International Day of Slayer is here; here’s our top 6 post- ‘Seasons’ songs

Posted by on June 6, 2016

3) “War Zone” (God Hates Us All)

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War Zone is another situation that highlights the wild unevenness of God Hates Us All, while also containing a prime example of why it’s one of Slayer’s more underrated post-Seasons records. The lyrics? Bad. Forget ’em. Aggro, bro-core nonsense. That Fear Factory riff though? Essential, and stupidly heavy, one of the single best moments to justify Slayer’s brief foray into low tunings and extended range guitars – ND

 

2) “Jihad”  (Christ Illusion)

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Jihad, Christ Illusion – Let it be known, Christ Illusion is not a good record. It does, however, have a couple redeeming points. Jihad in particular has a moment of pretty interesting experimentation for Slayer as well with it’s odd fingerpicked intro and clearer, far less murky than usual melody line. It doesn’t lose any of its edge despite going a bit out of the box, and that’s what makes it special. – ND

 

1) “Disciple” (God Hates Us All)

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September 11th 2001 was a horrible day in America’s history – but it was also the day Slayer released their finest effort since their glory days of the 80’s. God Hates Us All was just what metalheads needed to cope with the terrorist acts of that day.  The intro “Darkness of Christ” and lead track “Disciple” pack such a punch and have become staples in Slayers live set.  – AP

Getting God Hates Us All back in the early 2000’s was a gamble as we had seen Slayer going aimlessly into their new musical ventures that weren’t like their first 5 albums. Listed as their second track of the album, “Disciple” has to be, by far, one of Slayer’s best metal anthems of their later years with a vibrant and violent chant bursting the album’s  title a the top of Araya’s lungs.  Every time the band performs the track live, the already vehement crowd gets into this euphoric state of madness, screaming “God Hates Us All” while moshing with every bit of strength they can find, just to go full-throttle by a perfect solo performed by the late Jeff Hanneman on record.

With less than 4 min, this is one of the best “short but sweet” tracks of Slayer’s repertoire and a display of Slayer’s capacity to still make music like back in the early days after two decades of existence. – AV

This is the most obvious choice, but it’s mostly because this song rips. It’s the slayer jam responsible for the infamous GOD HATES US ALL lyric, so on that principle alone, I’d say it earns a spot on the list, but Disciple crams both of Slayer’s strong suits – mid-tempo and very fast – into one song. Tom Araya sounds great on this whole album, a prime example being Disciple’s ending breakdown. It’s a little hammy-aggro in a pretty typical Kerry King sort of way lyrically, but it’s meatheaded in a way that comes back around to being awesome. There’s a reason why this is one of the few non-classic Slayer cuts in their live set. I DESPISE THIS FUCKING PLAAAACE! – ND

 

Other favorites as chosen by Twitter users:
“Hate Worldwide,” (Ichbinjuani)
“World Painted Blood,” (Joeyacosta90 and Horse_Crimes),
“SS-3” (kvyletivenin)
“Gemini,” ,”Playing With Dolls” (expiringsun)
“Snuff” “Not of This God” (1Clutch1)
“Bitter Peace” (Vermonster77)
“Scrum,” “Love To Hate” (chris_redar),
“213” (basementgalaxy and nitr0carwash),
“Circle of Beliefs,” “Death’s Head” (HELL_BOY)
“Divine Intervention,” “Stain of Mind,” “Bloodline,” “Psychopathy Red,” “Unit 731”  (dreadmedia)
“World Painted Blood” (jmpagp and dreadmedia)

 

 

 

 

 

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