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3 hours ago, KillaKukumba said:

Haha, this thread is funny. I love all the hate for Slayer.

For the last 15-20 years through just about every metal forum on the internet hating Slayer, especially newer Slayer, has been the fashionable thing to do.

It's because they've sucked at songwriting for the last 30 years. Fashion has nothing to do with it. Their creative load was expended many years ago and their tank has long been empty. I don't feel like I owe a band anything in the present day just because they might have happened to have made some music I might've loved several decades in the past. Slayer are still worshipped for their old 80's stuff and their live performances, but most headbangers will agree that their newer albums blow. I don't want to hate a band that I previously loved, but by sucking so hard for so long they leave me no choice. But it's all subjective, if you like their newer stuff then go for it man, live it up. What do you care what the entire rest of the internet thinks? I like a man who stands by his convictions.

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1 hour ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

It's because they've sucked at songwriting for the last 30 years. 

That's arguably nearly every single band of that vintage or even younger.  People don't go all hatey on Kreator or Overkill or Exodus or (even my beloved) Megadeth for churning out the same old half baked cookie cutter bollocks every 3--4 years.  Amon Amarth only ever wrote 1 album yet everytime it is reissued, people love it!

 

I've liked Divine Intervention, Diabolous In Musica (remember I am a Pantera fan) and Christ Illusion.  Sure they're not Show No Mercy or Reign In Blood or South of Heaven but they are overall pretty decent with some strong song writing.

 

Most metalheads are basically sheeple.  If Slayer churned out RIB every 3 years they would love it and call it the "best Slayer album since RIB" as they do with most bands that churn out same old shit every 3 years.

 

As Slayer did some different things in 1990s, people hated them.  Kreator, Sodom etc get less flak because most people didn't pay attention to them in the 1990s and thus aren't aware how cringeworthy many of their 1990s albums are even compared to worst Slayer moments.

 

 

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Unpopular opinion RiB is actually a pretty weak album in my opinion, it’s always kind of been boring to me Angel of death and raining blood aside. I suppose exodus get some slack because tempo of the Damned is at least decent but otherwise the old guard of fresh are largely irrelevant these days and have been for some time. Doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy the classics 

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Totally expected someone to jump in and say 'it's not fashion it's because....' and while I fully expect people to be able to make excuses, and might even agree with some, I still stand by my thoughts. Hating Slayer has been the fashionable thing to do nearly as long as hating Metallica for selling out.

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10 hours ago, KillaKukumba said:

Totally expected someone to jump in and say 'it's not fashion it's because....' and while I fully expect people to be able to make excuses, and might even agree with some, I still stand by my thoughts. Hating Slayer has been the fashionable thing to do nearly as long as hating Metallica for selling out.

Speaking of 'Tallica I am sad they went down the path they did but no longer hate them for doing it.

 

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What is your favourite song of the band?

The one I've loved most of all for years is Chemical Warfare, especially on the live Decade of Aggression. Played at the very end of the show, you can feel Dave Lombardo letting loose on this track, especially on the break. He has so much energy!

I had the chance to see them on stage playing Chemical Warfare and then Ghost of War. An unforgettable magical moment!

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