GMD Poll: Slayer's Discography Ranked

[TechnicalBarbarity]

ok cool, but you did say you that Reign in Blood doesnt sound evil at all in an earlier post.

 

[CiG]

I don't think Reign in Blood has an evil sound whatsoever really.

Not at all but sure I stand by this.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

.. lol. Not at all but doesn't sound evil whatsoever? but now it is somewhat evil. Ok i gotcha

 

[CiG]

Not an evil sound doesn't necessarily mean there is zero evil.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

hold on, we are talking about HOW IT SOUNDS, since you know its not a movie or a play or something. Or are we talking about the album art or how the band members looked or how the album makes you feel or something? I dont get it.

Anyway, REIGN IN BLOOD IS THE EVILEST OF EVILS! COME FIGHT ME!

 

[CiG]

Just the sound, which is why I disagreed with @crimsonfloyd's comment about the lyrics.

But also, my views on this subject could be inextricably linked with the details of how I first heard all these albums. I don't begrudge anybody I can't convince because of that.

Anyway, REIGN IN BLOOD IS THE EVILEST OF EVILS! COME FIGHT ME!

 

[Slayed Necros]

I can't officially vote 'cause I haven't heard anything past Seasons... but this is how I'd rate the five (plus HtC) I know:

1. Reign in Blood
2. Hell Awaits
3. Haunting the Chapel
4. Show No Mercy
5. South of Heaven
6. Seasons in the Abyss

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Wish we could count the Haunting the Chapel EP, one of my favorites from them.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Just the sound


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That wasn't a legit question bro. Of course were talking about the sound, since you know ...WERE TALKING ABOUT MUSIC. Also, do you not LISTEN to those lyrics with YOUR EARS? lol

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[CiG]

I only listen to lyrics with my penis.

 

[RadicalThrasher]

I only listen to lyrics with my penis.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

I only listen to lyrics with my penis.

Which one?

 

[crimsonfloyd]

When talking about the atmosphere of a record, I don't really take the specific lyrical content into account. "Raining Blood" though does have a kind of evil feeling to it, with the tension built by the intro for example. But I think the feeling of Reign in Blood comes almost entirely down to the terseness of the album's length as well as the intensity, aggression and violence of the compositions.

It could be an album based around a concept of eating cotton candy and it wouldn't change my feelings about it being aggressive and violent rather than evil. Of course this is also relatively speaking because it would sound evil by comparison to many other albums by other bands.

I don't see how Angel of Death doesn't sound evil, even if you don't speak English. That opening scream drags you into hell on earth and the slow(er) middle passage has some really evil sounding riffs. That said, we're talking using an ethical term aesthetically where it essentially can't be defined, so there's bound to be vast disagreement on what does and does not sound evil.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

the album cover and band members don't LOOK evil enough for him

 

[EspaDa]

Reign in Blood is a special album. It's sometimes universally overrated, but it deserves good words that are spoken about it.

 

[CiG]

the album cover and band members don't LOOK evil enough for him

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Reign in Blood is a special album. It's sometimes universally overrated, but it deserves good words that are spoken about it.

That's not possible. It's either sometimes overrated or universally overrated.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

The word overrated should never be mentioned with Reign in Blood.

I also don't get it either ... "it deserves the praise ... but its overrated"

 

[HamburgerBoy]

A 9.9 praised as a 10 is still overrated. And Reign in Blood is more like a 7-8.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

... what you say matters here?

I already said excluding the obligatory classics (Master of Puppets, Peace Sells, et al). Slayer are *not* a member of that category.