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I agree. I think its their most aggressive album after Reign In Blood. The production wise I can see why people are effy about it. But give it another chance. I wasnt a huge fan until maybe a few years ago it clicked with me. This album is so fucking ferocious.
Long comment: Show no mercy- very solid, I’d rather listen to venom Hell awaits- ALMOST a death metal album Reign in blood- this is thrash metal. The Bible. The definition South of heaven- the slow songs>>>>> the fast songs Seasons in the abyss- second favorite, perfect fusion of RiB and SoH Divine intervention- my least favorite, slayer going through the motions just kinda boring... still solid Diablous In Musica- hey man at least it’s different and interesting God hates us all- some great songs, buuut pretty one dimensional Christ illusion- VERY solid and a shame it’s overlooked World painted blood- best since SitA, one of their best Repentless- what if seasons in the abyss wasn’t good I’m only halfway through the video btw. Definitely agreeing with you for the most part!
I always loved how satanic and violent Slayer can be, but it seems like Tom Araya is a man of God. I also am a man of God but damnit I can't stand Christian music. It's really weird that some of my favorite music comes from Slayer and Cannibal Corpse. Yes I'm a man of God but I'm a full blown metal head.
Show no Mercy: Solid debut with memorable tunes here and there. Hell Awaits: My personal favourite. Equal parts Brutal, fast and evil. Reign in Blood: I mean that album speaks for itself really. South of Heaven: My introduction to the band and I love both the slow and fast songs. Seasons in the Abyss: My second favourite, good mix of the fast and slow songs. Divine Intervention: I really like this one, even though Dave is gone, Bostaph did a great job and I think it's underatted. Diabolus in Musica: Not awful but not one of my favs. God Hates Us All: I'm not a mega fan of this one but it does have great songs such as Bloodline and Exile. Christ Illusion: Probably my fav of the 2000s albums. World Painted Blood: Good songs but a very horribly detached sounding production (especially shows with the drums) Probably due to tensions with Dave and the rest of the band. Repentless: Not bad. Good songs here and there but not amazing.
I don't really count Undisputed Attitude due to it being a covers album but imo it's kinda meh but I understand why they did the album given the Hardcore punk influences of the band. The original Slayer song Gemini is terrible imo though.
I agree with you more than 90% for all that you wrote.You are true Slayer fan,i recognized that 'cause i listen to them 38 years and i know a lot about them.See you in hell!!!
@@pop000690 I like Gemini, it's just it has this weird production to it. It's the only song from Undisputed Attitude I have on my (Slayer) playlist, but the production makes stick out like a sore thumb.
FINALLY! Someone who has the courage to admit that Diabolous in Musica is actually a pretty decent album, especially considering the awful musical landscape of the time. I would even go as far as to argue that it’s better than anything they released afterwards 😬🤭 (sorry, but from God Hates Us All onwards Tom’s vocals become increasingly unlistenable 🙄)
Thanks for giving some love to Diabolus In Musica! I ALWAYS liked that album a lot. The grooves and riffs are so great man. Song writing and structure nowhere near the earlier ones, but what is? I still jam this album today
The “true metal heads” attitude against Diabolus in musics and God hates us all is Toxic fandom 101. Really close minded perspective of the fans. Both amazing killer albums .
Love Slayer. Everything from Show No Mercy to Divine Intervention is incredible. I also love Undisputed Attitude which as everyone knows is a covers album. Christ Illusion is my favorite Slayer album since Divine Intervention and I rate it above everything that came after it as well.
I've seen Slayer twice in concert in 2016 in Abbotsford and 2018 in Vancouver. Both times I saw them, Anthrax were on the bill. The second time I saw them was in 2018 in Vancouver. Opening acts for the 2018 show were Testament, Behemoth, Anthrax, Lamb of God and Slayer. Unfortunately, the 2018 concert I saw from Slayer was the last time I saw them, as their 2018-2019 tour was their last.
I'm gonna argue that Divine Intervention is better than you give it credit. Yes, it's no master piece but it was their most technical album by far, Fictional Reality, Circle of Belief, Serenity in Murder and Mind Control. Not to mention the intensity of songs like Killing Field and Dittohead. It might be a little hohum if you just blasted through the first 5 albums but on its own it's phenomenal for what was coming out at the time and is easily my second favourite behind Seasons in the Abyss. I'd give it a solid 4/5 but to each their own.
Yeah I agree that it's definetly not "just the B-sides of the last few albums". Sounds nothing like Slayer did before or after for the most part. It's by far their most progressive and technical release, with songs like Killing Fields, SS-3, 213, and the title track experimenting with new time signatures and lots of different sections. Killing Fields is probably the singlemost technical thing they ever did, and I wonder how an alternate timeline of tech/prog Slayer would've sounded instead of the nu-thrash Slayer we got instead. Album is awesome.
