Man, I don't know what gets played on your radio stations, but I wish ours would play some slayer or Pantera. I wouldn't cite either of the affirmentioned bands as my favourites, but they both have given me a lot of pleasure over the albums. I can see weak points and strong points in both those bands. But I couldn't call either of them mainstream, I guess they are "mainstreamlined" to a certain extent, but fuck. I have never ever heard either of those bands get played on commercial radio here in Aus, not even on the station that is supposed to be the censorship free, alternative station, (with the exception of it's metal show called the 3 hrs of power which gets played once a week). On the same token, comparing Slayers new album to limp shitzkit is laughable. How can the whining faggoty vocals that Durst wanker does on nearly all his songs becompared to Tom Araya screaming his guts out on all his albums. I can see bad points on every slayer album, even the classics. And I reckon show no mercy and that era slayer sucks. But it's who they were at the time. I think their weakest point is Undisputed attitude, and I have reasons for that. But on the same hand, I have friends who love it. I think the new album is really cool, but it's not great. But I can't see how it's new metal, it's too fast, and too much screaming for new metal. Sure, it's no where near as fast as the shit I normally listen too, but it's heaps faster than nu metal. I think it's a good album that has about 6 or 7 shit riffs. There aren't that many bands who's albums are exactly that these days, and the ones that aren't are why they are leading the field. But the fact is, it's a different field they lead. The problem seems to me, that you are labelling bands like slayer, or Pantera as sellouts, because they aren't Gorgasm, Hate Eternal, or Nile, or Zyklon, or Satyricon, or Immortal, or................... e.t.c
The fact is that slyer don't fit into that bracket, nor does Pantera, And they never did, they naturally have always fitted into a more mainstreamed bracket of metal. But if you ask me, it's still nowhere near mainstream enough to get played on the radio, if it did maybe I'd go back to listening to the radio again, cause I haven't for over 4 years now.
And finnally, I agree with the guy who remarked about waiting for Reign In Blood 2002, that's ridiculous. As he said they already did Reign In Blood 1986. You have your wires and terminologies slightly crossed I think. Because if I was Tom Araya, and I was about to make my new album, and thought, well, I'm gonna do Reign In Blood again for 2002, that's how the new album will sound. Cause if I do that then I'm gonna get back some of the fans who keep bagging us cause they don't like our stuff after Seasons. If I was Tommy, and I did that, then to me......... that's the ultimate sell out.
To close, Kerry Kings has never, and will never be able to write a decent solo, neither can Karl Sanders from Nile, or Trey Azagthoth from Morbid Angel, but I have never, and will never be listening to any of those artists for their awesome leads. I will continue to listen to them cause for the majority of the time, I think they write half decent songs. But, just my opinion........
Long live Zyklon!