Razor!
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Post by Razor! on Jan 19, 2010 16:33:28 GMT -5
I've finally purchased Slayer's new album and (for the most part) thought it was really good. Imo the best songs are "Hate Worldwide" and "Playing With Dolls". It's clearly no Reign In blood, however I really love this album (with the exception of one or two songs). Opinions?
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HNT
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Post by HNT on Jan 19, 2010 17:37:28 GMT -5
I think it is an excellent record and that you clearly picked the two best tracks. It is clearly not Reign in Blood by any stretch of the imagination. I agree taht it is not as good as Reign, but it also is not aiming for that sound.
For my money, Christ Illusion contained the clear hardcore punk influences that distinguished Reign in Blood from most other Slayer records. World Painted Blood is slower and more deliberate with more melodic passages. I would compare it more to South of Heaven in that respect. South of Heaven is a great record that was trying to do something very different than Reign was, just like this is doing something different than the previous record, Christ Illusion. I prefer Christ Illusion and REign myself, but that is as much about taste and personal preference as it is anything to do with one being better than the other.
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Post by GL on Jan 20, 2010 10:57:40 GMT -5
Here is what I originally said about this one in the Thrash List of 2009:
Frankly, there’s an argument to be made that this one should be higher, and I would agree that it really should be, if not for one song on here, ‘Psychopathy Red.’ An utterly atrocious first single to introduce your album to the masses, as it fits right in with the rest of the material on ‘God Hates Us All,’ where that song belongs, and instead allows Evile to move up because they don’t have that kind of moment on theirs. Aside from that one mistake, this is easily as intense and determined as Slayer has sounded in years, blasting through their collection with a vim and vigor that they haven’t possessed since the mid-80s. With songs ranging the full gamut from insane thrashers to more mellow, melodic fare and a few mid-tempo areas that pretty chilling at times, this one stands as perhaps one of their best yet, and definitely their best of the millennium. If it weren’t for that one moment, how different would things be.
Indeed, it is a far more enjoyable effort than Christ, which for me is a more cohesive album, though this one manages to be a better all-around effort. I chose Not of this God in the list when I put this in there for the sample portion, and I stand by that song as being the best one on here, though I do also enjoy those two mentioned previously.
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