The Beginner's Guide to... (dancing, blues, house, rock, albums)

jackhammer · 12-18-2009, 02:57 PM

Two for the price of one:

Slayer

Slayer still touring and pumping out high velocity Thrash since the early 80's and with the same line up (apart from a while in the 90's when drummer Dave Lombardo left to then rejoin in 2002) have the honour of having probably the heaviest and certainly the most intense album within the Metal fraternity with 1986's Reign In Blood.

Despite the intensity, Slayers music is relatively clean, unfussy and efficient, using widlly chaotic guitar solos, brutal but clear and concise vocals and of course superlative fast but controlled drumming.

1. Hell Awaits
2. Skeleton Christ
3. Beauty Through Order
4. Cast Down
5. Mandatory Suicide
6. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (a curveball in here!)
7. Reborn
8. Chemical Warfare

New Model Army

Despite being active for well over 25 years it's depressing how unknown this band still are. Maybe it's the fact that mainstay and frontman Justin Sullivan still sings in accent or the fact that their lyrics are still incendinary concerning working class shackledom and the gradual erosion of our national identity through commercialism or is it because their music refuses to be pigeonholed- guitar music with the energy of Punk but laced with melody, a touch of Folk and a little brooding atmosphere now and again? Or is their Englishness a hindrance to them (they rarely tour the U.S and probably wouldn't be allowed in due to some of their lyrics!)

Whatever it is they still command an utterly loyal following and tour almost every year without fail and have never sold out or abandoned their beliefs. See what you think:

1.Here Comes The War
2.Space
3.Stupid Questions
4.Living In The Rose
5.Orange Tree Roots
6.Too Close To The Sun
7.Vagabonds
8.A Liberal Education
9.Better Than Them (live)
10.Green and Grey
11.Get Me Out

12-18-2009, 02:57 PM	#11 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Two for the price of one: Slayer Slayer still touring and pumping out high velocity Thrash since the early 80's and with the same line up (apart from a while in the 90's when drummer Dave Lombardo left to then rejoin in 2002) have the honour of having probably the heaviest and certainly the most intense album within the Metal fraternity with 1986's Reign In Blood. Despite the intensity, Slayers music is relatively clean, unfussy and efficient, using widlly chaotic guitar solos, brutal but clear and concise vocals and of course superlative fast but controlled drumming. 1. Hell Awaits 2. Skeleton Christ 3. Beauty Through Order 4. Cast Down 5. Mandatory Suicide 6. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (a curveball in here!) 7. Reborn 8. Chemical Warfare New Model Army Despite being active for well over 25 years it's depressing how unknown this band still are. Maybe it's the fact that mainstay and frontman Justin Sullivan still sings in accent or the fact that their lyrics are still incendinary concerning working class shackledom and the gradual erosion of our national identity through commercialism or is it because their music refuses to be pigeonholed- guitar music with the energy of Punk but laced with melody, a touch of Folk and a little brooding atmosphere now and again? Or is their Englishness a hindrance to them (they rarely tour the U.S and probably wouldn't be allowed in due to some of their lyrics!) Whatever it is they still command an utterly loyal following and tour almost every year without fail and have never sold out or abandoned their beliefs. See what you think: 1.Here Comes The War 2.Space 3.Stupid Questions 4.Living In The Rose 5.Orange Tree Roots 6.Too Close To The Sun 7.Vagabonds 8.A Liberal Education 9.Better Than Them (live) 10.Green and Grey 11.Get Me Out __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”