Well done, Robert! Reign in Blood is their best one in my opinion, also. I love all of their stuff, really, but that one is very special. It's the first one of theirs that I ever bought. The only thing I don't seem to believe is when people complain that metal was dying out in the '90s. In the underground, it was flourishing in the realms of doom metal, death metal, and black metal. More importantly, metal is thriving in the twenty-first century. I'll see you in the next one! 🤘🤘🤘
Some of my favourite metal albums of all time come from the 90s so no argument here. Metal suffered in the mainstream, but its always thrived in the underground anyway, ESPECIALLY nowadays, so whoooo cares.
People fail to clarify in what sense when they say that something is dead. In the 90s, it was dead in the mainstream in terms of a metal band being just as culturally relevant as any pop act. Same goes for rock music in the 2010s. But in both decades, it thrived in the underground and at the regional level.
Great, eloquent and fun reviews as always! I had previously thought of south of heaven as a bit of a dud, but I'll give it another listen with what you said in mind!
Finally, someone else who likes Diabolous! I've always loved that album, especially Overt Enemy, Point, and Deaths Head. Seriously though, NOTHING beats Reign in Blood. Skeletons of Society was my favorite in high school! 🤘😈🤘
I've been a Slayer fanatic since Reign in Blood came out in 86'. I backtracked to Show No Mercy not long after that and my initial reaction was similar to yours. It sounded almost nothing like RIB and I never really went back to it until a year or so ago. First of all I'm not sure what you are calling "80's metal" but unless you also classify Venom and Mercyful Fate as "80's metal your logic is flawed because SNM sounds like a hybrid of the two. It's fast and heavy like Venom but very precise with some impressive soloing like Mercyful Fate. I think becoming more familiar with those two band's music over the years allowed me to hear it in a new light when I went back to it. Slayer was finding it's footing but they hadn't completely found their voice as a band yet. It's auctually become one of my favorite albums since going back to it. I also highly recommend the 2 eps that came after SNM. Both are absolutely amazing.
1. Hell Awaits 10/10 2. Reign in Blood 10/10 3. Seasons in the Abyss 10/10 4. Show No Mercy 10/10 5. South of Heaven 10/10 6. Divine Intervention 10/10 7. Christ Illusion 10/10 8. Haunting the Chapel EP 10/10 9. World Painted Blood 9.55/10 10. God Hates us All 9/10 11. Repentless 8.75/10 12. Undisputed Attitude 8.65/10 13. Diabolus in Musica 7.75/10 As you can see, I really like every album by slayer
I was lucky enough to see them on riot fest before all this crap happened, with testament and anthrax right before them , and it was a pretty epic show ..:I just happened to stay at same hotel as testament as well
After watching you do a good job on the Judas Priest vid, I thought I'd check out this one and I mostly agree (my all time fav is Seasons btw) we are decades apart in age and you have a great ear for high quality. My only small complaint is you spend 5x longer on albums you hate- we get it already. That said, nice work overall.
I agree with you about Diabolus. I don't think it deserves the hate it gets. It still sounds like Slayer with a touch of groove in it. So fuckin what. Of all the Big 4, for better or worse they stayed closest to their origins(which I don't give a shit either way, if you alter your sound, and it's good, great).
I do love some Slayer and they are always no exception, always really liked your segment here. Their discography is consistent for the most part and their selection of albums has been one of my favourites, though I do not like Diabolus really. The earlier stuff is where it's at for me but I do like a few later ones.
Reign in Blood is great, but their best album? Maybe in 86, they have made many classics after that. It had 4 great tracks, but rest was trashy 80s speed. Just my opinion.
I got to see Slayer on their farewell tour at Toronto 2018, along with Lamb of God, Anthrax, Behemoth and Testament. That night was definitely the most craziest show I've ever experienced. Fucking Slayer!!!!
Seasons was a 5 out of 5. Not one weak spot on the album. Even my thrash hating sister liked one song. They never sounded better before or after that classic.
Lol this just in! Slayer just reunited and they already have 2024 tour dates. Even despite Kerry King having a solo band, album, and it's own tour dates. And i wonder what made Tom want to do it again?
Show no Mercy - My favourite one Hell Awaits - For some reason I never understood why people like it so much Reign in Blodd - There is nothing to say, what hasn't already been said. South of Heaven - I agree with EVERYTHING you said Seasons in the abyss - When you can't decide if you wanna hear Reign or South, you usually end up with this one Divine Intervention - Booooooring! Diabolus in Musica - I love it when bands try new shit. But this is literally shit. God Hates Us All - It took me a while, but this is actually a really good album Christ Illusion - Boooooooring! World Painted Blood - The album that should have come out in 1994. Probably I would have liked it then Repentless - It's acutally not thaaaat bad like you say Nice analysis you did!
Slayer is a sad but perfect example of when a band stop caring after the first (epic) fatigues and start working "cause it's their job". Their last stuff is their worst, and that is the biggest letdown an artist could give me 😢
I’m so glad I played Guitar Hero 3 look I like Metallica but I think Slayer is better musically. Reign in Blood goes unbelievably hard and was almost impossible to play on my Xbox controller. I can still feel my fingers cramp. I heard God hates us all recently and I gotta admit that album goes hard as fuck.
