"Christ illusion" is not bad!
Here's my review
Gab
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SLAYER (Usa) Christ illusion CD'06. AMERICAN Recs.
Most of the comebacks of older thrash and death metal bands have been cruel deceptions, most of their new releases were often too convenient, and very often only ok or cool for the best! It really seems like most of these once thrashers weren't able to match, or even decently emulate, half of their once talent and energy...
So, as well as probably every metalheads, I was very suspicious when I read SLAYER would come back to their older thrashing style... Was it anything else than just another of these countless promotional slogans? And how could SLAYER compose decent thrash metal again, while they're 50 years old (and the history shew most of not so "'old" metallers have problems to thrash it hard again) and play metalcore since years? Everything were at the right place to make the doubts and suspicions reach very high pitched peaks!
But, fucking hell, this album isn't bad at all! SLAYER surprisingly achieved to record a more than decent new release!
Most of the songs follow the style of "Reign in blood", "Hell awaits", with some "Seasons in the abyss"; so you understand most of it is thrashing, fast for a good 2/3, with few obscure heaviness. While almost no traces of weakness or doubts can be found for the style, there are also few metalcore influences (!)
Of course, there are almost no surprises (This is thrash metal à la SLAYER... Even though few stuffs almost sound like death metal: The "Supremist" song has a little blast beat à la Cannibal corpse and takes an early DEATH approach), and there's maybe no thrashing hit, but the whole sounds quite efficient, and after few listenings I detected some really good stuffs (Some epic or quite technical riffs for example!).
SLAYER shows us that the cruel metallic damnation torturing the metal scene with weak comebacks since fucking years wasn't totally true and unbeatable, and opens new gates to metallic hopes!
I won't say much more, since every metallers with two balls will probably put an hear on this album. My will was mostly to convince more thrashers to listen to "Christ illusion". It might be the album we secretly would have liked SLAYER to record since more than 10 years! So put an hear on this motherfuckers!!
Future will show us the way it will grow on our tortured skulls.
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