| Slayer Diabolus in Musica
2.7 average
| Ranking: #115 for 1998 | |
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3.5 great | Samano89 | January 6th 18 | In my opinion this is a vastly underrated album. It was a pure straight forward Metal album during a time when other so called "Metal" bands were either trying to be "groove metal" or trying to be "Nu-Metal." I don't get why Metal fans bash this album and say it's Slayer playing Nu-Metal. I don't hear Nu-Metal in this at all. Is Tom Araya using rapping vocals? Are Jeff and Kerry playing the same 1 downtuned groove Riff throughout every song? Are there no guitar solos? To me it's a cool Slayer album with badass Hanneman riffs and dark lyrics. Definitely a very good metal album, especially for 1998.
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2.0 poor | EXSCHISM | February 15th 23 | Do yourself a favor, treat this as an E.P, listen only to the first three tracks, especially
Stain of Mind which is an amazing song, then skip the rest. The album really nosedives into a
repetitious, weak & uninspired slog of mediocre riffs & middling tempos where Slayer have
always faltered. This is the slayer Nu-Metal experience, however there are better Numetal
albums out there & they're quite poor at the style.
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1.0 awful | Ossacip Olbap | September 30th 21 | everything from the cover art to the title screams FILLER. they sound like an angsty teen band, korn lmao. were they not ashamed playing this shit? fuckin sad man, is their name slayer or pussy? trv rating 0.5
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2.5 average | GamamJ | June 10th 20 | Huh, an uninspired late 90s thrash album by a classic band? What a shocker... Slayer try altering their style by adding some of that 90s aggressiveness and groove, leaving thrash on the table. What happens? They put out a weak record.
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2.5 average | Resident Metalhead Piranha | May 12th 17 | What happened? This album starts off really good, but then it plummets in quality. It's not horrible by any means, but it's awfully bland after the first three tracks. "Bitter Peace" displays their newfound nu-metal tendencies while turning into a dense shredfest, "Death's Head" sports thick grooves and effective guitarwork, and "Stain of Mind" may be the greatest groove metal/nu-metal track ever penned with its dense grooves and effective build-up and atmosphere. After these awesome tracks, the memorability factor is gone. You'll probably really dig it if you're into previously mentioned genres, but otherwise, this is Slayer's first hit-and-miss record but is fortunately front-loaded for easy stoppability.
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2.5 average | zaruyache | March 10th 17 | Dude 1998 Slayer was a bangin nu metal band. It's ironic that the best tracks on this so-hated record are the more nu metal-y ones rather than the typical Slayer thrash pieces. Still not a good record, but it's interesting to know Slayer were secretly one of the best nu metal bands.
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3.5 great | G2Santos | March 20th 15 | I change my mind about the album. Its a piece of good.
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1.0 awful | Necromaniac | March 8th 15 | If ever noobs tell you that slayer never sold out rub that into their faces.
As if we really needed a Nu Metal Slayer Album.................
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2.0 poor | Jared Floryan | December 20th 14 | Breaking out of one's comfort zone is every now and again something that I encourage bands and solo artists to do. By legendary thrash metal troupe Slayer's standards, their eighth studio album Diabolus in Musica is certainly a different beast altogether and they deserve a little credit for changing up the formula, but "different" in this context doesn't necessarily equal better; nor good for that matter. Incorporating elements of groove/nu-metal, the listener merely gets the impression that Slayer were trying to be "with it" at the time the record was first released. Whilst the first three songs on display are admittedly decent (especially "Stain of Mind"), every other track here ranges from bland to downright embarrassing. Diabolus in Musica lacks in bite, and even whatever bark it's got is average at best.
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2.0 poor | FirstStrikeIsDeadly | April 27th 14 | What the hell is this, Slayer? Slayer tries to modernize, and they even adopt some nu metal techniques here. You know what this has most in common with nu metal? It sucks.
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3.5 great | Scuro EMERITUS | December 12th 13 | Great album, the instrumental component is great and the album is overall very enjoyable. Vocal delivery matches the music well and is quite powerful. Some great tracks, 1 or two below average but I like this album, perfect entry level Slayer.
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2.5 average | Fernando Alves STAFF | January 12th 12 | "Diabolus In Musica" is their most uninspired performance to date...
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3.0 good | Urinetrouble | March 7th 10 | shows some diversity with a nu metal influence but it gets quite boring after 3 or 4 songs
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2.5 average | s0nicx | July 3rd 23 |
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2.5 average | haxxiy | March 5th 23 |
1.5 very poor | Hastur04 | February 12th 23 |
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2.5 average | Djokoll | September 14th 22 |
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2.5 average | Elmo | July 29th 22 |
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1.5 very poor | Ryfly44 | April 12th 18 |
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1.5 very poor | Loch | January 20th 18 |
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2.5 average | Fenix | August 3rd 16 |
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3.0 good | chayka | March 14th 16 |
2.0 poor | Leymon | February 25th 16 |
3.5 great | bobby72 | February 12th 16 |
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2.5 average | Pavera | December 2nd 15 |
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2.5 average | Jeejee | September 16th 15 |
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1.0 awful | Aion | March 6th 15 |
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2.5 average | damthor | November 10th 14 |
2.5 average | Dizchu | October 26th 14 |
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3.0 good | jk2two | September 5th 07 |
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