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Slayer-Repentless-CD-FLAC-2015-CATARACT
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ARTIST : Slayer STOREDATE : 00-00-2015
ALBUM : Repentless RIPDATE : 09-11-2015
YEAR : 2015 RUNTIME : 41:50 min
GENRE : Metal LANGUAGE : English
LABEL : Nuclear Blast GRABBER : EAC Secure
SOURCE : CDDA ENCODER : FLAC 1.2.1
QUALITY : 1012kbps Avg 44.1kHz 2 channels SIZE : 319.2MB
URL : http://tinyurl.com/q9dl8co TRACKS : 12 Files
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01 Delusions Of Saviour 1:55
02 Repentless 3:19
03 Take Control 3:13
04 Vices 3:32
05 Cast The First Stone 3:43
06 When The Stillness Comes 4:20
07 Chasing Death 3:44
08 Implode 3:49
09 Piano Wire 2:48
10 Atrocity Vendor 2:54
11 You Against You 4:20
12 Pride In Prejudice 4:13
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41:50 min
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│ SlayerÆs mid-Æ80s thrash-metal implied a set of willful extremes, │
│ but also an economy and focus. It found its essence in attitudes and │
│ strategies that wouldnÆt go out of style: previews of the │
│ apocalypse, splattery guitar duels, minor keys, tempos rising above │
│ 200 beats per minute. │
│ │
│ ôRepentlessö is the sound of Slayer telling you that it still │
│ recognizes its essence, despite the fact that three people │
│ associated with its best work are now gone. Those are the guitarist │
│ and songwriter Jeff Hanneman, who died in 2013 and has been replaced │
│ by Gary Holt; the groupÆs founding drummer Dave Lombardo, who left │
│ the band in 2013 and has been replaced by Paul Bostaph (SlayerÆs │
│ drummer during a non-Lombardo interim from 1992 to 2001); and the │
│ producer Rick Rubin, who worked on every album by Slayer between │
│ 1986 and 2009. The new album is produced by Terry Date and doesnÆt │
│ greatly vary the formula: It is loud and precise, with very little │
│ reverb. │
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│ You donÆt hear the band straining against limitations, or writing at │
│ its peak. But ôRepentlessö is comfortable, full of certainty, good │
│ enough. The title track is not about a warlord or criminal but a │
│ hardened musician in a band, and the album feels self-referential in │
│ other ways, too. It averages out some of SlayerÆs best moves: dire │
│ riffs at galloping speed; advanced-class, divebombing guitar jabber │
│ ù especially from Mr. Holt, on tracks like ôVicesö and ôYou Against │
│ You.ö (I miss the comparative swing and lightness in Mr. LombardoÆs │
│ drumming.) │
│ │
│ And then thereÆs the aggrieved yelling of Tom Araya, the bassist and │
│ singer. ôSo is it just me?,ö he asks in ôImplode.ö ôCan everyone │
│ see/the world drowning in its own blood?ö HeÆs been doing this for a │
│ very long time, but thereÆs still no reverb on his vocals, no smoke │
│ and mirrors to make him grander than he is. He doesnÆt sound │
│ seignorial. HeÆs still reflecting fear and cynicism: permanent │
│ conditions. │
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│ │
│ -CATARACT 2015. │
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