Yes,I know Kreator,I owned their first LP "Pleasure to kill" I still got lots of vinyls of that era,and now that somes have reached collectors prices I'm tryng to sell them,since I don't listen anymore.(But Stones,Kinks,Yardbyrds,etc. bought in the same years will never get out of my home!!) I loved EXODUS-"Bonded by blood" too.I have seen them with Venom in 1984! Doc Sanchez said:

Oh yeah, Nuclear Assault. And Suicidal Tendencies - I really love them up to "The Art of Rebellion". Man, they were REALLY important for me back then. Another really, really great metal record is "Extreme Aggression" by the german band Kreator. I don't think they were ever that good again, this one is soooo hard and aggressive, you can really feel that the strings are made of steel...

Shit, Survive by Nuclear Assault was pretty much my favourite album for a while when I was a teenager. Funnily enough I never owned Reign in Blood, but I loved Hell Awaits.

Oh yeah, Nuclear Assault. And Suicidal Tendencies - I really love them up to "The Art of Rebellion". Man, they were REALLY important for me back then. Another really, really great metal record is "Extreme Aggression" by the german band Kreator. I don't think they were ever that good again, this one is soooo hard and aggressive, you can really feel that the strings are made of steel...

Oh yes,Cro-Mags with "The age of quarrel" were good too. I would add S.O.D., Nuclear Assault,Suicidal Tendencies the first one, Ludi-Christ,Crumbsuckers... wow!! Doc Sanchez said:

"Masturbatory guitar work", haha, exactly! You can't say it any better!

I always loved these guitar solos which seem to have no structure at all, but still you always can say whether it's King or Hanneman playing. They always feel like some otherworldly noise, more like the screams of the damned in hell than guitars. But I like the brutal riffs better than the solos, they're so powerful, played with so much pressure. And Rick Rubin did a good job producing the album - clear, with loads of pressure, but still dirty as hell. Reminds me more of, say, the Cro-Mags than of other Metal acts (especially scandinavian Death Metal bands from end of the 80s, beginning of the 90s often had a pretty weak sound).

As you said: Slayer rules and leaves nothing more to be said.

The Reverend Beat-Man is a total Metahead and a Slayer fan! Go figure!

"Masturbatory guitar work", haha, exactly! You can't say it any better!

I always loved these guitar solos which seem to have no structure at all, but still you always can say whether it's King or Hanneman playing. They always feel like some otherworldly noise, more like the screams of the damned in hell than guitars. But I like the brutal riffs better than the solos, they're so powerful, played with so much pressure. And Rick Rubin did a good job producing the album - clear, with loads of pressure, but still dirty as hell. Reminds me more of, say, the Cro-Mags than of other Metal acts (especially scandinavian Death Metal bands from end of the 80s, beginning of the 90s often had a pretty weak sound).

As you said: Slayer rules and leaves nothing more to be said.

One of the best,if not the best,in thrash genre.
Just 30 minutes that left nothing more to be said.

SLAYER RULES! Slayer was my all time favorite band in middle school and I will always hold a special place in my heart for them. "Reign in blood" is one of the definitive thrash albums of all time. Dave Lombardo's drums are out of control, as are the manic and frenzied picking. Amazing masturbatory guitar work, if Kerry King played through a reverb tank he'd sound like dick dale. I feel like guitar wise there's a lot in common between surf and metal, players with a need for speed.