Originally Posted by The Batlord

Seasons In the Abyss is a great album, even if it's kind business as usual. That short drum solo/fill/whatever-the-**** immediately after the end of the second chorus is one of the most metal things I've ever heard. And I think you're missing something on the influences of the title track. I see it as the culmination of the more melodic experimentation on South of Heaven, but realized better. It's got that same kind of melodic, but creepy atmosphere as "Spill the Blood". "Seasons In the Abyss" is probably my favorite Slayer song. If they hadn't run out of steam by the next album, I'd have loved to see if they could have explored that sound even further. Also has my fav Slayer lyric ever, "Inert flesh/A bloody tomb/A decorated splatter brightens the room/An execution a sadist ritual/Mad intervals of mind residuals". Especially those last two lines. The alliteration, along with the rhythm of the delivery, just make it so memorable. The entire thing has great lyrics though.