Album Rating: 5.0

show no mercy has just got to be up there as one of the top 5 metal albums of all-time, not just slayer's best.



best riffs. best solos. best vocals. just a perfect metal album.

Album Rating: 4.5

THERES ONLY OOONE WAY OUTTA HEREEEEE!!!

Album Rating: 5.0

Show No Mercy kicks so much ass



also it's pretty different from the later albums so why compare?

Album Rating: 5.0

No Slayer album is in the Top 5 metal albums of all time. At least three of those places are occupied by Sabbath. Even going by one album per artist they still don't make the cut.

Album Rating: 5.0

so say you

Album Rating: 3.5

I'd agree with Leprecon, I don't mind slayer but if you compared and contrasted Slayer with many other Metal bands across multiple criteria (vocals, lyrics, riffs, production, etc) I think they would be left in the dust. They're great at what they do but apart from only a couple records, they have been a very one dimensional band.

Album Rating: 5.0

oh opinions

Album Rating: 3.5

I mean, half of the shit music magazines spew out are rankings of songs/albums/bands etc so there certainly could be a rational criteria for ranking music. Those parameters and their weight can certainly be debated.

Album Rating: 5.0

the only thing you can reliably go by are the average ratings!

Album Rating: 3.5

Well, average ratings with the number of ratings weighted.



IE an album with a 4.3 rating from 2,000 ratings could objectively be viewed more favorably than a 4.4 album from 100 ratings. Sample size is important.

Album Rating: 5.0

there is no rational criteria for music. everyone likes different shit.



sample size is irrelevant because this only includes sputnik users. you'd have to literally poll every living human on earth to get anything resembling an "objective" music opinion.

Album Rating: 5.0

i don't pretend there is any objective criteria for ranking or scoring music. what i simply mean is that show no mercy is in my top 5 metal albums ever, most likely. idgaf what is considered better by the masses.

Album Rating: 3.5

"there is no rational criteria for music. everyone likes different shit."



That's kind of a BS argument. Sure, when you measure down to a fractional scale it's hard to separate players but you can certainly set parameters.



By your rational there's really no way you could grade anything, like cooking? What's the best pizza? Obviously people like different styles, extra cheese, deep dish, etc yet many companies/magazines/newspapers still find a way to find "the best".



Yea, I agree that debating "top 5" is kind of stupid and everyone has their own preferences, but there are rough ways you could make grading music objective just like anything else in the world. Like I mentioned earlier, for how many people argue how stupid lists and rankings are, they're a pretty prevalent and popular tool for music publications.

Album Rating: 5.0

Definite 5

@JWT155 +1

there is no objective way to judge if something, anything, is "good" or "bad." that is an opinion and will inherently be subjective.
there are things which the majority of people may agree is "good," and that majority may be 100%, but that does not make it an objective fact.

Album Rating: 5.0

There is really only one thing that matters.



Does it riff hard?

of course it does Hans, this is slayer

Album Rating: 5.0

yeah man been on a Slayer kick lately jammed the first 5 plus Decade of Aggression in the past couple days riffs so hard.

Album Rating: 5.0

i definitely also believe there is no objective criteria for "good food" or "bad food," probably even moreso than with music, so not a good analogy