Seasons in the Abyss: Slayer’s Last Ride Before Chaos

Seasons In The Abyss: The Story Behind Slayer's Thrash Metal Masterpiece. This week, we dive deep into the recording of Slayer's iconic 1990 album, Seasons In The Abyss. From the intense writing sessions to the creative clashes with producer Rick Rubin, we uncover the stories behind this brutal and influential record. We'll explore the band's mindset after the departure of Dave Lombardo (and subsequent return), the evolution of their sound, and the lasting impact of Seasons on the metal world. We will also cover the drama of the recording and touch on some of the band dynamic as they went into recording. If you like classic metal or are a fan of Slayer, like and subscribe - it really helps the channel a lot!
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[@ArcadeMusicTribute]

Seasons in the Abyss is probably my favorite Slayer album. It's a perfect blend of the two styles they introdouced on the previous albums Reign in Blood and South of Heaven. It has speed, agression, but also slower and heavier riffs. Every song is a banger and there are almost no fillers on this album. It's just one of those albums that used to be such a joy to listen to, because it never got boring.

[@hectorlicious]

define filler songs on a slayer album.

[@ArcadeMusicTribute]

@@hectorlicious like the whole Diabolicus in Musica album except the first song :D

[@JasonB_13]

​@@ArcadeMusicTribute I'll even go one step further, most of the stuff after Seasons is filler. They had moments of glory after SITA but nowhere near as consistent as they were up to that point. No shame, literally happened to everyone. Even Mozart and Bach had some duds.

[@deathmagneto-soy]

@@ArcadeMusicTribute - There's not an ounce of fat on the bones of SITA. Every riff and line feels like a critical part of a well oiled machine. One of the most perfect metal albums ever conceived. Regarding 'Diabolus In Musica'. Megadeth did it with Risk, Metallica did it with St. Anger. Trying to show how hip they were with the scene. Absolutely disgusting degenerate behaviour. But it wasn't filler. No Slayer albums have filler.

[@deathmagneto-soy]

@@JasonB_13 - Say what you want about that garish boor Mozart but Johann never released filler.

[@ginamains7580]

Everyone forgets about Hell Awaits and the haunting the chapel e.p...thats when Slayer became Slayer .Hell Awaits is definitely my favorite album!!

[@evanwhitaker3196]

Hell yes!! My favorite album is always either Show No Mercy or Hell Awaits, depending on my mood

[@papabear7365]

What do you mean? He did this album last week

[@rushshukla4636]

@@ginamains7580 Totally. They never outdid Hell Awaits. RIB had better production but was not as brutal. Praise of Death and Necrophiliac are monsters!.

[@davidr1676]

​@@rushshukla4636the entire show on tour for RIB was intense AF. only other things to left me like a deer in headlights has been Peace Sells tour, Pink Floyd and some Grateful Dead shows, both last 2 much better with acid but never liked metal on the stuff.

[@thematt5325]

It's the album that got me into Slayer and was a doorway to heavier music in general.

[@joshpelton8068]

Same here ...if not for Seasons I probably would never have gotten into bands like Morbid angel ( my. Personal favorite band). Besides just being an amazing album.

[@elimorse2635]

Me to! I got it when it came out but didn’t understand it… but quickly caught on to it…one of my favorites

[@Skycladatdusk78]

Love Slayer, any of their first 6 albums are all masterpieces and I still play them often.

[@trendmassacre8423]

The "first 6 albums" this includes Divine Intervention? That was the last album before they started including Nu Metal!

[@skipnasty8057]

@@trendmassacre8423 i like Divine Intervention

[@twoscoops4181]

I love Divine Intervention

[@skipnasty8057]

wait, you don' like undisputed attitude?

[@danielhogeland351]

The coolest guys i ever met!!!! In 1999 they played a small show in Birmingham Alabama, sold 1000 tickets at a place that was called 5 points music hall. It was a killer show!!!! They played for 3hrs did a big meet and great for any one that wanted to hang out gave picks signed autographs and hung out with the fans for about 4hrs total!!!!! It was so cool!!!!! I still got my picks that was give to me personally and the diabolas in music album they signed!!!! R.I.P. Jeff Hanneman one of the best guitar players to ever live and such a cool dude!!!!

