Slayer
– Soundtrack To The Apocalypse
The Hobo review
Slayer. Without a doubt the single greatest
metal band ever to scorch this infinitely unworthy earth. Slayer truly
are the Christopher Walken of thrash – and still some 20 years after the
band first formed, they still exist – and still brutally annihilate any
opposition to their crown. Other metal greats who once sought to challenge
these gods – Anthrax, Metallica, Testament, Megadeth – have either burnt
out, sold out or just simply faded away into mediocrity.
No band unites its fans under such a brotherhood
as Slayer. If another fan sees you walking down the street with a Reign
In Blood shirt, he’ll respect you. The bond is almost instant, and more
often than not, the true fan will buy you a beer or at least give one piercing
scream of ‘SLAYER’ before leaving you alone.
The box set itself consists of 4 CD’s,
1 DVD and some other ‘bonus’ gear. The first disc acts as a ‘best of’ compilation
from Reign In Blood to Seasons In The Abyss with a few tracks from Decade
Of Aggression thrown in. The first disc is, in effect what I like to call
‘The Lombardo Years.’ The second disc similarly is a ‘best of’ compilation
of the Bostaph years – from Divine Intervention to God Hates Us All
with a few other tracks off soundtracks thrown in.
The third disc holds a total shiatload
of rarities from demos, remixes, rehersals and live recordings. The DVD
is basically the same kind of shin dig as Cliff ‘Em All – a little documentary
of the band with live clips from when the boys still wore makeup. It hasn’t
got the best sound quality, being not compatible with 5.1 DSS – so if you
want an awesome live show, grab War At The Warfield.
The final CD is a collection of live tracks
– Live With Dave Lombardo. I do believe the CD was complied back in 1991
just before Dave left. Some of the random extra’s include; a cool banner,
a backstage laminate, and awesome blood pack cd cover.
This box set is simply the best thing to
come out in music. To those borderline fans that think the cash is a bit
more than one could fork out – f*** it, buy it. Any fan of any loyalty
that has ever liked or tapped along to one Slayer song absent-mindedly,
needs to get this box set. Everyone needs to buy this f***ing box set.
It’s perfect – it’s better than perfect. It offers a sense of empowerment
no drug can offer. It offers enormous amounts of ‘street-cred’ with the
brotherhood. It offers violence, melody, musicianship and ecstasy. Hell,
if anyone pays attention to my words and buys it – I’ll shout them a beer
at the Winsor sometime. Dead set.
I don’t care if you have to sell your
liver to get the Soundtrack To The Apocalypse…
Just get it.
CD Info
Slayer
– Soundtrack To The Apocalypse
Label: American
Recordings
Rating: 
x a million
Tracks:
Angel of Death (4:50)
Criminally Insane (Remix) (3:07)
Postmortem (3:27)
Raining Blood (4:12)
Aggressive Perfector (2:28)
South of Heaven (4:45)
Silent Scream (3:50)
Live Undead (3:05)
Mandatory Suicide (4:04)
Spill the Blood (4:49)
War Ensemble (4:51)
Dead Skin Mask (5:16)
Hallowed Point (3:24)
Born of Fire (3:07)
Seasons in the Abyss (6:26)
Hell Awaits (Live) (6:49)
Antichrist (Live) (3:11)
Chemical Warfare (Live) (5:25)
Sex, Murder, Art (1:50)
Dittohead (2:30)
Divine Intervention (5:32)
Serenity in Murder (2:36)
213 (4:51)
Can't Stand You (1:27)
Ddamm (1:01)
Gemini (4:51)
Bitter Face (4:31)
Death's Head (3:29)
Stain of Mind (3:24)
Disciple (3:35)
God Send Death (3:45)
New Faith (3:05)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (3:16)
Disorder (4:56)
Memories of Tomorrow (#) (0:53)
Human Disease (4:20)
Unguarded Instinct (#) (3:44)
Wicked (#) (6:03)
Addict (#) (3:41) |
Scarstruck (#) (3:31)
Ice Titan (Live)(#) (4:18)
Antichrist (Rehearsal) (2:53)
Fight Till Death (Rehearsal) (3:30)
Necrophilliac (Live) (5:00)
Piece by Piece (Studio Rough Mix/Outtake)
(W/Original Bass Intro) (2:13)
Raining Blood (Live) (3:09)
Angel of Death (Live) (4:58)
Raining Blood (Jeff Hanneman Home Recording)
(2:00)
South of Heaven (Jeff Hanneman Home Recording)
(3:29)
Seasons in the Abyss (Live) (6:43)
Mandatory Suicide (Live) (3:59)
Mind Control (Live) (3:05)
No Remorse (I Wanna Die) (4:15)
Dittohead (Live) (3:03)
Sex, Murder, Art (Live) (2:22)
Bloodline (Live) (4:02)
Payback (Live) (6:39)
Die by the Sword (DVD) (Live)(Multimedia
Track)
Aggressive Perfector (DVD) (Live)(Multimedia
Track)
Praise of Death (DVD) (Live)(Multimedia
Track)
Haunting the Chapel (DVD) (Live)(Multimedia
Track)
Necrophobic (DVD) (Live)(Multimedia Track)
Reborn (DVD) (Live)(Multimedia Track)
Jesus Saves (DVD) (Live)(Multimedia Track)
War Ensemble (DVD) (Live)(Multimedia Track)
South of Heaven (DVD) (Live)(Multimedia
Track)
Dead Skin Mask (DVD) (Live)(Multimedia
Track)
Gemini (DVD) (Live)(Multimedia Track)
Heaviest Band Award (DVD) (Multimedia
Track)
EPK (DVD) (Multimedia Track)
Stain of Mind (DVD) (Multimedia Track)
Bloodline (DVD) (Live)(Multimedia Track)
Disciple (DVD) (Live)(Multimedia Track)
God Send Death (DVD) (Live)(Multimedia
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