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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Slayer forever! Nov 21, 2009
This album and Endgame are the best metal albums of 2009 by far, 2009 IS truly the year of metal. Rock/metal has been making a huge comeback in the last few years thank god and talentless garbage like Britney has been shown for what we metal fans knew it was since it began. Anyhow, this album is great, every song is a masterwork in perfect Slayer style. World Painted Blood has great lyrics and a similar theme to Endgame about where the human race is heading. The riffs are pure classic Slayer style in the same vein as Reign in Blood, the vox are amazing as usual, the twin assault of Jeff & Kerry is still as powerful as ever and Lombardo's drumming is top notch. Today as always I proud to be a hardcore Slayer fan!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Good, shoddy production. Still 100% Slayer Nov 20, 2009
We all know the resume of this band. I think all Slayer cds are great, for the time period they were released and circumstances surrounding each cd. I prefer more of the 80's/early 90's Slayer though. I also felt Christ Illusion was one of the best cds they have put out and had a great production and alot of oomph to the songs. I find the oomph lacking in this release. First of all this is 100% Slayer, don't get me wrong, been listening to them since they first started out and have seen them multiple times live. The solos are fantastic, Lombardo's drummming is off the hook and Araya really sounds great on this release. I also love the atmosphere to some of the songs, like Human Strain. But the producer greg Fidelman makes this a less powerful sounding release than it should be. I don't think he understands metal, or thrash for that matter. I thought the production on Metallica's Death Magnetic last yr was quite decent. Guitars were up front and the drumming was light yrs better sounding than St. Anger. So he did a decent job last yr, but w/Slayer he screwed things up. Now I have excellent stereo equipment, so it has nothing to do w/not listening to this on a good system. Frankly those are usually weak arguments. If it's a good recording it will sound good on anything. First problem on this is the guitar sound is flat and weak. If you listen to Psycopathy Red (great song), the guitars sound amazing, as does the other instruments. Problem is and a very big glaring problem, the producer used the production/mix from this song that was released as a single many months ago. Why they did not mix the other songs this way, I have no idea. It is very glaring when listening to the rest of the cd, that has a different mix. Another problem is Public Display of Dismemberment. Song has blast beats, my brother in law did not know the tune had blasts until I told him to listen more closely, the mix on this song is dreadful. The drum beats are back in the mix and do not come through. A shame, since this is one of the best songs on the cd. I also found some of the riffs just not as good as past releases. But this still is 100% Slayer and better than any of the Bostaph releases, for sure. On a side note, w/these last 2 releases Slayer still won't give credit for death metal for influencing them to use blast beats and I am kind of sick of them constantly bashing death metal bands. Last I checked Nile's latest release and same with Man Must Die had a shoestring production budget compared to this, yet sound light yrs better.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Slayer is thy Metal God's Name Nov 20, 2009
Great, super metal riffs, pounding drums, and Toms voice is great. I totally dig this album. I recommend it if your tired of all that wussy rock out there. With 2008, and 2009 being a great thowback to metal, with Testament, Megadeth, Metallica(gasp), out for vengeance and certainly Slayer to add to the metal bunch. Now all we need is a little Anthrax in the mix, and we can all be Caught In A Mosh somewhere at a show in 2010! Metal Lives!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Blood Blood and more Blood! Nov 19, 2009
Slayer is back with yet another strong album's worth of speed, blood, and more blood! In my opinion, their strongest album since "Diabolus in Musica". Favorite trax are "Beauty Through Order" & "Hate Worldwide" & "Human Strain". Lyrics are intense throughout the album, including comments on the planets' oil controversies on "Americon".
The bonus DVD (Limited Edition only) includes a 20 minute graphic video "Playing with Dolls", written and directed by Mark Brooks. Story of a young boy who discovers his mother killed and in her own pool of blood. He grows up with deep personal issues, I mean deep, and reconciles himself by trying to bring his mother back, by using the various body parts of the women he has killed. Blood, Blood and more Blood.
Be warned, it is quite intense and a little disturbing. Seeing a nun get whacked across the head with a huge cross, hmmm. If you're a big Slayer fan, than this is something you'd probably like to have and should have as the packaging and double digipack is quite impressive. Otherwise, the DVD is not something you would watch more than once.
Overall 8/10
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Still going strong! Nov 18, 2009
The great thing about 21st century Slayer is that they sound like 20th century Slayer. They wrote ground breaking/blistering thrash in the 80s and World Painted Blood would fit nicely alongside any of the other albums. In a music world where everyone wants to sound like somebody else (and there are a lot of bands trying to sound like Slayer during this current thrash revival) it is nice to hear a band that cares only about being themselves. If you are wanting Slayer to evolve, this album is not for you. Its still 100% pedal to the metal thrash. If you love their old albums then World Painted Blood will not disappoint.
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