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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Feb-02-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1984 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........03 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.slayer.net ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Slayer Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Haunting The Chapel Label : Roadrunner ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Gentleman, we can modify it. We have the ║ │
│║ technology. Faster, meaner, more riffs than ever ║ │
│║ before. Complete and pure thrash metal! After ║ │
│║ their wicked NWOBHM-inspired debut album "Show ║ │
│║ No Mercy", Slayer really kicked it into high ║ │
│║ gear with this bloodcurdling EP. "Haunting The ║ │
│║ Chapel" is a 3-song masterpiece that truly bent ║ │
│║ thrash metal into what we know it has today; ║ │
│║ it's THAT important. "Haunting The Chapel" is ║ │
│║ oft overlooked by a number of fans for merley ║ │
│║ being a 3-song EP, but that would be a major ║ │
│║ mistake. Anyone looking for how true thrash ║ │
│║ really got going should look here. ║ │
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│║ The band's abilities really amped up after their ║ │
│║ already pretty solid performances on the debut. ║ │
│║ Tom Araya sounds really, really mean here, ║ │
│║ shouting, spitting and growling his way through ║ │
│║ lyrics of hell, war and evil. His bass is ║ │
│║ probably good, but as is often the deal with ║ │
│║ Slayer, the bass likes to take a fucking ║ │
│║ vacation while everyone else works their asses ║ │
│║ off. Like Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman for ║ │
│║ example. Their guitars rule, soloing and slicing ║ │
│║ up a storm of riffs, though often at times it ║ │
│║ basically works as this: "Let's wank the rhythm ║ │
│║ guitar for a while, then let the lead squeal for ║ │
│║ 40 seconds." At the least the guitars sound ║ │
│║ truly wicked, the lead a bigger, more deranged ║ │
│║ take on the lead from the last album, while the ║ │
│║ rhythm sounds like a fucking weed-wacker ║ │
│║ possessed by a deadite. Then we gave the all- ║ │
│║ consuming drumming of Dave Lombardo. Frankly ║ │
│║ though, I liked his work better on "Show No ║ │
│║ Mercy", even if his work on both were pretty ║ │
│║ similar. Much like King and Hanneman he'd ║ │
│║ improve nicely on the next album. ║ │
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│║ Let's get the weaker songs out of the way first. ║ │
│║ Well, most versions of "Haunting The Chapel" ║ │
│║ you'll get anymore will come with the bonus ║ │
│║ track "Aggressive Perfector", originally from ║ │
│║ the "Metal Massacre 3" compilation. It's an okay ║ │
│║ song, not terrible but nothing special. It's ║ │
│║ basically your typical speed metal number with a ║ │
│║ few cool riffs and some nice Araya shrieking. ║ │
│║ The title track is also just okay, though the ║ │
│║ intro riffage is really great and the lead in ║ │
│║ the solo is pretty great too. But the other two ║ │
│║ songs...oh fuck me sideways this is BRUTAL! ║ │
│║ "Chemical Warfare" has my vote as Slayer's best ║ │
│║ song. That's right, forget your "Angel of ║ │
│║ Death", your "War Ensemble", your "Hell Awaits"; ║ │
│║ it's all about "Multi-death from chemicals!" The ║ │
│║ intricate, massive solo is evil perfection, ║ │
│║ Araya's vocals melt faces and the amount of ║ │
│║ riffs is just crushing. Listen or DIE!!! Then we ║ │
│║ have the half as long "Captor of Sin". It's not ║ │
│║ as technical or intricate as "Chemical Warfare", ║ │
│║ but almost as awesome. This song is just pure ║ │
│║ chaos, a speedy, mean little riff-fest with ║ │
│║ killer drums and wild guitars. Behold, captor of ║ │
│║ sin! ║ │
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│║ Overall, this is a damn fine little set of songs ║ │
│║ to have. Slayer has gotten stronger here, and ║ │
│║ while two songs are okay, the other two are ║ │
│║ fucking massively awesome! Don't forget ║ │
│║ "Haunting The Chapel"; it hasn't forgotten you, ║ │
│║ or where you live... ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Chemical Warfare [06:04] │
│ 02 - Captor Of Sin [03:32] │
│ 03 - Haunting The Chapel [03:58] │
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│ Total Length : [13:34 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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