Slayer POX [EDIT: RIP Jeff Hanneman]

i mean, duh.

angel of death
blood red
mandatory suicide
jesus saves
raining blood
killing fields
serenity in murder
seasons in the abyss
skeletons of society
altar of sacrifice

Duh seconded

Reign In Blood in its entirety does it. One of my 100 favorite albums of all time easily, and I've never really had much of a desire to hear anything else by the band (even though I have).

That's boring. But hey, if it's your POX, more power to you.

Yeah, I'd go for RIB in its entirety too. And yeah, that makes for a very boring POX. So, with a 3-tracks per album limit:

1.Hell Awaits
2.Angel Of Death
3.Piece By Piece
4.Raining Blood
5.Ghosts Of War
6.Cleanse the Soul
7.In-a-gadda-da-vida
8.War Ensemble
9.Born of Fire
10.South of Heaven

I actually prefer South of Heaven, wouldn't take it in its entirety though. Also some songs of Seasons, Dead Skin Mask especially. I love some of their later songs like Disciple and Stain of Mind. It's tough to do a Slayer POX.

I actually prefer South of Heaven

i am not trying to pick a fight/demand justification of this, i just want to say i am completely dumbfounded when people say this. i love SoH (that was the first tour i saw them on, with danzig opening) but RiB is just so total. complete.

I prefer South of Heaven, too. I tried to listen to RiB the other 3 months ago and couldn't do it. I like the wet-sounding groove drum/cymbal-laden intro to Raining Blood, though. Of course, I can't listen to South of Heaven anymore, either, because it changes my mood for the generally worse, but that's a different story. RiB is just basically painful to listen to.

Also, I think some of their most recent albums are absolutely terrifying in comparison, so RiB is not the hardest and nastiest to me, if that's the appeal. The one with the masked guy and the cross on his head? Yeah, that one. That one creeped me out.

Reign in Blood is perfect and i adore it, but i know for a fact that i've listened to south of heaven more. i've probably played south of heaven in full at least 1000 times. mostly cuz i still have it on tape and it's my number one car tape of all time.

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Yes, but what's God's POX?

If he's an ILXer, it would just be RIB played over and over=BORING

RIB isn't boring, but around here it seems that's the only thing people like from Slayer.

i sort of understand that though. it's the record where everything came together for them. the highly-structured, more fleshed-out stuff they persisted with later on couldn't touch it on a sheer energy level. plus, the production on 'seasons' is terrible. why doesn't it sound heavy?

Reign In Blood is awesome, but saying Slayer = RIB is weak. It's like saying Daydream Nation = Sonic Youth.

Chemical Warfare
Captor of Sin
Hell Awaits
Kill Again (whatever, still rulez)
Angel of Death
Raining Blood
Live Undead
Mandatory Suicide
Dead Skin Mask
Seasons in the Abyss

I still prefere South of Heaven to RIB. More dynamic.

I agree with Bob, except for the Sonic Youth part. I don't think I've ever (conciously) heard a note of them. They seem to fit into that college, pointy headed indie rock thing I despise. If someone can set me right and I'm missing something, I guess go ahead (on another thread).

Just saying that Daydream Nation is regularly trotted out as THEE Sonic Youth album, same as with RIB and Slayer.

If you despise pointy-headed college rock, you'd probably hate 'em. If you like psychedelic noise shit, though, you could do a lot worse than the early stuff.

listening to seasons in the abyss for the first time in at least ten years. it's pretty good. but i totally forgot about the "mr. gein..." voices in "dead skin mask" and they really just freaked me right the fuck out.

Slayer @ Barrowlands, Glasgow this Thursday! I will be there! Excited!

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Dang. Jeff Hanneman has passed.

https://www.facebook.com/slayer/posts/10151624018260390

Slayer is devastated to inform that their bandmate and brother, Jeff Hanneman, passed away at about 11AM this morning near his Southern California home. Hanneman was in an area hospital when he suffered liver failure. He is survived by his wife Kathy, his sister Kathy and his brothers Michael and Larry, and will be sorely missed.

Our Brother Jeff Hanneman, May He Rest In Peace (1964 - 2013)

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What the actual fuck!?

RIP