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War Ensemble
- 04:52
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Blood Red
- 02:50
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Spirit In Black
- 04:07
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Expendable Youth
- 04:10
- 70,340 plays
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Dead Skin Mask
- 05:17
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Hallowed Point
- 03:24
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Skeletons Of Society
- 04:41
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Temptation
- 03:26
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Born Of Fire
- 03:08
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Seasons In The Abyss
- 06:32
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album review
After staking out new territory with the underrated South of Heaven, Slayer brought back some of the pounding speed of Reign in Blood for their third major-label album, Seasons in the Abyss. Essentially, Seasons fuses its two predecessors, periodically kicking up the mid-tempo grooves of South of Heaven with manic bursts of aggression. "War Ensemble" and the title track each represented opposite sides of the coin, and they both earned Slayer their heaviest MTV airplay to date. In fact, Seasons in the Abyss is probably their most accessible album, displaying the full range of their abilities all in one place, with sharp, clean production. Since the band is refining rather than progressing or experimenting, Seasons doesn't have quite the freshness of its predecessors, but aside from that drawback, it's strong almost all the way from top to bottom (with perhaps one or two exceptions). Lyrically, the band rarely turns to demonic visions of the afterlife anymore, preferring instead to find tangible horror in real life -- war, murder, human weakness. There's even full-fledged social criticism, which should convince any doubters that Slayer aren't trying to promote the subjects they sing about. Like Metallica's Master of Puppets or Megadeth's Peace Sells...but Who's Buying, Seasons in the Abyss paints Reagan-era America as a cesspool of corruption and cruelty, and the music is as devilishly effective as ever. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide
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- Reign In Blood (Parental Advisory)
- Released 1986
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- God Hates Us All (Parental Advisory)
- Released 2001
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- South Of Heaven (Parental Advisory)
- Released 1988
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- Decade Of Aggression: Live (Parental Advisory)
- Released 1991
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2nd Fav.
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- By Poormon79
- 10/27/2009 02:37:28
- Right behind Reign in Blood this album sits on my all time favorite of Slayer albums. War Ensemble is insane. The guitar work is brutal. Thrash speed metal at its best.
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My Favorite Slayer
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- By p1crew
- 1/14/2009 22:57:03
- This is my favorite Slayer album. Every song on it is great and it flows really well. Starts out really fast with War Ensemble, goes to fast, then really fast, then fast, then slower to the epic Seasons and has a nice final touch.
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