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- Summary: Greg Fidelman and Rick Rubin produced the latest disc for the thrash metal band.
- Record Label: Sony
- Genre(s): Rock, Metal
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World Painted Blood | |
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Disease spreading death Entire population dies Dead before you're born Massive suicide Vicious game of fear It's all extermination now Poison in your... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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Mixed: 2 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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It’s a bummer that Slayer’s November 13 Air Canada Centre show, and their entire tour, has been postponed due to lead singer/bassist Tom Araya’s back problems, but we can console ourselves with their excellent new album, which finds the dark-minded, serial-killer-obsessed California thrashers keeping all things in balance.
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Greg Fidelman does a better production job here than he did on Metallica’s "Death Magnetic," perhaps due to oversight by Rick Rubin, who produced Slayer’s best work.
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As long as expectations are met, we’ll be happy. And with World Painted Blood, we’re happier than we’ve been in some time.
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Slayer has remained unrelentingly true to its origins. The innovations no longer arrive with each album, but the quartet is playing at a high level, and Greg Fidelman’s production captures that sound with thrilling, their-fist-your-face immediacy.
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Slayer being timely is not Slayer being timeless. But the way they're still playing, they sure sound like it.
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The first listen or two to World Painted Blood might be a bit confusing for the seasoned Slayer fan, but that changes quickly, and the sound of those drums blasting in one's head will become a more than welcome presence in the mix.
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Tom Araya's shriek has grown ponderous, and not until rosary-ripping closer 'Not of This God' do the four mid-fortysomethings bypass their rigid polkacore hopscotch for a devastating groove.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 24
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Mixed: 0 out of 24
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Negative: 2 out of 24
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Feb 8, 2014
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DanLNov 21, 2009
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seanKDec 4, 2009
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JoshFNov 6, 2009
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AndreasMNov 18, 2009What are you guys complaining about. Gets better and better each listen. Slayer produce again. Metallica can only dream of former glories.
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Mar 16, 2017
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DylanD.Nov 6, 2009Absolutely terrible. Slayer has failed. Again.
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