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Slayer
– God Hates Us All
Review by antiGUY
Slayer
– God Hates Us All
Label: American
Recordings
Rating:
Tracks: Darkness of Christ
Disciple
God Send Death
New Faith
Cast Down
Threshold
Exile
Seven Faces
Bloodline
Deviance
War Zone
Here Comes the Pain
Payback
With “God Hates Us All” Slayer once again
solidifies their reign as the kings of thrash. While some of their contemporaries
have mellowed with age, Slayer keeps the peddle to the metal and continues
to deliver a full-throttle sonic assault.
The CD kicks in with a short introductory
track “Darkness of Christ” then Slayer doesn’t pull any punches as they
launch into “Disciple”, a track that will soon be known as a thrash classic.
Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman ply their aggressive guitar chops aided by
the pounding rhythms courtesy of drummer Paul Bostaph and the heavy basslines
of Tom Araya. In the vocal department, Tom Araya comes on like a monster
with earsplitting screams as he breaks into the chorus proclaiming “God
Hates Us All!”
“God Send Death” is a merciless metal explosion
with one of Slayer’s most intense solos ever. The extreme power of Slayer
only intensifies from there as each track takes you to the next level of
heaviness. From “New Faith” to “Exile”, “War Zone” and the classic Slayer
sounds of the closing track “Payback”-- “God Hates Us All” accomplishes
what many deemed impossible, Slayer once again topped themselves with their
best album since “Reign in Blood”.
Don’t let the fact that they recorded the
album at The Warehouse; a studio owned by pop-rocker Bryan Adams, confuse
you. The Vancouver studio will never be the same again, I wouldn’t be surprised
if the intensity wears off on Adams, so keep a look out for a thrash album
from Bryan soon(ok that might be a little over the top, but you never know).
Legendary producer Rick Rubin also played
a part in the make-up of the album. After taking two of the finished tracks
into the studio to remix, the band was blown away with the results so they
decided to let Rubin apply his magic to the already killer tracks laid
down by the band and produced by Matt Hyde.
“God Hates Us All” shouldn’t disappoint
longtime fans, whether you discovered Slayer with their classic “Reign
in Blood” or 1998’s “Diabolus in Musica”. For younger metal fans,
this release should help them graduate from the minor leagues nu-metal
to the thrash metal majors. With many of today’s hottest nu-metal bands
owing a lot to the influence of Slayer, this CD offers their fans a chance
to by-pass the watered down copycats and go directly to the source.
Posted by Massacre:
Hey! your the dildo that said Iron Maiden Sucks A$$, Arn't you?
Posted by Donkey Schlong:
This is the most impressive cd from slayer aside haunting the chapel and reign in blood. get it today it has to be cheap it was made in 2001 5 years ago.
Posted by Massacre:
Wow Torey I didn't know you like them. What eles You Like? I know you like Pink Floyd. And You Hate 50cent. What Eles You like and Hate?
Posted by Torey:
Yeah i have heard this album and it kicks arse. I have Reign in Blood and that always sounds the best XP
Posted by Massacre:
I wish I had Slayer Play at my Backyard
Posted by Toucher Of Young Boys:
OHHHHH!
Posted by Metal Force:
Yea f*cking ah to Pantera for posting, I saw the tour in Vancouver with slayer, if there are two bands who keep it togther in metal and as solid of force of a band those are the two and they are my favorite band. I bought the trendkill washburn, and I noticed dime left washburn, well I am f*cking happy I baught it now! Thats a kick ass guitar and paint job, I love it. SLAYER PANTER!!!!
Posted by werd:
slayer kicks ass
Posted by PANTERA:
Hey slayer we have enjoid your gusy's new album, no one could of done what you guys have done, great music that rules all.
Posted by JAMES:
I don't care about all the other fcking people who just ignore slayer and makes fun of slayer,fck the people who just don't give a fck. They have only heard lies about slayer but they havn't heard the damn truth of slayer. slayer, i'd say you guys are my favorite band!!!!
Posted by HATEKILLDESTROY:
SAYER ARE THE BEST MUTHERFCKING BEST BAND AND THE BEST FCKING ALBUM THAT I HAVE. THE MESSAGES ARE GOOD. LONG LIVE HELL. 666 .HELL I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD LISTEN TO SLAYER. GOD THANK YOU FOR BEING ON EARTH.
Posted by death:
slayer is a big pile of poo and they won't be playing their brand of poo poo when they are burning in hell
Posted by dan:
THIS ALBUM IS PURE HOSTILITY ON A DISK, THE BEST THING I OWN AND YOU SHOULD TOO
Posted by charles lee ray:
when i first bought this cd, i got into a serious car accident. i didnt care about my car or my health. All i tried to do was save my cd. Though the cd was not saved, i caught the bus to the wherehouse and bought the cd again and it made me feel better again.
