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Originally Posted by Il Duce
my mistake, actually, i should have specified "flow" for Dimension Hattross, even if some solos were speeded up
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It's been a while since I've listened to that album but my recollection is that I was extremely underwhelmed by it. But imo it's pretty hard to beat the flow of
Reign in Blood. The songs lead into each other incredibly well, just listen to the "Piece By Piece"/"Necrophobic"/"Altar of Sacrifice"/"Jesus Saves" flow for example. Or consider their decision to begin side two with the slow, menacing intro of "Criminally Insane". Most importantly, listen to how the entire pummeling experience of the bulk of the album builds it's way up to that one massive drum hit near the end of "Postmortem", a pause, a final blast of fury, and then the wide open expanse of "Rain in Blood".
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Originally Posted by Il Duce
Surf Nicaragua has better quality in its four songs
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As we discussed earlier, one of those songs is a cover that you don't even like, so that leaves three songs to compare to all ten tracks of
Reign in Blood. Those three songs are good, albeit not very different from the music put out by other second-tier thrash bands of that time, but
Reign in Blood, on the other hand, sounds pretty unique and pretty innovative compared to it's peers. The fact that it's actually two years
older than
Surf Nicaragua makes this contrast all the more stark.