Decade of Aggression: Live [PA]

Performer: Slayer
Engineer: Peter J. Yianilos; Mike Carver; Greg Bess; Brendan O'Brien; Jim Champagne; Roland Young; Phil Kneebone; Doug Field; Tim Summerhayes
Producer: Slayer; Rick Rubin
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: DISC 1 was recorded live at Lakeland Coliseum, Lakeland, Florida on July 13, 1991. DISC 2 was recorded live at Wembley Arena, London on October 14, 1990, and at Orange Pavilion, San Bernadino, California, March 8, 1991. From the first note of this two-disc live set, you know you're in for one hell of a ride (pun intended). From the classic metal of "Die by the Sword" to the demonic horror-movie music of "Dead Skin Mask," and the all-out stampede that is "Angel of Death," Slayer exposes its hungry fans to a huge helping of the best from its first 10 years. The band members' maturation as musicians to their current status as leaders of the flourishing heavy metal world is well represented here, with tracks hailing from the early SHOW NO MERCY to their most recent effort at the time of this release, SEASONS IN THE ABYSS. Slayer's raw, grinding, fiercely controlled guitar work, supported by speedy, thundering drums, is the prototype for many newer bands. It's hard to imagine a heavy metal world without Slayer, a fact that this disc, screaming crowd included, makes plain.

Q (12/91) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "..the loudest and fastest band in the world..It's extreme, violent and aggressive and no one does it scarier.."

When death metal is mentioned, you can't help but automatically think of the genre's originators--Slayer. By merging brutal speed metal and scream-singing with disturbingly dark tales of death, the occult, and serial killers, the California quartet hatched a zillion copycat bands after its formation in 1982. Despite accusations of Nazism and instigating violence, the band continues to play, and outrage, into the 21st century.

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