Label: American
Reissued 12/10/13, originally released 9/11/01
While thrash-metal peers METALLICA and MEGADETH have mellowed both musically and lyrically, SLAYER's music and message remains unrelentingly antinearly- everything and almost unspeakably brutal. Without significant radio airplay, the hard-core California-bred quartet has amassed a loyal fan base that will not be disappointed by the 42 minutes of sheer aggression found on God Hates Us All. The twin-guitar onslaught of Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, coupled with the rapid heartbeat double bass drums of Paul Bostaph, match the often sacrilegious and abhorrent-to-many lyrics, made even more disturbing by the fact that the CD's release coincided with the World Trade Center tragedy. This is metal for atheists, as King writes terrifyingly prophetically: "Pessimist, terrorist, targeting the next mark/ Global chaos feeding on hysteria." In keeping with the album's doomsday outlook, "New Faith" offers: "Welcome to the horror of the Revelation." A terrifyingly vitriolic and too-real album, God Hates Us All more than earns the parental advisory sticker it carries.
Track Listing:
- Darkness of Chirst
- Disciple
- God Send Death
- New Faith
- Cast Down
- Threshold
- Exile
- Seven Faces
- Bloodline
- Deviance
- War Zone
- Here Comes the Pain
- Payback