{"id":41844,"date":"2010-01-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/world-painted-blood\/"},"modified":"2010-01-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T00:00:00","slug":"world-painted-blood","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/world-painted-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"World Painted Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"

A war erupted on various websites that reported the \u201cBig 4\u201d (Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth) of thrash metal would play some festival dates in Europe together. Heavy metal fans immediately started bickering about who should open for whom. Some declared that Anthrax didn\u2019t need to be on the bill because \u201cthey can\u2019t even keep a lead singer,\u201d while others claimed Metallica didn\u2019t belong because Lars Ulrich was the one that sued fans. Still others declared that Machine Head and other metal bands belonged in the \u201cBig 4\u201d category. Someone even mischievously declared that any concert of the \u201cBig 4\u201d that omitted Slipknot and Korn would be totally wrong. Even I had to chuckle at that last suggestion. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

For me, I don\u2019t want to be involved in the decision about who opens for whom. You can go multiple ways and find justification. If you look at commercial success, which I doubt many metal fans would go with as valid reasoning, you\u2019d end up with Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth, and then Metallica. If you wanted to go with \u201cWhich band has found their sound and rarely moves away from it\u201d as the main criterion, Slayer could go last. Their latest release World Painted Blood<\/i> is spectacular, but doesn\u2019t venture into unfamiliar territory. As with most bands, Slayer claims this is their favorite Slayer release.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

And they have a strong case. Vocalist\/bassist Tom Araya sounds like evil personified when he concludes \u201cBeauty Through Order\u201d with the ominous lyrics \u201cMy birthright is murder.\u201d The next track \u201cHate Worldwide\u201d takes on religions: \u201cReligious doubt I instigate \/ From what the bible demonstrates \/ Does it document creation? \/ Or just hopelessness of fiction \/\u2026Not a God fearing lunatic \/ I deny, defy \/ I spread a little hate worldwide.\u201d So this is a warning: if lyrics like that make you uncomfortable, you won\u2019t want to partake in Slayer. Only drummer Dave Lombardo is not credited with being responsible for a single lyric.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Speaking of drumming legend Dave Lombardo, he shows no signs of slowing down. Playing his drums fast, furiously, and with taste, his drums are just one weapon in this band. In fact, \u201cSnuff\u201d could be the band\u2019s best song I\u2019ve ever heard. Yes, I like it better than \u201cWar Ensemble\u201d or \u201cSouth Of Heaven.\u201d Lombardo\u2019s drumming is excellent, fast blast beats intermixed with a slower section during which he grooves with the guitars. There\u2019s also plenty of double bass to enjoy. Guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hamneman also shine during this track constructing scorching solos that are interesting.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

While Slayer claims to have changed the way they approached the recording of this record \u2013 writing more in the studio instead of having songs prepared through rehearsal before entering the studio \u2013 it doesn\u2019t appear to have negatively impacted the band that some place on a pedestal higher than Metallica, Anthrax, and Megadeth. And while I don\u2019t want to be involved in the \u201creal\u201d decision as to who opens for whom, my personal order for these four bands would be Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer, and Metallica.<\/o:p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":30198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6475],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-41844","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\/41844","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=41844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41844"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=41844"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=41844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}