Posted by Tarzan:
still doing the same old $hit and this is great ! i love every single slayer cd and this one is just the last in a long line of classics !
Posted by Null:
Second best album ever by anyone
Posted by _Griphin_:
This album sure helped get over the tragic circumstances which occured during 9/11 (the date, oddly enough, the CD was released on). If ya feel annoyed with your life/world, be sure to give it a few dBs louder, and enjoy this album! Odd note: Slayer always remind me of a classical orchestra gone seriously wrong, nuff said.
Posted by o5t3r1:
SLAYER...HATED BY GOD. Slayer with "god hates us all" are back to kick some asses and instate one kind of thrash metal and hardcore. "Disciple" is a classic slayer's song and "god send death","new faith","exile","warzone","cast down","payback!!!","bloodline" are giving lessons about real extreme music.
PAYBACK'S A BITCH MOTHERF*CKER..........
Posted by Thor:
No-one-else has the guts to do what Slayer does.
After years of listening, I never tire of any of there stuff. “God Hates Us All” is just an extension of the ongoing Slayer experience. There music will always be astonishingly haunting to me. And the shear stamina that Paul Bostaph has to put out is only 1/64th short of superhuman. Maybe some of these little wimps of the new metal scene should take a good hard look at Slayer so they can see what it takes to be a truly powerful entity. Slayer has never faltered or changed to accommodate the latest “trend” half baked bullsh*t that comes along every few years and that is why they have my respect and admiration. Slayer is the undisputed masters of Speed / Thrash Metal. They didn’t go mainstream and thank god for that. Otherwise Slayer would sound like Metalli-deth and there would be no horror epic soundtrack to listen to.
Posted by A Fukking Drunk:
The last remotely decent Slayer album was the one with the punk covers. At least we still have Hell Awaits and Reign in Blood...
Posted by ]PanTerA[:
Slayer rulz and the SLAYER's montreal show rulz to.
Posted by Rob Shock:
I haven't been this charged up about metal since I was 15. This CD hasn't left my car stereo since I bought it! Slayer truly reins.
Posted by Lasher:
I love this album. Definatley worth the 18 bucks. Good to see they are still kicking ass. Metallica & Megadeth sure do suck now.
Posted by JIMEE:
Yeah it's pretty good i guess. Allot of people overrated teh album and I thought is was going to be better than I expected. I prefere old Slayer to the recent stuff. But God Hates Us All is probably the greatest thing to happen in 2001 for sure!!
Posted by face:
Legendary. The old buggers have done it again. The only one of the original 4 (SLAYER,megadeth,metallica, anthrax)who still know what it's all about. HUGE STEEL BALLS WRAPPED IN LEATHER SACKS!! MARVELLOUS
Posted by bandit:
Great Review,Kudo's! SLAYER!
Posted by Sliver:
To any band that calls itself heavy: JUST LISTEN TO THIS AND YOU KNOW YOU ALL ARE PUSSIES!
Noone will ever beat this band-
Posted by SlayerKim:
Their best album since Reign... Amazing that they still can pull it off better and more intense than anyone else on the metal scene! Hail SLAYER! goto http://home3.inet.tele.dk/borgholt for my Slayer page...
Posted by Slayerfan:
I think Slayer is the best f*ckin' band of all time and I'm glad to see they haven't turned to pussies like all other metal heads these days. SCREW NU-METAL!
Posted by the goddess trog:
otif makes a good point. This "pentagram dance" as it is now known makes me ill until i can't feel my scabs. The burns caused by this "thrash/razor/goth dance" bass have hurted me severly. Araya sounds like a squirrel in heat in a blender. Kerry King is the worst bongo player to ever touch the stone of majah. I'd rather kiss the blarney stone after it has been kissed by Terry Funk than listen to any of this "demon thrash/speed/ska.
Aio!
Posted by otif the blind monk:
papaye.
Posted by Dr Fever:
i'm not reading too much into the coincidence of the release falling on the same day as the pentagon/world trade center attacks. i'm trying to keep a sense of normalcy in my life. with that said this album whips the blue whales azz with an aluminum bat. period. one of dr fever's top 5 for the year. good good shyt. my god, it's fukkking good!
Posted by Dementia:
On the same day "God Hates Us All" was released, the terrorist attacks took place on the world trade center and the pentagon. Casualties could be in the thousands. Looks like slayer was right. I don't know whether to laugh or cringe at the irony.
