Controversial opinions on metal

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Megadeth's Rust in Peace is better than Slayer's Hell Awaits.

I wouldn't call that controversial at all.

 

[The Butt]

I would, and wrong too. It's as good, but better? Get real guys.

 

[EffigyForgotten]

I like Arkaea

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

I would, and wrong too. It's as good, but better? Get real guys.

I wouldn't just say better, but much better. Hell Awaits isn't even Slayers best, or even top 3 to be honest.

 

[Mort Divine]

Hell Awaits is easily their best full length.

 

[Mort Divine]

this thread might as well be renamed the opeth and slayer thread tbh

 

[EffigyForgotten]

this thread might as well be renamed the opeth and slayer thread tbh

I haven't seem much talk about Opeth?...


Regarding slayer, Reign in blood is their best album followed by seasons in the abyss.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

this thread might as well be renamed the opeth and slayer thread tbh

don't forget about Death, lol.

Hell Awaits is easily their best full length.

Nah ... SNM, RiB and even their Haunting the Chapel ep are all better stuff than Hell Awaits ... while Seasons and SoH are just as good.

 

[Mort Divine]

SNM is barely worse, RiB is worse, and yes HtC is better, but I did say full length

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Haunting the Chapel is like the perfect mix of SNM and Hell Awaits.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

Megadeth's Rust in Peace is better than Slayer's Hell Awaits.

No arguments here. But then again, I don't think I ever REALLY liked Slayer beyond their image and the fact that, when I found them, they were the heaviest thing I was aware of.

In fact I'm gonna call that a general statement: Slayer really isn't that great. They were incredibly loud and evil when they first emerged, but unlike their thrash contemporaries didn't write particularly good "riffs" and the music itself was less the focus than the fact that it was fast and dripping with blood and pentagrams.

25 years later, listening to albums from Metallica/Megadeth (maybe Anthrax but ew) and you can sit back and enjoy the riffs and the songs on their own merits, but once you've been exposed to music that's angrier, louder, and far more evil than anything Slayer ever came out with and suddenly Reign in Blood or Seasons in the Abyss lose their appeal.

 

[CF87]

South of Heaven is Slayer's best.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

I hate that album, and don't get all the fanboy fellatio that SoH gets. It may be better than everything from God Hates Us All onward, but the only song on that album I truly like is the cover of "Dissident Aggressor".

 

[Umodian]

That's almost how I feel about Seasons... SoH is indeed my favourite though. It's got a great flow and a bit of a traditional style with lots of atmosphere.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

South of Heaven is Slayer's best.

I usually pick Seasons, but SoH is solid, too.

 

[mutantllama]

Hell Awaits> every other thrash album

 

[Bitencourt29]

Love Reign in Blood, Show no Mercy and Hell Awaits (in that order).

Never really got into South of Heaven or Seasons.

 

[Onder]

I refuse to compare the first three anymore but it's obvious that the two that come after are inferior.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

^ i agree with funeral fag.

SoH does have some ripping tracks though ... I'd say Silent Scream is one of Slayer best.

 

[Westsiyeed]

Reign in Blood is my favourite by far - the speed, production and tightness in their playing set the bar high.

Next would be Show No Mercy, then a bit further down Hell Awaits - the sound is pretty crappy on it.

SOH and Seasons were OK, but some boring tracks abounded...the best would be South of Heaven...