(Metal)Slayer-Seasons In the Abyss

[Scarred4Life]

For those of you who like your music heavy, fast, brutal and very very angry, your prayers have been answered heres Slayer.

Track List:
1.War Ensemble
2.Blood Red
3.Spirit in Black
4.Expendable Youth
5.Dead Skin Mask
6.Hallowed Point
7.Skeletons of Society
8.Temptation
9.Born of Fire
10.Season in the Abyss

For those of you who dont know them, Slayer are one of metal's premier bands, with classic albums such as Reign In Blood and South of heaven. Seasons in the Abyss is another great Slayer album, which may be over shadowed by Reign In Blood. However Seasons in the abyss is surely one of the most complete and well mae metal albums ever in my opinion.

Seasons in the abyss opens with a full assault on your ears with "War Ensemble" a loud fast angry look at war as a sport. The guitar riffs are fast and furious, and the several solos (usually around 2 per song) show off the great guitar work of Kerry King and Jeff Haneman. The songs can be instantly recognized as Slayer tunes by their trademark style of fast minor riffs. The vocals are also recognizably loud and screamed with care by Tom Araya.

Although Slayer is mostly thought of as a speed metal band, Seasons contains some slower, more haunting tracks in addition to the fast tempoed staples. Some notables include Skeletons of society and Seasons in the abyss itself. Both of which are currently my favourite songs.

The lyrics on the album deal mostly with religious and political issues although there are some exceptions. Listen to Dead Skin Mask for one which isnt. It is a very disturbing song, but has a haunting riff and sound to it. Dont listen to this sucker at night.

Some of the best tracks include War Ensemble, Spirit in Black, Expendable Youth, Skeletons of Society and Seasons in the Abyss. The album is as a whole quite strong, however it must be noted that after a while some of the traks start to sound the same. Therefore I woudlnt listen to it non-stop for a while, since you will probably get sick of it.

Rating:4.5/5
Its a simply great metal album and if metal is your bag or you like slayer the buy it...Now!

[manuscriptreplica]

yayy a Slayer review. nice one :thumb:
this is probably my favourite-est album by them, reign in blood is better but it is too short.

[DimebagDarrell]

My fav Slayer album a must buy thrash album

[LordDargon]

It is faster (note: in my vocabulary, faster also means better.) anyways, it is faster (and therefore better) than South of Heaven, but not as good as RiB or anything previous to RiB. (those are all faster, and therefor better. :p)

[MxShredder]

I haven't bought this album yet, but i've heard seasons in the abyss and war ensemble and it sounds pretty :thumb:. My only problem with it is i think it has a kind of poor production quality

[Griffin_Page]

I haven't bought this album yet, but i've heard seasons in the abyss and war ensemble and it sounds pretty :thumb:. My only problem with it is i think it has a kind of poor production quality


Well, the guitar tones are real thin and tinny, but if you dig them it doesn't matter.

[MxShredder]

Well, the guitar tones are real thin and tinny, but if you dig them it doesn't matter.

actually i was thinking more of the snare sound, it's really small sounding, kind of kills the heavyness for me

[Griffin_Page]

actually i was thinking more of the snare sound, it's really small sounding, kind of kills the heavyness for me

It's better than St. Anger tho :P I guess as a guitarist, the drum sound never stands out unless it is horrible or really good.

[Spirit_In_Black]

IMO these are the best tracks on the album

1. spirit in black (i liked this song so much i used it as my name lol)
2. dead skin mask
3. war ensamble
4. seasons in the abyss
5. expendable youth

who agrees?

[Liberi]

Good review, good cd.

[Liberi]

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[bassaholica2004]

I have yet to buy this CD, but I thought it was interesting that Dead Skin Mask is about Ed Gein. We studied him in psychology class, its pretty wierd.

[zyxon]

i only have RiB so i think ill get this one

[Lumiere]

Amazing album that I picked up today, coincedentally.

The title track and 'Expendable Youth' alone make it a worthy purchase.

[mexicanfloydian]

Good review, I love this album.

[Kreator]

IMO these are the best tracks on the album

1. spirit in black (i liked this song so much i used it as my name lol)
2. dead skin mask
3. war ensamble
4. seasons in the abyss
5. expendable youth

who agrees?
i agree with you

[Distorted Vision]

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Listen to Dead Skin Mask for one which isnt. It is a very disturbing song, but has a haunting riff and sound to it. Dont listen to this sucker at night.

Tell me about it, those voices have scared me quite a few times in darkness.