Track Listing

1. Flesh Storm
2. Catalyst
3. Eyes Of The Insane
4. Jihad
5. Skeleton Christ
6. Consfearacy
7. Catatonic
8. Black Serenade
9. Cult
10. Supremist

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #69850 in Music
• Released on: 2006-08-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Album Description
The fastest, heaviest and darkest band on earth retakes its unholy throne with Slayer's first studio album in six years and its first studio effort with the original lineup, including drummer Dave Lombardo, since 1990's Seasons In The Abyss. Produced by Josh Abraham (Velvet Revolver, Staind), music from the album will be first available on June 6, 2006—that's right, 6/6/06.

Album Description
Japanese pressing of the bands 2006 album includes sticker for the clean/non-explicit cover, lyric book in Japanese and color booklet with photos and lyrics in English. Warner.

Customer Reviews

good
I love Slayer. You see a mutilated Christ in a pool of blood, and they don't just do it for shock. They do it to make a point, and IMO they make a very accurate point about the world we live in. (Here's a hint: Don't take their lyrics literally.) As usual, the Kerry King tracks and Jeff Hanneman tracks are very obvious. Hanneman has a nasty, brooding style, whereas King has an uber aggressive, thrashy style. Slayer weren't happy when Rick Rubin decided to produce the new Metallica album instead of a new Slayer album (I believe Tom Araya was quoted as calling Metallica a sinking ship...which might be true).

Anyway, it's a good album. I think it has a good balance of slow, brooding songs and brutal, thrashy songs. Tom Araya's voice just gets more menacing every album.

It's music for when you're pissed off. The more angry I am, the more I'm entertained by the album. Some people use metal as (IMO, positive) anthems (see Battery, by Metallica) and some people use it to vent (see Devildriver). Slayer is at the intersection of satire, rage, social critique, and doin' it for the sake of doin' it. (Any song with the words "Hail Satan!" in the lyrics is instantly awesome and metal.)

A return of sorts.
I was psyched after God Hates Us All.
I'm sorry but this seems like a step backwards.
Yes Lombardo is back. But this disc has it's share of junkers on it.
It sounds more like the old stuff but who cares. The old stuff is better.
I'm really torn with this one. As a twenty year + Slayer vet. I really wanted to love this one. The excessive swearing worked really well on God Hates Us All. But now, it's just redundant.
I was looking for a masterpiece and this is not it. Not a bad album by any means. It has excellent moments or I wouldn't have given it four stars.
The one thing I liked was the last song. Blast beats!!! Finally!
Slayer said they would never do blast beats. For twenty years Slayer has been cutting edge. Now it feels like they are just starting to catch up to where they should be. My main concern/opinion is; from what everyone has been hearing. Metallica is poised to reclaim the speed metal throne. Slayer has gone unchallenged for far too long in that dept. Slayer has had the speed throne. Metallica has had the rock throne. What if Metallica pulles off the ultimate upset and bumps you guys?
You've gotten to be way to comfortable in your lofty position.
Will Slayer pull out all the stops? Here's a few suggestions.
Increase the darn speed. Don't do what every band including Testament is doing. Slow guitars and fast drums = BORING!!!
I want a Slayer so fast, guitars, drums, bass. It will make Reign sound like Yanni.
Metallica's coming....
Does Slayer have it in them to keep the metal throne?
Can't wait...

The most consistant metal band in history. They always deliver
You know what you get with a Slayer CD........every CD of the band's career is worth the buy...and that's the highest compliment I feel a band can get.

If you dig Slayer, check out the new SkinnedAlive live cd from Skinlab...a brutal, intense live cd....