Ngl I like the track Repentless because it’s so basic and thoughtless. It sounds like it would’ve been the first song they ever wrote when they first started. Just some dumbass punk song. What an awful album though lmfaooo
1. Show No Mercy (1983) 2. Hell Awaits (1985) 3. Season in the Abyss (1990) 4. Reign in Blood (1986) *kinda overrated! 5. South of Heaven (1988) 6. Divine Intervention (1994) *underrated! 7. Christ Illusion (2006) 8. World Painted Blood (2009) 9. Repentless (2020) 10. God Hates Us All (2001) 11. Diabolus in Musica (1998) 12. Undisputed Attitude (1996) *this is unnecessary, and barely a Slayer album and not even a real studio album. I absolutely love punk music, but it’s not what I want from Slayer. But, I legit kinda like I Wanna Be Your God.
I personally prefer God Hates Us All to Diabolus In Musica,mostly because it doesn't have those pseudoindustrial vocal effects,which in my opinion take away from Slayer's music. But both of those get too much shit honestly. Everyone adapted in the 90s and Slayer did it better than others. Also,I am one of those people,who have Hell Awaits as a favourite) South Of Heaven is a close second though,love it,when Slayer makes a great slow song and then goes into a killer fast track,gives the album more dynamic Great review as always,man! Definitely disagree in places,but you present your points in a great way and sound invested in the music
It's a shame that one of the better songs on Repentless still wasn't even as good as it's low quality B-Side from World Painted Blood. Atrocity Vendor would've been the best song on Repentless if they just kept it as fast and aggressive as it was on World Painted Blood. Hate that Kerry also changed a verse because he thought it was "uncool and too sensationalized". Real shame
I always thought Stain Of Mind was the worst song Slayer ever wrote, and it absolutely mystified me why they insisted on playing that sub-Coal Chamber piece of crap live so often.
12. Undisputed Attitude 11. Show No Mercy 10. South Of Heaven 9. Hell Awaits 8. Diabolus In Musica 7. Reign In Blood 6. Divine Intervention 5. Christ Illusion 4. World Painted Blood 3. Relentless 2. Seasons In The Abyss 1. God Hates Us All Doubt anyone will agree with this list, (especially where I put with Repentless) but this is my ranking.
Granted, I came about 20 years late to the party, but I never understood the hype about "Reign in Blood"... it's a good album, but it lacks in memorable songs. There are exactly three things that stick to the memory after each listen: 1. The scream at the beginning of "Angel of Death". 2. The lyric "Auschwitz, the meaning of pain, the way that I want you to die". And 3. The intro to "Raining Blood". The entire middle part of this thing is a whole bunch of short riff sketches, that were never completed into real songs. I much prefer "South of Heaven" to this...
-Show No Mercy: overall a good album, but Haunting The Chapel had better songs -Hell Awaits: Slayer’s first banger, Nekrophiliac rules, great album -Reign in Blood: Amazing album, but I kinda wish it was a bit longer, the fact that the middle section of the album has a bunch of 1:30 to 2:30 songs kinda prevents it from being my top spot. It’s second place tho. -South of Heaven: masterpiece. Slow, heavy, somber, has some really sick riffs and passages, my favorite Slayer album no doubt. -Seasons In The Abyss: they kinda doubled down on the somberness in this thing, which on one hand is amazing, but on the other it steers dangerously close to doom metal for me (or at least as close as Slayer can possibly be), which make me not enjoy this album as much as South of Heaven. Third place still. -Divine Intervention: not a fan at all. Araya’s vocals were never my favorite part of Slayer, but my god is he annoying to listen to in this thing. -Diabolus In Musica: Araya isn’t as annoying here as he was on Divine Intervention, which is good. And this is the only good thing about this album. -God Hate Us All: Aside from Bloodline, Disciple and maybe Exile, Araya doubled down on his Divine Intervention antics, making this thing my least favorite Slayer album of all, I just can’t fucking stand Araya singing (if I can even call it that) on this thing. -Christ Illusion: What a *massive* step up, this may be my favorite latter day Slayer album, the riffs are on point, Araya is back to not interfering with my enjoyment of the album, and Lombardo back brings a whole new vibe to the album. -World Painted Blood: I genuinely cannot remember a single song from this thing with exception of the title track, which is pretty good, I guess. -Repentless: I… remember it more than World Painted Blood… but not everything tho… title track is decent… there’s two good song by the end of the tracklist… that’s about it I guess.
Slayer albums ranked: 1. Show No Mercy (1983) 2. Reign in Blood (1986) 3. Hell Awaits (1985) 4. Seasons in the Abyss (1990) 5. Divine Intervention (1994) 6. Christ Illusion (2006) 7. Repentless (2015) 8. World Painted Blood (2009) 9. South of Heaven (1988) 10. Diabolus in Musica (1998) 11. God Hates Us All (2001)
Almost agree on everything in general Would just switch some Albums around as hell awaits is my favorite... and unpopular opinion, i would put south of heaven in Front of reign in blood, but they are all within 9.5 to 10 i guess, so who cares. But i love your take on diabolus👍 Never understood the hate, always feels like ppl think they have to say those things to be cool, cause other ppl told them to... yes it has some influences, but calling it a "nu metal album" is just stupid Its just a slayer album with little Experiments that work. Yes And yes as well... Repentless sucks. Whats even more sad... their final live Album, i rather go to decade of Aggression. Especially the drum work is so sloppy... a band like slayer should leave with a bang, not with this mediocre cut.
