After not listening to much Slayer in the last couple of decades, except for their first album a few times a year, Show No Mercy I was seeing this one all over some online shopping sites as new and as i was buying new CDs from other bands I’ve liked for a long time, I was thinking about the Slayer songs I know. Last month I first got into Reign in Blood for a while, then I ordered this one, Repentless.
And I like this one.
It’s their first new album after the untimely death of founder and guitarist Jeff Hanneman. His replacement had covered for the ill Hanneman for a few years on tour, so by the time they were recording this he was well integrated into the band. And they got another former drummer of theirs, Paul Bostaph back in.
For the first half of the album they play at lightning speed, without sounding too noisy and without Arraya’s singing getting too much into merely screaming.
The second half gets a bit noisier, with their playing sounding more random, frantic and less like songs they planned out.
Throughout it, in between furiously fast guitar solos there’s a second here, a second there of music that I’d actually really like to hear more of. They come and go, like “hey! what was that? I want to hear more of that!” but they’re too fleeting, gone as fast as a Kerry King guitar solo.
I’d have to say the title track, “Repentless” is my favorite song on it, the one I keep singing in my head the most when I’m not listening to any music.
Overall, it’s really good if you like this sort of thing. And if you don’t, you’d probably hate it.
And I like this one.
It’s their first new album after the untimely death of founder and guitarist Jeff Hanneman. His replacement had covered for the ill Hanneman for a few years on tour, so by the time they were recording this he was well integrated into the band. And they got another former drummer of theirs, Paul Bostaph back in.
For the first half of the album they play at lightning speed, without sounding too noisy and without Arraya’s singing getting too much into merely screaming.
The second half gets a bit noisier, with their playing sounding more random, frantic and less like songs they planned out.
Throughout it, in between furiously fast guitar solos there’s a second here, a second there of music that I’d actually really like to hear more of. They come and go, like “hey! what was that? I want to hear more of that!” but they’re too fleeting, gone as fast as a Kerry King guitar solo.
I’d have to say the title track, “Repentless” is my favorite song on it, the one I keep singing in my head the most when I’m not listening to any music.
Overall, it’s really good if you like this sort of thing. And if you don’t, you’d probably hate it.
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