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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Slayer - Diabolus In Musica + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Aug-20-2011 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Thrash Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1998 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........13 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.slayer.net ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Slayer Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Diabolus In Musica Label : Sony ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Slayer have built a reputation of not really ║ │
│║ evolving musically (or in any other way for that ║ │
│║ matter), and this album is a testament to ║ │
│║ nothing but that. Their 2006 offering is far ║ │
│║ superior to 2001's God Hates Us All, which ║ │
│║ delved into hardcore and 1998's Diabolus in ║ │
│║ Musica which showed slight experimentation with ║ │
│║ groove. ║ │
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│║ First up, it's the drums. While Paul Bostaph is ║ │
│║ a thrash veteran, having played with the likes ║ │
│║ of Forbidden and Testament and was a worthy ║ │
│║ replacement for Lombardo, the presence of the ║ │
│║ original drummer is more than noticeable. Dave's ║ │
│║ performance by no means falls short of anything ║ │
│║ we've grown accustomed from him, absolutely ║ │
│║ top-notch drum work. ║ │
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│║ Next up is the second half of the rhythm ║ │
│║ section, which- unsurprisingly- remains almost ║ │
│║ impossible to hear... Then again, this isn't ║ │
│║ exactly news for Slayer-- Or thrash metal in ║ │
│║ general. Even Slayer's arguably best offering ║ │
│║ Reign in Blood had a practically silent bass ║ │
│║ track. ║ │
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│║ The vocals are Tom Araya's usual scream-your- ║ │
│║ guts-out delivery. In case you don't know what ║ │
│║ that sounds like, picture a raving madman ║ │
│║ screaming at the top of his lungs. The fact that ║ │
│║ the man is nearing his fifties makes it all the ║ │
│║ more impressive, so I can't really complain ║ │
│║ here. ║ │
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│║ The guitar work... Well, can't really complain ║ │
│║ here either. The riffs are just as fast as they ║ │
│║ were in thrash metal's glory days, and the ║ │
│║ guitar work follows suit. King and Hanneman ║ │
│║ treat us with the usual shredding approach with ║ │
│║ whammy-bar torture to simulate the screams of ║ │
│║ the victims the song is written about. The only ║ │
│║ complaint I have here is that King recorded all ║ │
│║ the rhythm guitar tracks for this album by ║ │
│║ himself. He is definitely one of metal's finer ║ │
│║ rhythm players, however it does mildly affect ║ │
│║ the general aura of the album since one of the ║ │
│║ things I liked the most in Slayer was the human ║ │
│║ factor- 4 otherwise normal guys creating ║ │
│║ blasphemous cacophony each on their own ║ │
│║ instrument, without the use of any recording ║ │
│║ tricks. This is, however, only a minor setback. ║ │
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│║ Now, a major complaint here is the songwriting. ║ │
│║ Songs like Cult, Flesh Storm, Supremist (Which ║ │
│║ even contains a blast beat) are good, I would ║ │
│║ even go so far as to name Flesh Storm thrash ║ │
│║ anthem of the year. However, numbers like Eyes ║ │
│║ of the Insane and various riffs/sections of the ║ │
│║ album lack energy and could perhaps use some ║ │
│║ more work. Another downside would be the lyrics. ║ │
│║ Slayer is not to be taken seriously, which I ║ │
│║ think is pretty obvious by now, however some of ║ │
│║ the lyrics are just a bit too juvenile. The ║ │
│║ lyrics to Flesh Storm are pretty good and it's ║ │
│║ easy to discern the meaning, which can't exactly ║ │
│║ be said about the majority of the album's ║ │
│║ tracks, though. It could just be me, however I ║ │
│║ can't seem to pinpoint what the lyrics to, say, ║ │
│║ Black Serenade are about. Reborn? Rising up from ║ │
│║ the grave with vengeance. Necrophiliac? ║ │
│║ Desecrating a corpse. Criminally Insane? A ║ │
│║ homicidal maniac on the loose. Slayer have ║ │
│║ seldom penned very serious, thought-provoking, ║ │
│║ deep lyrics, but at least you'd know what they ║ │
│║ were trying to say. ║ │
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│║ All in all, Slayer's Christ Illusion is not a ║ │
│║ bad album, however it is also not without its ║ │
│║ setbacks. It does signal the band's definite ║ │
│║ return to thrash metal, and it does show ║ │
│║ Slayer's typical brand of aggression we've all ║ │
│║ grown to love. Christ Illusion will be ║ │
│║ remembered as one of Slayer's finer moments of ║ │
│║ the 21st century, however it probably does not ║ │
│║ have the material necessary for a modern ║ │
│║ classic. I also understand that it's popular to ║ │
│║ bash Slayer these days, but let's face it: ║ │
│║ They're still going strong after more than two ║ │
│║ decades of pounding extreme metal. Let's see the ║ │
│║ detractors do that. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Bitter Peace [04:32] │
│ 02 - Death's Head [03:29] │
│ 03 - Stain of Mind [03:25] │
│ 04 - Overt Enemy [04:42] │
│ 05 - Perversions of Pain [03:31] │
│ 06 - Love to Hate [03:06] │
│ 07 - Desire [04:19] │
│ 08 - Unguarded Instinct (Bonus Track) [03:43] │
│ 09 - In the Name of God [03:38] │
│ 10 - Scrum [02:19] │
│ 11 - Screaming form the Sky [03:13] │
│ 12 - Wicked (Bonus Track) [06:01] │
│ 13 - Point [04:14] │
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│ Total Length : [50:12 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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