They spew out the same thing time after time, and
Nothing new surprises me or catches me off guard. They try much too hard to be badass gnarly metal but it all sounds terrible. Some riffs are catchy, some riffs are headbangable, but honestly, how hard is it to make a song that fits both of those categories? Also, Araya's vocals are now some of the most irritating I know. Just extremely-annoying shouts? It's pitiful.
At least before 1990 the shouts had some
Power, but now it sounds hoarse and extremely amateur. Solos are
Nothing more than guitar wankery with no semblance of melody, direction or reason. They're pooped randomly into songs and they consist of a billion wammy squeals at 4000 bpm, and they almost never vary. Their newer albums have almost no variety in songs,
Mood, atmosphere or tempo. There's almost never any downtime (that doesn't suck), making each album seem monotonous within chaos. A lot of riffs are bland and faceless now, and I realize that this makes the 'hook' riffs stand out but when I'm waiting for something interesting to come at me, I get frustrated quickly.
The only thing that ever stays consistently good with
Slayer is Lombardo's drumming... oh wait, he didn't stay with the band the whole time. Oh well.
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there is a shitload of bands that think that creating catchy and headbangable riffs is easy. that's what most of new wave bands think. and that's why they are wrong - and that makes them shitty. About vocals - of course, Araya is not as raw as when he was young, but he had a really big health problems that affected his ability of singing and shit - did he quit? fuck no! He's still spitting Hatred and he's not willing to stop. Slayer being overrated ? Slayer is the only that well known tharsh metal band that can compete with less known bands- Atrophy, Evildead, Mandator or Mortal Sin, to name just a few. big four of thrash metal? I beg your pardon... It took Metallica only few years till they sold themselves with The Black album. Anthrax? oh, please, what are they even doing next to Slayer? Megadeth's first albums were awesome, but when Dave got Sober he's music became shitty. there are few bands that should be mentioned next to Slayer- Dark Angel, Forbidden, Testament, Exodus, etc. but I don't even have to think about it - Slayer was the most important Thrash Metal band back then, and even nowadays they still Kick fucking ass. Cheers ! 