[@deathmagneto-soy]

They gigged in Cork, Ireland back in 2016. My bandmate's brother's band kicked it off (f*cking power outtage half way through their set) and Mastodon opened before Slayer. Fantastic gig. I got to meet Hanneman and King in a small local rock bar the night before. They came down to the bar because they heard there was a local band playing Slayer covers. Absolutely surreal experience watching that gig.

[@lethrbear32]

I saw them on that tour too. They were on tour already with Ozzfest and playing in-between the Ozzfest dates. The show I saw had a 700 capacity, and it was one of the best and loudest shows I ever saw. My ears are still ringing from it. 😊

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Damn - that is a seriously awesome story!

[@kastiaskinner2683]

Rip Jeff..... 😢 🤘

[@pkj77]

yes when Jeff passed away so did Slayer i dont like Repentless

[@1man_crowd]

He was their prime songwriter. Other band members may have contributed material too, but it was Jeff who put on the finishing touches and brought the songs into their final shape. He was the irreplaceable backbone of the band. 😥

[@chrisryan7283]

SLAYER died when he did.

[@kastiaskinner2683]

Yeah I always liked Jeff's riffs better than Kerry's.. what a loss ... I love Gary but I prefer him in Exodus.

[@theop158]

Dead skin mask is one of the most goosebump causing songs ever

[@jeffrobagman2834]

Listen to their hallowed screams.

[@American_Heathen]

I would have dead skin mask play in the background while watching Silence of the Lambs. That is a haunting experience

[@harrycallahan9143]

Best thrash album ever made, the production, the dark guitar tone, the drums that punch you in the face, the songs, fast and heavy, the solo's, lyrics, everything...Perfect Slayer album, they peaked right here with Seasons.

[@humungushumungus213]

Slayer was insane back in the day, there is nothing like it, it was one of those great bands that kicked ass

[@jeffgile2921]

I remember waiting for Seasons to come out. It was a long wait but so worth it. Saw them on that tour and it was insane

[@mr.timebombman2230]

Born of Fire!

[@mandrillfoden]

Title track is a lesson in writing a track. Structural and everything else. Its the perfect song for me.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Definitely a solid track

[@American_Heathen]

I remember when Seasons played on the radio. I was blown away listening to the soft sounds then getting slap upside the head with the wall of sound

[@13g33l-w1b]

Seasons in the Abyss. Probably my favorite album. And yes, the truly last great one. Rest easy, Jeff.

[@vulgar5595]

Christ Illusion is Deadly AF, You don't like it?

[@deathmagneto-soy]

Such an incredible album from start to finish. RIP Jeff.

[@mattw4461]

This is Slayer's last great album. Kind of spotty after this.

[@glenncooper3524]

I'd agree. Didn't like the album after. Devine. After that they bounced back a little but Seasons was just a masterpiece beginning to end

[@robertwalker3357]

Divine intervention was a speedy thrash album like reign in blood its amazing

[@mattw4461]

@@robertwalker3357 Divine has some good songs but its no RIB. Plus the production kind of sucks

[@davidpleydell3522]

Expendable Youth has some of my favourite Dave Lombardo fills. The drumming through the chorus is insane, and IMO reflects more than any other Slayer song the influence of jazz on Dave's drumming. 🤘🏽

[@EdBMetal]

LOMBARDOOO!!! 🤘🤘🤘

[@DialingForDollarhyde]

Skeletons of Society is fucking badass.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Oh yeah it is 🤘🤘

[@larryblackwood448]

The greatest metal band of all time

[@deathmagneto-soy]

Hot take maybe but Jeff Hanneman was the real songwriter, guitar god, and driving force behind the band.

[@trendmassacre8423]

Exactly, just listen to Repentless. That album sucks! Now if King's From Hell I Rise would have been Slayer's last album, then I could definitely live with that!

[@deathmagneto-soy]

​@@trendmassacre8423 - I don't know if I'd say Repentless sucks but the absence of Hanneman and Lombardo definitely looms large all across the album and it makes me wonder why they even bothered. Kerry's album is great and I love that he let Mark Osegueda run wild on it but again, I can't listen to it without hearing Jeff's absence. End of an era, bud.

[@speedrunnerpeter]

This is awesome man!!! In depth retrospective of one of the greatest albums of all time!!!

