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Originally Posted by The Batlord
But at what cost? At?! What?! Cost?! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank GOD! for Parental Advisory Warning stickers on albums in the 90s. How else would my teenaged self have been able to spot the awesome tapes mixed in the with the crap?
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
I can sort of see where you're coming from here but I don't think it's true. Their sound has actually varied a lot more over the years than people give them credit for. It's just that, in my opinion, the lightning fast style people associate with them is a lot better than the other styles they've used, which is probably why they're sometimes seen as a one trick pony.
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It's not just the lightning fast stuff that has me writing them off. It's that there's little to no rhythmic diversity. It's not like when Megadeth would play an old boogie tune at double or triple speed like I Ain't Superstitious. With Slayer it seems it was always built on the same rhythmic structure, that's where the diversity seems to lack. Sure they can apply dynamics to it and make them slower or more eerie, but the underlying groove doesn't seem to ever change, it's still a Slayer beat, just slower or faster, that's where the lack of dimensional depth seems apparent to me.