Out of all of Slayer's releases, I think "World Painted Blood" has the weakest sounding guitar tone on it. I think that contributes quite a bit to it's "just ok-ness". It almost reminds me of surf rock in certain areas. When I was an avid Slayer listener I loved their nasty burly guitar tonality and "World Painted Blood" just didn't have it. I think that's where I got off the Slayer train and completely immersed myself into Black Metal.
Respect a lot of your takes here, but even considering Diabolus as anything but a 0/5 is a total zoomer move - also, the reason albums like Divine Intervention and Christ Illusion suck, is because Jeff let King take more of a role songwriting. His songs always suck at this point - Slayer is my favorite band probably, and I never even bothered giving Repentless a spin.
I've really only listened to Show No Mercy and Slayer's golden era. I got into them relatively late and don't get the urge to go through their lesser work.
My Slayer ranking is a bit strange I suppose but... Seasons Hell Awaits South of Heaven Reign in Blood Show No Mercy Haunting the Chapel Christ Illusion Haven't jammed the others enough to rightfully rank them tbh
I haven't ever really understood the Nu-Metal sound people say they hear in Diabolus In Musica. I mean it does sound different from the rest of their discography, but Nu-Metal? I'm just not hearing it.
Diabolus rules! I was happy to hear someone else say they like it, too. I'm old enough to have grown up in the Reign in Blood era and I fucking love Diabolus.
Hard to pick one best, my favorite would be diabolus in musica just for the fact that it is how i discovered them. Bitter peace is my all time favorite slayer song damn it is vicious and it slaysss so fucking bad!
Idc what anyone says (imo) slayer is one of the MOST influential bands for any extreme metal and even most modern “heavy metal” etc etc and south of heaven will always be my fav tho such a goddamn complete album man
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Divine Intervention has always been a top 5 Slayer album for me.
In my opinion its their best album if you dont consider Reign in Blood
I agree. I think its their most aggressive album after Reign In Blood. The production wise I can see why people are effy about it. But give it another chance. I wasnt a huge fan until maybe a few years ago it clicked with me. This album is so fucking ferocious.
I myself have Asperger's and I sure as hell won't sit still during War Ensemble or any other fucking Slayer song.
South of Heaven He’ll Awaits
South of Heaven kills all.
I think south of heaven is there best 👌
From 1990 onwards it’s all crap from there on
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Show no mercy- very solid, I’d rather listen to venom
Hell awaits- ALMOST a death metal album
Reign in blood- this is thrash metal. The Bible. The definition
South of heaven- the slow songs>>>>> the fast songs
Seasons in the abyss- second favorite, perfect fusion of RiB and SoH
Divine intervention- my least favorite, slayer going through the motions just kinda boring... still solid
Diablous In Musica- hey man at least it’s different and interesting
God hates us all- some great songs, buuut pretty one dimensional
Christ illusion- VERY solid and a shame it’s overlooked
World painted blood- best since SitA, one of their best
Repentless- what if seasons in the abyss wasn’t good
I’m only halfway through the video btw. Definitely agreeing with you for the most part!
I agree with you on world painted blood great slater album
Relentless was pretty bad. The lyrics to the title track are badly written and there was a song called You Against You which is kinda a weak title.
I always loved how satanic and violent Slayer can be, but it seems like Tom Araya is a man of God. I also am a man of God but damnit I can't stand Christian music. It's really weird that some of my favorite music comes from Slayer and Cannibal Corpse. Yes I'm a man of God but I'm a full blown metal head.
Show no Mercy: Solid debut with memorable tunes here and there.
Hell Awaits: My personal favourite. Equal parts Brutal, fast and evil.
Reign in Blood: I mean that album speaks for itself really.
South of Heaven: My introduction to the band and I love both the slow and fast songs.
Seasons in the Abyss: My second favourite, good mix of the fast and slow songs.
Divine Intervention: I really like this one, even though Dave is gone, Bostaph did a great job and I think it's underatted.
Diabolus in Musica: Not awful but not one of my favs.
God Hates Us All: I'm not a mega fan of this one but it does have great songs such as Bloodline and Exile.
Christ Illusion: Probably my fav of the 2000s albums.
World Painted Blood: Good songs but a very horribly detached sounding production (especially shows with the drums) Probably due to tensions with Dave and the rest of the band.
Repentless: Not bad. Good songs here and there but not amazing.
I don't really count Undisputed Attitude due to it being a covers album but imo it's kinda meh but I understand why they did the album given the Hardcore punk influences of the band. The original Slayer song Gemini is terrible imo though.