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Thank you!!! I appreciate it and I'm really glad you enjoyed this one 🤘🤘

[@bryanklein6428]

Seasons in the abyss is probably my favourite slayer album

[@broman82]

Fantastic album, one of my all-time favorites, and a soundtrack to my high school years. But nothing will ever match the ferocity and timeless riffs of Reign.

[@robertwalker3357]

Darkness descends

[@jasonhuntley4203]

as always, a Goooooooooood job!!! as one of your #1 supporters i want to Thank You for doing this your slayer album reviews and behind the album stories are awesome too i am not only complamenting you genuinely but i Appriciate what you do and all the hard work you put into doing them your friend from Jersey, God Bless...

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Thank you Jason - kind words like yours are the true motivators behind these. I really do appreciate it man, and thank you so much for the inspiration and motivation 🙏

[@jamesstaggs4160]

I always liked their slower, moody, sinister sounding tracks as opposed to outright speed. Although it's hard to argue against War Ensemble. I really dug South of Heaven and liked it better than Reign in Blood. Seasons is how I got introduced to them though. Oh and Justice is the best Metallica album. Every damn song is epic and it has the best instrumental in To Live is to Die (no the spoken word stuff doesn't disqualify it from being one).

[@saltpeter7429]

Big agree. South of Heaven is killer, and JUSTICE is without a doubt my favorite Metallica release. GEMINI at the end of Indisputed Attitude was one of my favorite Slayer tunes, because of it being slow and sinister and moody.

[@chrisryan7283]

Love the fun facts in the commentary. My inner nerd is happy.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Hahaha Right on! Thank you so much! 🙏

[@brooklynsoundgarage]

Woohoo my favorite band of all time!

[@mojorisin7371]

Definitely their best album. It took the masterful style from their epic debut album Show No Mercy and iconic Hell Awaits to the ambitious raw energy of Reign in Blood to the mid tempo breakdowns on South of Heaven to create the pinnacle and ultra inspiring Seasons in the Abyss. Although their next album would create a new sound with new drummer Paul Bostaph, the album Divine Intervention would prove worthy and become a fan favorite. Non the less nothing can compare to the sound and live experience as with Dave Lombardo on drums Kerry and Jeff on guitar and Tom on bass and vocals. Seasons for me was their Mona Lisa of Thrash Metal music and would solidify their crown of Thrash Metal Titans 🤟🏽♥️

[@guilty-of-being-right]

Season's in the Abyss was Slayer at their peak, my opinion. Some people say Reign in Blood was their peak

[@ErWo75]

By far my favorite Slayer album! It mixed everything they did up to that point. And it had a lot of Jeff songs.

[@tripod4482]

A masterpiece.

[@dimitrisjimmygtheodorou8478]

For me seasons is the best thrash metal album ever......its flawless....R.I.P JEFF.......SPIRIT IN BLACK TILL THE END !!!

[@back4onemore]

I only play Jackson and ESP because of Jeff Hanneman(r.i.p.) so there’s that 🤘🏻

[@mrmurdx8956]

Slayer had no competition back then nor today they had a sound that could never be challenged.

[@cmkdrums]

nice man!! cool!! scene slayer once at one of the ozzfests🤘👊✌️ was awesome experience 👍👍🤘🙌

[@Duude125]

My first time seeing them was in a really small club with an audience of about 200 people. I love those small venues, a more intimate experience.

[@cmkdrums]

@ ahh man that had to be pretty intense , thats awesome!! yeah ive been to a few small venue shows back in the day as well, nuttin' like it 👊🤘✌️

[@Duude125]

@ Oh, it’s incredible how you can still catch great bands at small venues and the $30 ticket price can’t be beat. You have a better chance of meeting the bands as well. Unfortunately, if a band gets too big you can only see them in arenas and you’ll be paying $100 to watch it through binoculars.

[@cmkdrums]

@ yeppers , you just stated all that absolutely perfectly buddy!! exactly 👍 man!! yeah the last, most recent live music events ive been to lately, have all been exactly that, over $100 tickets and binoculars lol 🤷

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Ty bro!!! I'm sure that was freaking awesome!!!

[@KrisMorse-w4z]

We lost one of the greats when Jeff died

[@lonewolf1843]

I never looked at it as a combination of Reign in Blood & South of Heaven. It was the next step.

