Home alone recently, I put into Slayer’s
\nSeasons In The Abyss<\/i>. Why it’s been a couple of years since
\nI listened to this strikes me as a surprise for no other metal CD
\ncomes closer to perfection than this one.<\/p>\n
You have Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman ripping riff after riff of
\npillar high guitar riffs. The opening riff of “War Ensemble” sets
\nup the manic drum fills of Dave Lombardo. While that song is
\nprobably the most popular or well-known on this CD, it is the later
\nsongs, like “Dead Skin Mask” and “Skeletons Of Society” that define
\nthis release. “Skeletons” features ominous overdubbing of the
\nlyrics that makes the song even more vicious.<\/p>\n
“Expendable Youth” is another gem, showcasing the double bass
\nwork of Lombardo. Lombardo, who has since gone on to be in Grip
\nInc. and (most recently) with Testament, added a pure musical
\nelement with his drums. It’s not enough to gush over his double
\nbass and his snare fills. If you listen to the patterns during a
\nKing or Hanneman solo, you can’t help but feel his additional
\nelement.<\/p>\n
The lyrics of Slayer have always been under scrutiny. According
\nto a recent issue of
\nNewsweek<\/i>, members of a band called Hatred felt that Slayer’s
\nlyrics were telling the members of the band to go out and kill.<\/p>\n
I have listened to this release since it came out in 1990. I
\nhave never
\nheard a voice that told me to go kill. Are there
\nobjectionable lyrics? Sure. Am I going to quote them? No. If you
\nhave a weak mind, I recommend you don’t listen to this release as
\nthe subjects Tom Araya wrote about include death and murder. Are
\nthey scary lyrics? Sure. “Temptation” stands out as a fluid
\ndissertation on death and
\nmurder. Can I use the phrase “death and murder” one more
\ntime?<\/p>\n
In conclusion, if you’ve not listened to this release in a
\nwhile, I suggest you pull it out. Depending upon who you ask,
\nSlayer was in their finest form with this release. With hauntingly
\ntuned guitar riffs, lyrics that are interesting to listen to even
\nif they are about death and murder (I got it!!), and the added
\nmusical element of Lombardo’s drums, this is a stellar release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":26784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6475],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-39537","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-slayer","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39537"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39537"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}