What's hit and miss about Hell Awaits? Easily their most consistent album imo, unlike Show No Mercy which has some of the earliest and most savage extreme metal next to some pretty mild and poorly-written stuff.
Don't insult me, it's my opinion and you must respect it. I like a huge variety of thrash metal bands, but simply I don't give a fuck for Slayer, that's all. You must repect other people's opinions if you wanna be respected!
Reign in Blood is the shit. It has the best speed, the best production/sound (by far - Hell Awaits and SNM sound crap in comparison) and Araya's vocals are also way better than anything done previously.
Seriously don't know how people can say Reign in Blood's not good, unless you're doing it just to be different/controversial.
Disagree on the vocal front. Sure, there's the classic Angel of Death scream and other moments like that, but the performance is more monotone. He traded evil for aggression/speed and it was a step down as a result imo.
Anyway, I listened to Hell Awaits again on the way to work. No idea why that album is hailed as their best. I'd rather take any of the other albums over that one.