Metal Reviews

Dude chill, it's not racism, it's fact. I mean, have you actually ever seen Asian porn? Even though those are probably all Japs/Thai, but whatever.

In any case you're being very defensive towards their dick size, so maybe did I just touch a raw nerve there for you?

Actually, it does tell me something different: It tells me Kerry King needs to learn how to write lyrics again.

Nonetheless, I'll admit that I like that song.

Making a blanket statement about a specific race? Sounds race-ist to me.

Still, isn't the possession of child pornography legal in Japan? Fuck 'em, the small-dicked octopus-obsessed perverts.

Who am I ?



Sorry, I couldn't resist....

I was taking the piss to act like a n00b. Although, I like the lyrics.

The song's lyrics are lame but shouldn't Tom Araya be a bit more selective when singing those lyrics; he is basically telling less mature, more impressionable listeners than ourselves that God hates us all. If I was a Christian, I would try not to advertise that our prays won't be answered.

I heard that Tom has gone to Confession a lot for his lyrics with Slayer. Of course, one can only confess the same thing so many times before it's time that he stops doing what he constantly feels guilty about.

Kerry King is also notorious for being a real tyrant. Tom's vocally expressed his distaste for King's lyrics in songs like In The Name Of God. But King would always force him to sing them anyway. Sometimes I wonder why Tom doesn't just leave the band altogether. With his resume, he'd probably have no problem getting into another metal band. Plus, by now, he probably has enough money saved up that he could comfortably retire.

King is such an asshole.

Because he knows that if he leaves the band he'll never ever recieve the same amount of attention he does now. Just look at Phil Anselmo- without Pantera, the media and most fans stop caring, and the only times he seems to be mentioned in any media articles at all are in relation to Dimebag.

And yes, King is a prick. He should also learn how to write a guitar solo.

Tom Araya is Catholic, don'tcha know?

Seriously? Well too be honest I'm not surprised, they are into some fucked up shit over there. They'd rather fuck anime than real women.

All the Reign in Blood solos are pretty much indistinguishable, but I Slayer have some killer riffs. Also Phil Anselmo is far from unknown, Down are quite well known, they were in Metal Hammer one time.

At the end of the day, Slayer fucking rule. Plus, Araya (on the topic of naming an album 'God Hates us All') said that he thought it sounded fucking cool and would piss people off.

He was raised a Catholic but doesn't really seem to be an active church goer so I very much doubt the shit about him going to confession, that's just idiots making things up I reckon.

But yeah, Slayer fucking rule. And not all the solos are shit, some of the early ones are quite enjoyable and the solos on stuff like Dead Skin Mask aren't bad at all.

But yeah, Slayer fucking rule.

But yeah, I know.

But yeah, Slayer fucking rule.

Oh, I know that Down is a known band and that occasionally they might get a page or two in a metal magasine, and that they have fans; but Phil gets nowhere near the amount of attention he would get if Pantera still existed.

And sorry, Pete, but Slayer solos alternate between horrible and pretty bad. Sure, there are a few mediocre ones here and there, but mediocre isn't much of an accomplishment, especially when most of the other solos suck.

i though Araya was religious but had issues with organized religion.

Araya is a self-proclaimed Christian who fails at evangelizing and actually does more harm than good in terms of evangelizing. So he's either lying, hypocritical, or too illiterate to read what Paul wrote. But fuck I'm an atheist what do I know?

Maybe he just never wanted to be God's disciple?

But seriously, it'll probably an Alice Cooper - he's warning about a godless life, rather than celebrating it.

He's in a tricky situation, I think. He was a college student when he joined Slayer. And, of course, he was probably still going through that "teenage rebellion" stage. So, if he IS in fact religious, he probably didn't really become religious until later in his life (I read, though, that he used to go to church very frequently as a child, though that was probably more the choice of his parents than himself). Notice how it's usually Kerry King that writes Slayer's anti-religious songs. Tom, on the other hand, usually sticks to decidedly less religiously offensive topics like serial killers, war, and the government. I think, since Slayer's mostly his full-time profession, he's worried that, if he quits, he'll be out of work. And then he'll probably have a lot of financial/family problems. So he probably feels he has to just bite the bullet and do whatever Kerry King wants him to do. It should also be mentioned that Catholicism isn't as legalistic or religiously strict as denominations like Baptism and Evangelism. So Tom Araya being a Catholic isn't quite as ironic as him being a Baptist or Evangelical.

In a way, you actually have to admire Tom. It takes a lot of discipline (and faith) to not let what you're singing about in a band like Slayer affect your religious beliefs. Provided Tom actually succeeds in not letting them affect him.