I agree with you more than 90% for all that you wrote.You are true Slayer fan,i recognized that 'cause i listen to them 38 years and i know a lot about them.See you in hell!!!
@@pop000690 I like Gemini, it's just it has this weird production to it.
It's the only song from Undisputed Attitude I have on my (Slayer) playlist, but the production makes stick out like a sore thumb.
I’d argue Seasons is better than South Of Heaven
South > seasons
Seasons > South
Absolutely
Absolutely! Seasons is better than South.
100%
FINALLY! Someone who has the courage to admit that Diabolous in Musica is actually a pretty decent album, especially considering the awful musical landscape of the time. I would even go as far as to argue that it’s better than anything they released afterwards 😬🤭 (sorry, but from God Hates Us All onwards Tom’s vocals become increasingly unlistenable 🙄)
What was wrong with Tom's vocals on and after God Hates Us All?
@@amandusbjorklund7935 Its non-stop yelling.
@@mattdavis7876 Ok. Thanks.
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Thanks for giving some love to Diabolus In Musica! I ALWAYS liked that album a lot. The grooves and riffs are so great man. Song writing and structure nowhere near the earlier ones, but what is? I still jam this album today
Diabolus In Musica is also one of my favorite albums by them! I've seen them perform one of their songs and man it was incredible! Still is today
The “true metal heads” attitude against Diabolus in musics and God hates us all is Toxic fandom 101. Really close minded perspective of the fans.
Both amazing killer albums .
They = dogshit and except for a couple of songs.
Just as I was about to start their discography
Divine Intervention is criminally underrated! The production is questionable but for an album from the 90s, it still has legs.
Love Slayer. Everything from Show No Mercy to Divine Intervention is incredible. I also love Undisputed Attitude which as everyone knows is a covers album. Christ Illusion is my favorite Slayer album since Divine Intervention and I rate it above everything that came after it as well.
I've seen Slayer twice in concert in 2016 in Abbotsford and 2018 in Vancouver. Both times I saw them, Anthrax were on the bill. The second time I saw them was in 2018 in Vancouver. Opening acts for the 2018 show were Testament, Behemoth, Anthrax, Lamb of God and Slayer. Unfortunately, the 2018 concert I saw from Slayer was the last time I saw them, as their 2018-2019 tour was their last.
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I'm gonna argue that Divine Intervention is better than you give it credit. Yes, it's no master piece but it was their most technical album by far, Fictional Reality, Circle of Belief, Serenity in Murder and Mind Control. Not to mention the intensity of songs like Killing Field and Dittohead. It might be a little hohum if you just blasted through the first 5 albums but on its own it's phenomenal for what was coming out at the time and is easily my second favourite behind Seasons in the Abyss. I'd give it a solid 4/5 but to each their own.
Yeah I agree that it's definetly not "just the B-sides of the last few albums". Sounds nothing like Slayer did before or after for the most part. It's by far their most progressive and technical release, with songs like Killing Fields, SS-3, 213, and the title track experimenting with new time signatures and lots of different sections. Killing Fields is probably the singlemost technical thing they ever did, and I wonder how an alternate timeline of tech/prog Slayer would've sounded instead of the nu-thrash Slayer we got instead. Album is awesome.
Well done, Robert! Reign in Blood is their best one in my opinion, also. I love all of their stuff, really, but that one is very special. It's the first one of theirs that I ever bought.
The only thing I don't seem to believe is when people complain that metal was dying out in the '90s. In the underground, it was flourishing in the realms of doom metal, death metal, and black metal. More importantly, metal is thriving in the twenty-first century.
I'll see you in the next one! 🤘🤘🤘
Some of my favourite metal albums of all time come from the 90s so no argument here. Metal suffered in the mainstream, but its always thrived in the underground anyway, ESPECIALLY nowadays, so whoooo cares.
@@themetalmeltdownofficial Exactly, mate! Keep listening, collecting, and living the tunes!
People fail to clarify in what sense when they say that something is dead. In the 90s, it was dead in the mainstream in terms of a metal band being just as culturally relevant as any pop act. Same goes for rock music in the 2010s. But in both decades, it thrived in the underground and at the regional level.
The vocals from Seasons onwards always killed the music. Nothing but monotonous yelling in the same pitch. RiB did it right
Great, eloquent and fun reviews as always! I had previously thought of south of heaven as a bit of a dud, but I'll give it another listen with what you said in mind!
Divine Intervention is in the top 5 of my favorite Slayer albums.
Finally, someone else who likes Diabolous! I've always loved that album, especially Overt Enemy, Point, and Deaths Head. Seriously though, NOTHING beats Reign in Blood. Skeletons of Society was my favorite in high school! 🤘😈🤘
Diabolus In Musica is a pretty good album. I don't think its a favorite of mine but I definitely enjoy it
Show No Mercy is better.
Show no mercy is their best. It's the only record of theirs that I have not gotten bored of listening to after all those years. DIE BY THE SWORDDDDD
Big relief to hear some Diabolus love.
