I started jamming to SLAYER after my friends cousin turned me on to the Reign in Blood album. I believe I was around 13-14 years old.
All I remember from the first contact of aggressive upheavel that these guys pummeled into my head, was the sound Tommy's fuckin' scream... that was that. I WAS FUCKIN" HOOKED!!!
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-uuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhh!!! Auschwitz, the meaning of pain..." I about pissed myself with this overwhelming fear of a new sound that had never penetrated my ear holes before. I was like.... "Man, who the HELL is this???", and my friends cousin told me... "these are the fuckers responsible for making me EVIL... this is FUCKING SLAYER".
I tell you what (anyone reading this), my life wasn't that great as a child and adolescent, but the first time I heard SLAYER, I knew that my life would never be the same again. Their music, not just the lyrics and sound, but the actual music I HEARD (because listening to music and hearing music are two different things) from these guys put me into this state of mind that I could do what I wanted to do. I could be who I wanted to be. I... could...
I understand the "Satanic" undertones, and dark imagery have gotten SLAYER into a few minor problems, and people have tried to accuse them of certain standings with the "Devil", but I have always seen them as four guys making what they heard, felt, seen, believed, and consumed into something that worked FOR them. A force to be reckoned with.
They ARE the reason I love music.
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Re: Seasons in the Abyss
This album was a definitive piece of work for SLAYER in my opinion.
They took what they had done before (the speed of R.i.B., the rawness of H.A., and the toned down feel of S.o.H.), and totally brought forth this monster of a great musical masterpiece in the "Heavy Metal" world.
How can you NOT get into this album? Every time I hear 'War Ensemble', or 'Seasons in the Abyss', or 'Skeletons of Society'... any of the tracks, I get chills from the pure aggression, and feeling that they put into every minute of this album.
FUCKIN' SLAYER!!!!