Band line up
Tom Araya-Vocals, bass
Kerry King-lead guitar
Jeff Hanneman-lead guitar
Dave Lombardo-Drums
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Pros
-Almost perfect playing if each songs
-Nice vocals and drumming.
Cons
-their lyrics
-Some of their first songs are not good at all.
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Slayer were has Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax the major thrash bands out there. Their incredibly fast playing, violent lyrics, short songs made them special and really different from the bands at this time. Their masterpiece
reign in blood was fallowed by two other great albums. This one is a live performance and it is really good. The cool points that I noticed is their playing even live. In a two hour show, they never get tired of their quick double-bass drum, their fast guitar and bass playing and of course of Araya’s ravaging voice. It is always precise and great sounding.
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Track reviews
I wont do a individual song review has I usually do because first of all these aren’t new song, they are old song played live. I will just list the songs that personally impressed me.
Raining Blood- This a classic, you never get rid of this simple but fast opening riff and the killer vocals in it. So in a show, it is different in no way. It has the same feeling except now you hear what they are able to give you live. (5/5)
Angel of death-Another classic that speaks about Hitler way to do things. This one is probably one of their fastest and it has insane solos and a scream that Araya does which give me shivers every time I listen to it. (5/5)
Postmortem-One of my favourite on
reign in blood this one is quite slow if you compare to what these guys are usually playing. But hey, don’t they deserve that brake? (5/5)
Seasons in the abyss-From the record with the same title, this song is probably on of their slowest and one of their most famous. All the riffs in this song are well done and trashy and this song is really not similar to their usual 1:30 second songs with non-stop high tempo and distortion assault. (5/5)
Chemical warfare-This song is fast, nice and I would die for it. This is all I have to say.(5/5)
Notice that I’ve put my highlights there, and they are all 5/5. Why do I than give the album a 4/5? Because all the songs are not that good but it is a great album that real fans must own.
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