen Slayer. I don't know if they were always like this but they were absolutely phoning it in live, really just going through the motions. Also that Bill Bailey bit about Slayer is 100% accurate.
Bill Bailey means axl rose?
@@lalolanda3996 Bill Bailey is an English comedian and musician, he had a bit in one of his show where he talks about Slayer - I cannot find a clip unfortunately.
I did not realise until now that Axl Rose's real name was William Bailey.
My favorite album by them is seasons in the abyss
And now they’re back together without Kerry King you’re gonna have a good video for that I bet 💀
If you feel lonely and need a friend, go to an area where there is a lot of people on foot and scream “SLAYERRRRRRR!!!”
HI BRADLEY WHERE DID U GET THE SUIT FROM I WANT IT LOLLLLLLLLL ALSO WE NEED MORE SHIRTS LIKE MARSTER OFF PUPITS
Slayer is one of the most influential metal bands. They didn't just influence thrash. They influenced extreme metal as a whole. I'm not the biggest fan but you got to give them their credit.
...and now Slayer is back !!!
Divine Intervention is uninspired? It's one of their best. The last truly great and original album they made. With it's own guitar tone. Fucking hell its awesome.
Totally agree, that was a truly great album. I don't get how it's not a popular choice, so many awesome songs. All I can say is that some people must hear through their ass.
Slayer is the greatest. Not only where they present during the first "Bang!" of thrash metal, but their reckless abandonment of of musical conventions helped birth the more extreme genres. Morbid Angel, Deicide, Suffocation, Pestilence, and many others are basically just Slayer taken to its logical extremity. There where other bands around at the time, to be sure. But Slayer definitely belongs somewhere at very top.
Slayer are like The Beatles of extreme metal. Are they the best band to do that sort of sound? No, not by a long shot. But it’s also undeniable that their influence can be heard across a wide range of extreme metal subgenres and bands.
So who was the best band to do the sort of sound like the Beatles? Pretty sure Beatles were the best in that style.
I can see that, I only like 2 Beatles songs and the rest I'd meh yet everyone acts like they are the best thing since sliced bread, I feel the same way about slayer lol. I grew up in the 90s when bands had a more evolved sound but if I were around in the early 80s slayer would be amazing
@@timd729 If we’re talking the earlier pop rock, British Invasion Era, to quote Quincy Jones, “They were no-playing motherfuckers.” If we’re talking the later, more experimental stuff, pretty much all the prog rock bands did that sort of thing with much more depth. Not saying they were bad, more like they established a template that future bands took to higher levels.
@@timd729 He said of 'extreme metal'. He's not wrong when it comes to the thrash metal scene Slayer in the top 4. Literally. That doesn't mean that the Beatles suck as the Beatles are in a totally different music genre.
Show No Mercy is top of the A tier for me. You also hated So Far So Good So What so maybe you just don't prefer pure Thrash. Gotta remember that Thrash came about combining elements of 80s Punk with NWOBHM. Show No Mercy is the album on Slayer's discography that has the most Punk influence, so it makes sense why you don't like it.
Spot on take with God Hates Us All. It's a close 2nd to Reign In Blood imo
Dude, World Painted Blood and Divine Intervention are AWESOME albums. I think you need to listen to them a couple of times in their totality and let the songs sink in.
Not a fan of Divine Intervention. But the title track on World Painted Blood is one of their all time best songs, in my opinion.
Slayer was my first concert. I grew up listening to them so they are near and dear to my heart
I never got big into Slayer, but as a metalhead, I felt obligated to buy Repentless off of iTunes when it dropped in 2015. I actually enjoyed it quite a lot! It also encouraged me to dig into their back catalogue.
The TSOL cover is amazing
My first slayer album was divine interventions so it is very close to my heart and I love it and because of that I love Paul vistas as my second favourite drummer next to Dave McClain when he was in machine head
Bradley, I appreciate that you seem to have good taste in metal, without being elitist/nerdy, and most importantly you know the importance of VIBES in a good metal album. Its an unquantifiable factor that you can only feel in your gut!
Undisputed Attitude is mostly covers, but Gemini was a pretty badass song. As a Gemini, loved it. 🤘 Their Dr.Know cover (Mr.Freeze) was also great.