[@sunsty1e]

SOH and Seasons are definitely peak slayer

[@kurikokaleidoscope]

Very interesting. Thank you ✨️

[@guitarmeetsscience]

I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@mattmiller4821]

They shoulda called it when Jeff died

[@horusluprecal1144]

While I see your point, these guys still have bills to pay and mouths to feed. And of copurse, thousands of people who still want to go to their shows. Sure, it's not as good as the original lineup but death has that finality to it that nobody yet has been able to change.

[@jamesg7811]

Seasons In The Abyss was my first Slayer album. 92 I think! But Chaos AD was my real delight! And Icon!

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Definitely a great introduction to the band!

[@djledingham4177]

Best band ever

[@whataboutrob442]

I believe they used the JCM 900s on Seasons In The Abyss.

[@lethrbear32]

South of Heaven and Seasons is peak Slayer. Two of my all time favorite albums with three decades of steady rotation. It's the best of the era, along with Metallica's Master of Puppets as well as ....and Justice for All.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Exactly - that's when it all crystallized right there

[@aerotube7291]

Haven't heard this one but soh was a wicked lp

[@midnightcassettelibrary5171]

LOVE the Slayer videos, you do some nice work on these sir.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Thank you so much! I appreciate it man 🙏

[@midnightcassettelibrary5171]

@ MOOOORREE SLAAAAAAAYYEEEERRR 😂

[@guitarmeetsscience]

@midnightcassettelibrary5171 🤘🤘 definitely man

[@juliooliveira8831]

My favorite Metal album of all time, tie with Slayer's God Hates Us All and Metallica Master of Puppets. It's important to remember that the album was a considerable leap in sales/success by the band. The #40 peak in Billboard doesn't demonstrate its real breakouts in initial sales, as everybody inside the industrial knows the terrible issues with Billboard charts at that time, specially due wrong reports, inverted pointed system and low weightning to independents stores. Seasons was #33 on HITS (2 Weeks), #31 on CASHBOX, #25 The Album Network (2 weeks) and #15 on Hitmakers, all in their national charts. Of course on the independent stores charts it did incredible. #8 in CMJ (even with some wrong reports cause by the same problem that effected Billboard: stupidity name for the main chart) and I still haven't found its position on Rockpoll. In Metal Charts it was #1 on Concrete retail, #1 for 8 weeks on the composite LOUD ROCK in CMJ and probably reach #1 at least for some weeks in Hard Hitters, Metal Detectors and Metal Pool (still searching for those). I still not find all its positions worldwide, but it was a top ten in both Irish National charts (IFPI: #10, Golden Discs: #9). If soundscan was already implemented in a more complete way (like it was in 2006, for example), the real peak in EUA could be even higher than #15 that Hitmakers finds. That's a lot of books, articles where even Billboard saids how wrong were their charts on that era, specially for bands with very fast initial sales and bands that sold really huge amounts in the independent stores sector (both Slayer cases). I still researching a lot of aspects about it (the Metal and specially the Slayer history about charts, sales etc). Sadly the 2 biographies in English tends to overlooked these importants aspects in the band's career. Only researching in all magazine at the time, specially the trade ones, you can find these important piece of lost information.

[@brandonjackson5865]

South of Heaven, Seasons in the Abyss, and Devine Intervention are my favorite Slayer albums. I’m not a die hard Slayer fan though. My favorite thrash band is Megadeth and I prefer SFSGSW to Peace Sells and most days prefer Countdown to Extinction over RIP, so I guess I’m weird in that I like the slower thrash with the groove a little better than the super fast stuff.

[@kevinnoble6320]

SOUTH OF HEAVEN AND SEASONS ARE MY FAVORITES

[@kevinnoble6320]

SOUTH OF HEAVEN IS JUS AMAZING

[@ProudhonKropotkin]

Anthrax does not deserve to be on that list. It should be the big3. I never bought an anthrax album in my life and neither did anyone I knew. The only song I can think of from them is the one with RunDMC-which is an amazing song.

[@darktower0603]

I always thought Testament should have their spot

[@Metalrulz81]

Well then you clearly haven't listened to their stuff have you

[@MetalArchives06]

I love your mini doc videos. What do you use to record and add videos?

