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You keep using that word jabroni... and I really like it

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Fuck I don’t remember if that’s the actual quote

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A note on the discussion about punk. Slayer had a lot of punk in their metal sound. And it was only natural since kerry and jeff were huge fans of the genre, especially, jeff. Go see some of his interviews. He always says punk music was one of the main reasons he started a band. So it's true that their music will kinda point in that direction, but still, in its core, it's 100% metal.

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This is weird reading the discussion back, everyone seems to agree that Slayer have strong elements of punk influencing their sound (they do), but are still most definitely a metal band (yep), yet it turned into a heated debate. I think it's essentially a misunderstanding/semantics etc.

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Personally it's because punk does nothing for me - and I've heard A LOT in my attempt to change this - while this is a top 3 of all time.



So you see I have to object. It's a lazy analysis that just seems to mean ' short, fast songs'.

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guys this band is clearly punk rock 'n roll, it's not metal. debate OVER

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Refuting the fact that this has punk elements is pretty fucking dumb, to be honest.

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This also paved the way for drum & bass

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This paved the way for Jefferson Airplane...

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Anarchy in The Nine Hells.



To end this discussion we now acknowledge that this is SO punk, only some of us are too fucked up and stupid to hear it.

"Refuting the fact that this has punk elements is pretty fucking dumb, to be honest."

Yet literally nobody in this entire thread refuted that this does (clearly) have punk elements. The only thing that was argued against is that this is a punk album - which basically just came down to a misunderstanding.

"This paved the way for Jefferson Airplane..."

Don't you need some Slayer to love?

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I know, Thal. I wasn't calling it a punk album either. It's clearly a thrash album. But it does have elements of punk. That's all I was saying.

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Another more reasonable thing to discuss would be that 15 users voted this band as death metal. You guys think of Slayer as a death metal band?

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They were a huge influence on the death metal scene, but they certainly ain't death metal.

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I just voted to try and sway the tide towards hardcore instead as the '2nd' genre. I don't usually bother checking the genre tag voting distribution for established acts.

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their tags on here are thrash, death, and hardcore. I'd say they're all accurate to an extent. 50% thrash, 40% hardcore, 10% death? maybe idk



in 1980, slayer was probably what most people considered to be "death metal". or close, at least. This wouldn't pass as death metal today tho

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IMO, only "Hell Awaits" was a huge influence on the extreme metal scene and still we shouldn't even start considering them as death metal.

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And Mercyful Fate influenced the extreme metal scene. That doesn't mean they necessarily fit in that category.

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wait how do you "vote" on the genre tags?? and see what other people voted?