I don't really hear any of the nu metal vibes.. more hardcore and punk imo
So I guess we're drinking and listening to some slayer tonight
I agree that Diabolus in musica is a good album and doesn't deserve the hate it gets.
I've been a Slayer fanatic since Reign in Blood came out in 86'. I backtracked to Show No Mercy not long after that and my initial reaction was similar to yours. It sounded almost nothing like RIB and I never really went back to it until a year or so ago. First of all I'm not sure what you are calling "80's metal" but unless you also classify Venom and Mercyful Fate as "80's metal your logic is flawed because SNM sounds like a hybrid of the two. It's fast and heavy like Venom but very precise with some impressive soloing like Mercyful Fate. I think becoming more familiar with those two band's music over the years allowed me to hear it in a new light when I went back to it. Slayer was finding it's footing but they hadn't completely found their voice as a band yet. It's auctually become one of my favorite albums since going back to it. I also highly recommend the 2 eps that came after SNM. Both are absolutely amazing.
1. Hell Awaits 10/10
2. Reign in Blood 10/10
3. Seasons in the Abyss 10/10
4. Show No Mercy 10/10
5. South of Heaven 10/10
6. Divine Intervention 10/10
7. Christ Illusion 10/10
8. Haunting the Chapel EP 10/10
9. World Painted Blood 9.55/10
10. God Hates us All 9/10
11. Repentless 8.75/10
12. Undisputed Attitude 8.65/10
13. Diabolus in Musica 7.75/10
As you can see, I really like every album by slayer
Lmao I definitely can see that, but more power to ya my dude.
I was lucky enough to see them on riot fest before all this crap happened, with testament and anthrax right before them , and it was a pretty epic show ..:I just happened to stay at same hotel as testament as well
Reign in Blood
South of Heaven
Seasons in the Abyss
The unholy Trinity of FUCKIN SLAYER
The father, the son, and the unholy spirit
After watching you do a good job on the Judas Priest vid, I thought I'd check out this one and I mostly agree (my all time fav is Seasons btw) we are decades apart in age and you have a great ear for high quality. My only small complaint is you spend 5x longer on albums you hate- we get it already. That said, nice work overall.
God Hates Us All’s release date is the very definition of Bad Timing.
divine intervention doesn’t deserve all the fucking hate 💀 literally on par with their last 3 albums and people still shit on it constantly
Glad to see some love for Diabolus! Cool vid!
I agree with you about Diabolus. I don't think it deserves the hate it gets.
It still sounds like Slayer with a touch of groove in it. So fuckin what. Of all the Big 4, for better or worse they stayed closest to their origins(which I don't give a shit either way, if you alter your sound, and it's good, great).
I do love some Slayer and they are always no exception, always really liked your segment here. Their discography is consistent for the most part and their selection of albums has been one of my favourites, though I do not like Diabolus really. The earlier stuff is where it's at for me but I do like a few later ones.
Reign in Blood is great, but their best album? Maybe in 86, they have made many classics after that. It had 4 great tracks, but rest was trashy 80s speed. Just my opinion.
I got to see Slayer on their farewell tour at Toronto 2018, along with Lamb of God, Anthrax, Behemoth and Testament. That night was definitely the most craziest show I've ever experienced. Fucking Slayer!!!!
Same here man! Saw them at Echo Beach in 2015 with King Diamond, wild night as well.
Show no mercy 10/10
Hell awaits 8.5/10
Reign in blood 9/10
South of heaven 9.5/10
Seasons in the abyss 8.3/10
Divine intervention is great. Ditto head is too slow tho...🤣 🤘🇬🇧
Seasons was a 5 out of 5. Not one weak spot on the album. Even my thrash hating sister liked one song. They never sounded better before or after that classic.
Lol this just in! Slayer just reunited and they already have 2024 tour dates. Even despite Kerry King having a solo band, album, and it's own tour dates. And i wonder what made Tom want to do it again?
It's not really a tour, (currently) just 3 US festival dates.
Show no Mercy - My favourite one
Hell Awaits - For some reason I never understood why people like it so much
Reign in Blodd - There is nothing to say, what hasn't already been said.
South of Heaven - I agree with EVERYTHING you said
Seasons in the abyss - When you can't decide if you wanna hear Reign or South, you usually end up with this one
Divine Intervention - Booooooring!
Diabolus in Musica - I love it when bands try new shit. But this is literally shit.
God Hates Us All - It took me a while, but this is actually a really good album
Christ Illusion - Boooooooring!
World Painted Blood - The album that should have come out in 1994. Probably I would have liked it then
Repentless - It's acutally not thaaaat bad like you say
Nice analysis you did!
Slayer is a sad but perfect example of when a band stop caring after the first (epic) fatigues and start working "cause it's their job". Their last stuff is their worst, and that is the biggest letdown an artist could give me 😢
I’m so glad I played Guitar Hero 3 look I like Metallica but I think Slayer is better musically. Reign in Blood goes unbelievably hard and was almost impossible to play on my Xbox controller. I can still feel my fingers cramp. I heard God hates us all recently and I gotta admit that album goes hard as fuck.
