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offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-10-09 01:57 [#00895441]
Points: 10836 Status: Lurker



Or should that be "Slaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayer!" *devil horns*

I know some of you are interested:

SLAYER FOUR-DISC BOX SET SOUNDTRACK TO THE APOCALYPSE
FEATURES ALBUM TRACKS, RARITIES AND DVD OF LIVE
PERFORMANCES; FIVE-DISC DELUXE EDITION ADDS CONCERT CD...

Slayer, the fastest, heaviest and darkest band on the
planet, goes to extremes for its first retrospective. A
three-CD/one-DVD box set regular edition and four-CD/one-DVD
specially packaged "ammo box" for the deluxe version,
Soundtrack To The Apocalypse (American Recordings/UMe),
released November 25, 2003, celebrates the visceral assault
that is Slayer.

A Slayer fan's ultimate experience, Soundtrack To The
Apocalypse includes tracks spanning every Slayer album since
1986, soundtrack cuts, Japan-only tracks, more than a dozen
rarities, and a DVD of live performances spanning 20 years,
all digitally remastered. The deluxe edition adds a
full-length concert CD from Slayer's 2002 God Hates Us All
tour stop in Anaheim, CA, presented in a "blood pack" sleeve
(with faux blood and floating skulls). The tour was the
band's first with original drummer Dave Lombardo since 1992.
The deluxe edition also includes a wall banner and replica
backstage laminate. Both editions have an extensive booklet
spotlighting a history based on interviews with each member
and long-time producer Rick Rubin.

Disc 1 opens with five tracks from Slayer's 1986 major label
debut, Reign In Blood, considered the most brutal thrash
metal album of all time. Among the fan favorites are
"Postmortem" and "Raining Blood." The album was the first of
four consecutive gold studio albums, an impressive feat for
a band that receives little radio or MTV exposure. From
1988's South Of Heaven are five tracks, including the title
track. Culled from 1990's Seasons In The Abyss are another
quintet, including "Dead Skin Mask." 1991's live Decade Of
Aggression contributes three--"Chemical Warfare" and "Hell
Awaits" among them.

Disc 2 continues the chronology with five recording


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-10-09 01:58 [#00895444]
Points: 10836 Status: Lurker



Disc 2 continues the chronology with five recordings from
1994's Divine Intervention, three from 1996's Undisputed
Attitude, a trio from 1998's Diabolus In Musica and another
three from 2001's God Hates Us All. Songs heard on various
soundtracks are joined by two cuts previously unreleased in
the U.S. from the Japanese Diabolus In Musica, two more from
the import God Hates Us All and a bonus cover of the
Suicidal Tendencies' "Memories Of Tomorrow" from the
Japan-only Undisputed Attitude.

Disc 3 focuses on rarities, from the earliest known Slayer
recordings (previously unreleased 1983 live tracks) to
seminal tracks taken from the band's garage rehearsals and
even home demo recordings. The Disc 4 DVD showcases
performances throughout the band's career and throughout the
world as well as various TV appearances from singer-bassist
Tom Araya, guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, and
Lombardo.

Slayer is the band all other such heavy bands are measured
against, defining not only a genre but an attitude. As Marc
Paschke writes in the liner notes: "It's about restrained
aggression and impending danger. It's about the dark cloud
that fills the room, energized by the anger and hate and
hostility of the audience…Most of all, it's about feeling
good."



 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-10-09 01:59 [#00895446]
Points: 10836 Status: Lurker



None of the early stuff obviously cause it's on a different
label, but FIVE from South Of Heaven? FIVE from Divine
Intervention? The rarities and bonuses sound interesting,
but if you want a Slayer "Best Of" just buy Reign In Blood.
End.


 

offline REFLEX from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2003-10-09 02:00 [#00895449]
Points: 8864 Status: Regular



Thats awsome man.... Slayer never was my big thing.. but
uh.. they are very good... very. This sounds real sweet and
I know quite a few people who will love it.


 

offline od_step_cloak from Pleth (Australia) on 2003-10-09 02:41 [#00895487]
Points: 3803 Status: Regular



slayer...not my thing either
obituary = yes

PS reflex that's a cannibal ciorpse av, right? fucking
awesome man
I've seen one of their shirts that says "dead chicks don't
say no" it was pretty funny.



 

offline cie jiks mawp from motion to descend (Australia) on 2003-10-09 02:49 [#00895490]
Points: 1171 Status: Lurker



wow yeah, i don't often, um actually never listen to slayer
but have a big black slayer sticker on my little bomb hyundi
car and appreciate death metal as total committment to a
style of music.

I'd like to hear some actually its been a few years, i think
Seasons in the abyss was my favourite.

I also badly want a slayer t-shirt.


 

offline ambsace from canaDUH. on 2003-10-09 02:53 [#00895494]
Points: 6326 Status: Lurker



i can't take slayer seriously...but when you just want to
drive around, scream along and throw fists out your window
to the beat, then yeah, slayer's perfect. but that's about
as far as i've let it go. heh. =]

that decade of aggression is all i have. *shrugs* it's got
all the biggies, so i don't have much need for any of their
other albums.


