RECORDS
The first question that comes to mind is: Why? Why does this band bother to make new albums? Especially when they’re not a whole lot different from their old ones ... Don’t get me wrong. I do like Slayer; I’ve got all their albums and I give a lot of time to each new one when it comes out.
RECORDS
CHIRP OF THE BLUEBIRD
SLAYER
Reign in Blood
(DefJam/Geffen)
The first question that comes to mind is: Why? Why does this band bother to make new albums? Especially when they’re not a whole lot different from their old ones ...
Don’t get me wrong. I do like Slayer; I’ve got all their albums and I give a lot of time to each new one when it comes out. But it always comes back to this idea I seem to have that there’s never any real difference between each new one and the one that came before it. They do get faster every time, but that’s about it.
The biggest improvement on each new Slayer album is the production. This hasn’t changed; Reign In Blood has better sound than Hell Awaits, which has a better sound than Haunting The Chapel, which has a . .. Anyway, I think you get the picture.