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L57NT
It is easy to tell this album is overrated in retrospect, but this is very cheap talk. Today this album is just one of the many in thrash metal catalog, so people tend to forget that it was exactly this album that managed to bring extreme metal to the public eye. This album made a lot of noise - both literally and figuratively. One could say there were other albums deserving of such status. Perhaps. This album wasn't original even within Slayer own work, let alone tough competition from others... but this album was polished enough, produced good enough to attract attention without compromising brutality in the least. I doubt that any other album was fit for such a role, and as a result, for such a colossal influence subsequently.
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alpengeist1919
I mean compared to other 80s metal like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, or Anthrax, Slayer is a lot less corny. But that's just part of what makes metal great, the bands don't take themselves too seriously. And the ones that do (looking at you, black metal) come off even cornier for it
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sIowdeath
Listening to it the first time in... 10 years maybe? I totally forgot about it (I know, I know. I was exploring other genres in the meantime and strayed away from metal) yet it seems that I still have the entire 29 minutes perfectly memorized. Fuck me (not literally), overrated or not it's still a classic for a reason.
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sIowdeath
Also it's insane how many songs are actually kinda catchy and not just an aggressive slab of blast, never thought about it back in the day but songs like Criminally Insane almost have this catchy hook-like quality in Tom's singing. Like it adds the melodic element to what still is brutal ass music so it's not pussified like melodeath or modern thrash but still fun . Should revisit South of Heaven and Seasons too, remember liking them a lot
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PuckettJp2
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EnricoFranchi
I love this album ! great guitars, solos , bass , powerful drums , and nice screaming vocals
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airshots22
Some may consider this album overrated and while I get why, I tend to actually like the tracks in between Angel of Death and Reign in Blood. They have this punk-ish quality to them that I admire. Either way, they really started and ended this album with a bang.
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UserNo84
Every album ever recorded is both overrated and underrated by some. Who cares? The massive influence this albums has to this very day is what counts. 1986 was a massive year for metal, and the biggest year for thrash metal in particular. "Reign in Blood" in one of the reasons.
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Beowolf1331
"Metal is boring" - me one week before hearing this album. "This is one of the greatest things I've ever heard in my entire life" - me one week after hearing this album
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