Ngl I like the track Repentless because it’s so basic and thoughtless. It sounds like it would’ve been the first song they ever wrote when they first started. Just some dumbass punk song. What an awful album though lmfaooo
It’s a shame Haunting the Chapel always gets skipped over. It’s an important bridge between the Show No Mercy style and Hell Awaits.
Slayer is cool, but I like when they slowed down.
Slowyer is my favourite
1988/1990
1. Show No Mercy (1983)
2. Hell Awaits (1985)
3. Season in the Abyss (1990)
4. Reign in Blood (1986) *kinda overrated!
5. South of Heaven (1988)
6. Divine Intervention (1994) *underrated!
7. Christ Illusion (2006)
8. World Painted Blood (2009)
9. Repentless (2020)
10. God Hates Us All (2001)
11. Diabolus in Musica (1998)
12. Undisputed Attitude (1996) *this is unnecessary, and barely a Slayer album and not even a real studio album. I absolutely love punk music, but it’s not what I want from Slayer. But, I legit kinda like I Wanna Be Your God.
They retired in 2019 actually. They officially died in 2013
Small thing Papsmear was a name of a punk band that Jeff wanted to put together as a side project.
Slayer's first five are all S tier. Everything else is stuck between bad and horrible.
I personally prefer God Hates Us All to Diabolus In Musica,mostly because it doesn't have those pseudoindustrial vocal effects,which in my opinion take away from Slayer's music. But both of those get too much shit honestly. Everyone adapted in the 90s and Slayer did it better than others.
Also,I am one of those people,who have Hell Awaits as a favourite)
South Of Heaven is a close second though,love it,when Slayer makes a great slow song and then goes into a killer fast track,gives the album more dynamic
Great review as always,man! Definitely disagree in places,but you present your points in a great way and sound invested in the music
Agree on almost everything. Except, I love Repentless.
Metal was not on its way out in 94, thrash and hair metal was out by then,
It's a shame that one of the better songs on Repentless still wasn't even as good as it's low quality B-Side from World Painted Blood. Atrocity Vendor would've been the best song on Repentless if they just kept it as fast and aggressive as it was on World Painted Blood. Hate that Kerry also changed a verse because he thought it was "uncool and too sensationalized". Real shame
kinda agree world painted blood was bad and repentless was terribly !
Slayer are back. Is that a good thing
giving Christ Illusion a 2.5/5 is blasphemy
I thought I was the only one that like Diabolis in Musica.
I always thought Stain Of Mind was the worst song Slayer ever wrote, and it absolutely mystified me why they insisted on playing that sub-Coal Chamber piece of crap live so often.
Gotta disagree on divine intervention. 213, killing fields, and fictional reality are classics.
Hell yeah!!
God hates us all was...prophetic
1.5/5 on repentless your being very generous
Man you hit the nail on the head on every album. I say pretty much the exact thing about every album. Great job.
Seasons is underrated
Look at me I swear
It is all an opinion.
Isn't def American the same as def jam. Thought it was just a name change
Nope, two separate record labels & companies. Def American eventually renamed itself American Recordings and still continues today, as does Def Jam.
12. Undisputed Attitude
11. Show No Mercy
10. South Of Heaven
9. Hell Awaits
8. Diabolus In Musica
7. Reign In Blood
6. Divine Intervention
5. Christ Illusion
4. World Painted Blood
3. Relentless
2. Seasons In The Abyss
1. God Hates Us All
Doubt anyone will agree with this list, (especially where I put with Repentless) but this is my ranking.
Granted, I came about 20 years late to the party, but I never understood the hype about "Reign in Blood"... it's a good album, but it lacks in memorable songs. There are exactly three things that stick to the memory after each listen: 1. The scream at the beginning of "Angel of Death". 2. The lyric "Auschwitz, the meaning of pain, the way that I want you to die". And 3. The intro to "Raining Blood". The entire middle part of this thing is a whole bunch of short riff sketches, that were never completed into real songs. I much prefer "South of Heaven" to this...
Guys I think he’s a Slayer fan
Whos Slayer
-Show No Mercy: overall a good album, but Haunting The Chapel had better songs
-Hell Awaits: Slayer’s first banger, Nekrophiliac rules, great album
-Reign in Blood: Amazing album, but I kinda wish it was a bit longer, the fact that the middle section of the album has a bunch of 1:30 to 2:30 songs kinda prevents it from being my top spot. It’s second place tho.
-South of Heaven: masterpiece. Slow, heavy, somber, has some really sick riffs and passages, my favorite Slayer album no doubt.
-Seasons In The Abyss: they kinda doubled down on the somberness in this thing, which on one hand is amazing, but on the other it steers dangerously close to doom metal for me (or at least as close as Slayer can possibly be), which make me not enjoy this album as much as South of Heaven. Third place still.
-Divine Intervention: not a fan at all. Araya’s vocals were never my favorite part of Slayer, but my god is he annoying to listen to in this thing.
