Originally Posted by Janszoon

I have to say I completely disagree with your review on this one. Reign in Blood is definitely one of those genre-defining classics that very much deserves its reputation. If you're looking for beautiful melodies and harmonies then, yeah, it's certainly not the album for you, but judging it using those metrics is also completely missing the point of what makes it so good.

Originally Posted by RMR

I think most people would agree with you, but "RIB" just never clicked with me. That's why I threw in my GG "Octopus" analogy. Many people consider that a genre defining album as well, but it just never worked for me.

Ultimately, my enjoyment of an album is based on how memorable it is and how much it resonates with me, and this one just never did either.

Originally Posted by RMR

Man... Duce, you are fast reader-- I just posted this. We agree, and I like that "Jesus Saves" sticks out for you as well. We only disagree on "Angel of Death," which I mentioned in the review as a stand out, but only because it's the first track on the album and all the fuss it created. So for me, it does stand out, but I actually think its the worst track on the album.

Originally Posted by Chaplin

Thee best thrash album of all time, and very deserving of all the "all time" records lists it has made from major publications. This thread is the first I've even heard of a supposed thrash fan, thinking it's anything less than metal at it's finest

Originally Posted by The Virgin

what? i don't understand you. farming is for vegetables, not for meat. if ou disagree with a farming practice, you disagree on a vegetable. unless you have a different definition of farming.

Originally Posted by Chaplin

-well there ya go. wouldn't expect my parents to like it either

Originally Posted by The Virgin

what? i don't understand you. farming is for vegetables, not for meat. if ou disagree with a farming practice, you disagree on a vegetable. unless you have a different definition of farming.

Originally Posted by Il Duce

heh! your parents won't like 3/4ths of the stuff i listen to

thrash is pretty wuss and too melodic for me

Originally Posted by Il Duce

i'm hardly a "thrash" fan, but Voivod's Dimension Hattross or Sacred Reich's Surf Nicaragua rapes Reign in Blood and impales its head on a stake

Originally Posted by Janszoon

Good god, no they don't. They don't even come close.

Originally Posted by The Virgin

what? i don't understand you. farming is for vegetables, not for meat. if ou disagree with a farming practice, you disagree on a vegetable. unless you have a different definition of farming.

Originally Posted by Il Duce

they are certainly better written, and the flow is better

on most of the songs on RIB, i can hardly tell which one's which, besides the aforementioned Jesus Saves and Angel of Death and the final slow one (Raining Blood?)