Decade Of Aggression: Liveby Slayer

As every metalhead knows, Slayer started when Kerry King met Jeff Hanneman in an audition. Tom Araya was hired because he played with Kerry in the band Quits. Dave was hired when King met him delivering a pizza. The band first recorded Aggressive Perfector with Brian Sagel of Metal Blade Records, and they were signed. The band then released their debut, Show No Mercy. The album, unfortunately, was rushed, giving bad studio quality. The next year, Slayer released the Haunting the Chapel EP, which was a landmark for their later sound. The band later released their second album, Hell Awaits, after huge success with Show No Mercy. The album expanded on the darkness of Haunting the Chapel. The album was a huge success, and fans loved it. Their third release, Reign in Blood, was considered to be a landmark in thrash metal. It is fast, short, and sounds great. Their fourth album, South of Heaven, is slower, and uses singing. The album marked a huge change in their style, and it received mixed reviews as a result. However, when they released their fifth album, Seasons in the Abyss, they incorporated the important elements from not only South of Heaven, but from the famous Reign in Blood as well. The album contains some great songs, including War Ensemble, which was the sheer brutality and speed of Reign in Blood, but has a slower, more melodic bridge section. Overall the album in itself was very good, as Slayer was about to sell out, and prevented themselves from doing so on the album Seasons in the Abyss. When touring for Seasons in the Abyss, Slayer released a live album, decade of aggression, which compiled three live sessions into two discs. The album has all of their greatest hits and fan favorites, including War Ensemble, Raining Blood, Angel of Death, Chemical Warfare, Hallowed Point, Skeletons of Society, Postmortem, Seasons in the Abyss, Die by the Sword, At Dawn They Sleep, Mandatory Suicide, among others. I very highly recommend it.