Had this on cassette as well. Wish I had bought the vinyl back then though.Pembs wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 6:03 pm Reign in Blood. The original (not the extended) version. I had it on cassette and still think of it as two sides of five songs each.
I don't think that Kerry and Jeff should've been taking notes from Tony MacAlpine, just that the soloing sounds sterile compared to their riffs and arrangements.numberthirty wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:40 pmThat is roughly the equivalent of saying...rsmurphy wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 4:29 pm Reign in Blood. Don't front. Not a fan of the soloing, though. Are those good solos? I've always thought of them as haphazard and tuneless.
Buddies ain't exactly setting out to be Brian May.You know... I think that these Buckethead guitar solos sound a bit robotic.
Mine was called Crimsin. Yours?Dave N. wrote:I was in a metal band when I was 14.
Diamond Knightrsmurphy wrote: Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:24 amMine was called Crimsin. Yours?Dave N. wrote:I was in a metal band when I was 14.
Lombardo’s playing in Side A alone takes this over the line. I got this on cassette when it came out, and that transition from SoH to Silent Scream has never once failed to bring a smile to my face to this day.M.H wrote: Sat Aug 06, 2022 6:46 am South of Heaven for me, maybe the first metal record that I really loved.
2 big reasons it stands above the pack:
1. Absolutely insane drumming from Lombardo (IMO one of the greatest performances ever recorded, manages to bring groove into thrash aggression which is no mean feat).
2. Really eeire, unsettling atmosphere (caused in part by some tempo variation, prime-era Hanneman riffs w/ v. little input from King , Araya's introduction of a calmer, more controlled vocal approach - a sinister detachment to the litany of horrors he's spewing).
It's not perfect ('Cleanse the Soul' is a bit meh and I could leave the Priest cover), but otherwise it's incredibly powerful.
The rest ranked:
2. Hell Awaits (awesome, evil sounding, almost prog-ish songs but gets a bit weaker half way through and is sonically compromised).
3. Reign In Blood (kinda perfect but I never LOVED it, always felt that the opener and closer (which are amazing songs, 2 of the best ever written) outshone the rest of the record by an awkwardly noticable amount).
4. Seasons... (50% brilliant (esp 'Spirit in Black'), 50% mid tempo meh)
5. Haunting... (huge leap forward but still a bit restrained by raw technique)
6. The rest- juvenalia, not without charm or some riffmoments but still way too enthralled to their influences (Venom, Priest, The Fate)
I also got this on cassette when it came out. I was really into metal from 83-86 and then discovered SST records which led me down a much different path. I pretty much stopped listening to nearly all metal. South of Heaven (and afterward RiB and SitA) was my ONLY step back into metal for decades. Well, besides And Justice For All, which never really landed with me like Master of Puppets had.seby wrote: Tue Aug 09, 2022 4:50 pmLombardo’s playing in Side A alone takes this over the line. I got this on cassette when it came out, and that transition from SoH to Silent Scream has never once failed to bring a smile to my face to this day.M.H wrote: Sat Aug 06, 2022 6:46 am
3. Reign In Blood (kinda perfect but I never LOVED it, always felt that the opener and closer (which are amazing songs, 2 of the best ever written) outshone the rest of the record by an awkwardly noticable amount).
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