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-10-09 02:55 [#00895497]
Points: 10836 Status: Lurker | Followup to od_step_cloak: #00895487



Obituary were brilliant :)

I was mad about Slayer for like ten years. They're old and
fat and ridiculous now but when they put their foot down
it's still exhilerating.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-10-09 02:55 [#00895498]
Points: 50073 Status: Moderator



i saw them live some years ago and i have one?? album...so
perhaps not the biggest fan hehe


 

offline Key_Secret from Sverige (Sweden) on 2003-10-09 05:13 [#00895586]
Points: 9325 Status: Regular



I have "Reign in blood"...
great album! I really like it.


 

offline oxygenfad from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2003-10-09 05:30 [#00895604]
Points: 4442 Status: Regular



I bet you god listens to slayer. Hes like "Right on ! New
slayer Box set !!!"


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-12-02 21:08 [#00974884]
Points: 14550 Status: Lurker



ok so did anyone buy the boxed set? i was tempted but damn
i'm not that much of a slayer fan to lay down sixty bucks or
whatever best buy was charging as their sale price. (i also
wanted the johnny cash boxed set, didn't get that either.)


 

offline virginpusher from County Clare on 2003-12-02 21:10 [#00974886]
Points: 27325 Status: Lurker



My friends are going to shit themselves!!! Thanks Jar!!!

Man the concert was intense!


 

offline weatheredstoner from same shit babes. (United States) on 2003-12-02 21:23 [#00974902]
Points: 12585 Status: Lurker



Isn't Tool the darkest metal band ever?


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-12-02 21:29 [#00974907]
Points: 14550 Status: Lurker | Followup to weatheredstoner: #00974902



noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ooooooooooooooo, not by a long shot. i'll let a real metal
head come up w/ a list but from the modest amount i know
about metal i definitely disagree.

i don't think tool go for a dark sound anyway, just dense,
involving, and a bit arty


 

offline virginpusher from County Clare on 2003-12-02 21:33 [#00974912]
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I completely agree with arty.

Tool is by no means dark.

I would say Dimmu Borger (SP) is darkish


 

offline Amnesiac from ERIE (United States) on 2003-12-02 21:35 [#00974916]
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I, myself, am more hyped for the cannibal corpse box set


 

offline hevquip from megagram dusk sect (United States) on 2003-12-02 21:36 [#00974917]
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okay i would so fucking buy the slayer box set (saw a advert
for it on tv the other day for it too) if i didn't already
own most of their schtuff.


 

offline hevquip from megagram dusk sect (United States) on 2003-12-02 21:38 [#00974921]
Points: 3379 Status: Regular | Followup to oxygenfad: #00895604



and i'm VERY sure God just loooves the lyrics to "Disciple"

i think that's one of my favortie tracks of theirs ever,
even though it's "newer" material.

*me screams "god hates us all, god hates us aaaaaaallllllll"
at the top of his lungs*


 

offline hevquip from megagram dusk sect (United States) on 2003-12-02 21:39 [#00974924]
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*me continues to scream "yeahhefuckinhatesme" and goes into
an awesome air guitar solo*


 

offline weatheredstoner from same shit babes. (United States) on 2003-12-02 21:40 [#00974925]
Points: 12585 Status: Lurker



Tool isn't dark. What the motherfuck!? Have you read their
lyrics and seen their videos?


 

offline nlogax from oh, you must be the brains (Norway) on 2003-12-02 21:46 [#00974936]
Points: 4653 Status: Regular



I love slayer - listen to them at least once a day. I
fucking grew up with that music, practically. been listening
to them since Hell Awaits, when I was about nine or ten,
because I had an older brother who introduced me to it!


 

offline hevquip from megagram dusk sect (United States) on 2003-12-02 22:09 [#00974950]
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i drive around listening to them as loud as possible in my
shitty truck with one shit speaker going and they can still
make me feel like the baddest motherfucker on the block.


 

offline Neto from Ecatepec (Mexico) on 2003-12-02 23:26 [#00974966]
Points: 2461 Status: Lurker



YES, currently looking for it in eBay

I saw it in The Omega, the shop of The End Records but will
try to find it little cheaper

www.theendrecords.com


 

offline Q4Z2X on 2003-12-03 01:04 [#00974974]
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they write some okay-good songs.. but the guitar solos are
almost always annoying and wanky..


 

offline Peter Sellars on 2003-12-03 03:20 [#00975141]
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reign in Blood... oh yes the memories, the memories...
(slips on studded wristband)


 

offline Peter Sellars on 2003-12-03 03:21 [#00975144]
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and bullet belt


 

offline nlogax from oh, you must be the brains (Norway) on 2003-12-03 18:08 [#00976082]
Points: 4653 Status: Regular | Followup to Q4Z2X: #00974974



I agree, but then again, when they released their stuff back
in the eighties (reign, south etc), solos like that was
fucking awesome. Listening to them now they can be somewhat
wanky, yes.

Still, the riffs they've produced are still beyond anything
else I've heard. The level of simplicity on some of these
riffs is hilarious. A lot of it is so fucking simple to
play.

tune down - generate random bullshit riff :)


 


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