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Post by trashcanman on Aug 29, 2011 20:53:37 GMT 2
Okay, it was funny when rock manwhores KISS did it. store.slayer.net/shop.cfm/pk/category/ac/detail/cid/401439/prodid/469270Yeeeeeaaaaah, no. Listen, guys, this here is metal:  This here; this is commercial lameness:  And the "South of Heaven" bit just makes it that much lamer. God damn you even more than he already has, Slayer. Damn you all to Hell. Or Heaven. Whichever is worse for you. |
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Sept 20, 2011 19:55:22 GMT 2
I'm calling Heaven. With smooth jazz music 24/7. Take THAT, Slayer.
I dunno how I missed this thread. Regardless, KISS get away with the commerical thing because.. well, it's KISS. That's what they've ALWAYS been like.
And I'm not an expert on the fairer sex, but I'm willing to bet the guy who provides Slayer brand condoms will never really get a chance to use them..
And that headshot pic, Trash? FUCK. Awesome.
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Post by trashcanman on Sept 21, 2011 21:55:31 GMT 2
A fan who carved "Slayer" into his arm got his pic put in an album's liner notes.  You knew somebody was gonna top it.  and then top that  and that brings us to this guy  I'm a bit scared about what may come next. So are Slayer condoms made out of goatskin or what? |
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Sept 22, 2011 2:29:01 GMT 2
Jesus, that's frightening. Someone, somewhere, is carving their balls into shreds trying to fit a big "Y" on their nutsack. Brrrrr.
So hey, even if they are stooping to KISS levels of absurdity with the condom thing, they still manage to generate enough rabid fan devotion like the pics above, so fuck it. They must be doing something right.
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Post by Mrs_C on Sept 22, 2011 8:57:46 GMT 2
One Word. OUCH!
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Post by Ben on Sept 25, 2011 1:14:48 GMT 2
I love Slayer as much as the next guy, don't get me wrong, but I have never understood why people get so intense for them. The band itself is largely a joke; yeah, their lyrics generally have to do with killing people, whether sacrificially or otherwise, and the more recent theme has been "God sucks/doesn't exist" which is a recurring theme among metal's "most intense," but the difference between Slayer and other "extreme" metal bands is that with Slayer IT'S ALL FAKE.
Take Mayhem- two former members went to the can for KILLING PEOPLE. Varg Vikernes got locked up for serial church burning. Or Jon Nodtveidt of Dissection, who also did time as an accessory to murder (not to mention the fact he later took his own life as part of a Satanic ritual. Holy fuck.). Then you've got Slayer, whose lead singer and bassist Tom Araya is a Roman Catholic, and whose other members don't seem to give a fuck about anything one way or the other. Guitarist Kerry King is the only one who takes the band moderately seriously, and considering he's one of the shittiest lead guitarists in metal today I'm not sure why anyone gives him the time of day.
I was privileged enough to see the Testament/Megadeth/Slayer tour a little over a year ago, and I saw some of this shit with my own eyes. There were skinheads all over the place. There were guys with Swastikas tattooed randomly everywhere on their bodies. There was a butch chick with ONE FUCKING ARM going after people in the pit. That's way too intense for me; I stayed the fuck away as soon as Slayer came on.
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Post by trashcanman on Sept 25, 2011 20:40:12 GMT 2
Slayer is the one pit I actually would not enter. FUCK. I've never seen anything like that shit. Love King as a guitarist, though. Yeah, I know he's not even a little technical, but the chaos of his flailing solos and wild whammy bar dives completely matches the music. The truth is that death metal as a whole is kind of a joke. Slayer just started it. Yeah, there are bands in Norway and wherever that see it as reality, but there is a reason they end up behind bars. Most of Slayer's stuff actually has lyrical value, either as a depiction of real-world atrocities, or as satire. The whole premise of metal was originally to scare and piss people off for entertainment. Slayer are the masters of that. As over-the-top as their lyrics can be, contrast them with a band like Cannibal Corpse.
"Entrails slip through my fingers
As I slit through the innards
My body rigid with goose bumps
My erection growing stronger
I put my cock into the carcass
My climax can wait no longer
Expectorate my seed of hate
Onto her mutilated corpse
Sever the limbs
Decapitate
Yank out the teeth
Then masturbate
Pounding the face
Ejaculate"
I doubt that the members of that band consider this an actual depiction of a day in their life. They don't lose any artistic credibility in my book for that fact. It's entertainment. Anybody who considers that an actual lifestyle choice is probably not right in the head.
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Post by Ben on Sept 26, 2011 20:57:45 GMT 2
Slayer are definitely good at what they do, and you're right about King- despite his shitty guitar tone and lack of technicality, I really wouldn't prefer it any other way.
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