I have to agree with a lot of others, this is a better album than the last few releases, but still a disappointment, if not a rip-off. This is not the real Slayer. It sounds like a bunch of guys trying to join the Machinehead/Pantera crowd. The production is shit (for a thrash metal band anyways, maybe it's good for industrial wannabes), a lot of riffs sound uninspired, and Tom Araya's vocals have never sounded so lame (and I don't mean spoken, like off South of Heaven which was a cool album). Here are the best tracks to tape off your friend's copy, as I don't recommend buying it (and even these songs are average for a legendary band like Slayer)...Death's Head/ Perversions of Pain/ Scrum/ Screaming from the Sky/ Point

I would be happier hearing Slayer doing Judas Priest covers like when they first started instead of this. I give this a 4 out of 10.

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