Slayer – Seasons In The Abyss (1990)

March 18, 2024

Seasons In The Abyss is an amalgamation of the previous few Slayer albums. Good thing that these albums are some of metal’s all-greats, so Slayer retreating old ground here is not necessarily an awful thing in this case. I think they got away with rehashing stuff here for the first and only time, only because the quality of the songs are still very, very high. There are signs of the not-so-great groove / nu metal stuff that plagued them a bit in the 90s, but generally this album is fucking great. It’s got “War Ensemble” of course, and the closing title-track is one of my favourites from the band.