I thought Seasons in the Abyss was their Master of Puppets moment. If that makes sense.
No, RiB.
Lol, Slayer never went Dad Rock and knew when to stop, not like mehtallica
@@xenonvinc I said I thought. :)
@@clutch2827 Fair point, fair point
@@ThisObserverI always thought Metallicas first 3 and Slayers first 3 tracked pretty closely. First was balls out og thrash, second got a bit experimental, and third was genre defining perfection.
South of heaven is my favourite Slayer album.
A master piece
Yep mine too followed by Hell Awaits, Seasons of the Abyss and Reign in Blood!
definitely could've included 'undisputed attitude'.....it gives a good insight into why the band sounds the way they do and their covers are top tier for sure...also, as a metalhead from the 80's it was just amazing when they released reign in blood, and then followed it up perfectly with south of heaven and when seasons in the abyss came out we were all blown away even more.... i think anyone who didn't get to experience the excitement as it happened will probably have a different view on their discography but 'you had to be there'..
My top 3 are Reign in Blood, Hell Awaits, and South of Heaven. Seasons is really good but that first half of South is just perfect.
Anyone that thinks they are overrated wasn't around in 1983-1985. Easy to say now after 40 years... ugh
Show no mercy is their best album!!
South of Heaven is one of my favorites. I basically just like the first 4 albums of theirs...which seems pretty typical for me as far as the 80s thrash bands go. I'm not sure if it was because they brickwalled the EQ on later albums or what, but they just way too annoying sounding to me. I can listen to Reign In Blood and it doesn't seem nearly as aggressive and annoying as some of their later albums. Maybe the vocals started getting louder in the mix? I don't know, but post-grunge Slayer just sounds like someone yelling in my ear to annoy me.
Seasons in the Abyss is definitely one of my all-time favorite albums; it feels like the culmination of every lesson Slayer learned up to that point. The band having the foresight to not try and one-up Reign in Blood was one of the smartest decisions in metal imo, and probably in music in general. Mondo respect for that.
slayr = goooddd!!
Slyer = mediocre
Sleya = bad
Certified legends
This single handedly made them reunite
Yeah I'm pretty close to that. I do love GHUA, definitely #2 for me.
Do one with Anthrax.
FUCKING SLAYEEEEER
Yea I was relistening to GHUA recently and really its like nu-thrash but in a more refined form than Diabolus was, its pretty good
Jeff didnt actually die of Necrotizing fasciitis (Bacteria that eats Flesh) but it messed him up in a big way and couldnt really play anymore, with no way to get back. He drank himself to death due to depression and an already existing habbit of abusing alcohol. He died of liver failure which was also diagnosed a combination of the body dealing with the disease previously and his alcohol abuse.
Slayer is legend 💪😎🎸
Trash
they are legends! show no mercy their best album!
Never heard anyone overrate Slayer. If anything, they’re criminally underrated
Great video, and it’s so cool that you love God Hates Us All, it’s a great album in my opinion. I also like South of Heaven and Hell Awaits a lot, they’re definitely S tier for me.
I'm pleased that I found this channel! Great stuff. I remember when Slayer released an album on 6/6/2006. Too hellish for me lol
I was 14 and still went to church lol
Both
the real answer
They are GODS.......compared to Metallica.
Virtually every song written by Metallica is better than virtually every song written by Slayer.
@@MaxPower2719 Reign In Blood > anything Metallica ever did
You're old when you remember Kerry King with hair.
I always felt like Slayer albums are not to be compared to each other rather to used like Alice used the small pill or the large pill.
Slayer Isn't Overrated Garbage. Metallica is lol
at 6:42 what chord was that?
If one wore Slayer Tshirt back in the 80'tees and did not know all the albums tracklists back to end, that shirt was gone man, right after your teeth...
Funny that you said south of heaven sounds thin because I personally Iike its mix better than reign in blood, it feels very similar but dave’s kick has even more punch and presence, I also hear slightly more separation between the instruments and parts of the drumkit, to me they sound almost the same but SOH has a little more defintion to my ears, but maybe iss just me
I would argue that Andy Wallace more influential to the Reign In Blood mix than what Rick Rubin had. However, it was probably thanks to that exact cooperation that it ended up sounding how it did in the end, polished but still raw.