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Thank you! Capcut and a cheap fifine mic (and a boatload of caffeine and patience lol)

[@waynewest6160]

Slayer has influenced so many. I'm soon to be 52 & have been a HUGE Slayer fan since I was a teenager. My favorite concert was Slayer, Fear Factory & Kilgore. That show kicked major ass!!!

[@kevinnoble6320]

MY FAVORITE albums are Reign in Blood South of Heaven and Seasons in the ABYSS Are the best SLAYER albums,

[@Swullmark]

Seasons in the Abyss is truly one of the first "Groove Metal" albums by my standards (or proto-groove) with the likes of Metallica's Black Album and Cowboys from Hell

[@Jason-hg1pc]

I saw the "Clash" tour in Seattle, we local stupid youth were harsh enough to "B00" Alice offstage, and that was a heart-stab that was brought to mind upon learning of Layne's OD

[@guitarmeetsscience]

It is definitely amazing how things change sometimes for artists. A lot of Legends that I've covered have at one time or another been booed off the stage. But they persevered and became legends in their own right. Much like AIC. Such a shame what happened to Staley. He was awesome!

[@Jason-hg1pc]

@ The closest to an apology (other than admitting my regrets now about the event) was trying to take his part on karaoke night and having to build up the courage for a couple weeks, while he did it every night/day🤘

[@vonclod123]

Hard to say SITA is the best, that and SOH are both my favourites

[@russkate88]

The fun facts on Dave Lombardo were interesting to hear. I prefer Divine Intervention. The drumming was on another level.

[@pkj77]

if it wasen´t for South Of Heaven i wouldn´t have become a Slayer fan and then this album saw Video for War Ensemble more hooked i started my journey with Twisted Sister as my " heaviest " band in 1984 only 7 years old then in 1991 i heard Metallica , Slayer, Megadeth(1992 Countdown To Extinction ) since then Metal Head after i heard those then i was hooked went back to the start of the bands got hooked on the faster albums i wouldn´t have started with the earlier materiels NOW i LOVE THE EARLIER STUFF

[@rushshukla4636]

I went off them around SOH when their sound started getting thinner. The emerging death and black metal scene made them look very pedestrian. I laugh at how slow and unheavy they became! Hell Awaits is their most brutal album bar none when they were kings.

[@chriswilkinson7636]

SOH and Seasons are both good albums but they really suffer because of the thin production. They both sound feeble compared to Reign in blood.

[@chriswilkinson7636]

Songs from those two albums actually sound a lot better on Decade of aggression.

[@sguerilla6142]

B.C.RICH FOREVER R.I.P. JEFF!

[@drdab_]

Would ya please do a mini documentary on lynn strait and snot

[@Eric-fb2wp]

Hold your horses lets enjoy this video first! It was just released 😅

[@drdab_]

@Eric-fb2wp it was awesome

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Possibly down the line, I've had them on my list for a while. Definitely some great stuff right there!

[@guitarmeetsscience]

🤘🤘

[@SonicGrace]

Sonic Coolness Dude !!!

[@ministerofdarkness]

METAL MASTERPIECE!!! PLAY LOUD!!!!!!!!!!

[@pauld378]

Jeff was the back bone of the band as most of the great band riffs were written by him. He was taken too soon.

[@jeffgile2921]

I saw him right before he died

[@sim7409]

my favorite band...always loved south of heaven more tho but it's ALL good

[@mr.timebombman2230]

Last really great album imo.

[@TRawat11]

Love your contents, i think i have watched all of em by now haha. But you using music means these are non-monetized videos and you make for community/fun. Hopefully you make few bucks of it. Cheers!

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Thank you!!! It's a grind but somebody has to do it 🤘😆🤘

[@NBAHOTTAKEZ]

First, will you do videos on Anthrax?

[@Eric-fb2wp]

God damn he just released this awesome Slayer documentary lets enjoy before everyone saying Can You Do blah blah etc.etc 😅

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Anthrax has been on my bucket list for a while, definitely in the cards 🤘🤘

[@KrisMorse-w4z]

My favorite is reign in blood

[@Duude125]

I’m still partial to Hell Awaits.

[@plasticintheatticstore]

Why are Slayer's T-shirts blurred and censored?

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Not sure actually... I kind of wondered that myself, but I wanted to keep it to this particular time period.

