Back in the '80s, none rivaled Slayer when it came to the title of "most dangerous band." Not Motley Crue, not even NWA. With their breakneck speed, gruesome artwork and Satanic lyrics, moralists had you convinced that listening to even one ...more
Entertainment Weekly
Even for a metal band, Slayer is what you'd call a no-frills combo: no hummable choruses, no power ballads, no apparent sense of humor. Not much of anything, in fact, except jackhammer riffing and absurdly cartoonish antiauthoritarian lyrics ...more
All Music Guide
After staking out new territory with the underratedSouth of Heaven, Slayer brought back some of the pounding speed ofReign in Bloodfor their third major-label album,Seasons in the Abyss. Essentially,Seasonsfuses its two predecessors, periodically ...more
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