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Maajo · 11-19-2017, 12:08 AM

Seasons' production is my favorite thing about it. It's the first one where it's produced cleanly and everything is easy to hear. It's their Black Album in that way.

Wpnfire · 11-19-2017, 07:46 AM

It certainly isn't clean. Reign In Blood and South of Heaven are the most well-produced of their albums. Season's production makes it sound like a weak-ass I.N.R.I.

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That's basically mentally retarded. I've had my issues with both albums and still do, but Seasons in the Abyss is just the more accomplished form of South of Heaven with the addition of a career retrospectice. If you want to like one over the other then whatever, but if you're going to have some kind of apocalyptic problem with one and not the other then you're probably just a moron. The biggest problem with both is simply that Slayer had fulfilled their potential and was now simply making slower songs people didn't know they'd been capable of. The fact that they succeeded was I'm sure as big a surprise to them as anybody.

I don’t know why you keep comparing seasons with south of heaven. Seasons is hell awaits and Reign In Blood revisited more than any of their other albums, just with the pussification (as you put it) that South of heaven had carried over. I guess it uses the mid-tempo feel of South of Heaven, but the other albums had that too. Anyway Seasons lacks the subdued, gross, doomy sound that South of Heaven had, which is the sole reason I love that album so much. They dropped the doom-y riffs that South Of Heaven had. Araya in particular is at his most generic on seasons. It’s just business as usual, like all their following albums. The title track on Seasons is the only thing on that album that is remotely interesting.

Maajo · 11-19-2017, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Wpnfire

It certainly isn't clean. Reign In Blood and South of Heaven are the most well-produced of their albums. Season's production makes it sound like a weak-ass I.N.R.I.

I don’t know why you keep comparing seasons with south of heaven. Seasons is hell awaits and Reign In Blood revisited more than any of their other albums, just with the pussification (as you put it) that South of heaven had carried over. I guess it uses the mid-tempo feel of South of Heaven, but the other albums had that too. Anyway Seasons lacks the subdued, gross, doomy sound that South of Heaven had, which is the sole reason I love that album so much. They dropped the doom-y riffs that South Of Heaven had. Araya in particular is at his most generic on seasons. It’s just business as usual, like all their following albums. The title track on Seasons is the only thing on that album that is remotely interesting.

There's no doubt that Seasons isn't for the 80s thrash Slayer purists.

Wpnfire · 11-19-2017, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Maajo

There's no doubt that Seasons isn't for the 80s thrash Slayer purists.

I have no idea what you're saying here, but if you think there's such a thing as Slayer purists then you're basically retarded. Their first four albums sound very little like each other and there's a large variety of opinions on them.

The Batlord · 11-19-2017, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Wpnfire

It certainly isn't clean. Reign In Blood and South of Heaven are the most well-produced of their albums. Season's production makes it sound like a weak-ass I.N.R.I.

I don’t know why you keep comparing seasons with south of heaven. Seasons is hell awaits and Reign In Blood revisited more than any of their other albums, just with the pussification (as you put it) that South of heaven had carried over. I guess it uses the mid-tempo feel of South of Heaven, but the other albums had that too. Anyway Seasons lacks the subdued, gross, doomy sound that South of Heaven had, which is the sole reason I love that album so much. They dropped the doom-y riffs that South Of Heaven had. Araya in particular is at his most generic on seasons. It’s just business as usual, like all their following albums. The title track on Seasons is the only thing on that album that is remotely interesting.

Seasons in the Abyss is most definitely a mix of Reign in Blood and South of Heaven. That's, like, so obvious that I don't even know what you're talking about. And yeah, it is business as usual, but it's also sort of the definitive Slayer album as far as summing them up on one disc. It's not my fav Slayer album, but it's very solid front to back.

Wpnfire · 11-19-2017, 01:03 PM

I think my biggest problem with Seasons is that it's too edgy for its own good. Some of the riffs have a bouncy groove but played with a hardcore intensity. I can hear the distant sounds of nu metal coming through on parts of that album, and I can't overlook that.

**Frownland** · 11-19-2017, 01:07 PM

If you don't like a Slayer album because you think it's too edgy, then you don't really like Slayer.

Oriphiel · 11-19-2017, 01:08 PM

Yeah, you'll never be an edgelord with an attitude like that

The Batlord · 11-19-2017, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Wpnfire

I think my biggest problem with Seasons is that it's too edgy for its own good. Some of the riffs have a bouncy groove but played with a hardcore intensity. I can hear the distant sounds of nu metal coming through on parts of that album, and I can't overlook that.

The **** is wrong with you? Those riffs are the ****. "Skeletons of Society" is one of Slayer's sickest tracks.

Wpnfire · 11-19-2017, 01:40 PM

Somehow over the course of this conversation I've been converted to liking this album. Playing it next to Seasons made me realize how evil it is.

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Wpnfire Dragon Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Kansas, United States Posts: 2,744	Somehow over the course of this conversation I've been converted to liking this album. Playing it next to Seasons made me realize how evil it is. __________________ Last.FM My RYM Ratings *My Glitchwave Beta Profile*

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Maajo Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Colorado Posts: 513	Seasons' production is my favorite thing about it. It's the first one where it's produced cleanly and everything is easy to hear. It's their Black Album in that way.