[@epicparkourdewd]

I noticed one of them was a Miller tshirt, if this is archival footage that MTV once used, they had a policy of blurring out/obscuring brands/brand names on everything, as they viewed not doing so as giving them free advertising

[@pauld378]

Slayer. Please come out of retirement. We need you back.

[@jasonhuntley4203]

they are back where hve you been?..

[@hectorlicious]

@@jasonhuntley4203 they're not doing full tours, nor writing any new music. Not sure what you mean.

[@kickyourfaceandlaugh607]

Tom araya is the one that ended slayer. Kerry king has continued and made a bad ass record “from hell I rise” I’ve been listening to it non stop since it came out

[@yoshipopthelemur]

19:27 Rubin's shallow advice messed up the drumming of one of the best in the genre. This is why I maintain that musicians should take the advice of non-musicians with a grain of salt. Particularly when it comes to things that effect the music or the way they play. And before anyone comes at me for calling Rick a non-musician, he has famously referred to himself as such on many occasions.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Yep, it's like guitar players who are more comfortable playing with a shorter strap, but want to look cool on stage so they lengthen their strap and then they can't get their licks out. Same idea but for drums. Total bummer

[@chkrbrdvans]

LOMBARDO!!!!

[@tripod4482]

SPORT THE WAR!!!!

[@saltpeter7429]

I like every SLAYER album. Seasons is up there at the top, but so isnt South of Heaven. I dont dislike South at all, it was real good song writing.

[@BertJones-u5b]

Seasons in the Abyss was proof that nothing faster than Reign in Blood could be made and also sound great. There's only so fast that music can go and remain coherent.

[@DROPTUNED]

An exodus video?... 🎉

[@guitarmeetsscience]

🤘🤘 they've been in the works for a while.

[@BertJones-u5b]

For whatever reason, after Seasons in the Abyss, Justice for All/Black album, & Countdown to Extinction, I lost interest in these bands' new material. I got much more into Rush & Dire Straits and pretty much never backtracked to hear what the great speed metal bands had done. From 1983 through 1992, though, I grew up on the heaviest, most intense music ever created.

[@jeffrobagman2834]

Megadeth really impressed me with their latest - The Sick, the Dying and the Dead. IMO, their best release since Rust in Peace. I would list it 3rd best.

[@horusluprecal1144]

Discover older Opeth albums.

[@robertwalker3357]

Kreator

[@LordBelial1978]

Every album Hanneman was involved in after Seasons is average at best. The last two albums they did after his passing. They were a step in the right direction.

[@loboblanco4426]

Apropos to nothing, South of Heaven is my favorite Slayer album.

[@kisscsaba7989]

Seasons is slayer disco

[@horusluprecal1144]

I now need to hear Slayer doing a BeeGees cover of Staying Alive.

[@butchvito]

I always found this album overrated. By far Slayer's least aggressive album of their first run with Lombardo. I'd take Show No Mercy and Hell Awaits for sure over Seasons. I love South of Heaven and the tempo slowed down, but Seasons for some reason never clicked with me other than a few songs. I'd say Seasons is Slayer's most accessible album to the average listener so that's probably why it's so popular.

[@ravenheart1439]

Yeah i remember when this came out, I still think it's their best LP, their most dynamic anyway, but I like break downs in the middle of songs the most so I'm biased I guess ..

[@Semprini537]

SLAYER was the best of the trash scene, they were a punk band

[@gongboy83]

19:37 imagine being the waitress.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Lol - yeah that had to be pretty interesting

[@brassteeth3355]

They were never very good after seasons. You can not top yourselves after creating reign in blood.

[@robertwalker3357]

Divine intervention is amazing

[@kitko33]

Seasons in the Abyss is the only Slayer album worth mentioning... Rubin elevated the band on Seasons to make them average. The whole band is kind of a really. Araya can't play bass (all bass was always recorded by King), KIng cannot play solos - his 'atonal' solos are basically 'yeah, I learned this scale, I'm using it no matter what'. The satanic imagery was always naive and pathetitc - and pretentious and pure marketing rouse, given the fact that Araya is Catholic. Take German and Swiss thrash metal bands of the 1980s, Coroner, for example, and, unless you're a hopeless fanboi, you'll see that Slayer would be well suited to be their support band.