-Diabolus In Musica: Araya isn’t as annoying here as he was on Divine Intervention, which is good. And this is the only good thing about this album.
-God Hate Us All: Aside from Bloodline, Disciple and maybe Exile, Araya doubled down on his Divine Intervention antics, making this thing my least favorite Slayer album of all, I just can’t fucking stand Araya singing (if I can even call it that) on this thing.
-Christ Illusion: What a *massive* step up, this may be my favorite latter day Slayer album, the riffs are on point, Araya is back to not interfering with my enjoyment of the album, and Lombardo back brings a whole new vibe to the album.
-World Painted Blood: I genuinely cannot remember a single song from this thing with exception of the title track, which is pretty good, I guess.
-Repentless: I… remember it more than World Painted Blood… but not everything tho… title track is decent… there’s two good song by the end of the tracklist… that’s about it I guess.
Slayer albums ranked:
1. Show No Mercy (1983)
2. Reign in Blood (1986)
3. Hell Awaits (1985)
4. Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
5. Divine Intervention (1994)
6. Christ Illusion (2006)
7. Repentless (2015)
8. World Painted Blood (2009)
9. South of Heaven (1988)
10. Diabolus in Musica (1998)
11. God Hates Us All (2001)
Wait What I never Knew Def Jam Records Actually Signed And release Albums With Slayer!!! That is Insane bro
Show No Mercy lacked originality? Hear, hear. Rubin left Def Jam, founded Def American and took Slayer with him.
Almost agree on everything in general
Would just switch some Albums around as hell awaits is my favorite... and unpopular opinion, i would put south of heaven in Front of reign in blood, but they are all within 9.5 to 10 i guess, so who cares.
But i love your take on diabolus👍
Never understood the hate, always feels like ppl think they have to say those things to be cool, cause other ppl told them to... yes it has some influences, but calling it a "nu metal album" is just stupid
Its just a slayer album with little Experiments that work. Yes
And yes as well... Repentless sucks. Whats even more sad... their final live Album, i rather go to decade of Aggression. Especially the drum work is so sloppy... a band like slayer should leave with a bang, not with this mediocre cut.
Out of all of Slayer's releases, I think "World Painted Blood" has the weakest sounding guitar tone on it. I think that contributes quite a bit to it's "just ok-ness". It almost reminds me of surf rock in certain areas. When I was an avid Slayer listener I loved their nasty burly guitar tonality and "World Painted Blood" just didn't have it. I think that's where I got off the Slayer train and completely immersed myself into Black Metal.
Respect a lot of your takes here, but even considering Diabolus as anything but a 0/5 is a total zoomer move - also, the reason albums like Divine Intervention and Christ Illusion suck, is because Jeff let King take more of a role songwriting. His songs always suck at this point - Slayer is my favorite band probably, and I never even bothered giving Repentless a spin.
Love the first 3 albums, and like South/Seasons. After that it's super hit or miss for me unfortunately.
I agree after God Hates us All it's mostly boring a couple good songs that's it. Sorry people Repentless just sucks!!😮
Good review but nothing stands out on Christ Illusion? Take a moment and go back and listen to “Jihad” again.
Dude. 30 mins to hear your opinion? Nah. I might have watched 15 mins.
Sucks that you have the attention span of a toddler
Dude. It's not "30 minutes to hear his opinion" when the reviews, his opinions, started 57 seconds into the video. Try harder, kid.
Only Slayer album I ever heard was Seasons in the Abyss, great album imo.
I've really only listened to Show No Mercy and Slayer's golden era. I got into them relatively late and don't get the urge to go through their lesser work.
Good ol Slayer. I worked stage for the Jägermeister Music Tour in 2005; Slayer, Mastadon, Dog Fashion Disco, Killswitch Engage, good times.
I love the Bostaph era records, all of them and never understood the big disliking of any of them. Just my opinion.
My Slayer ranking is a bit strange I suppose but...
Seasons
Hell Awaits
South of Heaven
Reign in Blood
Show No Mercy
Haunting the Chapel
Christ Illusion
Haven't jammed the others enough to rightfully rank them tbh
I haven't ever really understood the Nu-Metal sound people say they hear in Diabolus In Musica. I mean it does sound different from the rest of their discography, but Nu-Metal? I'm just not hearing it.
South of heaven sucks. There are great riffs, but everything is blunted and watered down.
Diabolus rules! I was happy to hear someone else say they like it, too. I'm old enough to have grown up in the Reign in Blood era and I fucking love Diabolus.
Hard to pick one best, my favorite would be diabolus in musica just for the fact that it is how i discovered them. Bitter peace is my all time favorite slayer song damn it is vicious and it slaysss so fucking bad!
Glad someone agrees about Repentless... they have to redeem themselves, right? Nahhhh...
Diabolus in Musica is bad as hell. People just don't like change.
Idc what anyone says (imo) slayer is one of the MOST influential bands for any extreme metal and even most modern “heavy metal” etc etc and south of heaven will always be my fav tho such a goddamn complete album man
Ironic this comes out when I rank Slayer albums on a different platform
(Not a video platform)